Wende was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from NW Classen High School Class of 1969. She then attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University where she graduated with a teaching degree. Wende came to Nevada in 1976 and began her career teaching in the Bronaugh School District. She also worked at Heartland Hospital in Nevada, taught at Nevada R-5, in El Dorado Springs, and in Oklahoma until her retirement in 2010. Wende loved crafts, beading, knitting, cross stitch, and several others. She is a sorority member of Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Psi.
Survivors include three sons, Chris Jones (Jennifer Hedberg-Jones), Raymore, MO, Tyler Jones (Melissa), Shawnee, KS, and Jordan Jones (Jessie), St. Lous, MO; and seven grandchildren, Palmer Jones, Ava Jones, Ella Jones, Adalyn Jones, Emery Jones, Violet Jones, and Maisie Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials are suggested to the Children’s Center in Nevada c/o Ferry Funeral Home.
There are no services planned at her request.
