Mildred F. Haug, 70, of Baileyville, KS, died Sunday June 3, 2001 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She had leukemia.

She was born December 26, 1930, the daughter of Fred and Clara Lierz Broxterman, on a farm southwest of Baileyville. Mildred attended the Star School near her home and the Baileyville School. She helped on the family farm and helped other families with childcare and domestic work.

On April 16, 1952, she married Cletus A. Haug at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville. They farmed the Haug homestead southwest of Baileyville. Her husband, Cletus, died December 19, 1981. She built a new home in the fall of 1982 and moved into Baileyville. After her leukemia was diagnosed in 1992, she bravely fought the disease.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, the Altar Society, the Benedictine Oblates, and the Widows and Widowers Group, all at the church in Baileyville. Mildred played in several card clubs, and was known as a great humanitarian. She sponsored six children in South America through the Christian Foundation and built a home for a family in Columbia, South America. She also frequently visited residents in area nursing homes.

Survivors are three brothers, Gilbert and Cletus Broxterman, both of Baileyville, and Daniel Broxterman of Centralia, KS; four sisters, Rita Burdiek of Centralia, Evelyn Burdiek, Mary Ann Holthaus and Maxine Strathman, all of Seneca.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Galen Broxterman on September 21, 1971 and a sister, Maleta Gress on November 25, 1984.

Mass of Christian burial will be Wednesday at 10 AM at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 PM Tuesday by the Benedictine Oblates and at 7 PM by parish members at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for the Christian Foundation For Children and Aging, One Elmwood Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66103, or the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital Home Health Agency in Seneca, KS 66538.