Florence Lickteig

Florence Sophia (Brummel) Lickteig, age 94, of Greeley, KS passed away January 15, 2013 at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born in rural Richmond, KS on August 23, 1918 the sixth of seven children of Frederick and Helena "Lena" (Bach) Brummel. She graduated from West Scipio School in 1932. Florence grew up during the Great Depression, and helped her "Pop" disk, cultivate and hay the fields with horse-drawn machinery and also milked, in her words "a lot of cows". She worked as a housekeeper and nanny for three different families in the Kansas City area in the mid-1930s, before moving to Elgin, Illinois in 1937 with her sister Marcella to work at the Elgin Watch factory. She returned to work in Kansas City in 1938 after factory lay-offs. In 1939, Florence moved back to her parent's farm to help care for her mother who had suffered two broken legs in a farm accident. On August 26, 1941 she married Maurice J. "Dutch" Lickteig at St. Therese Catholic Church in Richmond, KS. They made their home on the 1895 Lickteig family farm northwest of Greeley, KS and to this marriage ten children were born. Seven sons: Jacob, Ronald K., Merle, Dean, Howard, James F. and Richard; and three daughters: Nancy J., Dorothy J., and Lynn. Florence was active in St. John's Catholic Church in Greeley, and served as Vice President of the Altar Society in the 1960s. She was a 4-H group leader, and for many years in the 1960s and 1970s she and her daughters cleaned St. John's Church, a job she took great pride in doing for her faith and the community. She worked as a cook in the hot lunch program for St. John's Catholic Grade School in the early 1960s, as a cook and waitress at the Greeley Cafe from 1966 through 1975, and as a store clerk for All Star Dairy Cottage in Garnett, KS from 1976 through 1989, after which she retired. Florence liked to fish, read, play cards (pitch), and enjoyed watching KC Royals baseball. After her children were grown, she enjoyed traveling with family members across the U.S., including a special trip to Hawaii for her 70th birthday, and a favorite trip to Mt. Rushmore in 2007. She loved to play bingo and attending her children's, grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's sporting, musical, school and church events. She made ceramics as a hobby for a time, and was known for her good home cooking, baking and canning. She was devoted to Mother Mary and prayed the rosary daily, and felt fortunate to travel to St. Louis, MO in 1999 to see Pope John Paul II. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Maurice in 1997; sons, Howard in 2005 and Jim in 2011; two infant grandchildren, Jennifer and Brian Lickteig; sisters, Hildred (Mrs. Peter) Bures, Evelyn (Mrs. John H.) Roeckers, Dorothy (Mrs. Walter) Mader, Marcella (Mrs. Luke) Mader; and her brother, Elmer Brummel. She is survived by five sons: Jake and Alice Lickteig, Garnett, KS; Merle and Mary Lickteig, Overland Park, KS; Ronnie Lickteig, Dean and Diana Lickteig, and Rick and Gail Lickteig, Greeley, KS; three daughters: Nancy and Ray Lee, and Dottie Lickteig, Overland Park, KS; and Lynn Lickteig and Kevin Benjamin of Boulder, CO; daughter-in-law, Sheri Lickteig of Greeley, KS;18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; her sister, Agnes (Mrs. Clair) Mader, Garnett, KS; and many nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 19, 2013 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Greeley, Kansas. Burial will follow in the St. John's Cemetery. The family will greet friends following a rosary at 6:00 PM, Friday at the church. The family suggests contributions to St. John's Church, and sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .