{"id":23293,"date":"2012-09-10T07:42:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retzmemorials.com\/?post_type=case&amp;p=483"},"modified":"2012-09-10T07:42:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:42:54","slug":"velma-hazel-mcelravy","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/velma-hazel-mcelravy\/","title":{"rendered":"Velma Hazel McElravy"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-23293","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Velma","middle_name":"Hazel","last_name":"McElravy","date_born":"11\/13\/1917","date_died":"03\/04\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Velma Hazel (Rose) McElravy, age 93 of Helena passed away on March 4, 2011 at St. Peter\u2019s Hospital in Helena. She was born in Townsend on November 13, 1917 to Clifton D. and Hazel (Seaman) Rose.<\/p>\n<p>Velma attended schools at the Franklin School House on Dry Gulch in Broadwater County and High School in Townsend. During WWII, Velma was employed at Douglas Aircraft manufacturing Aircraft Bombers. She also worked for 16 years at the Boulder River Hospital before she retired.<\/p>\n<p>Velma enjoyed many hobbies which included gardening and \u201cKicking\u201d old stumps, camping and floating the river.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Myrtle Williams, Gertrude Richtmeyer, Lillian Perkins, and Naomi Rose; and her husbands, Vernon (Jiggs) McElravy and Vernard Wooley; infant son, Timothy Wooley.<\/p>\n<p>Velma is survived by her children, William C. (Jan) Wooley of Missoula, Daniel P. (Virginia) Wooley of Helena and James L. (Marguerite) Wooley of Cameron; sisters, Mahalia Healy of St. George, UT and Jennie Crum of Boulder; brother, Arthur Crum of Missoula; 11 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>Cremation has taken place. A private family service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be sent in Velma\u2019s name to the Masonic Home of Montana, 2010 Masonic Home Rd., Helena, MT 59602. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Velma, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":false,"youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}