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Eugene M. Holthaus

Seneca, KS

09/20/2018 - 10/27/2012

Eugene M. Holthaus, 71, of Seneca, Kansas, died Saturday, October 27, 2012 at his home west of Seneca after a long battle with cancer.

Gene was born on September 20, 1941 in Sabetha, Kansas, the son of Carl B. and Rosemary Olberding Holthaus. He graduated from Sts. Peter & Paul High School in Seneca in 1959.

He married Karen E. Slater on January 2, 1971 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Seneca. In 1974 they purchased a farm three miles west of Seneca, where Gene pursued his lifelong passions of farming and raising cattle until his death.

Gene was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in St. Benedict, where served as a member of the parish council. He was a Board Member of the Nemaha-Marshall Electric Association from 1986 to 2010, serving as President from 1999-2001. He was also a Board Member of Rural Water District #2 for several years. He was an active member of the farm movement in the 1970s, traveling to Washington D.C. in 1978 to bring awareness to the plight of the family farmer.

Gene was preceded in death by his father, Carl B. on August 28, 1978 and his mother, Rosemary on May 20, 2006.

He is survived by his wife Karen of 41 years; his three children, Tony Holthaus of Maize, Kansas, Andrew and wife Antoinette Holthaus of Lenexa, and Gena Holthaus of Topeka; one granddaughter, Olivia Holthaus; his three sisters, Marian Rottinghaus of Seneca, Maxine Rice of Horton and Stella Pella of Tecumseh, Nebraska; and his two brothers, Mark Holthaus and Chris Holthaus, both of Seneca.

A rosary will be prayed at 2 PM Tuesday with a prayer service at 7 PM Tuesday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 AM on Wednesday, October 31, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in St. Benedict. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be given in Gene’s memory for Relay For Life, or C.O.I.N.S. for Cancer, or the Nemaha County Training Center.

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