Dateline/Kingman
Vanetta Irene Matthews, 78, died May 8, 2012 at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Oct. 19, 1933, at Kingman, the daughter of Ethan and Mary Dinger Gracey.
A lifetime resident of the Kingman community, she was a self-employed Avon representative.
She was a member of the Kingman Christian Church.
On Nov. 27, 1952, she married Doyle Matthews at Kingman. Other survivors include daughters Donetta Raymond, Cheney, and Monica Roe, Kingman; sister Juanita Warner, West Peublo, CO; 4 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a daughter Robin Walter in 1980.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday at Livingston Funeral Home Kingman. Friends may call from 1:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the family present from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Memorials may be made with the Mary Robin Walter Nursing Scholarship Fund in care of the funeral home.