Family and friends of Mary Kay
Steinkirchner share the loss of this special lady who passed away
suddenly on October 17, 2022. Mary was born April 16, 1956, to Leo
F. (Pete) and Betty L. (Smith) Steinkirchner in Newton, Kansas. She
lived in Newton her entire 66 years and graduated from Newton High
School in 1974.
Throughout her working career she
scooped ice cream at the old Peter Pan, clerked at Wilson Drugs,
daytime manager at Legal Tender, spent untold years driving back and
forth to Wichita as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell and
continued, until her passing, to be a faithful employee of Newton
Medical Center registering patients.
Mary was a pillar to everyone who knew
her. She was the best example of a true friend to all she deemed
friends and had "a heart of gold" offering to do anything
she could to help. She loved the many "furry friends" she
owned over the years and would often dog sit for her people friends.
She was "Aunt Mary" to not only her biological nieces and
nephews but also to the children of her oldest and dearest friend,
Debbie Pendry. She had the heart of a mother to her closest friends
and family.
Preceding her in death were her parents
and infant brother, David Larry. Surviving family are brother Gary
Steinkirchner and wife Daphynne, sister Susan Kile and husband Kenny,
sister Patti King and husband Kevin, 1 niece, 3 nephews, 2
great-nieces, and 1 great-nephew.
A celebration of life will be held
Saturday, October 22, 2022, at 2:00pm at Broadway Colonial Funeral
Home with Maddie Nelson, Operations Pastor at Life Church, Wichita ,
KS, conducting the service.
Arrangements by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton, Ks.
