Janeen Renee Wilson, 49, of Iola died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.
Janeen was born Dec. 12, 1961, in Iola, to John R. “Tom” and Jerrie Sue Folk.
On Sept. 22, 1979, she married Charles L. “Chuck” Wilson. They made their home in Iola. They were later divorced. She worked at several jobs through the years and was working for Dustrol when she became ill.
Janeen liked getting dressed up, traveling and shopping and garage sales, but her biggest joy was her family.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Yates Center and Iola American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by two sons, Charles “Ray” and his former wife, Molly, Iola, and Jeffery and his fiancee, Cassie, Yates Center; a daughter, Alisha Melendez and her husband, Jesus, Yates Center; her mother, Jerrie Sue Folk, Iola; two sisters, Cindy VanHouden and her husband, Chris, Iola, and Teresa Henry and her husband, Tim, Iola; and eight grandchildren, Kalley, Kaisha, Jesse and Tyler Melendez, Raylea, Devon and Morgan Wilson and Prestyn Jenkins.
She was preceded in death by her father, Tom Folk, and a baby brother, John R. Folk Jr.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Yates Center First Baptist Church with Pastor David Cauley officiating. Burial will be in Yates Center Cemetery.
Memorials to a Janeen Wilson Memorial Fund may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Janeen Wilson
