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PAULA KAY STEPP

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Paula Kay Stepp, 68, of Lebanon, died Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach.

She was born April 7, 1954, in Battle Creek, Mich. to Edward and Elma Snyder Goodin.

On May 25, 1989, she married Walter Eliot Stepp, and to this union two daughters were born.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Gary and Mike Goodin.

Paula was born and raised in Battlecreek, Mich. and graduated from North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Ind. She later moved with her family to Lebanon in the 1970s, and began working for the H.D. Lee Company. Shen then worked for Lebanon Care Center for awhile, all while also being a devoted homemaker to her husband and daughters. She was a Green Bay Packers Football fan and a lover of animals, particularly cats. She was an avid reader and was always willing to help anyone in need.

She is survived by is survived by her husband of 33 years, Walt, of the home, near Lebanon; two daughters, Kayla McClure, and her husband Joshua, of Milwaukee, Wis. and Kristi Gan, and her husband, John, of Lebanon; a grandson, Dalton Gan; three brothers, Jeff Goodin, and his wife, Joann, Mark Goodin, and his wife, Annette, all of Springfield, and Ed Goodin, and his wife, Lorna, of Conway; a sister, Sherry Greenman, and her husband, Garth, of Delton, Mich.; several nieces and nephews; a cousin, Diana Stolzman, and her husband, Rick, of Louisville, Ky.; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

All services for Paula Kay Stepp will be private and under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon. For more information or to visit the website go to www.holmanhowe.com.