Wanda Joyce Telles

May 13, 1934 - July 7, 2016

Wanda Joyce Telles, 82, of Crystal Springs, Arkansas, passed away July 7, 2016. She is predeceased by her husband John P. Telles, her daughter Rita Telles, her sister Bonnie Wiebenga, two brothers Bobby and Leon Midkiff, and her grandson Christopher Conrad. She is survived by a son Derrick Telles and his wife Betty Telles and a son Rick Conrad and his wife Luci Conrad; a granddaughter Briana Casali and her husband Ariel Casali and a grandson Dustin Conrad; two sisters: Betty Midkiff and Janie Lou Harper; three nieces: Angie Noia Davis, Heather Griffin, and goddaughter Wanda Showaker and their families; and five great-nieces and -nephews and their families. Wanda was born in Bragg City, Missouri, but grew up in Arkansas before moving to California, in the early 1950s, where she met John Telles, her husband of 56 years. After many productive years in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1950s and 60s, Wanda and her family moved back to her home state of Arkansas in 1969. Here she embarked on a new career as a medical assistant in Hot Springs, forming lifelong friendships with colleagues and patients in the local medical community. After retiring in the 1980s, Wanda focused on administrating Town & Country Heating and Air, owned and operated by her husband for over 40 years. She was also a long-time member of the Seventh Day Adventist church in Hot Springs, an avid gardener, and, above all, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, family member, and friend. Graveside services will be Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Morning Star Cemetery with Andrew Adams officiating.