Funeral services for Darlene L. Steinman Paslay, 95, Lecompton, will be 10 am Tuesday at Lecompton United Methodist Church. Burial will be at 3 pm Tuesday at Resthaven Cemetery, Wichita. Mrs. Paslay died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at her home. She was born April 7, 1920, in Mt. Moriah, Mo., the daughter of Leslie Earl and Rosa Levona Pierce Carter.
Mrs. Paslay was a 1938 graduate of Albany High School, Albany, Mo. She was a member of the Lecompton United Methodist Church, Lecompton Historical Society, Lecompton Constitutional Hall and a Docent, Lecompton Territorial Capital Curator, Girl Scout leader, Cub Scout leader and President of the PTA in Wichita.
Mrs. Paslay married Arthur W. Steinman. He preceded her in death in 1967. She married David W. Paslay, and he preceded her in death on December 23, 1997. She was also preceded in death by a son, Arthur Max Steinman, and a daughter, Levona G. (Jacque) Morey.
Survivors include sons David Lee Paslay, Atwood, and Richard Allan Paslay, Tecumseh; daughters Linda Kay Eisenhut, Berryton, and Sheila Robles, Lecompton; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
She will lie in state from noon to 8 pm Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorials be made to the Lecompton United Methodist Church or Lecompton Historical Society, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.
