Wilma Jean Lindsey, age 87, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Heritage Health Care, Chanute. Jean was born Feb. 15, 1938, on a farm east of Humboldt to Lucile (Bale) and Arthur Elliott. She attended Humboldt schools and graduated Humboldt High School in 1953. Jean was a Pep Club cheerleader and worked after school hours at Pickert’s soda fountain in Humboldt.
She worked for Boyer Oil in Iola. She married Harold Lindsey Sept. 2, 1955, at First Christian Church in Humboldt.
Jean and Harold moved to Tulsa, where she was employed as a secretary with Sun Oil. Due to her attention of detail and perfection, she was promoted to the position of executive secretary with Sun Oil.
Jean and Harold loved to travel. After retirement they moved back to Humboldt, bought a motor home and set the road on fire traveling across the United States.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, on Aug. 19, 2014. She lost her parents, Arthur and Lucile Elliott; sisters, Edna Culp, Ruth Mueller, Lorieta Long, and brother, Arthur Eugene Elliott. She is survived by sisters Joan Snodgrass of Lawrence, Hazel Robb of Humboldt, and Judy Middendorf of Humboldt; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola. Services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Humboldt United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt.
Memorials are suggested to the Humboldt Historical Society Museum or the Humboldt United Methodist Church, and may be left with the funeral home.
Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
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