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March 29th, 2024

joyce tooleyJoyce Marie (Murphy) Tooley, 89, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 in Wamego.

She was born Nov. 8, 1933 to JW and Alma Murphy. 

She married George A. Tooley on April 8, 1961. He survives.

She attended Great Bend High School, graduating in 1951. After graduating high school, she started her career in insurance in Wichita.  

She was the general manager of Liberal Mobile Homes for more than 35 years, retiring in 2000. 

She was a member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego. 

She loved working in her yard and tending to her plants, listening to music, traveling the world with George and enjoyed being a volunteer at the Columbian Theatre in Wamego.

Survivors also include children: Chris Tooley and wife, Leah, Platteville, Colo., Kayleen Hernandez and husband, Stan, Loveland, Colo., and Kara Holle (Mike Burton), Wamego; sisters, Janice Sis and husband, Ray, and Rita Buchanan and husband, Joe; brother, Joe Murphy and wife, Roma Lee; sister-in-law, Rose Murphy; brother-in-law, Dan Bernard; grandchildren: Brianna Tooley, Portland, Ore., Brett Tooley and Naomi, Windsor, Colo., Kylee Millman, Costa Mesa, Calif., Shayla Millman, Westminster, Colo., Seth Holle, Wamego, Ethan Holle, Wamego; great-grandchildren, Ambrie and Myah Greeley, Colo.; and several nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Michael and Richard Murphy, and sister; Barbara Bernard.

• Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego, with Fr. Michael Peterson presiding. 

Burial will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery.

The family will meet with friends at a luncheon following the services at St. Bernard’s Parish Hall.

Friends may call from from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 at Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. 

Rosary services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 at Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. 

Memorials are suggested to St. Bernard’s Catholic Church or the Columbian Theatre and may be left with Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home, 4370 Salzer Road, Wamego, KS 66547.