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Obituary- Wade, Benjamin C.

BENJAMIN C. WADE, SR.
Benjamin C. Wade, Sr., 80, Silver Lake, died Saturday, November 5, 2005, at his home.

He was born February 28, 1925, in Rossville, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Edna Lemon Wade.

Benjamin served in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he received the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, three Overseas Service Bars, and the Purple Heart. He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion, Rossville, and Silver Lake Post #160. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. and a member of the 40/8 Club.

He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the warehouse for 35 years. He was a member of Rubber Workers Local #307.

He married Norma K. Burman on July 31, 1970 in Beloit. She died March 28,1991. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Homer Wade and William Wade, a sister, Donice Wollam, a daughter, Kerri Wade-Mattox, and a grandson, Thomas Matthews.

Survivors include a daughter, Donice Wade, Silver Lake; a son, Benjamin C. Wade, Jr., Silver Lake; two stepsons, Michael Douglas, Silver Lake, and Phillip Richardson, Topeka; two brothers, Thomas Wade, Sr., Silver Lake, and James Wade, Topeka; a sister, Clara George, Trenton, MO; and six grandchildren.

His service was at 10 a.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, North Topeka. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery where military honors were conducted by Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion of Rossville and Silver Lake Post #160. The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Benjamin C. Wade, Sr. Memorial Fund and sent in care of P.O. Box 212, Silver Lake 66539.