Zona Wiley

Zona Loy Wiley, 76, Colony, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2014, at her home in Colony.

She was born on Jan. 15, 1938, in Lone Elm, the daughter of Chester and Evelyn (Swanson) Wedeman. Zona grew up in Lone Elm and attended high school in Kincaid. Zona was united in marriage to Gayle Clair Wiley on Jan. 24, 1959, at Elkhart. This union was blessed with three children. She worked as a bookkeeper at Morrison Grain, and then at Zink’s Liquor in Iola.

Zona loved to fish, she spent many days in search of the biggest catfish in the river or local ponds/lakes. She enjoyed riding motorcycles. Zona was intrigued with the numbers game of the lottery when it first came out. She enjoyed the “sport” of gambling, never putting too much at risk but she enjoyed the thrill nevertheless. Zona taught herself how to read and write short hand, speed read and knit. She loved to read and had a collection of paperbacks that she shared with her friends.

Zona was preceded in death by her father, Chester Wedeman; her husband, Gayle Clair Wiley on Oct. 30, 2013; and her sister, Zola Kay Summer.

She is survived by two sons, Dennis Hermreck and wife Vicky of Modesto, Calif., and Mark Wiley and wife Sharon, Colony; one daughter, Lori Hoyt and husband Kent, Burlington; her mother, Evelyn Wedeman, Colony; one sister, Donna Powell, Colony; nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Colony. Burial will follow in the Colony Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home in Colony. Memorial contributions may be made to Colony First Responders and left in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.