Delores Bircher Willms (1933-2017)

Delores Bircher Willms passed away Jan. 10, 2017 in Placerville, Calif. where she had been in a nursing home for eight years.

Delores was born Jan. 15, 1933 and raised in Kanopolis, Kan. She was the first of a set of twins born to Janet and Oliver Bircher. She graduated from the first nursing school at Fort Hays State College with a degree in nursing.

She married Robert Willms from Geneseo and they lived in San Francisco, Calif. Delores and Bob were active in Eastern Star and took many trips with the group. They retired in Cameron Park, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert Willms, and her brother, Leo Bircher.

Surviving family is her twin, Dorothy Bircher Morris (Roger), Shawnee, Kan; children, Mark (Joy) of Boston, Mass., Cheryl Latham of Sacramento, Calif., Janice Daley of San Francisco, and Greg Willms of Cameron Park. There are nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 28, 2017 at the Green Valley Mortuary, Cameron Park. A celebration of life will be held at Greg Willms.