LeeAnna A. Kastler

LeeAnna Arielle Kastler, 27, of Red Wing, died Thursday at her home. She was born July 15, 1981 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, daughter of Lou and Kristi (Koenig) Kastler. Her family moved to Minnesota in 1990 and she was a 2000 graduate of Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School. She had practiced Tae Kwan Doe since she was in middle school and had also been a manager of the high school girl's basketball team. After graduation, she took EMT training. A cat lover, she had been a volunteer for an animal rescue program, where she found two of her cats, Smokey and Shadow. She most recently had worked for Marion's Midway. Lee Anna had a mechanical side and she enjoyed fixing things but she also enjoyed flowers, gardening and all of her cats, including, Pumpkin and Squirt.

She is survived by her father, Lou (Joan) Kastler of Blair, NE; her mother, Kristi Kastler of Red Wing; brother, Richard Kastler of Blair, NE; half-siblings, Tabitha, Jimmy and Ricky Stallins; step-siblings, Samantha and Mitch Creamer of Blair, NE; maternal grandmother, Avis Koenig of Red Wing; paternal grandmother, Marilyn Kastler of Mazeppa; her birth mother, Betty Stallins; and aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by maternal grandfather, David Koenig and paternal grandfather, Richard Kastler and her birth father.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel. Burial will be at a later date at the French Church Cemetery in Woolstock, Iowa. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service.