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Submitted: 2/27/16 • Approved: 2/27/16 • Last Updated: 3/29/18 • R788150-G788149-S3
June 24, 1907 - Jan 15, 1990
Ola Demaris Wait, 82, of 417 South Main, Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday (Jan. 15, 1990) in Grim-Smith Hospital.
Born June 24, 1907 in Schuyler County, she was the daughter of George W. and Henrietta Pope Anders. On December 23, 1933 in Kirksville, she was married to Wilbur F. Wait who survives. Also surviving are one son, Larry Wait of Kirksville; one daughter Frances Jones of Kirksville; four grandchildren, Angela Jones, Kenneth and Kevin Wait and Beth Stone and two great-grandchildren, Michael and Michelle Stone.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one daughter, Carolyn Sue on July 9, 1946; three brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Wait was reared in Schuyler county where she received her education. She spent her entire married life in Kirksville.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, Kirksville.
Parents:
George W. Anders (1862 - 1926)
Henrietta Pope Anders (1872 - 1945)
Spouse:
Wilbur Francis Wait (1907 - 1993)
Children:
Larry Kenneth Wait (1942 - 2001)
Carolyn Sue Wait (1946 - 1946)
Siblings:
Charles Pearl Anders (1890 - 1973)
Maud Cleo Anders Brassfield (1895 - 1968)
Nellie May Anders Lowe (1902 - 1962)
Fred Albert Anders (1904 - 1969)
Photo contributed by Larry and Susan Olson lolson60@cableone.net
Contributed on 2/27/16 by hawkinsdonna48
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