Madeline Vierra of Willows died at the care facility in Williams on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. She was born in Sacramento to George and May Bernice (Trimble) Vicari on November 25, 1924.
She was the second born of five children, including Sam, Betty, George, and Jeanie. She was the last surviving sibling.
In the early 1940s, she met and married Reuben E. Vierra. They had one daughter, Kay Diane, in 1946.
They moved to Willows in 1973, living in the same house until she went to a rehab facility after breaking a hip in 2019. Covid forced her to stay in the facility until her death.
In her younger years, she worked as a “Rosie the Riveter” welder during World War II, while her husband served.
She never learned to drive but loved to play the organ and enjoyed knitting. She and her husband, who went by Elwood or Woody, were members of the Oddfellows in Willows for many years.
She is survived by three of her four grandchildren, Ronald Wayne Novack (Juli) of Louisiana, Reuben James (Ted) Theodore Novack (Stephanie) of Willows, and Michael Scott Novack (Tonia) of Orland; and great-grandchildren Wayne, James, Scott, Eric, Tory, Jamie, Stephanie, Tyler, Amber, Hunter, Samantha, Nate, Justin, LaCretia, Domynik and Jason.
Her great-great-grandchildren are numerous, but range in age from two to 25. She also had five great-great-great grandchildren who she never got to meet.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1982; her daughter, Kay Diane, who died in 2021; her grandson, Anthony (Tony) Paul Novack, who died in 2019; and her great-grandson, Nick, who died in 2010.
She was laid to rest next to her husband on May 2, 2024, in the Willows Cemetery.
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