Anna G. Heinen, 88, of Seneca, Kansas, died Sunday, December 24, 2000, at Crestview Manor care home in Seneca. She had been a resident there since June of this year.

She was born May 16, 1912, on a farm east of Kelly, Kansas, the daughter of Anton and Gertrude Lierz Kohake. She attended Maple Shade Country School and St. Bede’s School and helped on the family farm. Anna’s mother died when she was 16 years old, and Anna, the oldest and only girl, helped care for and raise her seven brothers.

On April 8, 1931, she married Lambert Heinen at St. Bede’s Church in Kelly. They lived and farmed northeast of Kelly until February of 1967 when they moved to Seneca. Her husband Lambert died on February 1, 1968. Anna then worked as a cook at Crestview Manor in Seneca from 1970 until 1979.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca and St. Ann’s Altar Society and the quilting group at the church.

Survivors are four sons, Donald Heinen of Kennewick, Washington, Melvin Heinen of Seneca, Verness Heinen of Tonganoxie, Kansas, and Mark Heinen of Basehor, Kansas; a daughter, Lola Otting of Bonner Springs, Kansas; a brother, John Kohake of Shawnee, Kansas; 24 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Heinen on September 13, 1998; a granddaughter Cindy Heinen on May 4, 1984; and six brothers, Ernest Kohake, Carl Kohake, Anthony Kohake, Cyril Kohake, George Kohake, and Albert Kohake.

Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 AM Wednesday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A rosary will be prayed at 2 PM Tuesday, with a vigil prayer service at 7 PM Tuesday, at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for Sts. Peter & Paul School, and sent in care of the family.