Phillipsburg resident Mary Ann Merklein passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 at the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, at the age of 94.

She was born January 25, 1925 in Stuttgart, KS the daughter of Fred and Barbara (Weinman) Preuss.

She was united in marriage to Ehrhart Merklein on April 11, 1948 in Stuttgart, KS. He survives.

Other survivors include her two daughters, Jane Kirchhoff and Jolene Posson, both of Stuttgart, KS; two grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Verna Huiting, also of Stuttgart.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stuttgart, KS with Pastor Lorna Paulus officiating. Burial will follow in Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Stuttgart.

Mrs. Merklein will lie in state from noon to 9 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, Phillipsburg, KS 67661.

Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church or Prairie Wind Villa.