Ellen Elizabeth (Linenberger) Dreiling

Ellen Elizabeth Dreiling

Ellen Elizabeth Dreiling, 92, Hays, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Hays Medical Center.

She was born February 23, 1923 in Victoria, Kansas the daughter of Joseph J. and Marianna (Dreiling) Linenberger.  She married Vincent Dreiling in 1946 at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria and they celebrated nearly 70 years of marriage.  She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.  She enjoyed gardening, quilting, cooking, reading and traveling.  She lovingly sewed a handmade quilt for each of her grandchildren and great grandchildren when they were born.

Survivors include her husband Vincent, Hays, eight children Firma Carrithers and husband Jim of Windom, KS, Diane Long and husband Mike of McKinney, TX, James Dreiling and wife Paula of Quakertown, PA, Marlene Taxter and husband Mike of Plano, TX, Dean Dreiling, Joe Dreiling, and Geralyn Dreiling, all of Hays and Anthony Dreiling and wife Cindy of Tecumseh, Kansas, one sister Leona Turner of Augusta, Kansas, and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers Ludwig, Otto, and Paul, seven sisters Regina, Bertha, Philomena, Hilda, Lucia, Margaret, and Ida, and a granddaughter Jami.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine.  Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Monday and from 1:00 pm until service time on Tuesday, all at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to The Basilica of St. Fidelis, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com