Victor E. Stohs

Victor E. Stohs, 84, of Bremen, Kan., died Friday, July 5, 2019 at Cambridge Place in Marysville, Kan. Visitation was Sunday, July 7, from 3 to 9 p.m. at Kinsley Mortuary in Marysville.  The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 8, at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Bremen.  Rev. Aaron T. Fenker, Sr., will officiate. Kathy Pralle will play the organ while the congregation sings “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”, “God’s Own Child”, “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” and “Abide with Me” and the choir sings “The Lord’s My Shepherd”. The pallbearers will be Darren Bott, Michael Wiechman, Philip Lasseigne, Connor Sivils, Peter Stohs and Brock Sivils. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Victor was born on March 15, 1935, at Bremen to Rudolf and Clara (Riggert) Stohs.  On March 24, 1935, he was baptized and confirmed on April 10, 1949.  Victor attended Immanuel Lutheran School and graduated from Marysville High School in 1953. On February 8, 1959, he was united in marriage to LeIla Bott at St. John’s Lutheran Church near Palmer, Kan.  They were married for 60 years.  Victor was a lifelong farmer and was a welder for 24 years in Beatrice, Neb. Survivors include his wife, LeIla Stohs, Bremen; two daughters, Diane (Mark) Lasseigne, Glen Carbin, Illinois, and Karen (Tracy) Sivils, Inman, Kan.; son, Wayne (Jody) Stohs, Fishers, Ind.; brother, Walt (Joann) Stohs, Jefferson City, Mo.; sister, LaVonne  (Richard) Wiechman, Marysville; two brothers-in-law, Dennis (Anita) Bott and Roger Bott, both of Palmer; sister-in-law, Anita (Larry) Weber, Omaha, Neb.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews and friends. A memorial fund has been established to Lutheran Hour.  Contributions may be sent in care of Kinsley Mortuary. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Victor E. Stohs, please visit our flower store.