Mildred M. “Millie” Lierz, 76, of Seneca, KS, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at Life Care Center in Seneca, after a two year battle with cancer.

She was born July 21, 1929, in Seneca, one of 12 children of Christopher and Agnes Waller Sack. She attended Sts. Peter & Paul Schools and graduated from high school in 1947.

On November 23, 1950, she married Cyril A. Altenhofen. They had two sons, Dennis and Mark. Cyril died May 2, 1962.

On July 20, 1963, she married Joseph H. Lierz at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. They lived and farmed south of Baileyville for 27 years until 1988 when they moved to Seneca. He died February 11, 1992.

Millie continued to live in Seneca and was employed at Ray’s Apple Market in the bakery pepartment for 18 years before recently retiring.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society and the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital Guild, all in Seneca. She was a former member of Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville. Millie was an active, cheerful person who enjoyed sporting events, bowling, cards, traveling, quilting and walking.

Survivors are four sons and their spouses, Dennis and SuEllen Lierz of Albuquerque, NM, Mark and Becky Lierz of Baileyville, Tom and Wendy Lierz of Seneca, and Jim and Rachael Lierz of Overland Park; three daughters and their spouses, Joni and John Tangeman of Sabetha, Susan and Jay White of Manhattan, and Tricia and Cayle Herl of Parker, CO; two brothers, Charles Sack of Topeka and Leon Sack of East Point, FL; four sisters, Eileen Sheehan of Kansas City, MO, Mary Kirkman of Houston, MO, Sally Koehler of Seneca, and JoAnn Davis of Lincoln, NE; 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents and husbands Cyril and Joseph, she was preceded in death by sisters, Kathryn Hedderman, Eleanor Love, Virginia Ketter, and Rita Schulte; brothers Raymond Sack and Bob Sack; and a great-granddaughter, Virginia Wood.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10 AM Friday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 & 7 PM Thursday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital or Life Care Center of Seneca, and sent in care of the family.