Wilma Royster

1937 - 2022

Wilma (Amos) Royster

August 20, 1937 - August 25, 2022

Wilma (Amos) Royster, 85, lost her battle with Dementia on August 25, 2022 at Southlake Village Rehabilitation & Care Center surrounded by her family. Wilma was born to John and Vermell (Hastie) Amos on August 20, 1937 in Sumter, SC. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Sumter, SC in 1955 and moved to Brooklyn, NY in 1956 where she worked at a hat factory and met her future husband, Robert. They married on April 12, 1958 and during their 54 years of marriage they had 3 children, Lorna, Debra & Robert, Jr.

Wilma worked various jobs over the years as a supermarket cashier, school crossing guard, a telephone operator then administrative assistant for New York Telephone until her retirement in 1994. That very same year Wilma, Robert and her mother-in-law Katie Bell moved to Lincoln, NE to be near her children and grandchildren. Not quite ready to be retired, Wilma took a job with LPS as a lunch lady at Lincoln High for three years.

She was soft spoken but strong willed and believed in holding her family close, being the caregiver to her mother-in-law and her husband until their deaths. Wilma became a member of Blessed Sacrament Church in 2012. She was an excellent cook and will be remembered for her lasagna, pineapple upside down cake, potato salad and chicken with dumplings. She was a remarkable woman and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Preceded in death by her husband, both parents, mother-in-law, grandson Gavin Judson, Sisters Bonnah Mae Ellerbe, Clotel Barnes, Martha Schoolfield and Roberta Carter. Survived by her children, Lorna Parks (Ted), Debra Royster, Robert Royster, Jr.; grandchildren, Godfrey Reide, Brandon Judson (Allyson), Ava Bridges; great-grandchildren, Tayvion Parks, Maurice Reide, Lyric Judson, Lennox Judson, Kingston Arnold, Tandyn Wilson, Seven Larson and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service will be 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A Street, Lincoln 68510. Inurnment will follow in the Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Dementia Society of America. Condolences may be sent to www.bmlfh.com