Wilma L. Duke

February 8, 2021

EAST CALAIS - Wilma L. Duke passed away peacefully on February 8, 2021 after a short courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Wilma was born February 27, 1960 in So. Woodbury to the late Milford A. and Geraldine G. (Cotey) DeCell. Wilma graduated from Hazen Union High School in 1978 and worked for local employers including The State of Vermont, The New Hampshire Insurance Company, National Life and Central Vermont Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, the love of her life, Stephen Duke; her son, Patrick Cotey (Courtney); her grandson Samuel Jacob Cotey and her sister Sheila Smith.  Other survivors include former husband Bruce Smith, stepdaughters Michelle McIntyre and Kasey Pixley, step grandchildren Mayla McIntyre, Jackson McIntyre and Preston Pixley. Besides her parents she was predeceased by her best friend Patty Sayers in 2015. Services will be private and held at the convenience of her family. Please consider a contribution in her memory to the Central Vermont Humane Society, PO Box 687, Montpelier, VT  05601 - Or to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, DH/Geisel Office of Development, One Medical Center Drive, HB 7070, Lebanon, NH  03756-0001 Cards of condolence may be mailed to her home - 64 Batten Road, East Calais, VT 05650. Pruneau-Polli Funeral Home, 58 Summer Street in Barre assisted the family.