Leta R. Tangeman

Leta R. Tangeman, 77, of Seneca, died Saturday, August 16, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
     She was born April 13, 1926, at Seneca, the daughter of Anthony and Rose Vondenkamp Henry. She graduated from Sts. Peter & Paul High School in Seneca in 1944. Following school, she worked for Hallmark Cards and then for a bomber aircraft plant in Kansas City doing clerical work.
     On September 10, 1945, she married Wilfred Tangeman at St. Mary's Church at St. Benedict, KS. They lived and farmed in the St. Benedict community until December of 1993 when they moved to Seneca.
     She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and St. Ann's Altar Society at the church in Seneca. She was a former member of St. Mary's Church and a past president of the Altar Society. She was a leader for the Hustler 4-H Club for eight years.
     Survivors besides her husband, Wilfred of the home are two sons, Roy Tangeman Anamosa, IA, and Richard Tangeman, Topeka; two daughters Wanda Lyon, Lawrence, KS and Karen Brinker, Leawood, KS; four brothers, Linn Henry, Sabetha, KS, Gene Henry, Independence, MO, Paul Henry, Seneca, and Bill Henry, Wiley, TX; two sisters, Dorothy Olberding, Seneca, and Joan Klier, Ocala, FL; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    The mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, August 19, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery at St. Benedict. She will lie in state after 10:30 A.M. on Monday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca where the rosary will be prayed at 2 P.M. and a vigil prayer service will be conducted at 7 P.M.
    Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School Building Fund or St. Mary's Cemetery and sent in care of the family.

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