Louise Sheen was born April 25, 1924 on the family farm near Bluff City, Kansas, daughter of Charles Anton and Carrie Jelinek. She loved music and singing. Her family was very involved in the Sokol Lodge Organization, where she sang and performed operettas in the Czech language. She graduated from Bluff City High School in 1943.
Louise married Vlastislav Sheen on May 8, 1951. Vlasti was raised on a farm in the Moravian Valley in what was then called Czechoslovakia. They both shared a passion for singing and dancing.
They made their home on a farm near Bluff City and were blessed with three children: Margaret, Carol and Edward. Before she married she was very involved in farming with her parents and continued farming with her husband. They were involved in wheat, alfalfa, cattle, sheep and egg production. Every year they butchered a couple hundred chickens. She loved to bake and was a great cook. Their farm help still reminisces today about her generous meals and beverages. She grew vegetables and flowers, roses being her favorite. She also loved her pets.
Louise and Vlasti enjoyed traveling to Europe, mainly Czechoslovakia, where they visited friends and family. They also traveled to Hawaii several times. After Vlasti passed, Louise continued traveling to Europe and state wide well into her 80's.
During her lifetime, she and Vlasti sponsored well over 100 immigrants from the Czech Republic, assisting them in finding lodging, employment and also schooling to better their English language and vocational skills and higher education.
In October of 2012, Louise moved into the Anthony Community Care Center. Her time there was spent teasing and joking with the staff. She commented several times that they all took good care of her.
On March 18, 2017, Louise passed away at the Anthony Community Care Center at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 21 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vlasti on October 13, 1994; and siblings: Charlie and Frank Anton.
Louise will be deeply missed by her children: Margaret Sheen and companion, Joe Calhoun, Carol Sauerwein and husband, Terry, and Eddie Sheen and wife, Lori; sister, Lillian Baker; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren: Christopher Ihde and his children: Georgia and Brenley, Shelby Williams and companion, Brett Corderman and their daughter, Ellah, Shira Krenek and husband, Austen and their children: Blane and Brinzlee, Kevin Sauerwein and wife, Ginger and their daughters: Leah and Nellie, and Chris Sauerwein and wife, Jennifer and their children: Cody and MacKenzie; and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony with Reverend Jim Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery, west of Caldwell.
Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Prairie Rose in Anthony.
Memorials in memory of Louise may be made to the Czechoslovakian Cemetery or to the Anthony Community Care Center and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003, is in charge of arrangemen
Louise married Vlastislav Sheen on May 8, 1951. Vlasti was raised on a farm in the Moravian Valley in what was then called Czechoslovakia. They both shared a passion for singing and dancing.
They made their home on a farm near Bluff City and were blessed with three children: Margaret, Carol and Edward. Before she married she was very involved in farming with her parents and continued farming with her husband. They were involved in wheat, alfalfa, cattle, sheep and egg production. Every year they butchered a couple hundred chickens. She loved to bake and was a great cook. Their farm help still reminisces today about her generous meals and beverages. She grew vegetables and flowers, roses being her favorite. She also loved her pets.
Louise and Vlasti enjoyed traveling to Europe, mainly Czechoslovakia, where they visited friends and family. They also traveled to Hawaii several times. After Vlasti passed, Louise continued traveling to Europe and state wide well into her 80's.
During her lifetime, she and Vlasti sponsored well over 100 immigrants from the Czech Republic, assisting them in finding lodging, employment and also schooling to better their English language and vocational skills and higher education.
In October of 2012, Louise moved into the Anthony Community Care Center. Her time there was spent teasing and joking with the staff. She commented several times that they all took good care of her.
On March 18, 2017, Louise passed away at the Anthony Community Care Center at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 21 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vlasti on October 13, 1994; and siblings: Charlie and Frank Anton.
Louise will be deeply missed by her children: Margaret Sheen and companion, Joe Calhoun, Carol Sauerwein and husband, Terry, and Eddie Sheen and wife, Lori; sister, Lillian Baker; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren: Christopher Ihde and his children: Georgia and Brenley, Shelby Williams and companion, Brett Corderman and their daughter, Ellah, Shira Krenek and husband, Austen and their children: Blane and Brinzlee, Kevin Sauerwein and wife, Ginger and their daughters: Leah and Nellie, and Chris Sauerwein and wife, Jennifer and their children: Cody and MacKenzie; and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony with Reverend Jim Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery, west of Caldwell.
Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Prairie Rose in Anthony.
