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Service:
A celebration of life will be announced at a later
date.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Wanda Lyons-McCool, 90, passed away
on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in Lincoln.
Wanda was born on July 9, 1932, in Carl Junction,
MO, to Robert L. and Mabel (Hankins) Eastwood.
She is survived by her children, Stephen Lee Lyons,
Barry Lee (Thelma) Lyons, Dan Lee (Sandy) Lyons, Don
Lee (Jodee) Lyons, and Wanda (Randy) Mileham; her
grandsons, Stephen Lee Lyons Jr., Jeremy, Zachariah,
Upton Hogan, Randy Lyons, Jeremy and Jason Goodman,
Dan Lyons Jr., Joseph Lyons; her only granddaughter,
Jamaica (Thomas) Madigan; and 18
great-grandchildren.
Wanda is preceded in death by her parents, her
siblings, Howard and Robert Eastwood Jr., Doreen
Kroger; and foster siblings, Frank Edwards, Paul and
Clyde Williams, and Freida Gates.
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Wanda lived in Joplin’s Children’s
Home and Hospital after her father’s passing in 1935
until Wesley and Nellie Hirsch (foster parents)
adopted her around 1942. Wanda learned an
outstanding work ethic working at home on the farm
and especially loved spending time with her special
Jersey cattle. She also enjoyed baking, cooking, and
crocheting.
A celebration of life will be announced at a later
date.
Cremation rites have been accorded
with Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln, IL.
Memorials may be made in Wanda’s name
to Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch in Shelbina,
MO.
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