Vilma Scott

Vilma was born in Bellavista Peru, daughter of Romeo and Raquel. She was the middle child of five siblings, Anibal, Romeo, Soledad and Luis Alberto.

Vilma graduated from George Washington school in Callao.   She studied IBM computers and also dreamt of becoming a flight attendant, but her path took her to work at Banco Comercial de Peru where she worked as a customer service representative for about 4 years.  

Vilma met her husband, William in 1962 as they lived around the corner from each other in La Perla, Callao Peru.  Funny enough, it was her two older brothers who had their eyes on Willy's two older sisters, but it was Vilma and William who got together.  They married in December of 1970 and migrated to the USA in January of 1971.  They settled in Paterson New Jersey.   

She started working as a packer at Nabisco (Kraft Foods) in 1971 and retired in 2007.

Vilma and William had two children, Rachel and William Jr. She made sure she instilled the importance of God being first in their lives.  Although she was their earthly mother, she showed them how to adore the Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary.  She was a devoted wife and mother.  She loved to travel and was able to explore several countries. 

Vilma was very active in the church.  She was a lector and sang in the choir of St. Mary's church in Paterson. She was a Cursillista, part of prayer groups, and fellowship groups of the church.  Devotee to El Senor de los Milagros from Peru (Lord of Miracles).  In 2003, the family moved to Carteret, New Jersey where she became parishioner at St. Joseph's Church. Vilma was devoted to the Blessed Sacrament.  Without fail, she spent an hour each week at Eucharistic Adoration.  It was very important to her that she spend that hour in Jesus' company.

Her recent years hobby was making rosaries to give away.  She never wanted to receive from anyone, she was a giver, not a taker.  

Vilma was always ready to lend a hand everywhere she went.  Her love for Jesus Christ and the Blessed Mother permeated her life.  She was kindhearted, generous, loving and her unwavering love and faith in Jesus Christ and the Blessed Mother always carried her through life.  She was a very strong woman in every sense of the word.  Even until the end, where a miracle happened.  She took her last breath and after15 minutes, came back to us.  A few hours later, God called her home.  She left a mark on everyone's life who met her and even in the end, this miracle impacted the doctors and hospital staff of RWJ of New Brunswick as they had never seen anything like this before.  God is good.

Vilma is survived by her husband William, daughter Rachel, son William, sister Soledad, brother Luis Alberto, several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, many cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, God children and the first beautiful great niece, who she longed to meet.    

Vilma loved her husband and children.  She sacrificed so much for them.  We miss her dearly but know she lives in our hearts and memories until we meet again in God's Paradise.

We invite everyone to the Funeral Mass on Thursday, December 5 at 10am at St. Joseph's Church 7 Locust Street, Carteret, NJ 07008.   

Refreshments will be served in the church hall after mass.

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