Stella H. Gomez

BARRE CITY – Stella Hayes Gomez, 76, of Westwood Parkway, died Thursday night, February 4, 2016 at the Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center where she had been admitted in August of 2011.
She was born July 15, 1939 in Step Rock, AR, the daughter of Ewing and Lucy (Holden) Walls and had attended elementary and high school in San Bernardino and Buena Park, CA.
In earlier years she assisted her parents on their share crop farm in Arkansas and will be remembered for her volunteer service to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Posts in Barre.
Stella was first married to Billie Hayes and they later divorced. She had been a long-time and loving companion to Patrick H. Gomez of Barre who died February 15, 1995. They will be joined together at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center in the Spring.
Survivors include nephews Bobbie and Fred Wray of Pharr, TX; Eugene Walls of Little Rock, AR and Darrel Walls of Strasburg, VA and nieces Sharon Cook of Ripon, CA; and Marie Schumacher Shelby as well as special friends Michael and Roger McManis, Danielle McAndrew, and Roberta Bliss. Her parents and siblings predeceased her.
A graveside service with inurnment to follow will be made at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center in the Spring, and will be announced.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Resident Activity Fund, Berlin Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98 Hospitality Drive, Barre, VT 05641.