Marcella J. Casey

Marcella Jean Casey, 94, was received into the waiting arms of her confessed Savior Jesus Christ on July 23, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas. Marcella was born September 18, 1927 in Wheaton, Kansas, to Edward Andrew and Lucy Ellen (Middleton) Pinick. She became a baptized child of God on September 15, 1932, through the sacrament of Holy Baptism and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith on April 6th, 1941 both at Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church, Wheaton, Kansas.

Visitation will be at 1:00pm on August 6th, 2022, prior to the service at 2:00pm at St Andrews Lutheran Church at 2555 N Hyacinth Lane, Wichita, KS, 67215.

Burial will be beside her husband of 75 years in Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Wichita after the service.

Marcella attended Pottawatomie County Public Schools and received her high school diploma from Rural High School District No 7 in Onaga, Kansas on May 17, 1945. She continued her education at the KC Secretarial School in Kansas City, Missouri and received her diploma on October 5, 1945 and accepted a job in Topeka. It was on a bus trip to see her new nephew that she met her future husband, Carroll Milton Casey. Marcella and Carroll were married on a Sunday morning September 8, 1946 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth, Kansas. They lived in Kansas City until Carroll’s retirement and then moved to Bella Vista, Arkansas with some winters in Yuma, Arizona. They were married for more than 75 years and raised three children: Sandra Kay, Paul David, and Timothy Lawrence.

Marcella worked as a secretary in the early years of their marriage and was also an avid Avon salesperson as well as an Avon collector. She knew and loved her Lord and served the churches in Kansas City and Bella Vista and people wherever she saw need. She loved her family and always loved bringing together her siblings and later her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was the consummate host and link between family members and friends. She square danced while they were in Yuma and loved playing games, especially when she won. Cooking and hosting events were always a celebration of food and family surrounded by God’s love and Grace.

Marcella is survived by her children, Sandra (Alan) Winegarden, of Rome Township, Wisconsin, Paul (Deanna) Casey of Bolivar, Missouri and Timothy (Lori) Casey of Wichita, Kansas. Grandchildren: Adam Winegarden, Andrew (Elizabeth) Winegarden, Rachel (Nathan) Hamann, Lara (Aaron) Weaver, Peter (Sophie) Casey, Amanda (Ryan) Stoldt, and Caroline (Eli) Parsons. Great grandchildren Peyton and Kieran Winegarden; Abigail, Andrew, Hannah, and Josiah Hamann; Anna, Judah, Ezra and Lucas Weaver; and Annie Casey. She is also survived by one sister-in-law, Valeda Pinick and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Agnes Murdock, brothers, Wallace, Lyle Edwin, and Eldon Pinick. She was also preceded in death her great granddaughter Emma Jean Winegarden.

A special thank you to our wonderful friends, both those who supported us with their presence as well as those who supported us with their thoughts, expressions of love, and prayers.