Jerry Wade

1939 - 2026

Jan 5, 1939 - Jan 28, 2026

Greensburg – Jerry Allen Wade, 87, died January 28, 2026, at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kansas. He was born January 5, 1939, in Alva, Oklahoma, to Byron Asberry Wade and Emma Smoot (Dixon) Wade, one of five children. Jerry graduated from Hardtner High School and Garden City Community College where he played basketball and football. There he met the love of his life Dorothy Jane Henderson. They were married July 5, 1959, and enjoyed sixty-six and a half years of marriage. Jerry worked for Northern Natural Gas Company (later Enron) for thirty-nine years. Jerry enjoyed hunting, fishing, watching sports of all kinds, playing golf, and spending time with friends and family. After retiring he and Jane enjoyed traveling to all fifty states. While living in Burdett, Kansas, Jerry was a charter member of the Burdett Park Board, Scout Master for the local Boy Scouts and served on the USD # 496 school board. After moving to Greensburg, he was a member of the Cannonball Golf Board. Jerry is survived by his wife Jane, a daughter Sherri (Daran), Tonganoxie, Kansas, sons Steven (Connie), Wichita, Kansas, Mike (Amy), Evergreen, Colorado, a brother Russell Wade (Marie), Wichita, Kansas, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Lowell and Arnold Wade and a sister Sue Miller. A memorial service and celebration of Jerry's life will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the Greensburg Methodist Church, Greensburg, with Pastor Dennis Irwin presiding. A private family inurnment will be held in Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg. Memorials are suggested to the Greensburg Methodist Church and the Kiowa County Senior Center, in care of Fleener Funeral Home, PO Box 41, Greensburg, KS 67054-0041.