Francelle A. Wiley

Francelle A. Wiley, 90, of Bethlehem and Sacramento, PA, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016. She was born April 19, 1926 in Augusta, GA to Lucile Brown Adams and John Phillips Adams, Sr. She was married for 52 years to James Hundley Wiley, Jr., who passed on in 2002. She was a graduate of Dreher High School in Columbia, SC and Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary, now VCU.

Francelles work experience included teaching, supplying art to restaurants from her Bethlehem shop, writing for radio in South Carolina and Indiana and working for the former Globe-Times. She also worked at Hesss and at a land-holding company for nineteen years. She owned a land-holding business started with her husband in Schuylkill County.

Francelle was a former member of AAUW, the Bethlehem Palette Club, Church of the Manger and First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bethlehem.

Survivors: She is survived by four sons and a daughter: Mark of Saudi Arabia; Hundley of Sacramento, PA; Dale and his wife Lorna of Sacramento, PA; Jay and his wife Elisa of Garrett, IN; and Lucy and her husband Guines Wiley-Nieves of Catasauqua. Francelle was predeceased by a son, Major Robert Wiley, ret. USAF. She was also predeceased by a brother, Col. John P. Adams, Jr., ret. USAF and wife Flavienne. Survivors also include six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and their spouses and 11 great children.

Services: A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Connell Funeral Home, 245 E. Broad St. Bethlehem, PA 18018.

Memorial contributions may be made to the former family home, The Brown Museum, c/o Washington County Historical Society, Sandersville, GA 31082.

Memorial Service
Saturday, May 21, 2016
10:30 AM
Connell Funeral Home, Inc.
245 East Broad St.
Bethlehem PA 18018
US
610-868-8531

Funeral HomeConnell Funeral Home, Inc.
245 East Broad St.
Bethlehem PA - 18018
US
610-868-8531