Obituary -- Leta Louise Wake 1930-2013

Leta Louise Wake was born on April 6, 1930 to Dale Constant and Vetra VanAusdale Constant. On May 13, 1946, she married Alfred Duane Wake in Troy, KS. To this marriage, three children were born, Sheila Louise Wake Cyre, Leland Duane Wake, and Janet Wake Larison. Leta and Duane provided a loving home for their children, their extended family, and their childrens' friends. It was always a meeting place for all of the family and friends and Leta loved to cook for everyone. Leta was a great caretaker, learning early in life how to care for her younger siblings and her oldest daughter when she had one of the first open heart surgeries. Leta and Duane were blessed to have many friends which was shown when their friends traveled from Sheridan to Kansas City in the 1950's to donate blood for Sheila. Leta lived in Sheridan the last years of her life and renewed many of her early friendships, including the family of her beloved Methodist Church. She loved to garden and had a garden every year. She learned to crochet in 1953 and made many afghans and dollies that everyone cherished. She was pleased to help raise her youngest granddaughter, Teri Leigh Larison, keeping and caring for her on a weekly basis, even after she left for college. Leta was preceded in death by her beloved husband Duane Wake, her first child Sheila Louise Wake Cyre, grandson Leonard Duane Cyre, sister Doris Jean Constant Chancellor, brother Jimmy Constant, brother-in-law Phillip Wake and wife Eileen and her brother-in-law Stanton (Zeke) Wake and wife Elaine Wake. She is survived by son Leland Duane Wake, daughter Janet Wake Larison and husband Terry, grandchildren Annette (Paul) Wanger, Clint (Angela) Larison, granddaughter Teri Leigh Larison, five great-grandchildren, brother Roy Dale Constant, sister Willa Wilson, brother Gary Dean Constant, and many nieces and nephews.