Memorials in memory of Louise may be made to the Czechoslovakian Cemetery or to the Anthony Community Care Center and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003, is in charge of arrangemen
Louise Sheen was born April 25, 1924 on the family farm near Bluff City, Kansas, daughter of Charles Anton and Carrie Jelinek. She loved music and singing. Her family was very involved in the Sokol Lodge Organization, where she sang and performed operettas in the Czech language. She graduated from Bluff City High School in 1943.
Louise married Vlastislav Sheen on May 8, 1951. Vlasti was raised on a farm in the Moravian Valley in what was then called Czechoslovakia. They both shared a passion for singing and dancing.
They made their home on a farm near Bluff City and were blessed with three children: Margaret, Carol and Edward. Before she married she was very involved in farming with her parents and continued farming with her husband. They were involved in wheat, alfalfa, cattle, sheep and egg production. Every year they butchered a couple hundred chickens. She loved to bake and was a great cook. Their farm help still reminisces today about her generous meals and beverages. She grew vegetables and flowers, roses being her favorite. She also loved her pets.
Louise and Vlasti enjoyed traveling to Europe, mainly Czechoslovakia, where they visited friends and family. They also traveled to Hawaii several times. After Vlasti passed, Louise continued traveling to Europe and state wide well into her 80's.
During her lifetime, she and Vlasti sponsored well over 100 immigrants from the Czech Republic, assisting them in finding lodging, employment and also schooling to better their English language and vocational skills and higher education.
In October of 2012, Louise moved into the Anthony Community Care Center. Her time there was spent teasing and joking with the staff. She commented several times that they all took good care of her.
On March 18, 2017, Louise passed away at the Anthony Community Care Center at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 21 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vlasti on October 13, 1994; and siblings: Charlie and Frank Anton.
Louise will be deeply missed by her children: Margaret Sheen and companion, Joe Calhoun, Carol Sauerwein and husband, Terry, and Eddie Sheen and wife, Lori; sister, Lillian Baker; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren: Christopher Ihde and his children: Georgia and Brenley, Shelby Williams and companion, Brett Corderman and their daughter, Ellah, Shira Krenek and husband, Austen and their children: Blane and Brinzlee, Kevin Sauerwein and wife, Ginger and their daughters: Leah and Nellie, and Chris Sauerwein and wife, Jennifer and their children: Cody and MacKenzie; and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony with Reverend Jim Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery, west of Caldwell.
Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Prairie Rose in Anthony.
Memorials in memory of Louise may be made to the Czechoslovakian Cemetery or to the Anthony Community Care Center and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003, is in charge of arrangemen
Louise married Vlastislav Sheen on May 8, 1951. Vlasti was raised on a farm in the Moravian Valley in what was then called Czechoslovakia. They both shared a passion for singing and dancing.
They made their home on a farm near Bluff City and were blessed with three children: Margaret, Carol and Edward. Before she married she was very involved in farming with her parents and continued farming with her husband. They were involved in wheat, alfalfa, cattle, sheep and egg production. Every year they butchered a couple hundred chickens. She loved to bake and was a great cook. Their farm help still reminisces today about her generous meals and beverages. She grew vegetables and flowers, roses being her favorite. She also loved her pets.
Louise and Vlasti enjoyed traveling to Europe, mainly Czechoslovakia, where they visited friends and family. They also traveled to Hawaii several times. After Vlasti passed, Louise continued traveling to Europe and state wide well into her 80's.
During her lifetime, she and Vlasti sponsored well over 100 immigrants from the Czech Republic, assisting them in finding lodging, employment and also schooling to better their English language and vocational skills and higher education.
In October of 2012, Louise moved into the Anthony Community Care Center. Her time there was spent teasing and joking with the staff. She commented several times that they all took good care of her.
On March 18, 2017, Louise passed away at the Anthony Community Care Center at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 21 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vlasti on October 13, 1994; and siblings: Charlie and Frank Anton.
Louise will be deeply missed by her children: Margaret Sheen and companion, Joe Calhoun, Carol Sauerwein and husband, Terry, and Eddie Sheen and wife, Lori; sister, Lillian Baker; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren: Christopher Ihde and his children: Georgia and Brenley, Shelby Williams and companion, Brett Corderman and their daughter, Ellah, Shira Krenek and husband, Austen and their children: Blane and Brinzlee, Kevin Sauerwein and wife, Ginger and their daughters: Leah and Nellie, and Chris Sauerwein and wife, Jennifer and their children: Cody and MacKenzie; and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Prairie Rose Funeral Home in Anthony with Reverend Jim Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Czechoslovakian Cemetery, west of Caldwell.
Visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Prairie Rose in Anthony.
Memorials in memory of Louise may be made to the Czechoslovakian Cemetery or to the Anthony Community Care Center and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003, is in charge of arrangemen
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