Dateline: Claflin, Kansas 

Name of Deceased: Marian H. “Ann” Bahr                                     Age: 86

Date of Death: July 16, 2014

Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: July 8, 1928 on the family farm at Odin, Kansas

Parents Name: William & Regina (Schneweis) Hipp 

OBITUARY INFORMATION 

She married Marion Bahr May 18, 1953 at Odin, Kansas. 

Her family was her life.

Mrs. Bahr was a lifetime Odin and Claflin, Kansas resident.

She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Altar Society, both of Claflin 

SURVIVORS

husband: Marion Bahr of the home

four sons: Bill Bahr  and his wife Vickie of Broomfield, CO, Joe Bahr and his wife Carolyn of Denver, CO, Tim Bahr and his wife Tammi of Tallahassee, FL, and Paul Bahr and his wife Jeni of Ellsworth, KS

two daughters: Rosemary Bachman and her husband Tom of Lakin, KS, and Joan Klug and her husband Bill of Odin, KS

one sister: Carol Lamatsch of Claflin, KS

one brother: Larry Hipp of Great Bend, KS

Seventeen Grandchildren: Heather Clark, Molly Sheldon, Jenni Klienow, Amy Metro, Billy Klug, Jami Merlau, Kim Fisher, Kayla Johnson, Kevin Klug, Jeremy Bahr, Kenny Bahr, Ali Bahr, Brit Bahr, Michael Bahr, Mickey Bahr, Josh Bahr, and Whitney Bahr

twenty-five great-grandchildren 

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Eleanor Hekele and Betty Hammeke, and one brother, Tom Hipp. 

SERVICE INFORMATION 

Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Claflin. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Claflin.  Father John Forkuoh will be celebrant.  Burial will be in Claflin Cemetery, Claflin, Kansas.  Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.  Memorials are requested to Gentiva Hospice or Parkinson’s Foundation, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.nicholsonrickefh.net