Dateline: Claflin, Kansas

Lawrence J. Jenisch, 73, died November 26, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.  He was born August 18, 1941, in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Joseph C. and Margaret (Finger) Jenisch.  Lawrence graduated from Odin High School.  He later received both his bachelors and masters degrees from Fort Hays State Teachers College.  Lawrence was a farmer and a stockman and also a long-time teacher at the Claflin High School.  He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Claflin, Kansas.

On August 17, 1963, he married Mara Kay Neill at the St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell, Kansas.  She survives.  Other survivors include; son, Brian Jenisch and wife Jamy of Katy, Texas; daughter, Marla Gales and husband Barry of Edmond, Oklahoma; brother, Gerald Jenisch of Great Bend; sisters, Alice Cook of Wichita, Bonnie Jeffrey of Claflin, and Kathy Williams of Great Bend; and four grandchildren, Zachary Gales, Taylor Gales, Matthew Jenisch, and Payton Jenisch.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., December 2, 2014, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Claflin, Kansas, with Father John Forkuoh, celebrant.  Family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. just prior to mass. Inurnment will follow in Claflin Cemetery.  Friends may sign the book 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, 415 N. Main, Hoisington, Kansas.  There will be no viewing, as cremation has taken place.  Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or Arthritis Foundation (for rheumatoid arthritis research), in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

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