Dateline: Olmitz, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Clara M. Bahr Age: 102
Date of Death: October 1, 2014
Place of Death: At her home, rural Olmitz, Kansas
Date of Birth: October 4, 1911 at Barton County, Kansas
Parents Name: Joseph & Matilda (Beran) Birzer

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Leonard R. Bahr November 17, 1936 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ellinwood, Kan. He died April 12, 1993.
A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Bahr was a homemaker and farmwife.
She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Hoisington.

SURVIVORS

five daughters: Patricia McConnell and her husband Ervin of Hoisington, KS, Luella Call and her husband Tom of Rolla, MO, Jenelda Moore and her husband Leo of Valdez, AK, Rita Bahr of Jones, OK, and Frances “Jane” Dietz of Russell, KS
four sisters: Margaret Reichuber of Hoisington, KS, Eleanor Penka of Healy, KS, Inez Geissell of Larned, KS, and Bertha Achatz of Ellinwood, KS
Grandchildren: Eight
Great-grandchildren: Eleven
Great-great-grandchildren: Six

She was preceded in death by one son, Donald Bahr, five brothers, George Birzer, August Birzer, Albert Birzer, Robert Birzer, and James Birzer, and eight sisters, Anna Penka, Katie Birzer, Elizabeth Ohnmacht, Laura Tinkel, Celia Denning, Mary Birzer, Helen Schartz, and Emma Birzer.

SERVICE INFORMATION

Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 6, 2014 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington, with Father Anselm Eke celebrant. Burial will be in St. John Church Cemetery, Hoisington. Friends may call from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice or Sts. Peter and Paul Heritage Association, both in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P. O. Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
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