Joseph Edward Stenger, son of John & Gertrude (Hardiek) Stenger, was born April 22, 1941 in Norton County, KS and passed away August 27, 2016 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS at the age of 75.

On May 8, 1993, Joe was united in marriage to Marcella A. (Prokop) Stickel in Colby, Kansas. The couple made their home on a farm near Densmore, Kansas.

Joseph was a career farmer who loved working the land and being outdoors. He thought of himself as a “tinkerer”, but to his family and friends he was a talented builder and “inventor”, creating his own self-propelled sprayer to use around the farm.

In his free time he enjoyed golfing as well as taking Marcella to K-State football games. Their grandchildren referred to the couple as “Grandpa & Grandma K-State”!

He was a long-time member of the Catholic Church and was a Fourth Degree Knight.

Joe was a loving and devoted husband, stepfather, step grandfather & step great-grandfather. He had a wonderful sense of humor and was a jokester at heart. He treasured his family and was a friend to everyone he met.

Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, John and Tim Stenger; and sister, Joann Stenger.

He is survived by his wife, Marcella, of their home in Densmore; four stepsons: Tim Stickel of Elbert, CO, Terry Stickel of Colby, KS, Travis Stickel of Hays, KS and Tom Stickel of Nebraska; three stepdaughters: Belinda Doonan of Phillipsburg, KS, Deanna Smith of McCook, NE; and Tina Touchet of Aledo, TX; 14 step grandchildren and 10 step great-grandchildren; two sisters, Nora Ellen Stenger of Teresina, Brazil and Alice Marie Weber (Warren) of Golden, CO; along with three nephews: Wes and Wayne Weber and Jay (Sandra) Stenger; and a niece, Michelle Stenger.

Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 1, 2016 at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Logan, KS with Father George Chalbhagam officiating. Burial will follow in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Densmore.

A Scriptural Wake Service will be at 7pm Wednesday at the Logan Funeral Home, 102 E. Church St., Logan, KS 67646, with the family greeting friends afterward from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Mr. Stenger will lie in state from noon – 9 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John’s Catholic Church or Mount Calvary Cemetery.