Oden, Stella Anita (Whealy) wife of Wilmer Harold ‘Bud’
Burial Date: 2011, 04/21 Age: 99 Lot: 1233 H
Birth: Jan. 18, 1912 Death: Apr. 12, 2011

Anita Whealy Oden
STERLING – Anita Whealy Oden, 99, died April 12, 2011, at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. She was born Jan. 18, 1912, on a farm near Wellington, Kan., to Arthur Caldwell and Elizabeth Lynn Hartley Whealy. She was a longtime Sterling resident and a homemaker. She graduated from Wellington High School, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Pittsburg State Teachers College in Art Interior Design. Memberships included: First United Methodist Church with the Women’s outstanding service pin, AAUW, 50-year member of Order of Eastern Star, MB Club, and the Sterling Sorosis.
She married Wilmer “Bud” H. Oden March 2, 1934, in Miami, Okla. He died Dec. 13, 2004. Survivors include: son, Bob and Judy Oden of Shawnee Mission; daughter, Fira Stout and daughter-in-law, Jan Oden, both of Sterling; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, A.H. Oden; son-in-law, Ron Stout; grandson, Doug Stout; two sisters, Ramona Weible and Mary Gartman; and brother, Bud Whealy.
Funeral 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 21, 2011, at the First United Methodist Church, Sterling, with Reverend Marvin Ewertt officiating. Burial in Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling. Visitation 9:30 a.m. to service time Thursday at the church.
Memorials to The Buddy Oden Scholarship Fund, Bell Choir Fund or First United Methodist Church, in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.
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Spouse:
Wilmer Harold Oden (1910 – 2004)
Children:
Arthur H Oden (1936 – 1998)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 1233 H
Created by: Lawcas
Record added: Apr 09, 2013
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