Emma Louise Wiesendanger Yanda, 94, of Sun City West, Arizona, passed away after a brief illness on Feb. 3, 2018. She was born on Sept. 28, 1923 in Randolph, Kansas, to J.J. and Marie Elizabeth Peterson Wiesendanger.
She graduated from Salina High School in 1941 and Kansas City Art Institute in 1946. On Sept. 4, 1948, Emma married Albert Yanda in Salina, Kansas. Emma owned her own Graphic Design Studio for 30 years, retiring in Del Mar, California, for six years prior to moving to Sun City West. While in Sun City West, she began weaving, and taught and gave presentations on the art of weaving throughout Arizona, and had her work published in Handwoven Magazine.
Emma and her late husband of 55 years, Albert, traveled extensively throughout the world. Emma moved to Grandview Terrace in 2004, and was elected vice president of the Grandview Terrace Community Service Foundation and Funds Developer until prior to her death.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert, an architect; and her parents. Survivors include her sister, Mary Elzea of Lawrence, Kansas; brother, James Wiesendanger of Salina, Kansas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 24, 2018 at Christ the King Catholic Cemetery, WaKeeney, Kansas. There will be no visitation as cremation was chosen.
A memorial gathering will also be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 28, 2018 at Grandview Terrace in Sun City West, Arizona.
Memorials are suggested to The Grandview Terrace Scholarship Fund, Sun City West, Arizona. Contributions may be left at the service or sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th St., WaKeeney, KS 67672.