LILY ASTRID WILDEY

TRIADELPHIA, W.V. — Lily Astrid (née) Geoghegan Wildey was called home to the Lord on July 4, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of John Stephen and Lily (Frank), Lily was born June 29, 1931, the third of four children and raised in Cos Cob and Stamford, Conn.

Music brought great joy to Lily, who learned piano at an early age. Later she gave lessons in her home in Lake Katonah, N.Y., as she and her husband, Clifford raised their seven children. In 1973, the family moved to a small dairy farm in Cornwall, Vt., and Lily resumed her nursing career at Porter Hospital until her retirement in 1997. Lily had a beautiful soprano voice and loved singing in the choir of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the direction of Dr. Kevin Parizo.

Travel abroad to Austria and to the shrine at Medjugorje were high points for Lily. She and Cliff loved their occasional trips to the Maine coast. In their retirement years, they spent winters in Hot Springs Village, Ark., where she discovered a love and talent for art, and summers in their beloved Vermont with their children and grandchildren. For the last several years, she resided with son, Peter and his wife, Heather, in Triadelphia, W.V.

Lily had a lifelong devotion to God, keen intellect, and strong work ethic. She loved to try new things, like ax throwing at age 89, and had a ready laugh. Even in her 90’s she had a love of rhyming poetry of which she wrote plenty! She will be sorely missed.

Lily is survived by her sister Lois Doherty; her children, Cynthia and Robin Looney, Charles and MaryJo (Mroczenski), Kathleen and Dutton Smith Jr., Barbara and Kendall Severy, Timothy and Lisa (Bolduc) and Peter and Heather (Stewart); many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Clifford, of 65 years; sister Edith (Bell), brother John Stephen Geoghegan, and her beloved son, Stephen Douglas Wildey.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at St Mary’s Church, Middlebury, at a later date. ◊