Wanda was born in 1953. She was the daughter of Archie Souder and Martha Seay. She was a member of the Peoples Temple in San Francisco, California and moved to Jonestown, Guyana in March 1978. She died in Jonestown with her mother and children on 18 November 1978 when Jim Jones ordered the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple members. Her Find a Grave profile is for the Jonestown memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California. She was buried at Angeles Abbey memorial Park in Compton, California.[1]
Sources
↑ Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). "Where were the people who died in Guyana buried?" from Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple.https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=87578
"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2TY-385 : 27 November 2014), Wanda Kay Souder, 17 Dec 1953; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple.https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTZD-DXQ : 20 May 2014), Wanda Souder, Nov 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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