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Wanda Harrison

| August 12, 2022 1:35 AM

Wanda Harrison, (87) Graduated to her heavenly home on August 8, 2022.

Wanda was preceded by her husband Frank, daughter Christina, grandson Jerome and Her parents Nila and Russell Olels. She is survived by her brother, Archie Olels, children, Russ, Dee and Cami, grandchildren, Stacey, Rachel, Michael, Melissa, Mark, Christopher, Nicholas and Zachary, great- grandchildren, Skylar, Ashlynn, Shaylee, Braeden, Dallas, Peyton, Quinton, Chloe and Lyra.

Wanda had an audacious love for children that she inherited from her parents. She taught for decades in the Moses Lake School District and Founded the Youth Senior Connection (YSC) program. She hosted Birthday Parties for Jesus in her home with neighborhood children and adopted many friends’ children as her own grandchildren.

After Frank's death in 2011, she was determined to overcome loneliness by hosting anyone without family in the area she could for dinners in her home. Each friend (old or new) would contribute to the meal in some way and there was much love and laughter around her table.

God created her with strength, drive, grit, determination, and a heart full of love. She will be missed by the many her life has touched so deeply. Wanda is now celebrating with Jesus in heaven, pain free, dancing with Frank and catching up with those friends and family that have gone before her.

You may express your condolences and honor Wanda with your thoughts and memories through Kayser's Chapel of Memories at https://www.kayserschapel.com.

Contributions in honor of Wanda for the Youth Senior Connection will be accepted by the Moses Lake Kiwanis Club. Donations are tax deductible and can continue to be made into the future so Wanda's legacy of impacting children's lives can continue through you. Make checks payable to Kiwanis Club of Moses Lake and mail to PO Box 702, Moses Lake, WA, 98837.

Services will be held Sunday, Aug. 21, at 4:00 pm at the United Methodist Church at 746 S.

Ironwood Dr. Moses Lake, WA 98837.