FOWLER – Anna Mary Wright, age 86, died Thursday afternoon, October 7, 2010, at the Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, Wyoming.
She was born August 25, 1924, in rural Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of John Andrew and Maud Ethel (Hammar) Schott. As a young girl she attended school in Hutchinson, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1942. A resident of Longton, Kansas, for the past five years, moving from Guymon, Oklahoma, and former resident of Fowler and Ashland, Kansas. While in Guymon, she worked at the Book Shack Christian book store and at the convenience store in Fowler.
She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Guymon and the Friendship Bible study of Longton. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, reading, and crocheting, having made a baby afgan for each of her grandchildren.
On April 17, 1944, she married Kenneth Wright at Hutchinson. He passed away on December 14, 2004.
Survivors include:
A son, Jack Wright and wife Darlene of Jenks, Oklahoma
Four daughters, June Kramer and husband Kenneth of Longton, Kansas
Rita Lyons and husband David of Enid, Oklahoma
Carla Blain and husband Ron of Douglas, Wyoming
Cindy Conaway and husband Kelly of Ringwood, Oklahoma
Nineteen grandchildren Six great-grandchildren
She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Gerhon Paul and Edwin John Schott; and an infant sister, Nona Marjorie Schott.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at the Fowler Friends Church, Fowler. Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Fowler Cemetery, Fowler.
The family would welcome memorials to the Longton Senior Center in care of the funeral home.