Sedgwick County KS Archives Obituaries.....Stalker, Catherine "Kay" Victoria (Hickel) March 17, 2005
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Catherine (Kay) Victoria Stalker
d. 3-17-2005 Wichita
A retired insurance executive and longtime Wichita entertainer and song stylist
. She died at St. Joseph Hospital after a six-month illness. She was a resident
of Catholic Care Center in Wichita. Kay was born on a farm near Ellinwood, KS,
the second oldest of ten children of Robert and Emma Zecca Hickel. As a young
child, she displayed keen talents in athletics, piano and singing. As she grew
older, her interests became more focused on her musical skills, which at the age
of 19, led to a singing spot on radio station KVGB in Great Bend, KS, followed
by similar stints on radio stations, KMMJ in Grand Island, NE and then KANS in
Wichita. At various stages of her career, she appeared with big bands conducted
by Lawrence Welk, Norman Lee, Jan Garber, Buddy Morrow and Ralph Marterie. She
also performed with country music legends "Pee Wee" King, Little Jimmie Dickens,
Tex Ritter, "Smiley" Burnette, Red Foley and Marty Robbins. For over three
years, she was the Musical Director at Wichita Radio Station KFH, where she also
served as staff vocalist for the KFH Ark Valley Boys and the Breakfast Frolic
Gang, country bands that aired daily full house live performances at the KFH
studios. She also continued to work as the featured singer with local bands and
small combos for dance and supper clubs in the Wichita area, while developing a
successful health insurance business on the side. In her early 70's, she formed
"Kay's Kombo" for the express purpose of entertaining senior citizens groups.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Elmer Hickel and sister,
Maxine Hickel. 


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