WILMA J. BRUFFETT

JASPER-Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Weng Funeral Chapel for Wilma J. Bruffett, 81, Jasper, who died Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Truman Healthcare in Lamar. Burial will be in Hackney Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral chapel.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be sent to www.wengfuneralchapel.com.

Survivors include a son, Mark Bruffett, Jasper; a daughter, Jane Adams and husband Jeff, Neosho; three brothers, Tom Duncan, Lamar, John Duncan, Valley Center, Kan., and Linley Duncan, Springdale, Ark.; a sister, Effie Mae Heiskell, Golden City; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bruffett was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Barton County, to Elvage and Effie (Glenn) Duncan. She had worked as a waitress for several area restaurants and was a member of the Grand Avenue Church of God in Carthage.

She married Marion Bruffett Jr. on Sept. 24, 1954. He died March 9, 2010.