Dateline: Wichita, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Helen Louise Willingham                              Age: 103

Date of Death: November 20, 2015

Place of Death: Sandpiper Bay, Wichita, Kansas

Date of Birth: March 31, 1912 at Wichita, Kansas

Parents Name: Grant and Freda (Behrens) McNett

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Delton “Willie” Willingham November 28, 1950 at Bentonville, Arkansas.  He died August 12, 1989.

Mrs. Willingham was a Wichita, Kansas resident for 22 years coming from Great Bend.

She was a former member of First Church of the Nazarene, Great Bend. She converted to the Roman Catholic faith following her relocation to Wichita. She and Willie owned the Big Wheel Drive-In for 15 years. She was a great cook and seamstress and a fine Christian woman.

 

SURVIVORS

one son: Kenny Rogers and his wife Kelly of Dallas, TX

one daughter: Darla Schrader of Wichita, KS

Four Grandchildren: Daryn Kinsinger and his wife Mary Lou, Delisa Willcut-Loeffelholz and her husband Mark, Delton Rogers and Kendra Rogers-Rezek and her husband Mike

Great-grandchildren: Five

Great-great-grandchildren: Five

 

She was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Graveside Service: Monday, November 23, 2015

Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Service: Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend

Officiant: Father Ted Stoecklein

Interment: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:.  9:00 a.m. to service time, Monday, November 23, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial Fund: Alzheimer’s Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas         67530