Catherine Stengel

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Catherine Huffstickler Stengel, age 87, passed away Monday, May 1, 2023 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. 

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 8, 2023 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS with the interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS. The family will receive friends Sunday evening, May 7, 2023 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home.

Catherine was born on September 7, 1935 to the late Vardaman Huffstickler and Lorena Workman Bronson in Crenshaw, MS. She was a devoted homemaker throughout her lifetime. Catherine was a member of the Red Hat Society and loved spending time with her family and friends. She read the entire Bible six times and enjoyed crafting.

The family she leaves behind to cherish her precious memory include her two children, Teresa Dowling (Wayne) of St. George, KS, and Mark Rodgers (the late Patty) of Memphis, TN; six siblings, Betty Chrestman (the late S.W.), Phillip Bronson (Barbara), Marty Huffstickler (Denise), Pat Huffstickler, Phyllis Montgomery, and Marion Walling; three grandchildren, Amanda Stanzel (Derek), Mark Rodgers, Jr. (Jennifer), and Kimberly Rodgers (Kevin); and four great grandchildren, Hailey, Katy, Hannah, and Kiley Stanzel.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, David Andrew Stengel; and 4 siblings, Ronald Huffstickler, Carolyn Polince, Sonny Huffstickler, and Earl Vincet Conner.