Mary (Wasinger) Stecklein

Mary Stecklein, 99, Hays, died Friday, August 5, 2016 at her home.

She was born January 1, 1917 in Victoria, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Graf) Wasinger.  On February 6, 1934 she married Alex Stecklein in Victoria.  They celebrated nearly seventy years of marriage before he died on June 24, 2003.  She was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.  She excelled at cooking and baking, was very neat and religious, and loved to go to dances and polka dance with her husband.

Survivors include her two children, a son Kenneth Stecklein of San Mateo, CA and a daughter Jeanie Baker and husband Ken of Pinellas Park, FL, five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, Anna Marie Donahue and Patrick Donahue, two grandsons, Dean Michael Jacobs and Michael Donahue, and by seven sisters and three brothers.

A celebration of her life will be at 10:30 am on Monday, August 8, 2016 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, with Fr. Barry Brinkman officiating.  Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery.   The family will receive friends from 10:00 until service time on Monday at the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com