IN MEMORIAM

EXPANDED EULOGIES

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased largely as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices.

Perry Steiner

Services for Perry Lee Steiner, 66, Marion, who passed away Sept. 1, 2026, at University of Kansas Health Systems, will be 2 p.m. Sept. 12, 2026 at Valley United Methodist Church, Marion. A light lunch will be provided before the service.

He was born Nov. 9, 1959, in Goessel to Eugene and Beryl (Stretch) Steiner. Perry grew up the second oldest of four children in Durham and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1978.

After high school, he moved to Salina to attend Salina Area Technical School. It was in Salina where he met Barb Hoffner. They were married May 23, 1981. Perry and Barb moved to Marion in 1984 and resided in the same house to this day.

Perry worked at Irv Schroder Motors in Hillsboro as a mechanic from 1984 until 1989. He then went on to work at Webster Auto Service in Marion until a family car accident in 1999.

Perry was an ASE Master Mechanic and loved cars, whether it was collecting models, going to drag races, or restoring his ’67 Camaro. He was an encyclopedia of all things automotive.

He always was helping someone, whether it was working on the family farm, fixing someone’s car, being a Boy Scout leader, or driving a lawn mower to work to plow snow off sidewalks for people in the neighborhood.

After the wreck, he was the brains of fixing things, instructing others how to use their hands.

In later years, he loved spending time with his four grandkids watching superhero movies and playing Dominos and other games on his phone.

Perry is survived by his wife, Barb, of Marion; daughter Amanda of Lawrence; son Eric of Raytown, Missouri; grandchildren Tucker, Annabelle, Everett, and Stella; mother-in-law Hazel Hoffner of Marion; brothers Roy and Rex Steiner; sister Paula Kieffer; and countless loved ones on both sides of the Atlantic.

He was preceded in death by children Ryan and Victoria Steiner; parents Eugene and Beryl Steiner; and father-in-law Richard Hoffner.