Mary R. “Rosemary” Nolte, 83, of Seneca, KS, died Monday, July 8, 2002, at Country View Estates care home in Seneca. She had been a resident there since September 1997, after having a stroke.

She was born May 12, 1919, on a farm east of Baileyville, the daughter of Henry F. and Elizabeth A. Dick Kramer. She grew up there and attended Sacred Heart School in Baileyville. She worked in the home of Frank and Ida Strathman where she met her husband “Jody.”

On June 21, 1939, she married H.A. Joseph “Jody” Nolte at St. Malachy’s Church in Beattie, KS. They lived in Hiawatha, before moving to Seneca in September of 1940. She was a homemaker for many years before working at Dairy Land Drive In on the highway in Seneca. She and her husband owned and operated the Main Street Drive-In in Seneca from 1964 to 1977. During the winter months, they resided in South Padre Island, TX. Her husband Jody died on July 12, 1992.

She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society, and active in the quilting group, all at the church in Seneca. She was a member of the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital Guild, also in Seneca. Her hobbies included her handiwork, playing cards, and traveling.

Survivors are two sons, Joseph H. Nolte of Fort Wayne, IN, Ted Nolte of Emporia, KS; two daughters, Janice Dodds of Gardner, KS and Joyce Rusche of Baileyville, KS; four brothers, John Kramer and Donald Kramer, both of Goff, KS, LeRoy Kramer of Pocatello, ID, James Kramer of Grand Junction, CO, a sister, Betty Boeding of Grandview, MO; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Eugene Nolte on May 24, 1943; and two grandchildren, Julie Ann Dodds on July 23, 1965, and Daniel Nolte on June 19, 1987.

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

Memorials may be given for the Seneca Public Library or Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, and sent in care of the family.