Joseph Zellner

JOSEPH W. (JOE) ZELLNER, SR., AGE 83 , PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 2006 AT HIS HOME IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. JOE WAS BORN MAY 7, 1923 AT PILOT POINT, TEXAS, THE SON OF JOSEPH & ANNIE MAIER ZELLNER. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BOULWARE MERCANTILE FROM 1946 THROUGH 1958 AND HAS FARMED IN WICHITA COUNTY, KANSAS SINCE. HE WAS A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. JOE & HIS WIFE FLORENCE CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST FEBRUARY WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS. JOE'S MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS ON FEBRUARY 19, 1946 HE MARRIED FLORENCE BAKER AT MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. SHE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 12, 2006 AT SCOTT CITY, KANSAS. JOE'S SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE SONS JOE, JR. & CONNIE ZELLNER - LEOTI, KANSAS BEN ZELLNER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS GARY ZELLNER- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS THREE DAUGHTERS GERALDINE & JIM RIDDER- LENEXA, KANSAS MARY & BRET LYNXWILER- WICHITA, KANSAS FLORENCE & STEVE KOUGH- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS ONE BROTHER- JOHN ZELLNER- GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO ONE SISTER- MARIE BECKER- LOUISVILLE, TEXAS NINE GRANDCHILDREN NEIL RIDDER- OLATHE, KANSAS AMANDA ( RIDDER) WAIT- HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA ASHLEY LYNXWILER- WICHITA, KANSAS CODY LYNXWILER- WICHITA, KANSAS MEGAN LYNXWILER- WICHITA, KANSAS STEPHANIE KOUGH- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS NICHOLAS KOUGH- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS K.C. KOUGH- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS SCOTT KOUGH- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD LOGAN RIDDER- OLATHE, KANSAS HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS, RAY ZELLNER & LOUIS ZELLNER. VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006, AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2, 2006, AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS WITH FATHER BENJAMIN MARTIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY CEMETERY, MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE JOE ZELLNER, SR. MEMORIAL FUND OR TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME. E-CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO pricefh@wbsnet.org