Dolores A. "Peg" Niehues

Dolores A. “Peg” Niehues, 86, of Goff, KS, died Wednesday, January 11, 2006, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
     She was born September 27, 1919, on a farm north of Centralia, the daughter of Henry A. and Clara Reinecke Grollmes. Her mother died in a flu epidemic when she was about two years old. She grew up on the farm and attended Sherman School near her home. She did domestic work and helped on the family farm before her marriage
     On May 4, 1943 she married Albert H. Niehues at St. Bede’s Church. They lived on a farm east of Kelly until the spring of 1944 when they moved to their farm southeast of Kelly. They celebrated their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries. She took care of her husband, Albert, for many years while he was in ill health. He preceded her in death on February 16, 2005.
     She was a member of St. Bede’s Church and the Altar Society at the Church. Peg enjoyed gardening, flowers, sewing, baking, and collecting recipes.
     Survivors are five sons, Glen, of Wetmore, Wayne, Max, Marvin, and Thomas, all of Goff; two daughters, Mary Koch of Centralia and Doris Haug of Vermillion; 36 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew Grollmes, and four sisters, Elizabeth Graney, Mary Smith, Katherine Duryea, and Leona “Bobbie” Grollmes.
     Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday at St. Bede’s Church in Kelly. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosary will be prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca on Friday at 2 and 7 P.M.
     Memorial contributions may be given for St. Bede’s Cemetery and sent in care of the family.