Lena Starkey
January 17, 1918 ~ December 16, 2020
Lena Starkey
102, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great & great-great-grandmother died Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Rosary will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, December 19, 2020. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am, Saturday, December 19, 2020, both at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Graveside Service will be at 1:00 pm, Monday, December 21, 2020 at Grainfield Cemetery, Grainfield, KS. Masks and social distancing will be observed. Lena was devoted to her family. Preceded in death by her parents, Stanislaus and Regina Mattern; husband, Robert Austin Starkey; son-in-law, William Looper. Survived by her children, Gary (Mary Kay) Starkey, Roberta Looper, Sandra (Pat) Reay, Pamela (Johnnie) Neal, Stan (Maeve) Starkey; grandchildren, Donald, David, Darin, Dena, Michelle, Mike, John, Lamont, Jasmine, Jordan, Erin, Jacob, Amanda; 31 great-grandchildren; numerous great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary (Dick) Mattern Shafer. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with Homestead Health Center, 2133 S. Elizabeth, Wichita, KS 67213 and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 861 N. Socora, Wichita, KS 67212. Downing & Lahey Mortuary West.
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They ask us to share a memory. As her neice, there are so many over my life time. What a wonderful woman. What a wonderful, easy smile she had. My mom, Ann Uhrich, was her sister & 1 1/2 years older. They did everything together as young girls & until the day Ann died. It was so much fun hearing them talk about their youth — one would recount an event & the other would say, “No, that’s not how it happened” then tell the story a little different. Sometimes the first would agree & other times – not so much. They were raised very poor but you’ll never find a more loving family. Aunt Lena passed that love onto her children & down through the generations. My prayers were answered that when God decided her time on earth was over, she was surrounded by her loving children.
My love to all of your family. My love to all of your family. So many good memories from many years back