Wanda Marie Rhinehart was born October 20, 1931 in Bixby, Oklahoma to Raymond and Dottie (Randall) Brown and passed from this life at 6:15 a.m. on December 25, 2017 in Okemah, Oklahoma at the age of 86.

When Mrs. Rhinehart was just over five years old she moved with her family to California where she attended school at Shafter and Clovis. As a young lady she was married to Lonnie Bazor and to this union a son was born. She later married Robert Lee Rhinehart on January 23, 1953 in Sacramento and they had five children. She made her home in California until relocating to Wetumka in 1979.

Mrs. Rhinehart spent many years working in various areas of long term healthcare beginning in 1967 until she retired at age 70 in 2001. She loved making arts and crafts especially when she could paint flowers and birds. Her last job for the Pioneer Nursing Home was working in the craft shop where she enjoyed teaching the residents how to create things they could later sell. She also loved to dance and had written a lot of poetry.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, her husband Robert on January 4, 1987, a son Matt on November 7, 2004, a daughter-in-law Donna Faye Rhinehart in November 2016, and a granddaughter Jennifer Lynn Bazor in May 2017.

Survivors include: 5 children, Raymond Wade Bazor and wife Karen of Wynnewood, OK, Pamela Jean Boyajian and husband Ed of Wetumka, Robert Lee Rhinehart, Jr. of Wetumka, Anna Marie Rhinehart of Fresno, CA, and John Lester Rhinehart of Wetumka; a daughter-on-law Cindy Rhinehart of Wetumka; 3 brothers, Parker Solomon Brown of Kerman, CA, Stanley Douglas Brown of Sparta, MO, and Ivan Brown of Wetumka; 2 sisters, Lila Beth Wise of Kerman, CA and Norma Lee Deaton of Wetumka; 11 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren along with several nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

Graveside services will be held Friday, December 29 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wetumka Cemetery with Rev. Don Williamson officiating. Family will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Wetumka.