Maxine Elda Leah Maresch, 102, Rush Center, Kansas, died Sunday, June 7, 2020, at Rush County Memorial Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, La Crosse, Kansas.
Maxine was born August 18, 1917, at the family farm southwest of Rush Center, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob Henry and Mary Josephine Barbara (Meyer) Weltmer. She was a lifelong resident of Rush County, Kansas. A 1939 graduate of La Crosse High School, La Crosse, Kansas, she worked alongside her husband, Lester as a farm wife and homemaker.
Maxine was a member of the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas, the Rush County Historical Society, La Crosse, Kansas, Ellis County Historical Society, Hays, Kansas, and the Kansas Genealogical Society, Dodge City, Kansas, Walnut Valley Senior Center, Rush Center, Kansas, and Sixty Plus Club, La Crosse, Kansas.
On June 8, 1941, she married Lester Wolter Maresch at Rush Center, Kansas. He preceded her in death February 28, 1988.
Survivors include: one son, Daryl Maresch (Shirley, Nekoma, Kansas; three daughters, Bonita Oliva (Leo, Woodston, Kansas, Sharon Hays (David, Rush Center, Kansas, and Judy Coen, Hays, Kansas; seven grandchildren, Daniel Pabst, Logan, Kansas, Dana Pabst, Jacksonville, Oregon, Michael Hays (Michelle, Eaton, Colorado, Matthew Hays (Kimberly, Perry, Kansas, Nathan Maresch (Shu Hua, New Cambria, Kansas, Jenna Hardy (Nathan, Norton, Kansas, and Timothy Maresch, Miami, Florida; nine great grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Claude Weltmer; and two sisters, Fern Davidson, and Ruth Hauenstein.
There will be a private graveside service and interment.
In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to the Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Centers or Gideons International.
Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.janousekfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.