Max F. Sudbeck, 46, of Hiawatha, KS, died early Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital. His death was due to a brain tumor, which was diagnosed in November of 2002.
He was born March 29, 1957, in Sabetha, KS, the son of Virgil and Loyola Heiman Sudbeck. He grew up on the family farm northwest of St. Benedict, KS, attended St. Benedict Grade School and graduated from B & B High School at Baileyville in 1975. He attended Cloud County College for two years and graduated from Kansas State University in 1979 with a degree in agronomy. He had worked for Servi-Tech Inc., for the Brown County Coop, Taylor Seed Farms, and most recently for Croplan Genetics as a district sales manager. He was a Certified Crop Advisor.
On April 16, 1983, he married Rosalee Kramer at St. Bede’s Church in Kelly. She survives of the home in Hiawatha.
He was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Hiawatha, where he served on the church council, was a lector and a C.C.D. teacher. He was president of the Hiawatha Youth Baseball Association and coached baseball. He was also a member and on the board of the Hiawatha Booster Club and chairman of the Kansas Ag Retailers Association.
Survivors besides his wife Rosalee are two sons, Benjamin and Mark, and a daughter, Krista, all of the home; his parents, Virgil and Loyola Sudbeck of Seneca; a brother, Dale Sudbeck of Baileyville, and four sisters, Lora Heiman and Mary Beth Haverkamp, both of Baileyville, Julie Smith of Colwich, KS, and Amy Kuckelman of Seneca.
Mass of Christian burial will be 10 AM Thursday at St. Mary’s Church in St. Benedict. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 & 7 PM Wednesday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
Memorials may be given for an education fund for his children or for the Hiawatha Baseball Association, and sent in care of the family.