Karla Lynn Wessel, Selden
November 16, 1951 - September 14, 2023
Karla Lynn (Paulson) Wessel, 71, of Selden, Kansas passed away at the Citizens Medical Center in Colby, Kansas, September 14, 2023. She was born to Leslie L. and Melvia D. (Mischler) Paulson in Colby, Kansas, on November 16, 1951.
Karla graduated from Golden Plains High School with the class of 1969. After graduation, Karla attended and graduated from Colby Community College, earning her associate degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). When Karla started school at Colby Community College, her mother also attended and earned her LPN. They were the first mother-daughter pair to go through the program.
Karla married Arthur “Art” Dean Wessel on July 16, 1969, in Selden, Kansas in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. When they were first married, they lived on a farm outside of Selden. They eventually moved to their family farm on the Solomon River where they raised their three sons. Karla lived on the farm until her husband passed away. She moved to Selden, Kansas and lived with her sister in their childhood home.
Karla worked as an LPN for many years at the Sheridan County Hospital and in the Neuenschwander Clinic in Hoxie with Drs. John and John Rand Neuenschwander. She really enjoyed being an LPN. After Art became ill, she stopped working to take care of him.
Karla had a big garden and canned the produce, so she could have good homegrown vegetables all winter. She made jelly and passed the art of jelly making down to her daughters-in-law and granddaughters. Karla loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy; she enjoyed watching them grow up.
She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Selden, Kansas.
Karla is survived by her sons, Ben Wessel (Christa) of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Dan Wessel (Melissa) of Rexford, Kansas, and Chris Wessel (Robynn) of Selden, Kansas; brother, John Paulson; sister, Leslie Lavinia Paulson; grandchildren, Les Wessel, Emma Wessel, Kade Wessel, Koi Wessel (Beth), Kailee Wessel, Addy Wessel, and Eva Wessel; and great-grandson, Benjamin Wessel.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur D. Wessel; and parents, Leslie and Melvia Paulson.
A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Wednesday, September 20, 10:30 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Selden, Kansas. Interment will follow the service in the Selden Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the Pauls Funeral Chapel in Selden, Kansas from 1:30 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Selden, Kansas with the Vigil and Rosary Service starting at 7:00 p.m. at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Karla L. Wessel Memorial Fund and may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, P.O. Box 987, Hoxie, Kansas.
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