Elizabeth Lucille Gellhaus

Elizabeth L. "Betty" Gellhaus, age 87, of Paola, Kansas, formerly of Greeley, Kansas, passed away February 1, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Betty was born January 31, 1926 at Greeley, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Wolken) Lickteig. Betty grew up in Greeley, attending grade school at St. John's School. She attended high school at the Ursuline Academy in Paola, graduating in 1944. She then took a couple of years of college at the Academy before moving to Kansas City where she worked as a junior accountant at TWA. On April 3, 1948 she married Bernard C. Gellhaus at St. John's in Greeley. They made their first home in Wea, Kansas, living there until moving to their farm north of Greeley in 1949. Betty was a homemaker while raising her children. She was a Stanley Home Products representative from the 1960's until the time of her death. Betty was an active member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Greeley, serving as President of the Altar Society in 1984. She began teaching CCD in the mid 1970's and taught all levels through 2003. From 1985 - 2009 Betty was the Director of Religious Education for the Garnett region. In 1965 she started as the St. John's ACCW representative, she served as president in 1982, 1983, and 1984. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bernard on June 19, 1999; two grandchildren, Josephine Gellhaus and Ted Hardy; three sisters; Beatrice Gilner, Agatha Meyers, and Irma Miller; and six brothers, Alfred, Raymond, Lester, Dominic and Reverend Fergus Lickteig, O.Carm, and Reverend Bernard Lickteig, O. Carm. She is survived by her children, Cathy Burson and husband, Bill, of Paola, Kansas, Peggy Gellhaus of Gardner, Kansas, Lester Gellhaus and wife, Vicki, of Lyndon, Kansas, Jane Adams and husband, Chuck, of Leonardtown, Maryland, Susan Jones and husband, Steve, of Paola, Clem Gellhaus of Mayetta, Kansas, Martin Gellhaus and wife, Carolyn, of Burlington, Kansas, Cindy Hardy and husband, Garren, of Olathe, Kansas, Bart Gellhaus of Greeley, Kansas; 15 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and her brother Francis Lickteig of Shawnee, Kansas. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Greeley. Burial will follow in the St. Boniface Cemetery, Scipio, Kansas. The family will greet friends following a wake service at 6:30 PM, Tuesday evening at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Altar Society and sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .