LaVerne Luebbers

Marienthal

LaVerne Madgalene Luebbers, age 85, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on January 7, 1937, to Herman & Anna Palkowitsh Kuehler in Lasara, Texas. A resident of Marienthal since 1940, she was a homemaker and office clerk for the FSA offices in Scott City, Kansas, and Lakin, Kansas, and worked for the Wichita County Treasures office.

She was a member of St. Mary’s church in Marienthal, Kansas where she was a volunteer for the Altar Society and a member of the Daughters of Isabella. She volunteered as a member of the Wichita County Hospital Volunteers and served on the Senior Center board. She was a volunteer on the SWKAAA Sub Region 3 Board and SWKAAA board of directors. She was a member of the Patchwork Quilt Guild.

LaVerne married August Luebbers on May 24, 1955, in Sharon Springs, Kansas. He survives.

Survivors include her husband - Gus Luebbers of Marienthal, Kansas, and four sons, Jerome & Darla Luebbers of Leoti, Kansas, Dennis & Mary Sue Luebbers of Hutchinson, Kansas, Bill & Marilyn Luebbers of Leoti, Kansas, Tony & JaLene Luebbers of Garden City, Kansas, two daughters, Berta & Hugh Binns of Scott City, Kansas, Bev & Tim Smith of Paola, Kansas, nineteen grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

LaVerne was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Ralph and Elmer, and one granddaughter, Annie Luebbers.

Funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 2, 2022, at St. Mary Church in Marienthal, Kansas with Father Tim Hickey and Father John O’Neil presiding.  

Funeral Vigil will be held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at St. Mary Church in Marienthal, Kansas.

Visitation will be at Price and Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday, June 1, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Memorials in lieu of flowers may be written to the Wichita County Long Term Care or St. Mary Cemetery Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, Po Box 161, Leoti, Kansas 67861.

Interment will be at the St. Mary Cemetery, Marienthal, Kansas.