Josephine W. Heiman, 94, of St. Benedict, KS, died Thursday, March 27, 2003, at Crestview Manor care home in Seneca. She had been a resident there since November 1993.

She was born January 17, 1909, on a farm southeast of Kelly, KS, the daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth Sextro Buessing. When she was six years old, the family moved to a farm southwest of Lillis, KS, where she started school. Later the family moved to a farm southwest of Baileyville, KS, where she also attended school. She helped on the family farm and did domestic work in several homes in Seneca.

On November 27, 1929, she married Frank T. Heiman at Sacred Heart Church at Baileyville. They lived on the Henry Heiman homestead northeast of St. Benedict until 1971 when they moved into St. Benedict. Her husband Frank died May 31, 1975.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church at St. Benedict. Josephine was a talented seamstress and taught all her daughters to sew. She also enjoyed crocheting, other needlework, flowers and gardening.

Survivors are two sons, Frank J. and Lambert Heiman, both of Seneca; seven daughters, Jo Ann Lierz, Loyola Sudbeck, and Carol Lohmann, all of Seneca, Henrietta Quaney of Burlingame, KS, Rose Mary McKay of Excelsior Springs, MO, Grace Rottinghaus of Lee’s Summit, MO, Ellen Westerhaus of Junction City, KS; a brother, Leo Buessing of Axtell, KS; a sister Mary Skoch of Seneca; 37 grandchildren; 83 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Joseph on January 11, 1952; three grandsons, Kurt Rottinghaus, Roger Quaney and Gerard Lierz; two granddaughters, Alice and Ruth Quaney; six brothers, Fredolin, August, Andrew, Henry, Sylvester, and Alfred Buessing; and three sisters, Rose Kramer, Lena Broxterman, Teresa Dowell.

Mass of Christian burial will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday, March 29, at St. Mary’s Church at St. Benedict. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 & 8 PM Friday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorials may be given for the Nemaha County Training Center or St. Mary’s Cemetery, and sent in care of the family.