Wilma Ruth Lewellen

Wilma Ruth Lewellen, age 94, of Kingston, MO, passed away on July 31, 2015, at the Cameron Regional Medical Center in Cameron. She had lived in Caldwell County almost all of her life.

Wilma was born on Oct. 5, 1920, in Breckenridge, to Glenn R. and Katheryn Meneely Looney. She was a 1938 graduate of the Breckenridge high school. She had worked at the Kingston grocery store, had been a school cook at the Kingston School, a farm wife, and had been the City Clerk of Kingston.

She was a member of the Breckenridge High School Alumni Association and had many hobbies including playing cards, bowling, being an excellent cook and an avid gardener.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Virginia Kay Francis (David); one sister, Twyla Losh; six brothers, Glen, J.W., Roger, Charles, Kenneth, and Frank Looney; and nieces and nephews.

Survivors include her grandson, Mike Francis of Kingston and his significant other, Erin Coin; two sisters, Alene Paustian of Chillicothe and Carol Wells of Prairie Village, KS; two sisters-in-law, Delia Looney of Peculiar and Sue Phillips of Kansas City; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 3, at the Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton. A visitation was held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment was at Kingston Cemetery in Kingston. Memorials may be made to the Breckenridge Alumni Association. Online condolences may be left at www.bramfuneralservices.com.

(paid obituary)

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