Obituary of Eugenia Lavina Palkowitsh

Leoti, Kansas Eugenia Lavina Palkowitsh, age 93, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Wichita County LTC in Leoti, Kansas. Eugenia was born May 8, 1922 in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd I. & Alice Floe Betts Walk. She was a 1941 graduate of Wichita County High School, a lifetime resident of Wichita County and a farm wife. Eugenia was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, St Anthony Alter Society, both of Leoti and the Daughters of Isabella at Marienthal, Kansas. On April 11, 1944 she married John Palkowitsh at Marienthal, Kansas. John passed away on November 8, 1990 at Leoti, Kansas. Eugenia’s surviving family includes- Two Children- David & Cheryl Palkowitsh- Larned, Kansas Julie Eddy- Leoti, Kansas Three siblings- Maxine Harris- Wichita, Kansas Curt & Karen Walk- Leoti, Kansas Derald Walk- Leoti, Kansas Eight grandchildren and Sixteen great grandchildren Her parents and a brother, Lloyd Walk, Jr., precede her in death. Vigil services will be held at 7:00 am Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Leoti, Kansas. Funeral mass will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Leoti, Kansas with Father Benjamin Martin officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Marienthal, Kansas. Friends may call from noon until 5:00 pm at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas. Memorials may be given to St. Anthony Catholic Church in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandson.com