SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Raymond “Bud” Duane Wamsley passed away Oct. 24 in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 78. Raymond was born Feb. 16, 1932, in Wichita to the late Robert and Isadore Wamsley of Conway Springs. Upon graduation from Conway Springs High School he attended and received degrees from Friends University and Wichita State University, both in Wichita, and later the University of Kansas, where he received his doctorate in Education in 1968. Raymond was a lifetime educator and administrator. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Survivors include a son, Craig Wamsley, M.D., and wife Aneitta of Aurora, Mo.; two daughters, Lynda Dalton of Cary, N.C., and Rhonda Koropatwa and husband Peter of Toronto, Canada; and eight grandchildren, Jordan and Casen Wamsley, Rebekah, Luke and Joshua Dalton and Pete, Nathan and Matthew Koropatwa. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Ruth Evelyn; and brother Donald Wamsley.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at DeVorss-Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary in Wichita. Burial will follow at the Conway Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Greenlawn Funeral Home South*
441 W. Battlefield
Springfield, MO 65807
417-881-3000
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Oct. 26, 2010