Wilma “Billie” Palfrey Whitelaw, 92, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020. A daughter of the late William and Olive Wells Palfrey, she was born in Warren, Ohio on January 6, 1928 Wilma lived most of her adult life in Belle Vernon, was a member of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon, the Eastern Star, and retired from the former Bell of Pa in 1955 after years as a telephone operator. Survivors include her husband, Charles Robert Whitelaw who she married in 1948, a daughter and son-in-law, Robin and Don Michael of Perryopolis, three sisters, Lillian Mort of Bayonet Point, Florida, Loretta Sterner of Rostraver, and Sherry Strenske of Belle Vernon, three brothers, Robert Palfrey of Orlando, Florida, Richard Palfrey of Dunnellon, Florida, and James Palfrey of Rostraver, one grandchild, Amber Michael and two great grandchildren, Hunter and Louis Davies, all of Fayette City. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Lorraine Dale Palfrey on October 24, 2016. There will be no visitation or funeral services. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. 724-929-5300 www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com.
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