Hilda M. Reinecke

Hilda M. Reinecke, 86, of Seneca, KS, died Friday morning, July 18, 2003, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She was transferred there from Country View Estates, where she had been a resident since August 15, 2001.
     She was born April 15, 1917, on a farm south of Baileyville, KS, the daughter of Aloys and Anna Krogman Reinecke. She grew up on the family farm, graduated from Sacred Heart School at Baileyville, and later earned a G.E.D. She lived in Kansas City and did domestic work for several families. Later she lived in California for three years and kept house for her two brothers. After her father died, she and her mother moved to Seneca. When her sister, Rose, became disabled because of a brain tumor, she took care of her for several years until nursing home care became necessary.
     She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society, and the Prayer Group, all at the church at Seneca. She was also a member and held offices in the Seneca Garden Club.
     Survivors are three brothers, Fred Reinecke, Centralia, KS, Louis Reinecke, Seneca, and Tony Reinecke, Garden Grove, CA; and three sisters, Josephine Altenhofen, Gardner, KS, Irene Haverkamp, Seneca, and Angela Tangeman, Centralia.
     She was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl and Eugene, and three sisters, Mary Ann Reinecke, Rose Reinecke and Martha Stallbaumer.
     The mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Monday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery at Baileyville. The rosary will be prayed at 2 P.M., with a vigil prayer service at 7 P.M., on Sunday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
     Memorial contributions may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School or for Sacred Heart Cemetery and sent in care of the family.