Rosalia F. "Sally" Eisenbarth

Rosalia F. "Sally" Eisenbarth, 85, Corning, KS, died late Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Onaga Hospital in Onaga, KS.
     She was born October 14, 1918, on a farm northwest of St. Benedict, KS, the daughter of Anton and Josephine Olberding Weber. She grew up there, attended St. Mary’s School at St. Benedict, and helped on the family farm. Sally also did domestic work in area homes.
     On October 17, 1939, she married Wilfrid M. Eisenbarth at St. Mary’s Church in St. Benedict. They farmed southeast of Corning until Wilfrid entered the army in 1942. While Wilfrid was in the service, Sally worked at the Corning Grain Co. as a secretary from 1942 until 1944. Her husband returned from the army in 1945, and they returned to farming northeast of Corning. In 1947 they bought a farm southeast of Corning where they lived and farmed until retiring and moving into Corning in 1971. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and had been married 59 1/2 years when her husband, Wilfrid, died May 9, 1999.
     She was a member of St. Patrick’s Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church, and a charter member of the Arthur L. Mills Post #37 of the American Legion Auxiliary at Corning. Besides enjoying her family, Sally liked sewing, embroidering, crocheting, gardening, and raising flowers.
     Survivors are three sons, Francis of Fairfax, VA, Thomas of Bern, KS and Roger of Sabetha, KS; five daughters, Betty Becker of Corning, Elaine Becker and Patricia Flentie, both Centralia, Mary J. Eisenbarth of St. Joseph, MO, and Marlene Wolfe of Centreville, VA; 18 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by five sisters, Dorothy and Clara Weber as infants, Anna Koelzer, Katie Stegeman, and Marie Otting; two brothers, Leo and John Weber; and two great-grandchildren, Mariah Boeckman and Ty Flentie.
     Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Church in Corning. The burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 and 7 P.M. Monday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca, where she will lie in state after 8:30 A.M. Monday.
     Memorials may be given for St. Patrick’s Cemetery or Lakeside Terrace in Sabetha and sent in care of the family.