Frances Rose Blazek, 101, of Overland Park, KS died peacefully on Sunday, April 14, 2019. 

She was a resident of Brookdale Glenwood Village in Overland Park for the past four years. Frances was born Dec. 13, 1917, in Redwing, KS, to Frank and Philomena Steiner. She had four brothers, Bob, Gus, Frank and Albert (Fritz) and three sisters, Tibby Menzer, Ella Hickey, and Marie Shuler. She married John Blazek on Feb. 26, 1946, and celebrated until his death on Jan. 23, 1989. They lived in Claflin, KS. and had two sons, Don and Larry.  Following John’s death, she moved to Lenexa, KS to Sunrise Assisted Living. Later she moved to Brookdale in Overland Park.

Frances was a homemaker and also worked at a dry cleaners, restaurants, a fish processing plant, a Ford assembly factory and an electric repair shop. She also cleaned houses and did babysitting.  Her hobbies included baking, planting flowers and vegetables, canning and word search puzzles, volunteer work at her church, and her grandchildren. During retirement, Frances and John enjoyed traveling to the Holy Land and Hawaii.

She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, the Altar Society, and the VFW Auxiliary in Claflin.  She liked to attend mass daily and often brought her own flowers to the church.

During the funeral mass, Father Terrance Klein spoke of the blessing that Frances died on Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) after having celebrated 101 birthdays.  She is remembered for her faithful service to her family, church, community and to her Lord and Savior.  She was born in the days that there was no tv, so entertainment included listening to the radio, splashing in farm tanks, playing “hide & seek”, and jumping rope. Life included an eight-mile round trip walk to school in Odin because there weren’t any school buses. 

She is survived by sons Don (Debbie), Larry (Lisa); three grandsons, Brian (Sarah), Brent, and Devin; two great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She was remembered with a rosary and visitation Monday, April 22 at Porter Funeral Home in Lenexa, Kan. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, April 23, at Immaculate Conception Church.  Memorial donations may be made to Immaculate Conception Church in Claflin, Kan. or Claflin Fire and Ambulance.

We extend our condolences to the Blazek family.