Dateline: Bushton, Kansas
Pauline M. (Debes) Oberle, 74, died June 5, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born May 29, 1942, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John and Helen (Huslig) Debes. Pauline graduated from Odin High School in 1960. On June 4, 1966 she married James J. Oberle at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Odin.
A longtime resident of both the Claflin and Bushton area, she was a homemaker. She worked alongside Jim as his secretary at Jim’s Welding and then also for Schremmer Realty & Auction.
Pauline was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in Claflin. She was active in her church and Altar Society, serving as an officer in the Altar Society, as a religion teacher, and on the parish council. She had also helped with the local Boy Scouts Club.
Pauline was the type of person that had never met a stranger. She loved her family and never missed an opportunity to cheer loudly at the grandkids sporting events.
She recently celebrated 50 years of marriage to her husband, James Oberle; they had six children together, Theresa Wilcox and husband Earl of DeSoto, KS, Peter Oberle and wife Michelle of Claflin, Douglas Oberle and wife Gina of Victoria, Jennifer Lamatsch and husband Robert of Pratt, Ellie Dozier and husband David of Hutchinson, and Jeffrey James Oberle.
She is survived by; nine brothers, Gene Debes of Great Bend, Father Don Debes of Papua, New Guinea, Tom Debes of Odin, Bernard Debes of Clyde, Leon Debes of Boonsboro, MD, Frank Debes of Odin, John Debes of Hoisington, Mike Debes of Dodge City, and Kenny Debes of Hays; three sisters, Doris Feist, Louetta Feist, both of Claflin, and Patricia Feist of Austin, MN; and thirteen grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son Jeffery James Oberle, her parents, and two sisters, Florence Debes and Helen Detmer.
Vigil with Altar Society Rosary will be 7 p.m., June 7, 2016 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Claflin.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at the church, celebrated by Father Terrance Klein. Burial will follow in Claflin Cemetery. Friends may call 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge of Kansas City, the Father Don Debes OFM Cap. Mission Fund or Clara Barton Hospital Foundation, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.nicholsonrickefh.net