Wanda Jeanne (Krug) Urie passed away Sunday, November 1, 2026, at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehab Center, Salina, Kansas, at the age of 99. Wanda was born July 11, 1927, to Emanuel and Esther (Reinhardt) Krug in Salina, Kansas. 

She graduated from Salina High School in 1945 and attended Brown Mackie College. Wanda was united in marriage to Charles E. Urie, June 20, 1948, in Salina, Kansas. To this union four daughters were born: Jan Elaine, Carol Jo (Walt Smusz), Gaylene Kay (Ken Boss) and Jill Colleen.

Wanda and Charles raised their family in Salina until 1959 when they moved to Bennington, Kansas. Wanda was a devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She was always busy cooking, cleaning, and sewing for her family. In 1964 Wanda went to work for the Bennington State Bank and retired from the bank in 1985. Charles and Wanda enjoyed twenty-five years as snowbirds in Apache Junction, Arizona.

Wanda was preceded in death by Charles in 2012, her son-in-law Rick Pilcher in 2019, her son-in-law John Twaddell in 1999, and her grandson Gregory Boss in 1972.

Wanda is survived by her daughters and their spouses, her brother Norman Krug and his wife Naomi, grandchildren: Michelle Colburn (Nathan), John M. Twaddell (Jolea), Kelli Hamilton (Dave), Courtney Martin (Chris), Kaci Neely (Jeremy), Andrew Brackin (Nicole), Kimmi Smith (Jesse), Nathan Hildebrandt (Jess) and Paul Hildebrandt, twenty-one great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Wanda will be greatly missed but remembered lovingly for all of her unselfish acts of love and devotion.

Wanda has requested immediate burial and will be laid to rest in the Bennington, Kansas cemetery. Her family will gather for a graveside memorial at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Bennington Ambulance Service or the United Church of Bennington.