Wava Audine Rader Obituary (1928 - 2023)

With peaceful hearts, the family of Wava Audine Rader announces her passing on February 3, 2023. She lived a proud and dignified 94 years. Originally from El Dorado, KS, Wava moved West with her family and in 1947 graduated from Central Union High School of El Centro, CA. She was an essential part of the local Campfire Girls and 4 H clubs for many years and later worked as a Clerk & Cashier in the traffic courts for Imperial County. Wava was also an accomplished seamstress working various paid and volunteer positions in the community including the nearby Naval Air Facility. For the entirety of her adult life, Wava lived in the same El Centro house where she and her husband, Carl, created a home and raised their 6 children. Though always an enthusiastic reader, in her later years it was not unheard of for her to read an entire book in a single day, and her guilty pleasure was a good harlequin romance. Wava is predeceased by her husband, Carl Eugene Rader, son, Merle, and sister Dora. She is survived by her beloved children, Melvin, Stephen, Sandra, Allan, and Marie. In addition to 13 grandchildren, Wava will also be missed by an abundance of loving great & great-great-grandchildren as well as her beloved dog, Jenny. There will be a viewing at Frye Chapel and Mortuary, 338 W. Aten Rd., Imperial, CA., from 10 am - 11 am on Saturday, February 25. A service will be performed immediately following at Memory Gardens Cemetery ( I.V. Memorial Park), 3320 California 86, Imperial, CA. In place of flowers, Wava requested donations be made to the Humane Society of the United States. https://www.humanesociety.org/