1948
Wanda
2021
Wanda Evelyn Gretzinger
March 11, 1948 — October 10, 2021
Wanda Evelyn Gretzinger, age 73, of Buckner, Missouri, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021 at home.
She was born March 11, 1948 to Clarence and Bertha White and grew up first in Versailles, Missouri and later Kansas City, Missouri. She was one of 14 siblings.
On December 26, 1964, Wanda married Wayne Gretzinger and they settled in Buckner, Missouri. There they raised two daughters, Lavonna (Gretzinger) Triplett of Oak Grove who passed away on December 3, 2019, and Shawna Gretzinger of Kansas City.
Wanda is survived by her husband of 56 years, Wayne, daughter Shawna, Grandchildren Mikaylah Wheeler of Independence, and Alexander Gretzinger of Fort Scott, Kansas, two great-grandchildren, one brother, Charles White of Kansas City, four sisters, Patricia White of Buckner, Tina Lenz of Belton, Belinda Burge and Emma Chambers of Missouri.
In addition to her parents and daughter, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Michael, Roy, Jack, and Clarence White, and four sisters, Martha Edwards, Margaret and Mary White, and Anna Louis Gerlt, many other relatives and friends.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com
(Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel 816-373-3600)
She was born March 11, 1948 to Clarence and Bertha White and grew up first in Versailles, Missouri and later Kansas City, Missouri. She was one of 14 siblings.
On December 26, 1964, Wanda married Wayne Gretzinger and they settled in Buckner, Missouri. There they raised two daughters, Lavonna (Gretzinger) Triplett of Oak Grove who passed away on December 3, 2019, and Shawna Gretzinger of Kansas City.
Wanda is survived by her husband of 56 years, Wayne, daughter Shawna, Grandchildren Mikaylah Wheeler of Independence, and Alexander Gretzinger of Fort Scott, Kansas, two great-grandchildren, one brother, Charles White of Kansas City, four sisters, Patricia White of Buckner, Tina Lenz of Belton, Belinda Burge and Emma Chambers of Missouri.
In addition to her parents and daughter, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Michael, Roy, Jack, and Clarence White, and four sisters, Martha Edwards, Margaret and Mary White, and Anna Louis Gerlt, many other relatives and friends.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com
(Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel 816-373-3600)
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