Adeline Marie Bartunek, 94, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Salina. She was born Feb. 1, 1922, in Lincoln County, the daughter of John Alouis and Agnes Stehno Klema. She grew up in Kanopolis and graduated in 1940 from Kanopolis High School.
Adeline married William E. Bartunek in 1941, and they farmed in rural Ellsworth County, near Black Wolf, until his death on March 29, 1976. Adeline was a housewife and a great cook. She began making wedding cakes for friends and family in the 1950s. She moved to Ellsworth in 1976, and for 20 years continued baking special occasion and wedding cakes for others. In 2009, she moved to Salina, where she resided until her death.
She is survived by: sons, William D. Bartunek (Donna), of Salina; David E. Bartunek (Mary Alice), of Pueblo, Colo.; brother, John Klema (Edna), of Great Bend; sister, Shirley Krug, of Spring Hill, Fla.; sister-in-law, Elsie Foran, of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-granddaughters; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by: husband, William E. Bartunek; daughter, Marilyn Jo Bettenbrock; parents, John and Agnes Klema; brothers, Victor, Rudolph, Richard and Arthur Klema; sister, Mildred Katzenmeier; granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Bartunek; and special friend, Joe Dolechek.
Adeline married William E. Bartunek in 1941, and they farmed in rural Ellsworth County, near Black Wolf, until his death on March 29, 1976. Adeline was a housewife and a great cook. She began making wedding cakes for friends and family in the 1950s. She moved to Ellsworth in 1976, and for 20 years continued baking special occasion and wedding cakes for others. In 2009, she moved to Salina, where she resided until her death.
She is survived by: sons, William D. Bartunek (Donna), of Salina; David E. Bartunek (Mary Alice), of Pueblo, Colo.; brother, John Klema (Edna), of Great Bend; sister, Shirley Krug, of Spring Hill, Fla.; sister-in-law, Elsie Foran, of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-granddaughters; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by: husband, William E. Bartunek; daughter, Marilyn Jo Bettenbrock; parents, John and Agnes Klema; brothers, Victor, Rudolph, Richard and Arthur Klema; sister, Mildred Katzenmeier; granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Bartunek; and special friend, Joe Dolechek.
Adeline Marie Bartunek, 94, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Salina. She was born Feb. 1, 1922, in Lincoln County, the daughter of John Alouis and Agnes Stehno Klema. She grew up in Kanopolis and graduated in 1940 from Kanopolis High School.
Adeline married William E. Bartunek in 1941, and they farmed in rural Ellsworth County, near Black Wolf, until his death on March 29, 1976. Adeline was a housewife and a great cook. She began making wedding cakes for friends and family in the 1950s. She moved to Ellsworth in 1976, and for 20 years continued baking special occasion and wedding cakes for others. In 2009, she moved to Salina, where she resided until her death.
She is survived by: sons, William D. Bartunek (Donna), of Salina; David E. Bartunek (Mary Alice), of Pueblo, Colo.; brother, John Klema (Edna), of Great Bend; sister, Shirley Krug, of Spring Hill, Fla.; sister-in-law, Elsie Foran, of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-granddaughters; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by: husband, William E. Bartunek; daughter, Marilyn Jo Bettenbrock; parents, John and Agnes Klema; brothers, Victor, Rudolph, Richard and Arthur Klema; sister, Mildred Katzenmeier; granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Bartunek; and special friend, Joe Dolechek.
Adeline married William E. Bartunek in 1941, and they farmed in rural Ellsworth County, near Black Wolf, until his death on March 29, 1976. Adeline was a housewife and a great cook. She began making wedding cakes for friends and family in the 1950s. She moved to Ellsworth in 1976, and for 20 years continued baking special occasion and wedding cakes for others. In 2009, she moved to Salina, where she resided until her death.
She is survived by: sons, William D. Bartunek (Donna), of Salina; David E. Bartunek (Mary Alice), of Pueblo, Colo.; brother, John Klema (Edna), of Great Bend; sister, Shirley Krug, of Spring Hill, Fla.; sister-in-law, Elsie Foran, of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-granddaughters; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by: husband, William E. Bartunek; daughter, Marilyn Jo Bettenbrock; parents, John and Agnes Klema; brothers, Victor, Rudolph, Richard and Arthur Klema; sister, Mildred Katzenmeier; granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Bartunek; and special friend, Joe Dolechek.
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