Mary Lee Ronnau Fields

1945 - 2024  (79 years)

• Name	Mary Lee Ronnau Fields
  Born	2 Apr 1945	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Jun 2024	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	22 Jun 2024	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I31691	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John C Ronnau
  Mother	Marjorie June Melenson Ronnau
  Family ID	F8996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Russell (Bill) Fields
  Married	18 Jun 1963	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	1. Jay Fields   2. Mark Fields   3. Dee Fields Gockel
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2025 14:18:44
  Family ID	F8997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - 22 Jun 2024 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Fields, Mary 1 Mary Lee Ronnau Fields, 79, of Saint Marys, Kansas, beloved wife, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother passed following a long struggle with COPD at Midland Hospice House on June 17, 2024, surrounded by family. Born April 2, 1945, in Wamego, Kansas to John C. Ronnau and Marjorie June (Melenson). Mary Lee was a 1963 graduate of Saint Marys High School. She was united in marriage to William Russell Fields on June 18, 1963, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Mary’s Kansas. Mary Lee was a homemaker while the kids were young, then enjoyed working at the St. Marys Manor, St. Marys State Bank, and later St. Marys and Rossville grade schools. She also served on the IC parish council for several terms and was involved in her parish community. Mary Lee was preceded in death by both her parents and a sister, Judy (Ronnau) DeVader and is survived by her husband, Bill Fields, of the home, brother John Patrick Ronnau, three children, Jay Fields, Dee Fields Gockel, and Mark (Donna) Fields, grandchildren, Christopher Gockel, Brady Gockel, Riley (Sam) Stowe, Erin Fields, Kelsey Fields, and Jake Fields. Mary Lee was also blessed with two great grandchildren, and one on the way. The family will receive friends at Piper Funeral Home on Friday, June 21 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. and recite the rosary at 7:00 p.m. A funeral mass will be offered at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 22 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys; burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to Midland Hospice, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, Kansas 66606 or to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 208 W. Bertrand Avenue, St. Marys, KS 66536.
  		Obituary- Fields, Mary 2 See file #1 for full transcription