Wanda Va Minge, 93

Graveside services for Wanda Va Minge, 93, of West Plains, were held Dec. 18, at Moody Cemetery.

Mrs. Minge died at Dec. 11, 2021, at Ozarks Healthcare. She was born April 4, 1928, at Moody, the daughter of Bedford Oden Cameron and Marie McElmurray Cameron.  

She graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1944.  She married Lehman Mitchell Minge, and the couple had five children.  

Mrs. Minge was a seamstress at Tri-County Shirt Factory at Salem, Arkansas, for a number of years.  She enjoyed quilting and cooking, and she loved her family.  She was a member of Center Grove Baptist Church at Moody. 

She is survived by two children, Larry Minge and wife Judy of Moody and Karen Summers and husband Bill of Bakersfield; three daughters-in-law Joan Minge, Johnnie Minge and Susan Minge; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren, plus five on the way; one brother, Leroy Cameron and wife Jewell; one sister, Irene Judd; and several nieces and nephews. 

She was proceeded in death by her parents; three sons Lonnie, Gary and Ronnie Minge; two granddaughters Beth Ann Summers and Rhonda Minge Piland; one brother, Charles Cameron; and one brother-in-law, Thomas Judd.

Memorial contributions may be made to Moody Cemetery or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775. Online condolences may be expressed at www.robertsondrago.com. 

Arrangements by Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains.