HEY, Wanda M. - b. October 14, 1946 - d. September 3, 2018

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Wanda M. Hey, 71, of Moline, Kansas, passed away September 3, 2018 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas.  Born October 14, 1946 in Montgomery County, Kansas, she was the daughter of Frank and Dorothy (Corle) Hey.

Wanda was raised in Elk County, Kansas and received her education in Elk County, attending high school in Moline, Kansas.  After school, Wanda married Gerald Cook.  To this union, three daughters were born.  The couple later divorced.

Wanda worked various waitress jobs in Elk and Cowley counties.  She also worked in several area nursing homes, both as a cook and a nurse's aide.  She later moved to Arkansas City for a time before making her home in Dexter, Kansas where she worked as a cook for the school district and later as a nurse's aide at Grouse Valley Manor.  While working at the school district, she also worked as an office manger in the summers for a roofing company.  She later moved to Texas for  short time, working in the offices of several roofing companies.  In 1992, she moved back to Arkansas City where she remained until 2013 when she returned to Moline.  She loved to volunteer her time taking care of stray animals.  She also enjoyed traveling and especially enjoyed her trips to Germany and Texas.

Her surviving family includes her daughters, Connie Vaden and fiance, Alan Bryant of Arkansas City, Kansas, Barbara Stafford and husband, Greg of Katy, Texas, and Debra Tousley and husband, Ernest of Howard, Kansas; her brother, Merle Hey and wife, Connie of Moline, Kansas; her sisters, Pearl Williams, of Moline, Kansas, Lena Ouellet of Longton, Kansas, and Linda High of Moline, Kansas; her grandchildren, Jennifer Rhodes and husband, Jared of Ponca City, Oklahoma, Christian Vaden of Arkansas City, Kansas, and Timothy Keller of Canyon Lake, Texas; her great-grandchildren, Kaden, Bella, and Khalyssa; and numerous nephews and nieces. In addition to her parents, Wanda is preceded in death by two brothers, Frank Hey and William Hey; two sisters, Ethel Simpson and Bea Harrison; and two grandchildren, Nathaniel and Alissa Russell.

Private family graveside services will be held at Memorial Lawn Cemetery north of Arkansas City, Kansas.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations in Wanda's name be made to the Chester Fund and may be made through the funeral home.  Miles Funeral Service, 4001 E. 9th Avenue, Winfield, Kansas 67156 is in charge of arrangements.

(taken from the Miles Funeral Service website)