Mathias J. "Matt" Lierz

Mathias J. “Matt” Lierz, 96, Seneca, KS, died Sunday, January 11, 2004, at Crestview Manor Care Home in Seneca.
     He was born June 13, 1907, at Seneca, the son of Peter and Mary Kramer Lierz.
     On April 22, 1931, he married Mary Bergman at St. Mary’s Church, St. Benedict. They lived and farmed near Seneca. His wife, Mary, died on November 15, 1969. Matt was a farmer and a stockman until 1973 when he moved into his new home in Seneca.
     He was also preceded in death by an infant son, Mathias, on February 22, 1936; by five brothers, Leo, Paul, Vincent, Sylvester, and Joe; and three sisters, Clara Broxterman, Bertha Heiman, and Mary Mulryan.
     He was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, and the St. Joseph Society at the church.
     Survivors are two daughters, Darlene (Mrs. Norman Rethman) and Laverne (Mrs. Arlen Henry), both of Seneca; a brother, Raymond Lierz, of Baileyville; a sister, Helen (Mrs. Joe Heiman), of Baileyville; 7 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a step great-grandson; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
     The mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 2 and 7 P.M. Monday.
     Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School and sent in care of the family.