Anna M. Hammes, 90, of Seneca, KS, died Thursday, August 14, 2003, at Crestview Manor in Seneca where she had been a resident since November of 2000.

She was born March 4, 1913, on the Niekamp homestead east of Baileyville, KS, the daughter of Herman and Alice Larkin Niekamp. She attended Sacred Heart School and helped on the family farm. She also did domestic work for the Elmer Winterscheidt family in Seneca.

On May 4, 1941, she married Leonard H. Hammes at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville. They farmed north of Baileyville until 1957 when they moved to a farm northeast of St. Benedict. In 1983 they retired from farming and moved to Seneca. Her husband Leonard preceded her in death on July 8, 1987.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society, the L.C.B.A., and the Nemaha County Historical Society, all in Seneca.

Survivors are a son Clayton Hammes, Topeka; a daughter, Nancy Uphaus, Topeka; three sisters, Louise Stuke, Aurelia Stallbaumer, and Cecilia Niekamp, all of Seneca; six grandsons and three great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Niekamp, an infant, on March 12, 1916, and Elmer Niekamp on March 18, 2000.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 AM Monday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A rosary will be prayed at 2 PM Sunday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for the Nemaha County Historical Society, and sent in care of the family.