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William C. "Bill" Kohake
Seneca, KS
10/01/1926 - 01/12/2008
William C. “Bill” Kohake, 81, of Seneca, KS, died early Saturday morning, January 12, 2008, at his home.
Bill was born October 1, 1926 in Baileyville, the son of Frank and Elizabeth Lierz Kohake. He began his education by attending a country school for a year, then went to school in Axtell for three years, then moved on to Baileyville schools where he graduated from high school in 1944.
On January 20, 1951, he married Grace Fangman at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in St. Benedict. The couple raised their children and farmed their whole lives in the Baileyville community. On retirement in 1987 they moved to Seneca. Bill and Grace enjoyed 57 years of marriage. She survives of the home.
Bill was very giving of his time, distributing communion at area nursing homes as a lay minister, delivering Meals-on-Wheels to home-bound people, and volunteering at the Knights of Columbus Club Room as a cashier. He loved his family and used his retirement to spend more time with his kids and grandchildren.
Bill was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and St. Joseph’s Society in Seneca, and a former member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baileyville. He served on the Sacred Heart Parish Council, the District 451 Baileyville School Board, the Knights of Columbus 1769 and the FHA Board. In addition, he was a trustee of Center Township.
Besides his wife Grace, survivors include four sons, Edward of Silver Lake, Robert and Lynn, both of Baileyville, and Terrance of Tecumseh, NE; a daughter, Kathleen Hammes of Lenexa; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, James; six brothers, Cletus, Vincent, John, Andrew, Francis and Anthony Kohake; and two sisters, Cecilia and Dorothy.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 2 PM on Monday, January 14, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosaries will be prayed at 3 & 8 PM Sunday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
Memorials can be given in Bill’s memory for the Nemaha County Home Health and Hospice, and sent in care of the family.
Bill was born October 1, 1926 in Baileyville, the son of Frank and Elizabeth Lierz Kohake. He began his education by attending a country school for a year, then went to school in Axtell for three years, then moved on to Baileyville schools where he graduated from high school in 1944.
Bill was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and St. Joseph’s Society in Seneca, and a former member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baileyville. He served on the Sacred Heart Parish Council, the District 451 Baileyville School Board, the Knights of Columbus 1769 and the FHA Board. In addition, he was a trustee of Center Township.
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