Mrs. Katherine Zemek, a resident of St. Marys 73 years, died Jan. 21 at her home here. She died one day short of her 75th birthday.
Mrs. Zemek had been a semi-invalid the past 29 years, and had been bedfast the past three years.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1878, Mrs. Zemek came as a child of two years, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Arkenberg, to St. Marys and spent the rest of her life here.
In 1899 she was married to Anthony Zemek, who died 24 years ago.
She is survived by four daughters. Mrs. Agnes Long and Mrs. Kathryn Denton of St. Marys, Mrs. Josephine Van Hole of Topeka, and Mrs. Mary Teresa Haug, Bethel; two sons, Albert and Francis Zemek, both of St. Marys.
She also leaves two sisters. Mrs. Mary Cooper, St. Marys, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Topeka; a brother, Henry Arkenberg, St. Marys, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Immaculate Conception Church. Interment was in Mount Calvary cemetery by the Verschelden Funeral Home
Mrs. Katherine Zemek, a resident of St. Marys 73 years, died Jan. 21 at her home here. She died one day short of her 75th birthday.
Mrs. Zemek had been a semi-invalid the past 29 years, and had been bedfast the past three years.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1878, Mrs. Zemek came as a child of two years, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Arkenberg, to St. Marys and spent the rest of her life here.
In 1899 she was married to Anthony Zemek, who died 24 years ago.
She is survived by four daughters. Mrs. Agnes Long and Mrs. Kathryn Denton of St. Marys, Mrs. Josephine Van Hole of Topeka, and Mrs. Mary Teresa Haug, Bethel; two sons, Albert and Francis Zemek, both of St. Marys.
She also leaves two sisters. Mrs. Mary Cooper, St. Marys, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Topeka; a brother, Henry Arkenberg, St. Marys, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Immaculate Conception Church. Interment was in Mount Calvary cemetery by the Verschelden Funeral Home
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