Wilma "Maxine" James, 99, of Arcadia, Kansas died at 10:55 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the Arma Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arma, Kansas. Mrs. James was born May 24, 1923 in rural Arcadia, Kansas the daughter of Dell R. and Delia M. Blincoe Leist. Maxine was a retired school teacher after 54 years of teaching in rural Missouri country schools, Arcadia, Mulberry, Hepler, and Girard schools.