Wilda Maxine Haley

Wilda Maxine Haley passed away on Sept. 21, 2021 in Kansas City while under hospice care.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 at the Liberty Christian Church, located at 427 E. Kansas St., in Liberty. A visitation will be held a the church one hour prior to the service.
A commital service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the Harris Cemetery, located on Highway 139 East in Harris.
Wilda was born on Sept. 13, 1932 in Galt, the daughter of Roy and Clara Ralston Browning.  She graduated from Galt High School and married Jack Haley in 1950. He survives.
Wilda worked at her family’s grocery store growing up and later worked at Burton’s grocery store in Harris. She had an amazing ability to manage busy family life, lead church youth group, cook homemade meals, make amazing tea rings for the church bazaar, harvest a full garden and help Jack with farming. She loved sharing her cooking and baking with others. A highlight for her was an annual trip to California to see her brothers. Wilda loved music and had a beautiful singing voice. After her kids were older, she worked at the Harris Post Office and was also a clerk at the Sullivan County Assessor’s Office. She was a distributor for Mary Kay makeup for several years and enjoyed the friendships and comradery.
In 1986, she and Jack moved to Liberty where she started a new career at the age of 54. She was employed by the U.S. Postal Service in Liberty for 11 years.
She was a member of Harris Christian Church and Liberty Christian Church. In 2014, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by traveling to the Holy Lands with members from the church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her brother, Roy Browning of Anaheim, CA; three daughters, Julia Haley Hargus of Blue Springs, Wanda Crawford of Leawood, KS and Mary (Terry) Shelton of Lee’s Summit; five grandchildren, Brooke Nickles, Jami Burns, Katlyn (Ian) Hartford, Luke (Savan-nah) Shelton and Brett Shelton; six great-grandchildren, Avery Nickles, Maleah Nickles, Terin Nickles, Rylee Hartford, Kaimana Burns and Ezra Hartford; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and good friends.
Wilda is preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Kenneth Browning, Carl (Pat) Browning and her twin, Wendell Browning.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Liberty Christian Church or Harris Cemetery. They can be mailed to White Chapel Funeral Home, 6600 NE Antioch Rd, Gladstone, MO 64119.