Monday, February 17, 2014

Mary Alice (Kosmacek) Witte July 28, 1929 to Feb 13 ,2014

Blue Hill resident Mary Alice (Kosmacek) Witte, 84, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings. Rosary will be Monday February 17, 2014, at 7 P.m. at the Merten-Butler Mortuary Chapel in Blue Hill, Nebraska.
Mary Alice Kosmacek was born to Frank and Mary Lukas Kosmacek July 28, 1929  near Spring Ranch in Adams County.  She attended Antioch School and then helped her father as her mother died when she was six years old.  She also helped care for other children and the elderly. 
She married  Ronald Clemet Witte Sept. 24, 1956 at Holy Trinity Catholic church in Blue Hill, Nebraska To this union six children were born. 
They lived and farmed in the Blue Hill area for many years then retired and moved to Hastings, Ne. 
Mary was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Alter Society.  She also taught CCD classes.
Mary is survived by her six children,   Marilyn Ann Alber (Roger) of Blue Hill,  Ann Marie Krontz (Ed) of Hastings,  Kathleen Susan Woodward (Robert) if Grand Junction, Colorado , Ronda Lynn Mary Hinrich (Jeffery)of Hastings, Linda Louise Duncan (Dave) of Frnaklin and Alan Leland Witte (Heather Lea-Ann Mclean) of Hastings. She is also survived by on brother, Frankie (Joann) Kosmacek, Glenvil, Nebraska; one sister-in-law, Rodie Kosmacek, Kennesaw Georgia; 17 grand children and six great grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Ronald, (October 30, 1989)  Two brothers; Joe and Rudy Kosmacek
 Rosary is 7 p.m. Monday at Merten-Butler Mortuary Chapel in Blue Hill.
Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Blue Hill with the Very Rev. James Schrader officiating. Burial is at Blue Hill Catholic Cemetery in Blue Hill.
 Visitation is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials can be directed to Holy Trinity Catholic Church or the American Heart Association.

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