CHAMPION – Private calling hours will be held Thursday for Thelma Virginia Nommay, 82, who passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.

Thelma was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Roanoke, Ill., a daughter of the late Samuel E. and Corda P. (Orem) Mills.

A devoted mother, she was also one of the nation’s “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II, building airplanes in Akron, Ohio.

Thelma is survived by three children, Marcia Shaffer of New Waterford, David Nommay of Clearwater, Fla. and Drake (Charlotte) Nommay of Girard, Ohio; seven grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Thelma was preceded in death by a son, Mark Nommay; six brothers, Carl, James, Arthur, Edward, Eldon and Charles Mills; and an infant sister.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Lane Funeral Home, Canfield Chapel.

Family and friends may visit www.lanefuneralhomes.com to view this obituary and send condolences.