Obituary of Vera Wilde
JUNCTION CITY — A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Junction City Church Of the Nazarene for Vera Wilde of Junction City, who died Feb. 1 of age-related causes. She was 91. Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Murphy-Musgrove Funeral Home in Junction City.She was born Jan. 7, 1921, in Echo to Adrian and Pearl Sumner Butterfield. She married Clarke Wilde Jr. on July 5, 1940, in Stevenson, Wash. He died Oct. 2, 2000.She graduated from Parkdale High School in 1939. She was a homemaker and also worked at Agripac in Junction City and then 16 years at Ben Franklin before retiring.Survivors include three sons, Dennis of Meridian, Idaho, Clarke “Corky” of Junction City and Roger of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; a daughter, Susan Calkins of Junction City; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son, Stanley Jay Wilde.Private burial will be at in Rest Lawn Memorial Park. Remembrances to Junction City Nazarene Kids Camp or Building Fund.