Elda Stean
Elda Marie Riesen Stean, 85, of Hillsboro died March 26, 2004, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center.
Born March 4, 1919, at Hillsboro, she was the daughter of Adolf F. and Elizabeth (Nikkel) Funk.
On April 18, 1940, at Hillsboro, she married Karl D. Riesen. He died in 1987.
On Nov. 13, 1999, at Hillsboro, she married Adney Stean. He survives.
She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Mennonite Church in Hillsboro.
She was preceded in death by sons, Kenneth Riesen in 1997 and Roland Riesen in 2002.
Survivors include her husband; son, Arlen and his wife Pam Riesen of Hillsboro; daughters, Marilyn and her husband Ed Lundblade of Owasso, Okla., Jan and her husband Dennis Tingen of Salina; stepsons, Adney and his wife Akemi Stean of Riverside, Mo., and Larry and his wife Mary Stean of Tonganoxie; stepdaughters, Izzie and her husband Jay Klassen of Hillsboro and Wendy and her husband Tony Verdict of Bonner Springs; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren; and 22 step great-grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday at Trinity Mennonite Church with Pastor Tim Kliewer officiating. Burial was at Haven of Rest Cemetery in rural Hillsboro.
A memorial fund has been established with the church.
