Frances Regina Casey, 90, passed away on April 15, 2016 at the Cedar Village Care Center in Ness City, Kansas. She was born on December 1, 1925 in Rural Trego County, Kansas the daughter of Herman and Catherine (Flax) Kisslinger.
She was a homemaker, farm wife and a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church Altar Society. She married Patrick Casey on Tuesday, June 1st, 1948 in the St. Aloysius Church, Ransom, Kansas. He preceded her in death on August 25, 2005.
Survivors include six sons, Daryl (Barbara) Casey, Copeland, KS, Donald (Melodie) Casey, Johnson, KS, Jim (Karin) Casey, Hanston, KS, Jerry (Karen) Casey, Plainville, KS, Kevin Casey, Rogers, Arkansas, and Christopher (Dare Rucker) Casey, Lawton, Oklahoma; daughters, Karen Shumake, Saginaw, Texas and Carolyn (Edgar) Schadel, Alexander, KS; 28 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; three brothers, Ambrose Kisslinger, John (Barbara) Kisslinger, and Joe Kisslinger; four sisters, Ann Pfannenstiel, Regina Schuster, Rosetta Healy, and Berniece Blakely; three sons-in-law, Stan Harman, Hays, Phil Wiesner, Hays, and Russell Linsey, McCracken; and two sisters-in-law, Mary Kisslinger Kerns and Marjorie Elias. She was preceded in death by her husband, three daughters, Patricia Rome Harman, Cheryl Wiesner, and Laura Linsey; one brother, Paul Kisslinger; two sisters, Betty Casey and Rose Smith and one great grandson, Kaleb Hart.
Funeral Service will be on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, McCracken, Kansas. Parish Vigil and Rosary will be at the church on Tuesday, April 19, 6:30 p.m. Burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery, McCracken, Kansas.
Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City on Monday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and at the church prior to the services.
Memorial contributions may be given to St. Mary’s Heritage.