Agnes Christina (Strecker) Stegman

Agnes Christina (Strecker) Stegman, age of 100, Kimberling City, Missouri

Agnes Christina (Strecker) Stegman, formerly of Garden City, Kansas, passed away on April 4, 2023, at the age of 100. She was born on January 3, 1923, to Ignatius and Nellie Strecker in Spearville, Kansas.

Agnes graduated from Spearville High School and went to Hutchinson, Kansas, to study stenography and bookkeeping. She married Leonard Stegman on June 1, 1948. Agnes had many jobs in her life including secretary, school cook, and working in admission records staff Garden City Community College. She was a woman of many talents, but her passion was attending to her garden. Agnes focused mostly on flowers, with her favorite being irises and roses. She enjoyed crocheting afghans for her children and grandchildren and creating stained glass. Agnes had a great sense of humor and loved her children and grandchildren dearly. The memories created will be cherished forever and never forgotten.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Ignatius and Nellie; husband, Leonard; sons: John, Leon, and Andy; sisters: Pauline Burkhart, Mary Hall, Kathryn Lobmeyer, and Nellie Lobmeyer; and brothers: Ignatius Strecker Jr., Bernard Strecker, and Carl Strecker.

Agnes is survived by her daughters: Christina John, Roseann (Jerry) Sherrill, Peggy (Eldon) Unruh, Loretta (David) Tackett, and Noreen (Steve) Stonehacker; sister, Louise Littrell; and brother-in-law, Larry Stegman. She is also survived by twenty-three grandchildren; forty-one great-grandchildren; and seventeen great-great-grandchildren.

 A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on April 12, 2023, at Our Lady of the Cove, 20 Kimberling Blvd., Kimberling City, Missouri, 65686, with Father William Hennecke officiating. A Memorial Mass burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. on April 14, 2023, at St. Mary’s in Garden City, Kansas, with Father Jacob Schneider officiating, with Rosary before Mass. Arrangements and cremation are under the direction of Cremations of the Ozarks. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.cremationsoftheozarks.com.