Cecil Mae (Beary) Gaulding, 88, passed away peacefully at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014.
Cecil was born March 10, 1925, in Kansas City, Kan. the daughter of Perry E. and Beulah (Wright) Beary. On Jan. 20, 1945, she married Bernard O. Gaulding, the couple was blessed with two children: Bobby and Brenda. The couple owned and operated Gaulding Oil located in Yates Center for a number of years before the children took over the business. Bernard preceded Cecil in death on Aug. 9, 2008. Cecil was a lifetime member of First Christian Church in Yates Center.
Cecil Mae (Beary) Gaulding was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bernard, and a brother, Donald Beary.
She is survived by her children Bob Gaulding and wife Penny and Brenda Schinstock and husband John, all of Yates Center; a sister, Dolores Reser and husband Clifford, Yates Center; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Cecil will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Campbell Funeral Home, Yates Center. Burial will follow in Yates Center Cemetery.
No formal visitation is planned. Cecil will lie in state the morning prior to the service at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials to the Yates Center Volunteer Fire Department or the American Legion Post No. 13. Memorials may be sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home P.O. Box 188 Yates Center, KS 66783.
Cecil Gaulding
