Wilda Rae Selbe

Wilda Rae Selbe, 93, Kansas City, Kansas passed away May 22, 2018. A visitation will be from 9-10 AM with a funeral service at 10 AM Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland, Kansas City, Kansas. Interment will be immediately following in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions are suggested to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Wilda was born on December 9, 1924 in Hoxie, Kansas to Roy and Fern Hedge. She attended Sheridan Community High School in Hoxie and Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1945 she worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin as a dietician and then moved to Kansas City where she worked at St. Mary’s Hospital.

On December 28, 1946, she married William Selbe and together they raised seven children. She belonged to Stephen’s Memorial United Methodist Church and worked as the church secretary until the church disbanded. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women’s Group. In her later years, she stayed active by going to many different ladies clubs.

Wilda was preceded in passing by her husband of 47 years, William; daughter, Wilda Rae Rhodes; sisters, Lorraine Locke and Donna Sterkin; and her twin brother, Willard Hedge.

Survivors include her children, Irene (Jerry) Kruse of Colorado Springs, CO, Doug (LaDonna) Selbe of Emmett, KS, Karen (Mike) Laffere of Basehor, KS, David (Diane) Selbe of Kansas City, KS, Tim (Janise) Selbe of Kansas City, KS, and Ken Selbe of Kansas City, KS; 20 grandchildren; and 26 great grandchildren.