![]() Obituary provided from Viegut Funeral Home. To donate in cash, by regular mail, the address is: Those who wish to honor Wendell’s memory with a gift may contribute to: There will be no funeral service his remains will however be interred at the Fort Logan National Military Cemetery in Denver, CO at a later date. He is survived by his beloved wife Kathy, sister-in-law Betty Oister, and numerous nieces and nephews. Wendell was predeceased by his parents, his brother Ken (Hilda), sisters Marjorie (John Cancilleri) and Dorothy Vars who died as a child in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, and a nephew Douglas Vars. Wendell continued with his pharmaceutical work there also, until retirement some years ago, after which he and Kathy enjoyed several pleasant years as “snowbirds” at a retirement park in Dade City, Florida, where they could be close to his brother Ken and make new friends as well. After nearly 20 years, the West called to them and they moved to Loveland, Colorado, where they lived until the present. During this time, he was fortunate also to acquire a wonderful wife and partner in life and work, Kathryn Joyce. At war’s end, he returned to college and graduated in 1948.įollowing a brief stint in Ithaca, NY, Wendell came back to Andover, worked in the local pharmacy, saved his money, and after a few years, he bought it. World War II intervened, and Wen found himself in the US Navy, serving his country in San Diego, working in a naval hospital. Wendell grew up in Andover, and after graduating from high school in 1942, he enrolled at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, planning to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, owning and operating his own drugstore in his hometown. ![]() Wendell Ramon Vars was born December 9, 1923, in Andover, NY, second son of Floyd and Marion Vars he passed away March 16, 2023, in Loveland, CO, his home for nearly fifty years.
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