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"I'm just a plain old country girl, doin' what I'm told and just a little bit more."
Mom said that a lot during her last few years. She lived her whole life doing 'just a litte bit more' in everything she did. Delda Kohler Wanier was born in a farmhouse near her childhood home on the old Paint Rock Road (Veribest) on April 19, 1923. She attended the local schools in the area. She never claimed to be a scholar, but one the thing she did remember from her school days was a fellow student, Herbert August Wanier II, who later became her lifetime partner. They were married on January 6, 1946 when Herbert returned from World War II. Her first job was working as a switchboard operator with the telephone company. In 1947 they started a family that now includes Dr. Herbert Wanier III and wife Susan, Harvey Wanier and wife Cheri, and Helen Harville and husband Roy. The family has grown to include 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Through her life's journey, she and Herbert lived in Dallas, Abilene, and San Antonio, TX; Pueblo, CO; Bakersfield, Hanford, San Diego,and Oildale, CA. During this journey (and it WAS a journey) they sometimes lived in a 40-ft. trailer house with their 3 kids! It may not have always been easy but she kept her family happy doing that 'little bit more'. For many years she worked as an 'Avon Lady'. We still don't know what to do with the boxes and boxes of product that she acquired during those years! Mom could never waste or throw away anything. Later in life, she worked and retired from the cafeteria at Ft. Concho Elementary. Coupons, penny slots, Bingo, and two-stepping to Harvey's fiddle made us smile and we're going to miss that a lot. Since February 25, 2015, the Lord is enjoying his devoted soul who told everyone in Park Plaza Nursing Home, "If you don't know the Lord and the Lord don't know you, you don't have a chance in this world or the next!" We need to all try to make this world better by doing 'just a little bit more!'