WANDA SUE SCHMITZ

    Wanda Sue (Pittsenbarger) Schmitz, 64, of Hanover, Kansas passed away December 25, 2013 at the KU Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born January 8, 1949 to Walter and Melba (Groom) Pittsenbarger at Worth, Missouri.
    Sue graduated from Worth County high school and the Beauty Academy in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
    She lived and worked in Saint Joseph, Missouri before moving to Home, Kansas where she met her husband, Gregory. They were wed on February 13, 1988 in Marysville, Kansas and later moved to Hanover, Kansas. She worked as a beautician and part-time at K Mart, Walmart and waitressed at several restaurants.
    Preceding her in death were her parents.
    Surviving are her husband, Gregory of the home; son, T. Gregg Smith and wife Kristi; grandchildren, Whitney, Gage and Jake of Pagosa Springs, Colorado; sister, Linda, and husband Charles Pickering of Mount Ayr, Iowa; aunts, Doris Owens of Grant City, Missouri and Kathleen Groom of Clarinda, Iowa; mother-in-law; sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
    Sue enjoyed her family, church family and friends.
    Funeral Services were Monday, December 30, 2013, at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City, Missouri. Interment was in the Grandview Cemetery in Albany, Missouri.