Elizabeth Thiessen

Elizabeth E. Thiessen, 93, of Inman died Sunday, May 21, 2006, at the Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was the daughter of Elias and Fanny (Goering) Stucky. She was born February 18, 1913, on a farm southwest of Moundridge, Kansas. She received her elementary schooling at the Berlin School and then continued onto and graduated from Moundridge High School in May of 1932. On October 4, 1949, she married Ben E. Thiessen at the Eden Mennonite Church, Moundridge. She was a nurse's aide & medication aide at Pleasant View Home, Inman for 32 years.

The funeral service will be at 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 25, 2006, at Eden Mennonite Church, Moundridge with Rev. Floyd Born officiating. Burial will take place prior to the funeral service on Thursday at 10:00 AM at the Eden Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled from 3:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday at Stockham Family Funeral Home with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Survivors include: her husband, Ben E. Thiessen of the home; two daughters, Cheryl Stockham and husband, Darrel, of Bennington, KS and Jolene Alonso and husband, Carlos, of Fort Worth, TX; a sister, Hilda Schrag of Moundridge, KS; two grandchildren, Cassie Stockham and Paige Stockham of Bennington, Kansas; and two step-grandchildren, Geoffrey Alonso of Topeka, Kansas and Erin Alonso of Lawrence, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elias and Fanny Stucky; sisters, Martha Goering, Marie Dester, and Elsie Stucky; and brothers, John Stucky, Dan Stucky, Ben Stucky, and infant brother, Edwin Paul Stucky.

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