Lillian K. Steele, 82, lifelong Gas resident, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.
Lillian was born Dec. 8, 1929, in Gas, the daughter of John and Beatrice (Perkins) Schiefelbine. She grew up in Gas and graduated from Iola High School.
On April 26, 1947, Lillian married Clifford “Cliff” Steele in Iola. They made their home in Gas. She retired in 1991 after 30 years as a deputy clerk of Allen County District Court. Mr. Steele preceded her in death Oct. 14, 1998.
She enjoyed walking, bicycling, embroidering, baking and cooking for family and friends and helping with Gas functions.
She is survived by a daughter, Judy Ann Hoepker and husband Larry, Humboldt; two grandchildren, Janae Coronado and husband Henry, Frontenac, and Justin Hoepker and wife Nicole, Iola; five great-grandchildren, Avery and Colin Coronado and Rayce, Chassis and Speed Hoepker. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Elwood Schiefelbine.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Gas City Cemetery. Memorials may be left at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, for Fees Park in Gas. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Lillian Steele
