Wavelyn Cates
Wavelyn Cates, 95, of Booker died Jan. 25, 2023.
Graveside services were held Saturday, Jan. 28, at Heart Cemetery in Booker with Rev. Marlon Sparks officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
She was born Dec. 16, 1927 in Sylvia, KS, and moved to Logan County, KS in 1933. After high school, she received a teaching degree from Bethany-Peniel College (now Southern Nazarene University), and taught for two years.
She married Carl Ruben Cates on Aug. 31, 1949 in Wichita County, KS. They farmed and ranched for many years in Beaver County, OK, and moved to Perryton in 1996. She was a member of Victory Family Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; two daughters, Beverly Ann Kinsey and Norma Lee Cornell; three siblings, Darrel Snowbarger, Marieta Cates and Darlene Mathers; and her parents, Wesley and Blanche (Rothrock) Snowbarger. She is survived by one sister, Eulela Goerlitz of Winterhaven, FL; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to one’s favorite charity.