Linda M Kowalsky Heiens

Linda M. Kowalsky Heiens, age 58, homemaker, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Visitation 1-8 PM Saturday, Senter-Smith Mortaury, 501 SE Louis Blvd. Recitation of the Rosary 5 PM Sunday, with Funeral Mass 12 Noon Monday, April 30, 2012, St. Michael Catholic Church, 545 E Main. Graveside service 4:30 PM Monday, Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery, Ellinwood, KS. Linda was born May 4, 1953 in Ellinwood, and was raised in Attica. She is preceded in death by her parents, Eva and Norman Kowalsky, Sr. Survivors: husband, William; daughters, Marcie (Kenneth) Perkins, Nicole (Robert) Decaire, all of Mulvane, Tasha (Chad) Allen, of Derby, Yentl Heiens, of St. Louis, MO, and Shella Heiens, of Wichita; brothers, Ben (Toni) Kowalsky, of Wichita, and Tom (Connie) Kowalsky, of Grand Junction, CO; granddaughter, Chloe Decaire, of Mulvane; best friend “like a sister”, Sandy Smith, of Mulvane; and a cousin, Carol Jean Berry, of Hutchinson. A memorial has been established with The American Cancer Society, 330 S. Main, Wichita, KS 67202. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com.