Dateline: Odin, Kansas

Anna M. Hitschmann, 95, died July 14, 2015, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 31, 1919, on the farm near Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Peter J. and Louisa (Korkisch) Meyeres.

A lifetime resident of Odin, she was a homemaker, who loved gardening and playing cards.

Anna was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church of Odin where she served on the Altar Society.

On September 10, 1940, she married Joseph A. Hitschmann in Odin. He died Feb. 7, 2009.

Survivors include; two sons, Marvin “Butch” Hitschmann of Manhattan, and Harold “Poncho” Hitschmann of Great Bend; a grandson, Rodney Hitschmann; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, Frank, Steve, and William Meyeres; and five sisters, Sophia Habiger, Maria Marquis, Tillie Luerman, Teresa Prosser, and Clara Steiner.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 17, 2015, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Odin, celebrated by Fathers Ted Stoecklein and Pascal Klein. Burial will follow in Holy Family Cemetery. An Altar Society Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, at Nicholson-Ricke Chapel. Friends may sign the book 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Holy Family Statue Restoration Fund in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington KS 67544.

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