Marcella A. Haug

Marcella A. Haug, 88, of Baileyville, Kansas, died Thursday, September 6, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
     She was born July 4, 1913, on a farm north of Seneca, Kansas, the daughter of August and Theresa Menke Haverkamp. She attended grade school at St.Mary's in St. Benedict, and Falls City, Nebraska and high school at the Sacred Heart Academy in Falls City, Nebraska.
    She was married on September 28, 1937 to Wilbert C. Haug, at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville. She and her husband farmed in the Baileyville area until his death on February 1, 1986. Marcella continued to live on the farm.
    Marcella was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church and the Altar Society at the church at Baileyville.
    Survivors are a daughter, Judith Griffin of Topeka; four sisters, Loretta Otting and Luella Haverkamp, both of Seneca, Cecelia Forst, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Alma Clark, of Blue Springs, Missouri; and two grandsons.
    She was preceded in death by a sister, Rose Koelzer, and a brother, Elmer Haverkamp.
    Mass of Christian Burial was Monday, September 10, at 11 A.M. at the Sacred Heart church. The burial was at Sacred Heart Cemetery. The rosary was prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca, on Sunday.
    Memorials may be given for Sacred Heart Catholic Church, or the Sacred Heart Cemetery and sent in care of the family.