Wanda Ruth Rodenbaugh

     A funeral service for Wanda R. Rodenbaugh will be held on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Pastor Mike Szekley officiating. Interment will follow at the Moses Hill Cemetery in rural Phelps County, Nebraska.

     Wanda Ruth (Kennedy) Rodenbaugh, 82 years of age, of Minneapolis, Kansas, passed away, on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, Kansas. Wanda was born on February 17, 1944, in Phillips County, Kansas the fourth of six children. Wanda was born on the farm where her parents, Vern Wesley and Sylvia Mae (Gipe) Kennedy lived.

     She received her primary education from several Country Schools in Phillips County, Kansas. She then attended Franklin Public School in Franklin, Nebraska, and graduated from Stamford High School in Stamford, Nebraska, with the class of 1961.

     On June 27, 1961, she married the love of her life, Roy C. Rodenbaugh at the Methodist Church in Republican City, Nebraska and to this union four children were born: Rex, Wynette, Reve, and Ryan. They were married 56 years when Roy passed away on April 30, 2018.

     When Roy and Wanda married, Roy worked for the Railroad. They lived in a box car until a fire destroyed it. They then moved to Franklin, where they would stay until 1980, when they moved to Loomis, Nebraska. Wanda spent 25 years working for Becton-Dickinson, a medical supply factory where she retired in 2004. She and Roy enjoyed traveling the world, making trips to Ireland, Scotland, Finland, England, Sweden, Brazil, and traveled to every State in the United States. In 2022, Wanda moved to Minneapolis, Kansas.

     Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Roy; parents, Vern Kennedy and Sylvia (Gipe) (Kennedy) Breinig; and step-father (Ivan) Breinig; three brothers: Wes (Jeannie) Kennedy; William “Bill” (Phyllis) Kennedy; and Richard “Dick” (Dianne) Kennedy; infant sister, Francis Kennedy; brother-in-law, John White; parents-in-law: Raymond and Helen (Young) Rodenbaugh; sister-in-law: Darlene Harper; Marlene (Roger) Wiles; Karlene (Lloyd) Beach; Brother-in-law, Bobby Rodenbaugh; grandson, Chase Donovan; and nephew, Vern White.

     Wanda is survived by her four children: Rex (Sheena) Rodenbaugh of Harrison, Nebraska; Wynette (Pat) Donovan of Minneapolis, Kansas; Reve (Margie) Rodenbaugh of Bellwood, Nebraska; and Ryan (Stephanie) Rodenbaugh of Loomis, Nebraska; nine grandchildren: Connor (Genesis) Rodenbaugh; Madeline Rodenbaugh and friend Zach teNyenhuis; Shane (Mandy) Donovan; Megan Donovan; Emily (Daniel) DiFeo; Nikki Boe Gillespie and friend Mitch Starr; Sydney (Ethan) Rodgers; Olivia (Grady) Kowalski; and Collin (Steph) Rodenbaugh; great-grandchildren: Easton, Jameson and Treyson Donovan; Camren and Clayton White; baby, Vincent DiFeo; SaLea (Taylor) McDonald, and Sabastian Gillespie and friend Shayna Lincoln; Rhett, Brooks, Steele, Lincoln and Finn Rodgers; Kanon, Blakely and Jada Kowalski; and Laney and Roland Rodenbaugh; the families foreign exchange student who was like a son, Heikki Romppainen and his wife, Taru and their family from Finland; one sister, Roberta White; and a host of nieces, nephews, special Cousins, Clarence (Barb) Kennedy and Harlan (Darlene “Pinky”) Nonhof, and families.

     A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege.

     In Lieu of Flowers, Memorials may be made to Chase Lane Donovan Memorial Fund to Fund Summer Meal Programs in Minneapolis, Kansas, or Lighthouse Baptist Church in Loomis, Nebraska.

     Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com

     The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.