Amanda Sue Kapfer

Funeral service for Amanda Sue Kapfer, 43, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2016 at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St., downtown Lawrence. She passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Amanda was born December 3, 1972 in Callaway, NE the daughter of Marvin Leonard and Rebecca Sue (Menzies) Nance.

She was a Language Arts and ESL teacher for Topeka Middle School District 501.

She married Matthew Reed Kapfer September 21, 1997 in Lawrence. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include her daughter, Eva Frances Plum Kapfer; four sons, Owen Matthew Kapfer, Oliver George Kapfer, Marvin Lewis Kapfer, Everett Moses Kapfer; parents, Marvin and Rebecca Nance, Emporia; mother and father-in-law, Susan D. and George L. Kapfer, Lawrence; sister, Rachel Anne (Doug) Jones, Cottonwood Falls, KS, brother, Nathan Ward Nance, Florence, AZ; paternal grandfather, Robert Ward Nance, Winona, MN. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Celia Menzies Kapfer on March 30, 1998.

The family will greet friends from 7 – 9 p.m. Friday, October 14th at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.
Amanda never met a stranger so anyone and everyone is welcome.

Memorials may be made in her name to the Amanda Sue Kapfer Children’s Education Fund and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.