Julia E. "Judy" Wiley

Judy Wiley, age 76, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Guest Home Estates in Garnett, Kansas. Judy Wiley was born Julia Etta Jackson at Wesley Hospital in Wichita, KS on May 17, 1936, the daughter of Virginia Alta (Quillen) Jackson and William Tamlin Jackson. Judy lived with her mother and grandparents until her mother passed away of tuberculosis when Judy was 13 months old. Judy then lived with her father, step-mother and half-sister until the age of 5 when her father passed away as a result of burns from an explosion where he worked. After her father's death, her mother's parents - Bessie Irene and Leslie Harry Quillen - adopted her and she lived with them and her mother's half brother, Leslie Harry Quillen, Jr. Judy attended Kindergarten and first grade in Wichita. In August, 1943, the Quillens moved to Ft. Scott, KS where she attended a one-room country school. Judy's family moved to Garnett when she was 12, they made their home at 523 W. 7th St. and Judy attended Irving Elementary school and graduated from Garnett High School in 1953. Judy was married to Donald Richard Wiley, Sr. May 31, 1953 at the home of her parents. They lived 1/2 mile east of the Maple Grove school until May 1, 1969 when they moved into a new home on the Wiley home place. They lived there until June, 2011 when they moved into Park Place retirement apartments until September, 2012. They then moved into Guest Home Estates. Judy was a housewife and stay-at-home mom until 1965 when she went to work for the Anderson County Assessor's Office where she worked for one year until going back to be a full-time mom. She worked for Graham School in 1973 and Dairy Queen in 1974. She worked as a Math Aide for Irving Elementary school from 1975 until 1979. From 1979 until 1984 she worked for Daniel's Construction during the construction of Wolf Creek Power Plant. She spent a year at Miller & Son in Iola before going back to Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant where she worked for 10 years. In 1995 Judy took early retirement and spent the next 5 years babysitting her grandchildren Megan and Grady Schuster. She worked in the Wolf Creek cafeteria for a year before working in the Osawatomie School District as a Para-educator for 10 years until she retired in 2011. Judy is survived by her husband of 59 years, Donald Richard Wiley, Sr. of Garnett, 5 children - Diana DeWald (Jerry) of West Des Moines, Iowa, Rick Wiley (Ann) of Westphalia, Kansas, Patty Roush (Ed) of Paola, Kansas, Kathy Schuster (David) of Richmond, Kansas and Karen Nichols (Jeff) of Lancaster, California, 7 grandchildren - Royce and Rachel Wiley, Karissa Roush Hallman, Bethany Roush, Megan and Grady Schuster and Abby Nichols, and 4 great grandchildren - Ben Wiley, Haylie and Reagan Hallman and Blake Roush. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Mont Ida Church of the Brethren. Burial will follow in the Garnett Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00-8:00 PM Wednesday evening at the funeral home in Garnett. Memorials may be made to Mont Ida Church of the Brethren or Gideon International Auxiliary.