In Memory
Carolyn “CJ” Harper, age 78, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center surrounded by her beautiful daughters. CJ was born May 24, 1942 in Culbertson Nebraska to Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman. CJ married her Christian soulmate William Harper October 22, 1961at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. CJ was retired from the Wichita Clinic where she did clerical work and had also previously worked for Pizza Hut Corporation and FDIC. CJ will be remembered as a lover of Christ, devoted wife, loving mother, amazing granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She had a servant heart that touched the lives of so many people through her involvement with Victory in the Valley and her church ministries. She was an avid Husker fan and helped start the Kansas Cornhusker Club with her husband Bill. She was a breast cancer survivor which drove her passion to help other women through their journey of cancer through Victory in the Valley, a local organization that is very dear to her heart. Her smile was contagious, her beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing, her sweet words of wisdom were comforting, her hugs were warming but it’s her servant heart of gold that will live on in each of us. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Harper; parents, Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman; brother, Terry Sitzman. CJ is survived by her daughter Michele Tice and son-in-law Brian Tice of Viola, KS; daughter, Tasha Harper of Wichita, KS; daughter Terri Harper-Rasheed and son-in-law Ibrahim Rasheed of Wichita, KS; grandson Will Tice and granddaughter Emerson Tice of Viola, KS; granddaughters Kadriya & Kaliyah Rasheed and grandson Khalil Rasheed all of Wichita, KS; sister, Linda Herbek of Princeton, KY; sister-in-law, Marlys Sitzman of McCook, NE; furbaby, Bentley; nine nieces and nephews that CJ cared deeply for as well as many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 29, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
Carolyn “CJ” Harper, age 78, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center surrounded by her beautiful daughters. CJ was born May 24, 1942 in Culbertson Nebraska to Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman. CJ married her Christian soulmate William Harper October 22, 1961at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. CJ was retired from the Wichita Clinic where she did clerical work and had also previously worked for Pizza Hut Corporation and FDIC. CJ will be remembered as a lover of Christ, devoted wife, loving mother, amazing granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She had a servant heart that touched the lives of so many people through her involvement with Victory in the Valley and her church ministries. She was an avid Husker fan and helped start the Kansas Cornhusker Club with her husband Bill. She was a breast cancer survivor which drove her passion to help other women through their journey of cancer through Victory in the Valley, a local organization that is very dear to her heart. Her smile was contagious, her beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing, her sweet words of wisdom were comforting, her hugs were warming but it’s her servant heart of gold that will live on in each of us. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Harper; parents, Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman; brother, Terry Sitzman. CJ is survived by her daughter Michele Tice and son-in-law Brian Tice of Viola, KS; daughter, Tasha Harper of Wichita, KS; daughter Terri Harper-Rasheed and son-in-law Ibrahim Rasheed of Wichita, KS; grandson Will Tice and granddaughter Emerson Tice of Viola, KS; granddaughters Kadriya & Kaliyah Rasheed and grandson Khalil Rasheed all of Wichita, KS; sister, Linda Herbek of Princeton, KY; sister-in-law, Marlys Sitzman of McCook, NE; furbaby, Bentley; nine nieces and nephews that CJ cared deeply for as well as many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 29, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
Carolyn “CJ” Harper, age 78, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center surrounded by her beautiful daughters. CJ was born May 24, 1942 in Culbertson Nebraska to Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman. CJ married her Christian soulmate William Harper October 22, 1961at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. CJ was retired from the Wichita Clinic where she did clerical work and had also previously worked for Pizza Hut Corporation and FDIC. CJ will be remembered as a lover of Christ, devoted wife, loving mother, amazing granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She had a servant heart that touched the lives of so many people through her involvement with Victory in the Valley and her church ministries. She was an avid Husker fan and helped start the Kansas Cornhusker Club with her husband Bill. She was a breast cancer survivor which drove her passion to help other women through their journey of cancer through Victory in the Valley, a local organization that is very dear to her heart. Her smile was contagious, her beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing, her sweet words of wisdom were comforting, her hugs were warming but it’s her servant heart of gold that will live on in each of us. