Eleanor Josephine Bauer, Burdett
September 15, 1932 - November 9, 2023
Eleanor Josephine Bauer, 91, passed away November 9, 2023 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.
She was born September 15, 1932 in Ellinwood, Kansas, the daughter of David Frederick and Frances Josephine Sprinker Hammeke.
She was raised in Ellinwood and graduated from Ellinwood High School. She moved to Burdett in 1952. She was a homemaker, loved cooking and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Altar Society, Holy Rosary Altar Society and Burdett Seniors.
On April 26, 1952 she married Lawrence L. Bauer in Ellinwood, Kansas; he passed away December 6, 2013.
Survivors include four sons, Tom (Karen) Bauer, Denton, Texas, Brad (Shelley) Bauer, Burdett, Alan (Mary) Bauer, Rogers, Arkansas, and Dana Bauer, Burdett; one daughter, Annette (Kent) Reece, Burdett; two brothers, Robert (Bernadine) Hammeke, Rozel and Richard Hammeke, Ellinwood; two sister-in-laws, Louise Hammeke and Angie Hammeke, both of Ellinwood; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-nine great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by; her parents; four sisters, Ethel Ringwald, Bernice Bryant, Kathleen Dauber, and Alice Fountain; two brothers, Vernon Hammeke and Keith Hammeke.
Funeral Mass will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2023 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned, with Father Anselm Eke and Father Bernard Felix presiding. Visitation will be Sunday, November 12, 2023, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the mortuary, vigil service and rosary will be at 6 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Larned. Burial will be at Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett.
Memorials may be given to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church or Burdett Seniors, Inc. in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.
Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
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