Mildred J. McCaffrey
Mildred J. McCaffrey,
83, of Baileyville, Kansas, died Saturday afternoon, October 13, 2001,
at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Edward and Mary McCaffrey,
in Springdale, Arkansas.
She
was born March 8, 1918, at Seneca, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph B.
and Helen Gress Kramer. Her mother died when she was a baby, and she
was raised by her aunt and uncle, George and Rose Gress.
On July 28, 1938, she married Vernice
"V.V." McCaffrey at Atchison, Kansas. They lived on the McCaffrey
homestead north of St. Benedict for several years. They lived in several
cities in Kansas and also at Beatrice, Nebraska. In 1947 they moved
to Baileyville. Her husband, Vernice died January 24, 1995.
She was a member of Sacred Heart Church,
the Altar Society, the Quilting Group and the Benedictine Oblates all
at Baileyville
Survivors are six sons, Edward McCaffrey of
Springdale, Arkansas, Eugene McCaffrey of Folsom, CA, Galen McCaffrey
of Enterprise, Alabama, Dan "Pete" McCaffrey of Weston, MO,
Rich McCaffrey of Hamburg, New York, and Tim McCaffrey of Springhill,
Kansas; six daughters, Verna Barry of Raymond, NE, Ginny McCord and
Mary McCaffrey, both of Topeka, Bette McCaffrey of Torrance, CA, Nina
Jelsma of Sioux Falls, SD, and Karen Dierks of Arlington, NE; four brothers,
Art Kramer of Seneca, Omer Gress and Melvin Gress, both of Yakima, WA
and George P. Gress of Kansas City, MO; a sister, Rosemary Olberding
of Kansas City, MO; 21 grandchildren and a great-grandson
Besides her husband, she was preceded
in death by three children, Jean Marie McCaffrey on January 11, 1940,
Robert John McCaffrey on October 18, 1953, Gerald McCaffrey on February
17, 1955, and a sister Sadie Waller.
The mass of Christian burial will be 11
A.M. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church at Baileyville. The burial will
be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at the Lauer Funeral
Home on Tuesday at 2 P.M. and at 7 P.M.
Memorials may be given for Sacred Heart
Church or the Circle of Life Hospice and sent in care of the family.
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