Wilma Phillips Welden

Wilma (Phillips) Welden, 88, of Wichita, and former southeast Kansas resident, passed away at 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita.

She was born February 6, 1920, in Monmouth, Illinois, to Homer Roscoe and Marchie Emeline (Payton) Phillips.

She was a retired secretary for US Army personnel.

SURVIVORS:
Two Sons – Glen Welden and his wife, Fran Neosho, MO
Virgil Welden Gillette, WY
One Daughter – Nancy Wright Cheyenne, WY
Thirteen Grandchildren
Fifteen Great-Grandchildren
One Great-Great-Grandchild
Seven Brothers
One Sister
Numerous Nieces & Nephews

She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert; one sister, Rosalie Keeton; and one son, Jerry Welden.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 17, 2009, at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 – 8:00 p.m., Friday. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Wilma Phillips Welden, please visit our flower store.