Wanda Mae Honaker, age 79 of Connersville, passed away on April 1, 2023, at Reid Health in Richmond.  Wanda was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on September 2, 1943, the daughter of the late Reginald Allard and Mildred Lee Kirkland Durbin.  

Wanda retired in 1994, after 20 years of service, from Patton State Hospital in Highland, California where she was a psychiatric technician.  She also worked in home health, area restaurants and grocery stores.    Wanda enjoyed working in her yard, researching family history, crocheting, and oil painting.  You could often find her relaxing by watching the birds.

She is survived by her stepdaughters, Gail Cooper and Darlene (Jim) Kaufman; stepsons, Paul (Pam) Honaker, Daniel Honaker and James Honaker; brother Roger Durbin; sister, Barbara Hatfield; brother-in-law, Dennis LaPlant; as well as several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Raymond Honaker who passed in 2013; sisters, Glynora Alchin and Sharon LaPlant; son-in-law, Randy Cooper; and a daughter-in-law Crystal Honaker.

Funeral services will be held at Liberty Church of the Nazarene on April 6, 2023, at 3:00 pm with Pastor Jeff Adams officiating.  Friends and family may gather starting at 1:00 pm until the time of the service.  Burial will follow at Brownsville Christian Union Cemetery.

Urban Winkler Liberty Funeral Home is honored to assist the family with the arrangements.  To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.urbanwinklerfuneralhome.com.

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