Eva Romey

Eva E. Romey, 86, a 55 year Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Colonial Vista following a brief illness. She was born on September 13, 1925 to Charles Ralph and Willa (Gilchrist) McClure at Hot Springs SD. She was raised on a ranch West of Hot Springs and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1943. She was employed by a local bank until she married her long time childhood friend, Vernon Romey, on March 24, 1946. Eva moved to the Wenatchee Valley with Vernon and their family in 1957. Soon thereafter she began working for the Peter Rabbit supermarket and worked there throughout its existence except for a brief period when she worked for Douglas County Bank. Eva was a member, former deacon, of the Eastmont Presbyterian Church and the International Union of Retail Clerks. Her family was a very important part of her life and she of their lives. She was a very active pinochle player and devotee of jigsaw puzzles. Eva is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Polli Romey, Reedville, VA, and Gregg and Janet Romey, Wenatchee; widowed daughter Marlys (Don) Pyke, Puyallup, WA, and daughter Cindi and Peter Lolos, Jr., Wenatchee; two brothers, Frances McClure, Detroit, MI and Charles J. McClure, Fort Mohave, AZ. She has eight grandchildren: Jared Romey and spouse Diana Caballero, Dustin Romey, Brent Romey and spouse Lindsay, Robin Chowaniec and spouse Mike, Wendy Sprissler and spouse Mike, Allyson Pyke, Peter Lolos III and Nickolas Lolos II; and three great-grandchildren: Matthew Chowaniec, Connor Sprissler, and Avery Romey. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, three brothers, her husband Vernon, and one grandson, Marc Romey. Commemoration services will be held Thursday, July 5 at Eastmont Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James E. Deal officiating. Entombment will be held for family members only at Evergreen Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Eva Romey

September 13, 1925 - June 30, 2012