B. Theodore “Ted” Schultejans, 86, of Corning, KS, died Tuesday, November 14, 2000, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born July 24, 1914, on a farm south of Kelly, KS, the son of Bernard and Caroline Klunenberg Schultejans. He grew up there and attended St. Bede’s School in Kelly. He worked on the family farm and helped his dad in the trucking business.

On April 19, 1944, he married Eleanor A. Hermesch at St. Bede’s Church at Kelly. She survives of the home. They lived and farmed north of Corning where Ted was a farmer and a stockman. In later years he continued to help his sons on the farm.

He was a member of St. Bede’s Church in Kelly, the St. Joseph Society at the church, and served on the church committee. He was a member of the Farmer’s Union for 70 years, the Nemaha County Co-op Board, and the Seneca Hospital Board.

Ted loved to play cards, enjoyed reading and keeping up on world events. He liked polka music, and played harmonica and accordion.

Besides his wife Eleanor he is survived by two sons, Jerry and Jim Schultejans, both of Corning; five daughters, Mary Jane Schmitz of Baileyville, RoseAnn Hornbaker and Cathy Carter, both of Topeka, Linda Hyland and Emma Kientz, both of Bixby, OK; a brother Clarence Schultejans of Kelly; two sisters, Bernadine Wessel of Seneca, and Anna Hasenkamp of Topeka; 27 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Bernard in 1944, in World War II, Edwin in 1972, Albert in 1977, and a sister Mary in 1931.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 AM Saturday at St. Bede’s Church in Kelly. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 8 PM Thursday and 2 & 7 PM Friday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for St. Bede’s Church, the Corning Fire Department, or the Seneca EMT Association, and sent in care of the family.