Karin R. (Vennemann) Burkholder

Burkholder, Karin R. (Vennemann), 66, died Saturday August 11, 2007, after a long and cruel battle with Parkinson disease. Memorial service 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 14, at Downing Lahey Mortuary West. She was born October 12, 1940, to Herta and Bernd Vennemann in Berlin, Germany. As a young woman in Berlin she worked as a cartoon artist but came to the U.S. in December, 1959, as the bride of George Burkholder and soon started a family. The twins, Mike and Ron, were born in 1960 and were followed by Diana in 1962. The young family traveled extensively until 1967 when they settled in Wichita. Karin had many interests but especially enjoyed her antique business, gardening, and loved to cook for her family and friends who in turn loved to eat her German specialties. In Heaven she joins her late husband, George, and daughter, Diana Rowell, and awaits her sons Ron (Magna) and Mike (Lois) and their children, Seth and Kimberly, brother, Ralph Vennemann, and sister, Ingrid, along with a legion of friends. The family requests that her memory be honored through a memorial in her name to Faith Home Health Hospice, LLC, 7804 E. Funston, S-203, Wichita, KS, 67207.