Alba   M. Crawford Wayland

June   13, 1905 – July 20, 2012

Hugoton,   Kansas

Visitation: 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM,   Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Garnand Funeral Home in Hugoton, Kansas.

Funeral Service: 10:00 AM, Monday, July 23,   2012 at the Bethel Friends Church in Hugoton, Kansas with Pastor Eric Mason   officiating.

Interment:   Hugoton Cemetery in Hugoton, Kansas.

Memorial contributions may be   given in lieu of flowers to the Christian Heritage Academy in care of Garnand   Funeral Home, 423 S. Main, Hugoton, KS 67951.

Alba M. Crawford Wayland, age   107, died Friday, July 20, 2012 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Kansas with her   family by her side. She was born June 13, 1905 in La Plata, Missouri the   daughter of Thomas and Ella Mae (Johnson) Mason.

Alba grew up in La Plata and   moved with her family to Kansas her senior year of high school. She married   Roy Crawford on November 26, 1925 in Guymon, Oklahoma. They moved to Stevens   County in 1928 and began farming. Alba helped with the farming and raising   their family. Roy died in July of 1949. Alba married Arnold Wayland on May   11, 1950. She worked at the hospital as a nurse’s aide and cooked at the   school. Arnold died in July 1982. Alba enjoyed doing ceramics, baking and   traveling. She crocheted afghans for her family and friends. At 90 years of   age she crocheted tablecloths for her two daughters. Alba was a social person   and enjoyed square dancing. She was very patriotic in honoring those that   served our nation in the military. Alba’s life centered around her   grandchildren in her later years. She was a member of the Farm Bureau Unit,   Grange, Rebekah Lodge, and Christian Church.

Survivors include two   daughters; Velda Anderson and husband Larry of Ulysses, Kansas, Norma   Stoddard and husband Ralph of Hugoton, Kansas, 17 grandchildren, 40   great-grandchildren, 59 great-great-grandchildren, and 1   great-great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; and   four sons.