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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Carmelia 'Candy'
Joyce Wildeman
April 21, 1942 – January 24, 2010
Obituary
Carmelia 'Candy' Joyce Wildeman was born April 21, 1942, in Shields, KS, to the late Delmer Loyd and Ina Edith (Merritt) Wilson. She passed away Sunday, January 24, 2010, in the Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa at the age of 67.
Candy graduated from Gove High School with the class of 1960. In 1961, she graduated from TWA Flight Attendant School and began working at the Navy Annex in Washington D.C.
On May 27, 1961, she was united in marriage to Leonard 'Pete' Wildeman in Grainfield. Candy worked as a secretary for Wagons Ho for four years and then made Quinter High School her work home for the next fourteen years, serving the students and patrons of Quinter. Following a move to Salina, Candy worked as a secretary for Culligan Water for the next nineteen years. To keep in touch with their children and grandchildren, Candy and Pete moved to Williamsburg in 2008. Candy was an avid reader and volunteered at the Williamsburg Community Library. For the last two years, she served as the treasurer for the City of Williamsburg.
Candy is survived by her husband, Leonard 'Pete', of Williamsburg; three daughters, Yvonne Smith and husband, Randall, of Olathe, Valerie Stewart and husband, Jon, of Orlando, FL, Verlene Copeland and husband, Bob, of Milan, IN; a son, Leon Wildeman and wife, Susan, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Eva Flowers and husband, LeRoy, of Pratt, Deloris Steinike and husband, Herb, of Gove, Trisha Groom and husband, Daryl, of Bennington; four brothers, Loyd Wilson and wife, Julene, of Jetmore, Calvin Wilson and wife Jean, of Dighton, Boyd Wilson and wife, Margie, of Oberlin, Floyd Wilson and wife, Vivian, of Aurora, CO; sisters-in-law, Elinor Wilson of Gove, Elsiann Wilson of Grapevine, TX; ten grandchildren, Brett and Brie Stewart, Kelvin and Kate Wildeman, Paul, Hollyann, and Villette Copeland, Emily, Betsy, and Reed Smith; and forty-six nieces and nephews.
Candy was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Delmer Wilson, Jr.; and an infant sister, Ina Wilson.
Visitation will be Friday, January 29, 2010 from 5-7 PM at Schmitt Funeral Home in Quinter with a Vigil at 7:00 P.M.
Services for Candy will be Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Park, KS.
Memorials are suggested to the Williamsburg Community Library and can be sent in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 S. Main, Quinter, KS 67752.
Candy graduated from Gove High School with the class of 1960. In 1961, she graduated from TWA Flight Attendant School and began working at the Navy Annex in Washington D.C.
On May 27, 1961, she was united in marriage to Leonard 'Pete' Wildeman in Grainfield. Candy worked as a secretary for Wagons Ho for four years and then made Quinter High School her work home for the next fourteen years, serving the students and patrons of Quinter. Following a move to Salina, Candy worked as a secretary for Culligan Water for the next nineteen years. To keep in touch with their children and grandchildren, Candy and Pete moved to Williamsburg in 2008. Candy was an avid reader and volunteered at the Williamsburg Community Library. For the last two years, she served as the treasurer for the City of Williamsburg.
Candy is survived by her husband, Leonard 'Pete', of Williamsburg; three daughters, Yvonne Smith and husband, Randall, of Olathe, Valerie Stewart and husband, Jon, of Orlando, FL, Verlene Copeland and husband, Bob, of Milan, IN; a son, Leon Wildeman and wife, Susan, of Williamsburg; three sisters, Eva Flowers and husband, LeRoy, of Pratt, Deloris Steinike and husband, Herb, of Gove, Trisha Groom and husband, Daryl, of Bennington; four brothers, Loyd Wilson and wife, Julene, of Jetmore, Calvin Wilson and wife Jean, of Dighton, Boyd Wilson and wife, Margie, of Oberlin, Floyd Wilson and wife, Vivian, of Aurora, CO; sisters-in-law, Elinor Wilson of Gove, Elsiann Wilson of Grapevine, TX; ten grandchildren, Brett and Brie Stewart, Kelvin and Kate Wildeman, Paul, Hollyann, and Villette Copeland, Emily, Betsy, and Reed Smith; and forty-six nieces and nephews.
Candy was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Delmer Wilson, Jr.; and an infant sister, Ina Wilson.
Visitation will be Friday, January 29, 2010 from 5-7 PM at Schmitt Funeral Home in Quinter with a Vigil at 7:00 P.M.
Services for Candy will be Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Park, KS.
Memorials are suggested to the Williamsburg Community Library and can be sent in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 S. Main, Quinter, KS 67752.
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