Albert P. Broxterman
Albert P. Broxterman, 92, of Seneca, formerly of Corning, KS, died
Friday evening, September 21, 2001, at Countryview Estates Care Home
in Seneca, KS.
He was born January 13, 1910, the youngest
of six sons of John and Mary Koelzer 
Broxterman,
on a farm southwest of St. Benedict. He attended St. Mary's School at
St. Benedict and helped on the family farm. His parents both died when
he was young. He lived with brother Ed Broxterman and did farm work.
On January 23, 1929, he married Bernadine
Ronnebaum at Sts. Peter & Paul Church at Seneca. She died January
6, 1974. They lived and farmed south of Seneca and west of Corning before
purchasing a farm west of Corning. He farmed there until the spring
of 1976 when he moved to Seneca.
He was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul
Church, the St. Joseph Society at the Church, and the Knights of Columbus
#1769 at Seneca. He served on the board of the Nemaha County Soil Conservation,
the Corning School Board, and was a volunteer fireman at Corning.
Survivors are two sons, Donald J. Broxterman and Ronald J. Broxterman
both of Topeka, KS; a daughter, Theresa Heiman of Seneca; 13 grandchildren,
15 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death
by two daughters, Bernadine Broxterman on May 10, 1931 and Gladys Ann
Koerperich on February 17, 1965; five brothers, Benedict Broxterman,
Leo Broxterman, Chris Broxterman, George Broxterman, and Edmund Broxterman;
two granddaughters, Brenda Ann Heiman on January 20, 1950, and Mary
Katherine Heiman on August 16, 1966; a grandson Kirk James Koerperich
on February 17, 1965, and a great-granddaughter, Sarah Dawn Broxterman
on June 21, 1990.
The mass of Christian burial will be 10:30
A.M. Monday, September 24, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca.
The burial will be in St. Patrick's Church Cemetery in Corning. A prayer
service will be conducted at 3 P.M. and a rosary will be prayed at 7
P.M. Sunday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
Memorials may be given for St. Patrick's
Cemetery or for the Benedictine Sisters at Atchison and sent in care
of the family.