KENDALL RENE’ SCHLICHTING

SPRINGFIELD- The family will be having a private burial service for Kendall Rene’ Schlichting, 41, Springfield, who died at her home on Monday, March 18, 2024, following a few years of declining health. They would like to celebrate her life online. Please use the tribute wall at www.konantzwarden.com to add photos of her, tell stories and share her artwork. All memories will be printed in a tribute book for the family. Anyone that would like to order a copy can do it from her memorial page. Photos may not populate to the slide show at the top of the page when entered with a gesture, candle or online condolence. Please submit them separately.

Please do not send flowers. Anyone that would like to make a memorial contribution can do so to Rescue One in Springfield, the local pet rescue or homeless shelter.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar.

Survivors include her mother Judy Gastel, Lamar; siblings Cara Richey and husband John, Fort Smith, Ark., Darek Colaw and wife Cami, Lamar, Scott Schlichting and wife Tony, Joplin and Athena Guest and husband Keith, Diamond. She is also survived by her ex-husband and good friend, Matt Heumader, Springfield; her loyal companion Tana, a Chihuahua and by many cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Schlichting; stepfather, Keith Gastel; brother, Tarin Colaw and her grandparents.

Ms. Schlichting was born in Joplin to Robert Schlichting and Judy (Schlichting) Gastel. She was a 2001 graduate of Lamar High School and attended MSU in Springfield, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design. She worked in graphic design for several companies including Black River Imaging, Marlon, Cox Health and Black River Imaging, EnSight Solutions in Strafford, who was her employer when she died. She lived in Lamar, Loveland, Colo. and Albuquerque, NM, but the majority of her adult life was lived in the Springfield area.

She was a talented free spirit who loved music and art, especially painting and photography. She was a joyful caring person who loved nature, animals and the oppressed. She was compassionate to the homeless and would approach them without hesitation to find out how she could help them. She would often turn around and go back into a store to bring someone in need a meal or item they needed. She donated her time and talent to pet rescue centers.