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Obituary- Rezac, Katherine 1

Katherine L. ‘Katie’ Rezac
Katherine L. "Katie” Rezac, 89, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born March 27, 1922, at Delia, the daughter of John J. and Mary E. Stallman Wehner.

She was raised in the Delia community and graduated from Delia High School in 1940. She had lived in California and New York before moving to
St. Marys in 1945.

Mrs. Rezac had worked for the St. Marys Farmers Union Co-op for 16 years before opening Katie’s Korner on July 1, 1977, operating this business until 1981. She moved to Osage City in 1994. Katie had been a member of the American Legion Auxiliary since 1962.

On Nov. 26,1941, she was united in marriage to Raymond R. Rezac. He preceded her in death on May 8,1972. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, James E. Rezac, sisters, Irene Wilke and Florence Simecka, and a brother Clarence Wehner.

Survivors include a son, William “Bill” Rezac and wife Peggy of Osage City; a daughter, Peggy Dittberner of Mesa, Ariz.; three brothers. John Wehner and wife Esther of Rossville, Melvin Wehner and wife Nina of Eudora, and Francis Wehner and wife Mary C. of Colorado, Springs, Colo.; her granddaughter, Sharia Vega; a stepgrandson, Michael Henderson; and two step great-granddaughters, Katelyn and Hailey Henderson. Funeral services were Dep. 8 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys with interment in Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Helping Hands Humane Society or Robert Heizer Post 198 American Legion Auxiliary in Osage City and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple, St. Marys, KS 66536.

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