HAROLD EDWARD WANGER
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January 31, 2024
Funeral services for Harold Edward Wanger will be held at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. with Kevin Fields officiating. Burial will follow in Alva Municipal Cemetery. There will be a visitation with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the chapel. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Harold Edward, son of Sadie (Stewart) and Charles A. Wanger, was born on January 19, 1933, on a farm north of Freedom, Oklahoma. He passed away on January 29, 2024, at the age of 91 years and 10 days.
During the Korean War he was drafted into the Army in 1951. He was honorably discharged in 1953 at the rank of Staff Sergeant. After his service he attended college at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, receiving his Bachelors of Education and a Masters of Education.
Harold was married on December 23, 1956, in Alva at the Barnes Street Church of Christ to Wanita Fay Campbell. To this union four children were born: Freya, Fonda, Paul (through adoption) and John (through adoption).
After they were married, they moved to Liberal, Kansas, where Harold started his teaching career. After teaching in Liberal they moved to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where Harold taught for over 35 years and he retired in 1998. Wanita and Harold moved to Alva in 2000 to enjoy retirement.
Harold loved to fish and work in his garden. As long as he can remember he always had a large garden.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanita, on September 14, 2017; and his two daughters, Freya Michelle and Fonda Sue. Harold was also preceded in death by his parents and seven sisters: Marilyn Bindrum, Ida Woods, Faye Rose, Ludella Spurlock, Betty Trekell, Phyliss Rhodes and Linda Olson.
Harold is survived by his two sons and their wives, Paul and Annette of Kiowa, Kansas, and John and Cristina of Grapevine, Texas; three grandsons, Yosef, Ian and John II; two granddaughters, Evelina and Brooklyn; a sister, Janice; a brother, Max; a number of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Alva Church of Christ and Northwest Nutrition Center through Wharton Funeral Chapel.
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