Gertrude A. Wetzel, 74, died Jan. 19, 2016, at her home. She was born Dec. 22, 1941, in Spearville, the daughter of Paul and Anna Marie (Suppes) Schmidt.
Gertrude was a 1960 graduate of Offerle High School and obtained a R.N. from the Dominican Scool of Nursing in Great Bend in 1963. She married Louis R. Wetzel on October 26, 1963 in Offerle. They own and operate a farm / ranch in rural Offerle encompassing all areas of farm life! She was a registered nurse at the Edwards County Hospital from 1963-1966 and a florist at Colony Floral in Kinsley since 1993.
Louis survives with sons, Ron P. Wetzel of Topeka and Scott W. Wetzel of Offerle; brothers, Gerald P. Schmidt of Spearville, Don Schmidt of Offerle and John T. Schmidt of Spearville; sister, Dorothy M. Konrade of Offerle; grandchildren Cassidy Nicole Wetzel and Austin Brett Wetzel and a great-grandson Braxton Kale Shelite.
Vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and Funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Offerle, with Father John Strasser officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Bucklin. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Prairie or the church, in care of McKillip Funeral Home, Kinsley.
Hospice of the Prairie
200 Fourth Circle, Dodge City KS 67801
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Offerle KS 67563
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