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Submitted by: Terry Dudley

Rita Faye (Holmes) Van Wagner

January 19, 1935 ~ September 18, 2025

Rita Faye Van Wagner was born January 19, 1935, to Orville and Ona Holmes in Wichita, Kansas. She departed this life September 18, 2025, at the age of 90.

She graduated from Liberal High School in 1953. She worked at the Southwest Medical Center as a Dietary Supervisor. She made her home in Liberal for most of her life until she moved to Kellyville for health reasons.

She enjoyed reading, gardening, playing cards and taking trips to Branson with her friends. She also enjoyed music and her church.

She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Jo Timanus and husband Steve; one son, Michael Ray Van Wagner; grandchildren, Tabatha Hays, J.J. Preeo, Steve Van Wagner, Clint Van Wagner, James Van Wagner, Misty Unklesbay, Dusti Sloan, Steve Timanus, Scott Timanus, Kati Crouch and Dakota Van Wagner; twenty-seven great grandchildren and seventeen great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Steve O’Neal Van Wagner, and Jerry Lee Van Wagner, one granddaughter, Franchezca “Chez” Van Wagner, one brother, Gary Lee Wood.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00pm, Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Faith Baptist Church in Slick, Oklahoma. Interment will be at Liberal Cemetery in Liberal, Kansas.

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