Wanda Lou Culbertson

December 16, 1933 - October 12, 2020

Wanda Lou Culbertson, 86, of Fair Play, MO, passed away Monday, October 12, 2020 from a stroke she had suffered. Wanda passed away surrounded by her family. Wanda was born to Edna and Sherman King on December 16, 1933. Wanda was one of thirteen children. Wanda was 17 when she married the love of her life, Orville Culbertson, on May 28, 1951. To this union four sons were born. Richard, Randy, Mickey, and Donald. They were married for 69 years and lived in the Fair Play area for the better part of their married life. Wanda was saved at a very young age. She was a charter member of the Bolivar Pentecostal Church of God, where she taught Sunday school and played piano for many years. Wanda was also an avid reader and she loved Louis L’Amour westerns. Wanda also loved hand painting quilts, which she gave to her children and grandchildren. Wanda worked for Citizens Memorial Health Care Facility in dietary until her retirement, then she went to work as a substitute cook at Fair Play RII schools. Wanda had fifteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren, and several others that called her grandma. Wanda was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Kenneth and Howard, and four sisters, Jewell, Doris, Thelma, and Dean. Two grandsons, Michael and Ronnie, and two great-granddaughters, Chasity and Kaitlyn. Wanda is survived by her husband Orville, of Fair Play, MO, her four sons, Richard (Debra) Culbertson, of Fair Play, MO, Randy (Kay) Culbertson, of Fair Play, MO, Mickey (Lou) Culbertson, of Fair Play, MO, and Donald (Millie) Culbertson, of Rogersville, MO. She is also survived by her sister Shirley McCormick, of Ozark, MO, three sisters-in-law, Jewell Culbertson, of Fair Play, MO, Freeda King, of Springfield, MO, and Waunetta Edgington, of Oklahoma, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Services for Wanda will be held 10:00 AM Friday, October 16, 2020 at the Pentecostal Church of God in Bolivar, MO. Visitation will be held 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Thursday, October 15, 2020 at the Butler Funeral Home in Bolivar, MO. Burial will follow services Friday in the Barren Creek west of Bolivar, MO.