Philomena A. Winkler
Philomena A. Winkler, 95, of Seneca, Kansas, died Friday, November
8, 2002, at Country View Estates Care Home in Seneca where she had been
a resident since October 31, 1998.
She
was born September 12, 1907, at Kelly, Kansas, the daughter of William
and Sophia Novak Kongs. She attended St. Bede's School at Kelly and
was in the first class at the Kelly High School, where she attended
one year. She was known as a very fine mathematics student. While she
was growing up, she worked in the family hardware store, Kong's Hardware
at Kelly, as well as helping on the family farm.
On April 20, 1927, she married Eugene
F. Winkler at St. Bede's Church at Kelly, Kansas. They farmed several
different locations in the Kelly area. In 1936 they moved to the Winkler
farm south of Kelly. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
in 1977. Her husband, Eugene died November 30, 1980. In the spring of
1981, she moved into Seneca.
She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul
Church and St. Ann's Altar Society at the church in Seneca and was formerly
an active member of St. Bede's Church in Kelly.
Survivors are four sons, Linus Winkler
of Oneida, Kansas, Albert Winkler and Marvin Winkler, both of Corning,
Kansas, and LeRoy Winkler of Seneca; a daughter, Eleanor Hermesch of
Goff, Kansas; a brother, William Kongs of Wetmore, Kansas; 37 grandchildren;
95 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded
in death by two grandsons, Stephen Winkler on June 20, 1974 and William
R. Winkler on March 11, 1998 and two brothers Albert and Sylvester Kongs.
The mass of Christian burial will be 10
A.M. Monday, November 11, 2002, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca.
The burial will be in St. Bede's Cemetery, Kelly, Kansas. A prayer service
will be conducted at 2 P.M and the rosary will be prayed at 7 P.M.on
Sunday at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
Memorials may be given for St. Bede's
Cemetery or for Sts. Peter & Paul School and sent in care of the
family.