Dateline: Hoisington, Kansas

Mary M. Wondra, 92, died April 12, 2015, at Great Bend Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 12, 1922, in Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph V. and Frances M. (Tinkel) Jenisch. Mary graduated from Odin High School. She was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of the Odin and Claflin area. Mary was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society.

On April 29, 1946, she married William Wondra at Odin, Kansas. He died Nov. 13, 1996.

Survivors include: three children, Ron Wondra and wife Betty of Concordia, Allan Wondra and wife Shirley of Tulsa, Okla., and Rosalie Kinzel and husband Mike of Claflin; 10 grandchildren, Sherry Werth, Christopher Wondra, Trenton Wondra, Corey Wondra, Jared Wondra, Bradley Wondra, Elizabeth Gruis, Jessica Camp, Theresa Detrixhe, and Christina Doyle; and 9 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her 4 brothers; Arthur, Joseph, Frank, and Albert Jenisch; 6 sisters, Olivia Debes, Frances Zorn, Gertrude Gerritzen, Anna Boor, Hilda Ille, Eleanor Ille; and a great granddaughter, Isabelle Gruis.

Vigil service with rosary will be 7 p.m Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Odin, Kansas, celebrated by Father Louis Trung Dinh Hoang and Father Pascal Klein. Friends may call 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Holy Family Statue Restoration Fund, Claflin Ambulance or St. Ann’s Altar Society in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.
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