Kathryn Lanorr Steiner

Kathryn Lanorr Steiner passed away on September 21st, 2025, in Parker Colorado after a long battle with lung disease. Kay was born October 14th, 1952, in Sioux Falls S. Dakota, the daughter of Lavern J. Hinker and Virginia C. Orr. She was a graduate of Washington High School in Sioux Falls. Kay was employed by a bank in Sioux Falls after graduation. While employed by Conoco, Inc in Oklahoma she met and married Wayne H. Steiner in 1988. They were immediately moved by the company to Dubai for the better part of a year before returning to United States. She spent the following years in Louisiana and Texas before moving to Colorado in 1996.

Kay enjoyed a good deal of travel around the world including one trip with National Geographic all the way around the world with stops in ten countries and two islands. Island vacations with snorkeling was a favorite along with a number of snow skiing, hiking and shopping adventures. Kay’s pastimes at home included cross-stitching, leaving numerous pieces of that work, and reading in the afternoon with a glass of wine. She was very involved in design review, fixtures and finish selections, and proposed numerous constructive design additions/revisions that took two years in the building of a new home. It was completed in 2016.

Kay had the brightest smile that made her one of those people that never met a stranger leaving numerous friends and devoted, loving family members. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Steiner, her sister Karyn Dale, brother-in-law-Jerry Dale, two nephews, Jeff & Steve Dale, one niece, Kristy Jones, seven great-nieces & nephews, and seven great-great nieces & nephews, a stepson Jarod, and grandson Max. She is preceded in death by both of her parents and a brother that did not survive at birth.

Kay will be cremated and interred, in a cemetery plot in Nebraska City, NE to be shared with her husband at his passing.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to the Colorado State University Foundation, designated for research activity Braunstein Lab in MIP (6456720) (#55193). This laboratory is working in conjunction with National Jewish Health to conduct studies using the bacteria that was the source of her lung disease. In addition to testing sensitivity to a single phage or antibiotic in isolation, sensitivity to phage-antibiotic combinations will be evaluated to determine if combination therapy is contributing to the outcome of treatment of her specific bacteria, Mycobacteria Avium Complex (MAC).