Former Sitkan
Wanda Bandy
Dies in Mo.
Former Sitka resident Wanda June Bandy, of Kansas City, Mo., died Oct. 9, 2015. She was 72.
A celebration of Wanda’s life will begin at 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at Carson-Speaks Chapel. 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, Mo. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. before the service at the chapel.
A memorial service will be held in Sitka at a later date.
The family requests contributions to the American Lung Association, 6701 W. 64th St., #110, Shawnee Mission, KS 66202.
Wanda was born June 15, 1943, in Okemah, Okla.
She served in the U.S. Army from 1962 until 1963, and attended Longview Community College in Independence, Mo.
From Oklahoma, the family moved to Kansas City, Mo. She came to Sitka in 1998, and returned to Kansas City in 2005, but would return to Sitka in the summers to visit her son, Bill Bandy.
She worked at St. Regis Paper Company and later at Jerry’s Restaurant and Faces Lounge in Independence, Mo.
While living in Sitka, she worked at Westmark Shee Atika. She also was on the White Elephant Shop board, and was a member of Baranof Arts and Crafts Association.
She was a Past Bethel Guardian of Job’s Daughters.
Wanda was a very outgoing person who had many friends. She enjoyed going to casinos, crafts, collecting angels, Kansas Chiefs football, Kansas City Royals baseball, old movies and game shows.
Most of all, Wanda loved her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Bandy Sr.
She is survived by daughters Norma Wolf and husband Brad, of Kansas City, Mo., and Wilma Bandy and fiancée David Sprague, East Peoria, Ill.; and son Bill Bandy, Jr., Sitka.
Also surviving are grandchildren Alecia Klotz and husband Brandon, of Peoria, Ill.; Savannah Lacy, Overland Park. Kansas; Amanda Lacy, Kansas City, Mo.; Thomas Blood, Pekin, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.speakschapel.com.
(Arrangements are by Carson-Speaks Chapel 816-252-7900.)
