Born in Burns, Marion, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Clifford Alfred Riggs
and Velma Margaret (Finck) Riggs
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Wesley Howard Jr
— married
2 Aug 1953 (to about 4 Jul 2016) in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 85
in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Dec 2018
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Biography
Wanda Rae (Riggs) Howard, 85, was born on September 24, 1930, in Burns, Kansas to Clifford A. Riggs and Velma (Fink) Riggs. She passed away on July 14, 2016, in Topeka, Kansas. She formerly lived in El Dorado, Kansas; Emporia, Kansas; Woodward, Oklahoma; Miami, Oklahoma; Montrose, Colorado; and Derby, Kansas.
She graduated from El Dorado High School, in 1948 from El Dorado, Kansas, and worked for Southwestern Bell as an operator and managed Best Western motels until retirement.
On August 2, 1953, she married James Wesley Howard, Jr., in El Dorado, Kansas and the following year their only son, Danny Ray Howard, was born on July 12, 1954.
Wanda is survived by her son, Danny Ray Howard (Goddard), two granddaughters Ashley (Howard) Charest and her husband Aaron Charest (Topeka), Chancy Howard (Goddard), step-grandchildren Brett Layman, Shynne Layman (El Dorado) and two great-grandchildren Ainsley Morgan Charest and Alexandria Murano Charest (Topeka).
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother Harold M. Goodwin.
Wanda has elected not to have any funeral service, but the burial service for herself and her husband Jim will be on August 2, 2016, at 11 am at the Burns Cemetery. That day would have been Jim and Wanda’s 63rd Wedding Anniversary. Immediately following the burial, family and friends are invited to the Burns United Methodist Church for a light lunch and social. No flowers requested, but donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 1315 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS 66604. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 February 2021), memorial page for Wanda Rae Riggs Howard (24 Sep 1930–14 Jul 2016), Find a Grave Memorial no. 167292395, citing Burns Cemetery, Burns, Marion County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Ten4jhawks (contributor 47802586) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wanda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wanda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wanda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wanda:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Sandy (Van Orden) Burton 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A520724 [compare], Ancestry member sanvan231
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A520724 [compare]
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~0.78%
Betty Slump :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member walters3941
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