Obituary of Wilfred Pelham

Jonas Wilfred Pelham, age 90, of Moore Haven, passed away March 14, 2021, in Moore Haven. He was born November 17, 1930, in Washington County, Florida to the late James Arthur and the late Evelyn Lavada (Varnum) Pelham. Wilfred was married to Betty Walker Pelham. He was a 1948 graduate of Clewiston High School. He worked for 42 years at U.S. Sugar Corporation as a purchaser. Leaves behind his loving wife; Betty Pelham of Moore Haven, Florida, his children; Teresa Pelham Rudd and husband Steve, and Kristal Pelham Hollis and husband Keith, granddaughter; Tiffany Rudd Patterson and husband Jeffrey, and great grandchildren; Rylie Roxanne Patterson and Blake Edward Patterson, along with his grand dog; Rames, surviving brothers and sisters; Henry Pelham and wife Linda, Joyce Pelham Clark-Johnson, Roy Pelham, and Gloria Pelham Clark. A multitude of nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews along with great grandnieces and great grandnephews also survive. Wilfred was preceded in death by his brothers and sisters; Colie Pelham, Millard Pelham, Lucille Pelham, Victoria “Vickie” Pelham Long, and her spouse “Marda”, James “Jay” Pelham and his wife Elisabeth, Charles “Curt” Pelham, and sister-in-law; Donna Pelham wife of Roy Cremation arrangements by Akin-Davis Funeral Home - Clewiston.