Adeline Marie Bartunek (1922-2016)

Adeline Marie Bartunek, age 94, died on Nov. 29, 2016, in Salina. She was born on Feb. 1, 1922, in Lincoln County, the daughter of John Alouis and Agnes Stehno Klema. She grew up in Kanopolis and graduated in 1940 from Kanopolis High School.

Adeline married William E. Bartunek in 1941, and they farmed in rural Ellsworth County near Black Wolf until his death on March 29, 1976. Adeline was a housewife and a great cook. She began making wedding cakes for friends and family in the 1950s. She moved into Ellsworth in 1976, and for 20 years continued baking special occasion and wedding cakes for others. In 2009, she moved to Salina where she resided until her death.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Bartunek; daughter, Marilyn Jo Bettenbrock; parents, John and Agnes Klema; brothers, Victor, Rudolph, Richard, and Arthur Klema; sister, Mildred Katzenmeier; granddaughter, Jennifer Leigh Bartunek; and special friend, Joe Dolechek.

She leaves to mourn her passing two sons, William D. Bartunek (Donna), Salina; David E. Bartunek (Mary Alice), Pueblo, Colo.; one brother, John Klema (Edna), Great Bend; one sister, Shirley Krug, Spring Hill, Fla.; one sister-in-law, Elsie Foran, Hutchinson; eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, three great-great-granddaughters, and many other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4 at Parsons Funeral Home, Ellsworth.

Funeral service is at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Ellsworth County Cancer Fund, in care of Parsons Funeral Home, PO Box 45, Ellsworth, Kan. 67439.

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