Name: Capps, Paula Lea(Smith)
Burial Date: 2008, 02/23
Age at Death: 59
Plot Location: 1068 A
Notes: 1st wife of LeRoy Lester, Sr.
Died in St. Joseph, MO
Paula L. Capps, 59, died Feb. 19, 2008, at Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Mo
She was born July 12, 1948, Hays, the daughter of Fred G., and Arlene T. Heldt Smith. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1966, attended Barton County Community College. She was a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., since 1991, formerly of Geneseo, Lyons and Hutchinson. She was a former employee of American Salt Co., Lyons.
She attended Fredrick Blvd Baptist Church, St. Joseph, Mo.
On Aug. 2, 1967, she married LeRoy Capps, Nevada, Texas. He survives.
Other survivors include: three sons, LeRoy Capps Jr., Lyons, John Thomas Capps, Tulsa, Okla., and David Capps, Wichita; a daughter, Tina Owens, El Paso, Texas; four brothers, Michael Smith, Robert Smith, Timothy Smith, all of South Hutchinson; Rodney Smith, Jonesboro, Ark.; four sisters, Geraline Elliott, Hutchinson, Linda Stover, Sterling, Connie Hess, Madison, and Cynthia Morales, South Hutchinson; and 13 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother, Dennis Smith; an infant grandson, Christopher James Capps.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Birzer-Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling, with Pastor Ken Conner presiding. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to: Paula Capps Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.
Paula Lea Smith (b. 12 Jul 1948)
Paula Lea Smith (daughter of Fred Gerald Smith and Arlene Thelma Heldt) was born 12 Jul 1948 in Hays, Ellis, Kansas.She married LeRoy Lester Capps, son of Lester Laird Capps and Euretha Fay McNett.
Children of Paula Lea Smith and LeRoy Lester Capps are:
- David Alan Capps, b. 20 Jun 1970, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas.
- Tina Louise Capps, b. 16 Jul 1972, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas.
Birth: Jul. 12, 1948
Death: Feb. 19, 2008
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Joe Gibbens
Record added: Dec 04, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 45103982