Kay L. Wanasek
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - Kay Louise
Wanasek, 66, passed away May 8, 2008, at the Bradford House nursing
home, after a long and gracious battle with Parkinson's disease.
Kay Wanasek was born on Jan. 13, 1942,
in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold and Betty Collins Scott. Kay
grew up in the Burrton area and attended Hutchinson Community College
and Southwestern College. Kay worked for may years at Ward-Kraft in
Fort Scott as a typesetter, then for R.L. Polk in Hutchinson as a
typesetter. She was a member of Burrton United Methodist Church.
After moving to Rogers, she was cared for by the First United
Methodist Church in Rogers. Kay was a Cub Scout leader and Sunday
School teacher in Fort Scott, Kansas for many years. Kay is best
known for her kindness and generous heart. She loved kids of all
ages. She will be dearly missed.
Kay is survived by her son Scott
Wanasek and his wife Linda, Scott's children, Natalee and Alec
Wanasek and Linda's children, Jennifer and Jayson Hawthorne, all of
Arkansas; her daughter, Aimee Wanasek-Forcum and her husband Destry
and their children, Gunner and Gabriella Kay Forcum of Kingman;
sister Barbara Scott and her husband Bill of Tecumseh, Kansas;
brother Roger Scott and his wife Janet of Hutchinson, Kansas; very
dear friend, Bob Miller of Medicine Lodge, and her roommate and best
friend, Wilma Allen.
The family would like to express
special thanks to the entire staff at the Bradford House nursing
center in Bentonvile for the time and sincere care they gave to Kay
over the years.
Graveside services will be held at 11
a.m. Monday, May 12, 2008, in Burrton Cemetery, Burrton, Ks.
Memorials may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation in Kay's name.
Arrangements by Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. Fourth St.,
Rogers, Ark. (downtown). Online condolences may be made at
www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com.
