Mary Catherine Kay' Dechant

November 28, 2015

Mary Katherine 'Kay' Dechant, 69, of McPherson, Kansas, passed away at 8:50 p.m., Saturday, November 28th, 2015 peacefully, at McPherson Hospital. Mary was born in Corning, Kansas on March 8, 1946, a daughter of Jane Helen (Nault) and Albert Charles LaFond.Kay attended the Marysville grade schools and high school, Marysville, Kansas and graduated from Seneca High School, Seneca, Kansas.Kay was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church McPherson, Kansas. Kay was a homemaker and she took great pride in providing for her family in this manner. Kay enjoyed making dolls and working with many different crafts, writing was her ambition and wrote many poems and stories about her children, family, and dogs. Mary Catherine LaFond was united in marriage to Virgil Dechant on August 13, 1965 at Hays, Kansas. The young couple established their first home together in Russell, Kansas. In 1967 the family moved to Wichita, Kansas until 1970 when they moved to McPherson. Kay is survived by her devoted and caring husband of over 50 years, Virgil Dechant, of McPherson, Kansas; her children, Kevin P. Dechant and his wife Jennifer, of Hamburg, Iowa, and Lisa M. Maguire, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; her siblings, Patricia Ehrsam, of Seneca, Kansas, Charlene Creiver, of Seneca, Kansas, Arlene Melcher and her husband Elmer, of Seneca, Kansas, and Larry LaFond and his wife Nancy, of Haven, Kansas; her 5 grandchildren, Brittany Swart, Brandon Swart, Braden Maguire, Bodie Dechant and Bryn Dechant; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Kay was preceded in death by her parents, Jane and Albert LaFond and a daughter, Laura Swart; Friends are invited to call on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 5 to 7 p.m. with Rosary at 7:15 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, McPherson, Kansas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, McPherson, Kansas, at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 with Fr. Hien Nguyen officiating. The final resting place will be at the McPherson Cemetery McPherson, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in memory of Kay and they can be sent in care of the Glidden - Ediger Funeral Home; 222 West Euclid Street; McPherson, Kansas.