Marie Mueting, 98, of Seneca, Kansas, died Saturday evening, December 27, 2008, at Crestview Manor care home in Seneca.

Marie was born on December 3, 1910 on a farm east of Axtell, the daughter of Joseph and Helena Engelken Buessing. She graduated from 8th grade at Sacred Heart School in Baileyville. As a young woman she assisted area housewives with newborns.

On August 12, 1936 she married Leo Mueting at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baileyville. The couple made their home on a farm south of Seneca, where they raised their 10 children. They moved to Walsenburg, Colorado in 1969 due to her husband’s health; he died in Norton, Kansas in 1971. Marie then returned to Seneca.

She worked for the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in the dietary department until she retired in 1981. She also cared for her father for five years until his death in 1979. During her retirement she helped serve funeral lunches, and made many quilts. She enjoyed playing cards, cooking and doing embroidery work.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church in Seneca, as well as LCBA Club and Merry Makers.

She is survived by her son Tom and his wife Audrey Mueting of Seneca; eight daughters, Mary Lee and Leo Beckman of Salina, Sr. Denise Mueting, OP of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Elaine and husband Boyd Brown of Manhattan, Kansas, Janet and husband Lester Fangman of Seneca, Gladys and husband John H. Rottinghaus of Seneca, Pat and husband Bob Claas of Seneca, Sr. Helen Mueting, OSB of Harlan, Iowa, and Rita and husband Ron Potter of Warkarous, Kansas; a daughter-in-law, Darla of Dodge City; her brother Joe Buessing of Seneca; two sisters, Hermina Shalsky of Dodge City and Noreen Ronnebaum of Independence, Iowa; 32 grandchildren; 63 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son Richard, an infant sister Helen, and brothers, John, Paul, Vincent, Bernard, and Louis Buessing.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 AM Tuesday, December 30, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 2 & 7 PM Monday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorial contributions may be given in Marie’s memory for the Sts. Peter & Paul Building Fund or NVCH Healthcare Building Campaign, and sent in care of the family.