Lena E. Dulin of Overland Park, KS passed away January 2, 2012 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on January 7, 2012 at Maple Hill Cemetery, followed by a visitation luncheon at Metropolitan Avenue United Methodist Church, 3730 Metropolitan Avenue, Kansas City, KS.
Lena was born in Boliver, MO on May 2, 1920 to Fred and Sophia Pecha. Before retirement, Lena worked for many years at Strasser Hardware and as a seamstress, making custom curtains and draperies. Lena loved to sew and work in her yard and garden, growing flowers and vegetables. She and her husband Gene loved to fish and camp in their motor home. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Fred Eugene Dulin, brother Bill "Willie" Pecha and three sisters, Rosie Donaldson, Sophie Schmidtlein and Bessie Walden. She is survived by her sister Helen Grantham & husband Si of Grand Junction, CO., Helen's daughter Theresa Smatla (Paul) & their two children, Helen's son Jody Grantham and his two children; cousin Pat Steele of Stayton, OR., and nephew Jim Pecha of Oroville, CA. She is also survived by some of her husband's family, caring neighbors and her devoted extended Stirling family who has considered Lena as part of their family since 1961.