All Obituaries

Glenda Gail Melanson, age 64 of Baldwin City, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024. A private Celebration Of Life will be held by family. Memorial contributions may be made to Prairie Paws in care of Wilson’s, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS 66092. Glenda Gale Melanson was born May 2, 1959, the daughter of William Leslie and Billie Margarite (Combs) Melanson. Glenda grew up in Fruita, Colorado and graduated from Fruita Monument High School in 1977. After high school she spent...

Clayton Dean Turner Sr.,77, of Lawrence, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2024 at Wellsville Health and Rehabilitation in Wellsville, KS.  The family is planning a memorial at a later date.   Clayton was born on November 9, 1946 in Newton, KS to Nelson and Lucille (Gilmore) Turner. He was the youngest of four children. From the time of his birth in 1946 to 1955, the family lived in Canton, KS before moving to Thrall, KS in 1955 and later to Edgerton, KS...

Y’Vonne Aileene O’Dea, age 98 of Wellsville, Kansas passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at the Wellsville Retirement Community. Funeral services will be 2PM, Monday, March 11, 2024 at Wilson’s Funeral Home in Wellsville. Visitation will be from 1-2PM, one hour prior to services. Interment will follow services in the Wellsville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wellsville Retirement Community in care of Wilson’s, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS...

Frank Thomas Brockway, age 83 of Lenexa, KS passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024 at Garden Terrace of Overland Park. Funeral services will be 12PM, Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Wilson’s Funeral Home in Wellsville. Visitation will be 10:30-12PM, also Saturday. Interment will follow services in the Wellsville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wellsville High School Endowment Fund in care of Wilson’s, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS 66092. Frank Thomas Brockway,...

Hershel Ray Poor, age 93 of Wellsville, KS passed away Thursday, February 29, 2024 at his home. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held 5-7PM, Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Milestone Events in Wellsville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Veteran’s Community Project of KC in care of Wilson’s, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS 66092. Hershel Ray Poor was born September 18, 1930 in Stillwell, Oklahoma, the son of Samuel Henry and Arlene Bertie (Capps) Poor. He grew up in...

Jeannine Yvonne Hilliard, age 67 of Gardner, Kansas passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 at Olathe Hospice House. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11AM, Monday, February 26, 2024 at Wilson’s Funeral Home in Wellsville, Kansas. Inurnment of cremains will take place at a later date at Leavenworth National Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Jeannine Yvonne Hilliard was born April 29,1956 in...

Linda Faith Sailer, age 75 of Wellsville, Kansas passed away peacefully Sunday, February 11, 2024 at home with family by her side. She will be interred at a later date next to her husband in Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Florida. Linda Faith Sailer was born June 18, 1948 in Seymour, Indiana, the daughter of Lyle Brown Davis and Audrey Lee (Bowling) Davis. She moved to Miami, Florida in 1952 with her family where she attended Miami Norland High School. On September 18, 1967, she...

Shawn Lee Rader, age 50 of Olathe, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 1, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends. No services are planned at this time. Shawn Lee Rader was born June 29, 1973 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Jack Morris, Jr. and Patricia Ann (Carroll) Rader. Shawn graduated from Harmon High School in 1993. He was most recently employed as a cook at D-Dub’s Bar and Grill in Eudora, Kansas and loved working on cars and fishing. Shawn is...

James Arthur Waddle, 82,  of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2024.  James, known to most as “Jim,” was born on January 4, 1942, to Marie (Waits) and Claude “Hinton” Waddle in Casa Grande, Arizona, the second of their three children. Jim, his mother and siblings moved to Oroville, California, after the death of his father in 1953, and then to Pixley, California, in 1959. There, Jim’s mother met and married his...

Debra Lee Ponder “Nana”, age 69 of Wellsville, KS passed away January 2, 2024. Visitation will be 11-1PM, Saturday, January 6, 2024. Graveside services will follow at the Wellsville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wellsville Kid Matters wrestling program in care of Wilson’s, PO Box 486, Wellsville, KS 66092. Debra Lee Ponder was born September 17, 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of John Wallace and Virginia Marion (Parker) Zeiler. Her father was...