Wade Atella L. “Babe” Wade, 91, a former resident of Winslow, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Services were held Feb. 8 at Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park in Mesa. Graveside services and interment were held Feb. 9 at Desert View Cemetery in Winslow. Babe was born Nov. 26, 1924, in St. Johns to Wilson and Lillian Baird. The family moved to Winslow, where Babe attended the Winslow Public Schools, graduating from Winslow High School in 1943. She married her husband, Thomas A. Wade, on Feb. 23, 1946. She worked a year at the Mountain Bell Telephone Co. and a year at the Winslow Post Office. She then went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad as a PBX operator in the telegraph office for 20 years. When Tom retired from the Santa Fe, they moved to Sun Lakes to be close to family. Babe was preceded in death by Tom, her husband of 63 years; and her sister, Vondell Baird. Survivors include her son, Tim (Marilyn) of Mesa; two grandsons, Tom (Jill) of Nashville and BJ (Lisa) of Chandler; four great-grandchildren, Tatum, Taryn, Sydney and Jackson; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.