We are sad to announce that on August 30, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Bernita E. Lechner (Seneca, Kansas). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Louis Stegeman and Bernadine Stegeman (Winkler); her husband Kenny; her daughter Kathy Lechner; and her sisters, Darlene Turnbull and Arlene Biggs.

She is survived by : her daughters, Bea, Deb Christian (Ed) of Hiawatha, Connie Thorson (Randy) of Horton, Karen Lechner of Topeka, Tina Brinker (Darren) of Shawnee and Kim Henry (Fred) of Seneca, Kansas; her grandchildren, Jerad Enneking (Monica) of Hiawatha, Elizabeth Thorson-Keener (Joey) of Kenner, Blake Thorson (Kendra) of Wheaton, Hannah Brinker of Shawnee, Nathan Brinker of Kansas City, Natalie Brinker of Advance, Devin Henry of Seneca, Trenton Henry of Kelly and Mitchell Henry of Seneca, Kansas; her great grandchildren, Emerson Enneking, Beau, Cooper Keener, Kamryn Thorson, Addison, Brooklyn and Carley DeChant; her siblings, Deanna Jueneman of Hanover, Kansas and Louis Stegeman (Bud) of Marysville, Kansas; and her close friend Arden Dreher. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions are suggested to a fund yet to be designated by the family and sent in care of Popkess Memorial Chapel, 814 Castle, Seneca, Kansas 66538.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Popkess Mortuary Inc