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- Wanda Lee Moore Daniels
Birth 5 Oct 1930 Oklahoma, USA
Death 21 Jan 2014 (aged 83) Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Burial Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Plot Sec 27, 0, 254
Memorial ID 124050953
Wanda Lee Moore Daniels age 83 of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed away on January 21, 2014.
Wanda was born in Leedy, Oklahoma on October 5, 1930.
She graduated from Booneville High School and continued on to receive a Bachelor of Education from Henderson State Teacher's College. Wanda was married to Arliss Daniels on October 17, 1952. They were married 61 years, traveling the globe and gardening wherever they went. Wanda was a teacher and a homemaker. Even after her formal teaching career ended, she continued to educate those around her. She was an avid reader and took her children and generations of neighborhood children on weekly trips to the library. Wanda was a member of the Fort Smith Rose Society, the Fort Smith Garden Club, The League of Women Voters, and the DAR. She volunteered at Chapel Ridge Nursing Home, leading countless games of bingo for Project Compassion. Wanda loved her vegetable garden and is known throughout the state for her prize-winning roses.
Wanda is survived by her children Arlissa and Richard Simon, Dwight and Jing Jing Daniels, Letitia Hoaas and Mary Schillereff; and grandchildren Matthew Simon, Joanna and Andres Vargas, Natalie Simon and John Dollard, and Aubrey Daniels; her sister and brother-in-law, June and Jim Strickland; a host of very special nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, and her beloved dog Rusty.
Wanda is preceded in death by her spouse, Arliss Daniels, her parents, Lenard and Ermon Moore; and her brothers Art, Glen, and Dallas Moore.
The funeral service will be held on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Lewis Funeral Chapel in Fort Smith, AR., with a graveside service at the Fort Smith National Cemetery at 12:00 PM. Visitation will be held at Lewis Funeral Chapel in Fort Smith, AR .from 5:30 – 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 23, 2014
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