Marcella "Sally" Wilde

January 17, 1924 - June 19, 2018

MARCELLA “SALLY” WILDE Marcella “Sally” Wilde, age 94, passed away, June 19, 2018, at Fair View Nursing Home, Sedalia, Missouri. She was born in Cuming County, Nebraska, near Bancroft, on January 17, 1924, a daughter of Theodore and Matilda (Pravitz) Buchholz. She graduated from West Point High School in May of 1942. On June 3, 1942, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Wilde. Together they shared sixty-five years of marriage until his passing on November 24, 2007. They made their home on a farm until he was drafted into the Army and served in the famous 104th Timberwolf Division from 1943-1945. In 1949, they took a trip to Missouri and while there they bought a farm near Fortuna, Missouri and moved there on November 1, 1949. It was there that they raised their four children. Sally worked at the Lamey Levi factory and for Swift & Co. in Sedalia, Missouri. She also worked at Cargill in California, Missouri, retiring after sixteen years of employment. She was a member of Christ and Trinity Lutheran Church in Sedalia, Missouri. Sally loved flowers of all kinds and was a rock collector. A large garden always meant lots of canning, which she enjoyed. Her backyard was a bird haven, with many feeders and bird baths, providing a place to relax and watch birds. Surviving are her children, Kendall Wilde of Independence, Missouri, Judy Hall of California, Missouri, Greg Wilde and wife Wanda of Latham, Missouri and Marcia Newland and husband Roger of Sedalia, Missouri; nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter-in-law, Sharon (Arnold) Wilde; a grandson, Brad Hall; a brother, Oral Buchholz and two sisters, Delilah Schmidt and Vera Warner. Thank you to Fair View Nursing Home and Crossroads Hospice for your loving care. A private graveside service and burial will be held at Versailles Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.