Wilma Rebecca Shearer

On Feb. 20, 2021, Wilma Rebecca Shearer fell asleep in death. She was surrounded by her family.

Wilma was born April 24, 1941, in Belvedere, Ill., to Leslie and Opal Knipprath. As a young child, Wilma, along with her family, moved to Libby. It was in Libby where she grew up and went to school.

On June 26, 1956, Wilma married the love of her life, Ralph (Bud) Shearer. Together they raised five children, three daughters: Vicky, Janell and Rebecca, and two sons: Raymond and Clinton.

Wilma loved fishing, camping, picnics and going for rides in the spring to count the deer and see the new fawns. She also was very crafty, knitting, crocheting and sewing. In her later years, she received a knitting loom. With this, she made hundreds of stocking caps. She loved having friends and family pick out caps. She donated many of the hats to various schools and to Koats for Kids. She also had a love for cookie jars; her house was full of them.

On April 17, 1977, Wilma was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Her faith was always in her heart. She knew that one day she would be awakened and forever live on a paradise earth with her loved ones. This is a promise that Jehovah God gives to all in his word, the Bible.

Wilma was preceded in death by her father and mother, Leslie and Opal Knipprath; husband, Ralph (Bud) Shearer; son, Raymond Shearer; two sisters, Betty Anne Barret, and Donna McCully; and one brother, Earl Knipprath.

Wilma is survived by four children: Vicky Hall (Bruce), Janell Baker, Rebecca Shearer, and Clinton Shearer (Laura); many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great- great-grandchildren; a sister, Annabelle Fales (Bill); and a brother, Joseph Knipprath.

She will be missed very much.