Ryan Scott Steinkuhler, Emporia
1985 - 2008
Ryan Steinkuhler, 22, died Monday at Via Christi-St. Francis in Wichita.
A complete obituary and service arrangements will be announced later by Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
The funeral for Ryan Scott Steinkuhler will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Messiah Lutheran Church. The Rev. Norbert Tegtmeier will conduct the service. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo or the Messiah Lutheran Church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mr. Steinkuhler died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at St. Francis Via Christi in Wichita. He was 22.
The son of Melvin Libby and Linda Steinkuhler Barger, he was born Dec. 25, 1985, at San Francisco, Calif.
Mr. Steinkuhler was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his mother of Emporia; his father of Washington; his grandmother, Jeanne Groh of Emporia; his legal guardians and aunt and uncle, Kurt and Shiela Steinkuhler of Emporia.
His grandparents, Rudy Edward Steinkuhler and Floyd and Mary Libby, and stepgrandfather, David Groh, died earlier.