Wanda Hites,
Age 70, of Saint Marys, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 PM, Friday, July 21, 2017 at the Lima Memorial Hospital
in Lima, Ohio.
She was born May 14, 1947 in Greenup, KY, daughter of the late James Henry &
Pauline Suerry (Frances) Frazier.
On August 1, 1979 in Dayton, Ohio, she married John W. Hites, who survives.
After Wanda's father passed, her mom later married Kenneth Shelton in Kentucky and
later they all moved to Ohio. In 1986, Wanda and her husband, John, moved to Largo
and later to Clearwater, FL for 28 years before moving back to Ohio in 2014.
She has worked a variety of jobs including Gary's Pizza in Greenfield, Ohio,
a restaurant in Wilmington, national Glove outside of Columbus,
Jack's Harness Shop in Washington Court House, and
where she was a working supervisor of the sewing department of Clearwater
Mattress and Box Springs for 28 years, retiring and moving back to Ohio with her husband John of 38 years
In addition to her husband, other surviving family members are her
2 daughters- Wanda (Cecil) Smith, of Midland, OH, Adrienne (Robert) Brill, of
Waynesfield, OH ;son- Ralph (Amy) Smith, of South Carolina; 10 grandchildren;
17 great-grandchildren; 5 step-brothers and 2 step-sisters.
In addition to her parents, Wanda was preceded in death by her sister-
Barbara Myers and twins (brother and sister), who passed away soon
after birth, James Woodrow and Nancy Jenell Frazier.
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, July 28, 2017
at the Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street at North Mulberry Street,
Wilmington with Pastor Kenny officiating. Interment will follow in the
Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
Friends will be received from 4-7 PM, Thursday, July 27 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home.
Contributions in Wanda's memory may be made to the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation,
PO Box 1848, Longmont, CO 80502. To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.