Wilda was born on September 13, 1932 in Trenton, MO to Roy and Clara (Ralston) Browning. Wilda graduated from Galt High School and married Jack Haley in 1950. They celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary this year.
Wilda worked at her family’s grocery store growing up and later worked at Burton’s grocery store in Harris, MO. Wilda 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. She was also a clerk at the Assessor’s Office in Sullivan County. Wilda 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, MO for 11 years. She loved talking with and helping customers. She was a member of Harris Christian Church and Liberty Christian Church. She was a woman of faith and expressed her faith to her family and friends. In 2014, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by traveling to the Holy Lands with members from the church.
She will be sadly missed by her husband, Jack Haley, her brother, Roy Browning of Anaheim, CA, her three daughters, Julia Haley Hargus of Blue Springs, MO, Wanda Crawford of Leawood, KS, Mary (Terry) Shelton of Lee’s Summit, MO; five grandchildren, Brooke Nickles, Jami Burns, Katlyn (Ian) Hartford, Luke (Savannah) Shelton, 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, brother, Kenneth Browning, brother, Carl (Pat) Browning, and twin brother, Wendell Browning.
