Wilma Boehms Cake Wilma Boehms Cake of Mesa formerly of Winslow, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on May 22, 2021. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, with funeral service to follow at 11am. Interment at Desert View Cemetery. COVID-19 protocols will be followed. Wilma was born Jan. 18, 1931, in Farmer’s Exchange Community, Hickman County, Tenn. Her family moved to Jones Valley where she attended the schools of Jones Valley, Shady Grove, and graduated from Hickman County High School. On Feb. 26, 1952, she married Howard Cake in Nashville, Tenn., where she worked for National Life Insurance Company. Howard was stationed at Stewart Air Force Base (1941-71). They moved to Winslow, where they joined his parents in the family’s automobile business, Cake Chevrolet, Inc. She was a loving mother and devoted wife. Wilma was unselfish, generous, loving, bright, kind, and a bit rebellious. Wilma was an active member of the community. She was involved in the Winslow Junior Women’s Club and eventually accepted an award in Washington D.C. for her involvement in the National Community Improvement Project. Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, Herschel Holmes and Mary Jane (née Nichols); sisters, Jane Smith and Evelyn Norton; husband, Howard Morrison Cake; sons, Ralph Herschel Cake and James Barry Cake; and her children, Maria and George who tragically passed during infancy. She leaves behind her children, Harvey, Peter (Debbie), and Michelle (Frank III). She was loved by grandchildren Howard (Michelle), Jason (Veronica), Bobby (Tisha), Jot (Whitney), Amanda (Michael), Leah, Leon (Caitlyn), Taylor (Kayla), Preston (Brianna), Tres, Mariah (Erick), Frank IV (Megan), Ryan, Ellen, Austyn and Alexa. Wilma loved children, and cherished the relationships with her great-grandchildren Ashton, Morgan, Katelynn, Sadie, Matthew, Charlee, Jacee, Chandler, Lennon, Luke, Jimmy, Grace, Elsie, Isla, and Aspen Jade.
