Obituaries

Mr. Daniel Elmer Karczewski, 50, of Snyder, Texas passed away at his home on March 29, 2022.

Shirley Jean (Trackwell) Noll, 86, of Winchester, KS, died Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Shirley worked 19 years as a Deputy Clerk of Jefferson County District Court, retiring in 1997. Shirley served many years as a Democratic Precinct Committee woman in Jefferson County. She was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Easton, KS, and member of the Town and Country unit of McLouth.

Annabel J. Willcott, Leavenworth, passed away March 24, 2022. She was born in Omaha, NE on August 24, 1928 to William Wallace and Della Bernice (Pollett) Crawford. After the death of her mother, Annabel and her father moved to Leavenworth. She started school at St. Mary’s Academy as a teenager, thus beginning her lifelong love of and association with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. Annabel was an executive secretary at Fort Leavenworth before relocating to Marion, IL, with her husband Walt. After he retired, they returned to Leavenworth where Annabel began 35 years of working for the SCL’s, at Saint Mary College, St. John Hospital, and the Mother House, retiring in 2016. She remained close to the SCL’s all of her life and was proud to be an Associate of the Sister of Charity Leavenworth (SCLA). On January 28, 1950, Annabel married Walter F. Willcott. They had three children, Ronald, Della, and Amy. Annabel is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Walt, infant son Randall, son Ronald, and daughter-in-law, Rosanne. She is survived by her two daughters, cousin Robert Crawford and his wife Marilyn of North Platte, NE, two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be April 2, 2022 at St. Francis de Sales Church, 900 Ida, Lansing, KS at 10:30. Family will greet friends beginning 9:30 at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Francis de Sales Church and Meals on Wheels, care of the Council on Aging, 1830 S Broadway, Leavenworth or to the choice of the donor. The family would like to thank Evergreen Hospice of Olathe for their wonderful care and kindness. Arrangements entrusted to Davis Funeral Chapel.

On the morning of March 25th, 2022, Rose passed away peacefully at her home in Lansing, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1936, in Leavenworth, Kan., to George Bettis Hildebrandt and Nina Hildebrandt (Johnson). She is survived by her son, Kevin Cook; her daughter, Georgia Brown; as well as her three sisters Georgia Hester, Barbara Johnson, Lauretta Potter; and brother Gary Hildebrandt. Rose will forever be remembered by her beloved grandchildren Lincoln Brown Jr. and Sierra Rose Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, retired Sgt. Maj. Walter C. Cook.; and her brother George Hildebrandt Jr. and sister Mary Williams.

Stephanie Oleta Harper, 56, of Leavenworth, KS passed away March 16, 2022 unexpectedly but with family by her side. Stephanie was born March 20, 1965 to Richard Thomassetti and Sandra Haupt (Wagner).