Emma Louise Wiesendanger Yanda

Emma Louise Wiesendanger Yanda of Sun City West, Arizona passed away after a brief illness on February 3, 2018. She was born in Randolph, Kansas on September 28, 1923. She graduated from Salina High School in 1941 and Kansas City Art Institute in 1946. Emma owned her own Graphic Design Studio for 30 years, retiring in Del Mar, California for six years prior to moving to Sun City West. While in Sun City West, she began weaving, and taught and gave presentations on the art of weaving throughout Arizona, and had her work published in Handwoven Magazine. Emma and her late husband of 55 years, Albert, traveled extensively throughout the world. Emma moved to Grandview Terrace in 2004, and was elected Vice President of the Grandview Terrace Community Service Foundation and Funds Developer until prior to her death. She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert, an Architect, and her parents J.J. Wiesendanger and Marie Wiesendanger. Survivors include her sister, Mary Elzea of Lawrence, Kansas, and brother, James Wiesendanger of Salina, Kansas, and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be at 11 AM on February 24 at Christ the King Catholic Cemetery, WaKeeney, Kansas. A memorial gathering will be held at Grandview Terrace in Sun City West, Arizona on March 28 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM. Memorials are suggested to The Grandview Terrace Scholarship Fund, Sun City West, Arizona, in care of the funeral home, Schmitt Funeral Home of WaKeeney. Please join Emma's family in sharing memories, pictures and video on her tribute wall.