Dancy, Wilma Glynn

Wilma G. (Thompson) Dancy

AKA “Ducky”, AKA “Aunt Gin”

January 12, 1931 – June 19, 2022

Wilma is survived by her three children; Debby (Ron) Roedel, Bill Jr. and Glynda (Elaine) Dancy. Two Grandsons; Robb William Roedel and William Michael Dancy, Nephew Daniel (Susi) Bennett, Niece Julie (James) Denton, along with several Great-Nieces and Nephews.

She is predeceased by her loving husband William Arthur, parents Hazel Wilma and Clell Thompson, Step Sister Frances (Tommy) Thompson

Wilma Glynn Thompson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 12, 1931. During her childhood she also lived in San Diego, California and Cullman, Alabama. As a child in Alabama, she enjoyed running around with all her cousins and friends, singing songs and jumping creeks. She was a cheerleader and a softball pitcher for her high school team. She had a competitive spirit and enjoyed sports. Wilma began working as a young child picking cotton to make money for school clothes and social outings. She loved fashion and worked hard to buy store bought items. She enjoyed walking to the local store for a coke and a moonpie after school when she had the money. After graduation she moved to Florida where she was employed by King Edward Cigars. After living with her mom for awhile she decided to get an apartment with her step-sister Frankie and began working as a rollerskating waitress for the Krystal Restaurant Chain. Soon she was promoted to an evening manager and that’s where she met a Navy Sailor named William Dancy from Fairport, NY. They dated awhile before they travelled to Bill’s hometown to meet his parents. She was so proud and proper that when asked to join him on his trip home, she wrote his parents to ask permission and they welcomed her with open arms. While on the trip one week turned to two, when Bill’s grandmother passed away. They stayed for the service and Bill proposed at his parent’s home. They returned to Florida after they honeymooned in Niagara Falls. The two moved back to Florida while Bill finished his last three months of service. Then this Southern Belle moved to Fairport to start a family. Wilma always dreamt of being a homemaker and a mother. So she followed her dream and began her family in Fairport. She was blessed with three children; Deborah, William Jr. and Glynda.

Throughout her lifetime Wilma always maintained a source of unconditional love for her family. Love and laughter filled our home. She had such a way with people.  If you met

her…you remembered her. Throughout her life experiences, she knew what she wanted to give to her children and the type of home she wanted to provide for her family: a better life, an education, a two parent household, a sense of belonging and most of all unconditional love. As kids, we were the house that everyone gathered at…our mom would lead the charge, orchestrating the tasks that had to get done around the house, our chores as she called it. Many of the neighborhood kids would be seen working at our home and their parents would marvel why they wouldn’t work like that at theirs. Our mom knew how to make things fun and she would create everything into a game. The task was completed before you knew you were actually working and then there was the delicate dangle of reward like an ice cream party, a game we’d all play or a song to sing. She was artful with her persistence and always knew what needed to be done with everyone following her lead. 

Her stories about her life were captivating. She always saw the good in things. Mom was the queen of making the best out of a bad situation. She was and forever will be our matriarch. She can rest now knowing her dreams of marriage, having and raising her family, educating that family with life lessons to carry them through, fortitude through the good times and bad and more than anything a strong faith and unconditional love were conveyed.

We are all better for having known her and the calls have come from people all over the country who have fond memories of Wilma Glyn…she had a wonderful way of leaving an impression on you. Those dear times are what she would want you to remember until we meet again!

Per her request, all services will be held in one day. Please be advised that due to Covid, the family has requested that all participants remained masked in order to attend. The schedule of the services are as follows:

Calling Hours will be held on Friday, June 24th from 11:00 am – Noon @ Richard H. Keenan Furneral Home (Egypt Location) 7501 Pittsford Palmyra Road, Fairport, NY 14450. A procession will follow the calling hours to White Haven Memorial Park 210 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. The car procession will proceed by her home church, Raymond Baptist where she was an active member, deaconess and member of the church choir, then by the First Baptist Church where they were married, past their first home together on Deland Park B where she resided with her in-laws, past their forever home built by Wilma, Bill and her father-in-law at 276 W. Whitney Road before arriving at White Haven Cemetery for a service and burial. 

In lieu of Flowers please consider a donation to ONE of the following charities that were dear to her:

In honor of her father, husband and son’s service, donations can be made to:

Canandaigua VA Medical Center (VAMC)

400 Fort Hill Avenue

Canandaigua, NY 14424

In honor of her daughters, donations can be made to:

Attn: Sister Act

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

1650 South Ave #100

Rochester, NY 14620

In honor of her love of all children, donations can be made to:

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis, TN 38105

We invite you to share in some precious moments with our mom: