Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Stubenhofer, Howard Joseph
Howard J. Stubenhofer, 77
of Strong City died at the
Chase County Health &
Rehabilitation Center in
Cottonwood Falls Thursday,
Feb. 10, 2000. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Anthony Catholic
Church in Strong City. The
Rev. Colin Boor officiated. A
Rosary was recited Friday,
Feb. 11, in the Brown-Bennett-
Alexander Chapel led by Mary
Ann McCallum. A military
graveside service was conducted in St. Anthony's Cemetery
by the Fort Riley Honor
Guard.
Howard Joseph Stubenhofer
was born on Oct. 22, 1922,
near Elmdale to Karl W. and
Bertha Bechelmayr
Stubenhofer. He married
Iladean Fyfe on May 8, 1943 in
Strong City.
Mr. Stubenhofer owned and
operated Stubenhofer
Plumbing in Strong City from
1960 until 1983. He was an
Army Veteran of WWII, was a
Strong City Councilman and
on the Chase County USD 284
School Board many years. He
was a Charter Member of the
Strong City Volunteer Fire
Department. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic
Church, Strong City Veterans
of Foreign Wars and Russell
Blackburn American Legion
Post #123.
He is survived by his wife,
Iladean Stubenhofer of the
home; sons, Bill Stubenhofer of
Strong City and Mike
Stubenhofer of Bixby, Okla.
two daughters, Mary Bissa of
Phoenix, Ariz., and Kris
Talkington of Strong City; a
brother, Jim Stubenhofer of'
Emporia; two sisters, Ruth
Holmberg of Topeka and Jo
Grant of Wichita; nine grand-
children; and two great-grand-
children.
Memorials are suggested to
the St. Anthony's Hall in care
of the funeral home.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Feb 17 2003.