Lorri Guison

(From Derfelt Funeral Home)

Lorri Ann Guison, age 65, suddenly passed away at 7:16 pm, Friday, October 25, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, KS.

She was born January 14, 1959, in Columbus, KS, to her parents Robert Lewis "Bob" and Edith Janene (Robinson) Brumback. Most of her life was adventured around the Scammon/Columbus area.

Over the years, Lorri became a jack of all trades. Her abilities to pick up anything she set her mind to introduced her to multiple skill sets which included being a seamstress at Garment Factory in Columbus, KS, and a cook at Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg, KS. Other careers included Able Body in Pittsburg, Ks, NCO Call Center in Joplin, MO, and Sugar Creek Manufacturing in Pittsburg, Ks. 

After she retired, the work did not stop there. Lorri kept her mind and body on the go by volunteering to be the chef at any family gatherings, attempting to teach several nieces how to cook without setting the house ablaze, crafting memorial flowers, sowing curtains and an unlimited amount of clothing for the grandchildren, great grandchildren, and anyone who was in a panic when the dress was to long or didn’t fit. 

From baby shower cupcakes to homemade Halloween spaceships, Lorri got the job done. To say Lorri was a cook would be an understatement. Her cooking skills were legendary. Lucky for most of the community, she was as much of a giver as a nurturer. During the holiday season, she would make enough goodies to take around town stopping in at the local post offices, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Dept, and everywhere along the way.

When she was young, she accepted the lord as her savior and her siblings followed in the coming years. Lorri and her siblings were members at the family Calvary Baptist Church in Columbus, Ks. She thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her family and her fur-babies named Anastasia and Cup Cake, especially during the holidays. 

Lorri's most treasured legacy was one of family. She loved people, and the moment you met her, you became part of her tribe. Those of you who didn’t get the chance to meet her have surely missed one of the biggest blessings in life. From baby showers and birthdays to every holiday, Lorri radiated joy and love, which was expressed in her soulful cooking and contagious laugh. If there was ever a candidate to be a guardian angel, Lorri would surely be at the top of that list. Her biggest accomplishments in life are the many loved ones she will one day reunite with.

Lorri married Tim Hill on July 7, 1989, who tragically preceded her in death on February 4, 1992. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Robert David Brumback of Riverton, Ks, and his daughter Alicia Marie.

Lorri met Steven Edward Guison, her best friend and partner in Halloween pranks, in 1994. They married on February 29, 2016, in Miami, OK. He survives.

Additional survivors include one son, Tim Hill of Springfield, MO; two stepsons, Casey Guison (Julie), and Cory Guison (Yvette), both of West Mineral, KS . Two grandsons, Devon Guison ( Lauren) of Pittsburg and Nathan Guison; three granddaughters, Cheyenne Guison, Ashlynn Guison and Kortnie Guison; and three great-grandchildren. Her younger sister, Lesa Schroeder (Gaylan), Severy, KS, and their two daughters, niece Kacy Barnes (Gabe), Olathe, KS, and niece Jewel Skinner (Bobby,) Parkville, KS, two great nephews, and another baby on the way. Then her brother Robert’s children a niece, Gina Harvey (Josh), Columbus, Ks, and two nephews, David Brumback (Juanita) Joplin, MO the couple’s three children, and Jaret Brumback McCune, KS.

Her memory will live on in all the lives of her loved ones.

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die"- John 11 25-26.

A Celebration of Life will take place November 16, 2024, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Calvary Baptist Church 625 E. Sycamore Street Columbus, Ks 66725.