WICHITA -- Wilma (Phillips) Welden, 88, of Wichita, a former Southeast Kansas resident, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita.

She was born Feb. 6, 1920, in Monmouth, Ill., to Homer Roscoe and Marchie Emeline (Payton) Phillips.

She was a retired secretary for U.S. Army personnel.

Survivors include two sons, Glen Welden of Neosho, Mo., and Virgil Welden of Gillette, Wyo.; a daughter, Nancy Wright of Cheyenne, Wyo.; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; seven brothers; and a sister.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert; a sister, Rosalie Keeton; and a son, Jerry Welden.

The service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.