Evelyn Mae Berning

Marienthal, Kansas Evelyn Mae Berning, age 83, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. Evelyn was born October 6, 1933 in Sterling, Colorado, the daughter of Manuel & Elizabeth Pheiffer Dechant. A resident of Marienthal, Kansas since 1958 moving from Garden City, Kansas, she was a farm wife and homemaker. Evelyn was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and Alter Society, all of Marienthal, Kansas. On January 20, 1958 she married Edmund George “Cork” Berning at St. Mary Catholic Church in Garden City, Kansas. Edmund passed away on January 23, 2013 in Leoti, Kansas. Evelyn’s surviving family includes- Five Children- Steve & Debbie Berning- Lakin, Kansas Carol Berning & Scott Truesdell- Sedgwick, Kansas Karen Stallbaumer- Wichita, Kansas Kevin Berning- Marienthal, Kansas Keith & Ann Berning- Shawnee, Kansas Eleven Grandchildren- Kyle & Charlee Berning- Lakin, Kansas Jessica & Toby Lohman-Fuller- Lakin, Kansas Tanner Berning- Racine, Wisconsin Talia & J.D. Goldsmith- Hutchinson, Kansas Shaina Giesick- Lakin, Kansas Whitney & Heath Brown- Leoti, Kansas Cody Stallbaumer- Goddard, Kansas Kyra Stallbaumer- Wichita, Kansas Nathan Berning- Shawnee, Kansas Brooke Berning- Shawnee, Kansas Maggie Berning- Shawnee, Kansas Nine great grandchildren- Cade, Jace & Haley Berning- Lakin, Kansas Kinzie, Taybree & Joleigh Lohman-Fuller- Lakin, Kansas Kaden Goldsmith- Hutchinson, Kansas Parker Campas- Lakin, Kansas Maddox Brown- Leoti, Kansas Seven siblings- Betty & Claude Heath- Leoti, Kansas Joyce & Leroy York- Fort Worth, Texas Rosemary & Edwin Wasinger- Scott City, Kansas Ron & Melody Dechant- Garden City, Kansas Larry Dechant- Garden City, Kansas Debra & Ken Robinson- Holcomb, Kansas Jim & Karen Dechant- Garden City, Kansas She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three siblings including Alex Dechant, Kenny Dechant and Linda Sinclair all of Garden City, Kansas. Vigil services will be held at 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 am Thursday, February 16, 2017 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas with Father Benjamin Martin officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Marienthal, Kansas. Friends may call from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Tuesday and from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm Wednesday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Evelyn M. Berning Memorial Fund in care of the funeral home. Friends may leave condolences to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com