Wilma I. Besecker, 73, of 5479 Route 6, Kane, and also of Melbourne, Fla., died Monday evening, May 5, 2008, at the Wuesthoff Hospice Care Center in Rockledge, Fla.

Born February 16, 1935, in Sykesville, she was the daughter Grover C. and Ethel W. Daisher Kramer. On August 29, 1953 in Big Run, she married the Rev. Harry O. Bish, who died in 1997. On May 6, 2000, she married Ralph H. Besecker, who survives.

A 1953 graduate of Sykesville High School, she worked at various jobs in the region. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Kane, where she belonged to the United Methodist Women, Joanna Circle, the Clergy Spouses Assn., the Sanctuary Choir and the Celebration Handbells.  She enjoyed crafting, woodworking and baking.  She also enjoyed various activities in Lamplighter Village in Melbourne.

She is survived, in addition to her husband, by two sons, Randy (Molly) Bish of Allison Park and David (Patti) Bish of Jensen Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Darlene Harper of Bradford; two sisters, Jerri Pifer of Punxsutawney and Evelyn Daugherty of Big Run. Four grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents and first husband, are a sister, Wanda McCullough and a brother, Grover Kramer.

Friends may call at the Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and may attend a funeral service at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Kane with Pastor David Lake and the Rev. W. Craig Smith, co-officiating. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wuesthoff Hospice Care Center, 8060 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, FL 32940.