Ramona Maxine Harden

Ramona Maxine Harden, 82, of Nevada, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. Ramona was born on April 10, 1937, in Nevada to Chester P. and Sadie M. (Bradley) Long. On Nov. 16, 1956, she was married to Darrell Harden and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2018. Ramona grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the class of 1955. She was a homemaker who loved her family dearly. Ramona had a love for the outdoors, was a Kansas City Royals Fan, and most of all loved being with her family. She enjoyed listening to gospel music and was a long-time member of the Community Christian Church in Nevada. In her later years she had also attended the First Baptist Church in Nevada.

Survivors include her daughter, Debbie Savant, of Nevada; her son, Chester Harden, of Joplin; granddaughter, Chrissy Savant, of Nevada; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Sherrie Praiswater, of Nevada; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband Darrell she was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 10, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Pastor Dennis Engelbrecht officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery near Walker, Mo. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

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