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Harper; parents, Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman; brother, Terry Sitzman. CJ is survived by her daughter Michele Tice and son-in-law Brian Tice of Viola, KS; daughter, Tasha Harper of Wichita, KS; daughter Terri Harper-Rasheed and son-in-law Ibrahim Rasheed of Wichita, KS; grandson Will Tice and granddaughter Emerson Tice of Viola, KS; granddaughters Kadriya & Kaliyah Rasheed and grandson Khalil Rasheed all of Wichita, KS; sister, Linda Herbek of Princeton, KY; sister-in-law, Marlys Sitzman of McCook, NE; furbaby, Bentley; nine nieces and nephews that CJ cared deeply for as well as many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 29, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
Carolyn “CJ” Harper, age 78, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center surrounded by her beautiful daughters. CJ was born May 24, 1942 in Culbertson Nebraska to Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman. CJ married her Christian soulmate William Harper October 22, 1961at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. CJ was retired from the Wichita Clinic where she did clerical work and had also previously worked for Pizza Hut Corporation and FDIC. CJ will be remembered as a lover of Christ, devoted wife, loving mother, amazing granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She had a servant heart that touched the lives of so many people through her involvement with Victory in the Valley and her church ministries. She was an avid Husker fan and helped start the Kansas Cornhusker Club with her husband Bill. She was a breast cancer survivor which drove her passion to help other women through their journey of cancer through Victory in the Valley, a local organization that is very dear to her heart. Her smile was contagious, her beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing, her sweet words of wisdom were comforting, her hugs were warming but it’s her servant heart of gold that will live on in each of us. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Harper; parents, Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman; brother, Terry Sitzman. CJ is survived by her daughter Michele Tice and son-in-law Brian Tice of Viola, KS; daughter, Tasha Harper of Wichita, KS; daughter Terri Harper-Rasheed and son-in-law Ibrahim Rasheed of Wichita, KS; grandson Will Tice and granddaughter Emerson Tice of Viola, KS; granddaughters Kadriya & Kaliyah Rasheed and grandson Khalil Rasheed all of Wichita, KS; sister, Linda Herbek of Princeton, KY; sister-in-law, Marlys Sitzman of McCook, NE; furbaby, Bentley; nine nieces and nephews that CJ cared deeply for as well as many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 29, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
Carolyn “CJ” Harper, age 78, passed away, Monday, January 25, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center surrounded by her beautiful daughters. CJ was born May 24, 1942 in Culbertson Nebraska to Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman. CJ married her Christian soulmate William Harper October 22, 1961at Peace Lutheran Church in McCook, Nebraska. CJ was retired from the Wichita Clinic where she did clerical work and had also previously worked for Pizza Hut Corporation and FDIC. CJ will be remembered as a lover of Christ, devoted wife, loving mother, amazing granny, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many. She had a servant heart that touched the lives of so many people through her involvement with Victory in the Valley and her church ministries. She was an avid Husker fan and helped start the Kansas Cornhusker Club with her husband Bill. She was a breast cancer survivor which drove her passion to help other women through their journey of cancer through Victory in the Valley, a local organization that is very dear to her heart. Her smile was contagious, her beautiful blue eyes were mesmerizing, her sweet words of wisdom were comforting, her hugs were warming but it’s her servant heart of gold that will live on in each of us. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Harper; parents, Ida Mae & Carl Sitzman; brother, Terry Sitzman. CJ is survived by her daughter Michele Tice and son-in-law Brian Tice of Viola, KS; daughter, Tasha Harper of Wichita, KS; daughter Terri Harper-Rasheed and son-in-law Ibrahim Rasheed of Wichita, KS; grandson Will Tice and granddaughter Emerson Tice of Viola, KS; granddaughters Kadriya & Kaliyah Rasheed and grandson Khalil Rasheed all of Wichita, KS; sister, Linda Herbek of Princeton, KY; sister-in-law, Marlys Sitzman of McCook, NE; furbaby, Bentley; nine nieces and nephews that CJ cared deeply for as well as many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Downing & Lahey West Mortuary. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm, Friday, January 29, 2021, at Risen Savior Lutheran Church.
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