Sylvia Wools

Sylvia Faye Wools, age 94, of Colony, Kansas, passed away on February 5, 2013 at Windsor Place in Iola, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1918 in Bronson, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony Wayne and Jessie (Rose) Thompson. Sylvia attended Welda High School before she married Wayne William Wools on August 16, 1934 in Garnett, Kansas. This union was blessed with thirteen children; seven boys, and six girls. At the age 16, she was baptized in a farm pond near Lone Elm, Kansas. She attended the Colony Methodist Church. Sylvia loved music, loved to dance and published a book of poems in 1976. Sylvia also enjoyed painting and writing songs. Her pride and joy were her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony and Jessie Thompson; husband, Wayne Wools on November 2, 1977; son, Larry Wayne Wools on February 5, 1987; grandson, Walter Leon Waddell Jr.; four granddaughters, Kathy Faye Wools, Connie Lynn Wools, Delores Ann Wools, and Ronnie Wools; several great grandchildren; four sisters; and two brothers. Sylvia is survived by six sons, Ward Wools of Savonburg, Kansas; Ray Wools and wife Grace of Kincaid, Kansas; Ronald Wools of Moran, Kansas; Stephen Wools, Roy Wools and wife Deborah, and Leonard Wools and wife Debbie, all of Colony; six daughters, Evelyn Noah of Paradise, Texas; Carolyn Denny of Savonburg, Kansas; Beverly Pinneo and husband Wesley, Gayle Beckmon and husband Leland, and Jane Kersley and husband Herb, all of Kincaid; Marilyn West and husband Darren of Jerico Springs, Missouri; brother, Oran Thompson of Apple Valley, California; sister, Myrtle Mae Sharp of Springfield, Virginia; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Colony, Kansas; Burial following in Fairview Cemetery, Mildred, Kansas. The family will be present to greet friends at the funeral home in Colony on Friday evening from 6:30 to 7:30. Memorial contributions may be made to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Anderson County.