Evelyn L. Lackey

Evelyn L. Fangman Lackey, 90, of Seneca, Kansas, died late Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at the Sabetha Hospital.
       She was born July 2, 1912, on a farm south of Seneca, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard and Anna Schafer Runnebaum. Later the family moved to a farm south of Lillis, Kansas, where Evelyn began school. They also lived in Frankfort and northwest of Axtell, Kansas, where she attended St. Michael’s High School. Following high school, she did domestic work and worked at the Gilford Hotel in Seneca.
      On February 12, 1934, she married Edmund Fangman at St. Bridget Church northwest of Axtell, Kansas. They lived on a farm southeast of Summerfield. Her husband, Edmund, died suddenly of a heart attack while playing baseball on June 9, 1952. Evelyn moved into Baileyville where she was the supervisor of the school lunch program for six years. She moved to Seneca where she owned and operated Evelyn’s Café on Main Street from 1958 to 1972. After selling the café, Evelyn did childcare for several families in Seneca.
      On June 14, 1962 she married Vincent Lackey at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. He died July 19, 1972.
     She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church. She was a quilter and made many quilts for the church at Summerfield and Seneca as well as for her family. She was a member and past president of the Seneca Business and Professional Women’s Club in Seneca where she held several offices.
     Survivors are a son, Eugene E. Fangman of Seneca, two daughters, Ardys A. Kussman and Mary E. Eisenbarth, both of Lenexa, Kansas; a stepson, Elmer Lackey of Seneca; four stepdaughters, Arlene Prine of Twin Falls, ID, Marilyn Koch of Baileyville, Kathleen Deters of Seneca, and Marceil Singer of Shawnee, KS; two brothers, Bernard Runnebaum of Marysville and Galen Runnebaum of Axtell; three sisters, Meletta Marconett of Alamo, TX, Edna Jensen of Minneapolis, MN, and Shirley Deters of Ozawkie, KS; six grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
     Besides her husbands, she was preceded in death by three stepsons, Norman Lackey, Duane Lackey, and Galen Lackey; four step-grandchildren, Bradley Koch, Janice Lackey, Kenneth Lackey, and Ronald Duryea; and two brothers, Vincent and Ralph Runnebaum.
     The mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in St. Bridget’s Cemetery northwest of Axtell. The rosary will be prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 7 P.M. Friday. She will lie in state at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca after 8:30 A.M. Friday.
     Memorials may be given to Sts. Peter & Paul School or to St. Bridget’s Cemetery and sent in care of the family .