Lou Ann Shklar

September 24, 1930          February 22, 2009
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Name = Jerry & Darlene Bowman
E-mail = darlene24@sctelcom.net
Phone Number = 620-825-4681
Memorial Name = Lou Ann Shklar
Comments = Lou will be greatly missed.  What an insperation she was to all who knew her.
She is with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and her beloved Robert and she is finally at
rest and peace. God be with her family at this time of grief. God does sustain us.  Our
prayers are with you.

Name = Monte & Kay
E-mail = montekay@yahoo.com
Phone Number = 620-886-2343
Memorial Name = Lou Ann Shklar
Comments = Knowing Lou is in Heaven is a great comfort to you, but know also that she
will be really missed.  We've cherished your family's friendships throughout many years.
Lou and Karl were so proud of all of you.  We will keep you in our prayers and will be
thinking of you.

Name = patsyandleroybixler
E-mail = patsee@pldi.net
Phone Number = 5808247791
Memorial Name = Lou Ann Shklar
Comments = our prayers to Wes and Dana and all their lovely family. we are thinking of all
of you, and always lifting you up in our prayers.

Name = Ethel, Jan & Connie Rollins
E-mail = monk4545@gmail.com
Phone Number = 913-724-2031
Memorial Name = Lou Ann Shklar
Comments = We want to expess our deepest symthany to the family. She was a favorite
aunt for Jan and he thought the world of his Uncle Robert.  Aunt Ethel sends her sympathy
and will miss her "sister".
Our prayers are with all of you.

Name = Sheila (Stennett) Webb & Stan Webb
E-mail = ziggy13@pixius.net
Phone Number = 316,744.0212
Memorial Name = Lou Ann Shklar Comments = Marcia & family,
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your Mother.  I know what a truly wonderful person
she was and how strong your family is.  God Bless you all and may the Lord give you
strength to sustain you through this difficult time.  You and your family are in our prayers.
 Love,   
Sheila
KIOWA-Lou Ann Shklar, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kiowa
Hospital District Manor.  Funeral service will be Friday, February 27, 2009 at 2:00
p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa with Pastor Ken Bowden of the
Kiowa Southern Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery.  
Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa, Kansas.  
Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com

Lou Ann was born on September 24, 1930 in Wichita to Willard Pinkston and Olis
Land Pinkston.  She grew up in Kingman and moved to Kiowa when she was
sixteen years old.  She met and married the love of her life, Robert “Karl” Shklar
on August 17, 1947.  To the union four children were born, Karl Michael, Marcia
Diane, Steven Mark, and Dana Kim.
She raised the children until they were old enough to stay by themselves and
started working at the Kiowa District Hospital for about 2 years as a nurse’s aide
and retired after 28 years as an x-ray/lab tech.  By example Lou Ann left her
children with strong work ethics.  She was a member of the Kiowa Southern
Baptist Church where she was very strong in her religious faith and brought her
children up as Christians.  She had a very giving nature.  She loved to sit on the
porch and watch the birds and the trees in her yard grow.
She was preceded in death by her parents; step father, Burt Cole, her husband;
three brothers, Rex, Dale and an infant; two sisters, Edna Clair and Marilyn.
She is survived by her children; Karl Michael Shklar and wife, Jonna of Lawton,
Oklahoma, Marcia Cantrell and husband, Howard of Kiowa, Kansas, Steven
Shklar and wife, Debbie of Owasso, Oklahoma, Dana Hope and husband, Wesley
of Waynoka, Oklahoma;11 grandchildren, Tonya Burns and husband, Mark,
Michael Shklar and wife, Sherry, Matthew Cantrell and wife, Jenny, Darcy Olsen
and husband, Tim, Jacee Tice and husband, Micah, Bridgett Ball and husband,
Brian, Mandy Shklar, Jamie Shklar, Gabriel Hope and wife, Brook, Joshua Hope,
Haley Hope;15 great-grandchildren, Juliann Davenport, Mary, Austin and Cody
Shklar, Tanner and Tayden Hope, Lexi and Alyssa Ball, Grant, Gage, Grace and
Garen Cantrell, Regan and Shklar Olsen and Henry Tice; one brother, Everett
Pinkston; one sister, Wyonna Doty, numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Visitation will be Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the
family present to receive friends from 6-8.
Memorials may be made to the Kiowa Southern Baptist Church or the Kiowa
District Hospital/Manor through the funeral home.
Lanman Funeral Home, Inc
204 N. 7th
Kiowa, KS 67070
620-825-4936