Carol Sooby
1939 - 2017
Obituary
Carol Nadine (Schmidt) Sooby, 77,
passed away peacefully at her home in Newton on Sunday (June 11,
2017) with her husband Donald by her bedside.
She was born on June 12, 1939, in
Walton, the daughter of Charles W. and Edna Berg Schmidt. Spending
her early life on a farm near Walton, Carol attended Walton schools
and graduated from Walton High School in 1957.
Carol has four children from a previous
marriage to Jerry Schmidt: Kim Lee, Allan Ray, Lynette and Jeffery
Linn.
Carol and Don Sooby were wed in 1975 at
the Hillcrest Community Foursquare Church in Newton where Carol had
been a member since the late 60s. Joining Carol's children in the new
family were Don's children, Krista Lee and Todd Wayne.
Carol had a love of music and enjoyed
playing the piano at church and home. With an enormous love for
children, Carol owned and operated Butterfly Daycare for several
years in Newton and Great Falls, Montana. The children loved her
"scratch" soup and often asked their parents for "scratch
soup like Carol Sooby makes." Her soup was homemade chicken and
noodles made with fresh ingredients and all the love in Carol's heart
as her secret ingredient.
Carol was diagnosed in Great Falls with
the early onset of Parkinson's Disease and spent the remainder of her
life fighting this disease. Carol and her husband Don returned to
Newton in 1983.
In 2002, Carol was privileged to have
bi-lateral deep brain stimulators (then a new procedure) implanted to
alleviate many Parkinson's symptoms at KU Medical Center in Kansas
City, Kansas. Although not a cure, this procedure added several
quality years to Carol's life.
She leaves behind her husband Don of
the home in Newton; her children Allan Ray Schmidt and wife Julie of
Paola, Lynette Kay Hjuleberg and husband Nathan of Anoka, Minnesota;
stepchildren Todd Wayne Sooby of Big Spring, Texas, Kristal Lee Sooby
Brecheisen and husband Tim of Amarillo, Texas; brother Richard
Schmidt and wife Laverna of Bozeman, Montana; sisters Marilyn Ruby
and husband Mark of Illinois, and sister Jeanne Banulski and her
husband Tom of Dixmont, Maine; 14 grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren. Carol is also survived by her brother-in-law and
sister-in-law Cline and Judy Sooby Gronau of Newton.
Carol is preceded in death by her
parents and two children, Kim Lee Schmidt and Jeffery Linn Schmidt.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.
Wednesday (June 14, 2017) at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Interment will be in the Walton Cemetery.
The casket will be open at the funeral
home after 9 a.m. on Wednesday until service time.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been
established with the National Parkinson Foundation, Good Shepherd
Hospice and Meals on Wheels. Contributions may be sent to Broadway
Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
