The world has lost a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend. On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Miriam S. (Bellendir) Wasinger, 93, went to live with her loving savior, husband, sons, parents, brothers & sisters.
Miriam was born on April 30, 1922, in Wamego, Kansas to Adam & Catherine (Brungardt) Bellendir. She married Andrew J. Wasinger on July 19, 1944, in Victoria, Kansas. He died January 3, 1993.
Miriam spent most of her life as a stay at home mom taking care of her son, Clifford. She was a founding member of the Anderson School of Hope in Victoria, Kansas. She worked 20 years as a Senior Companion at St. John’s Rest Home in Victoria until its closure in 2012. She was a member of The Basilica of St. Fidelis, Daughters of Isabella and Christian Mothers Altar Society all of Victoria, Kansas. She lived the last year at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays.
Miriam was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew of 49 years; sons, Ronald, Clifford and John; parents; brothers, Vitus, Ralph, Vernon, Vitus and Marvin; sisters, Rita Scheck & Bernadette Baier.
She is survived by one son, Lloyd (Debbie), Manhattan, KS; two daughters, Mary (Marvin) Bittel, Hays, KS; Rose Ann (Brian) Brown, Gladstone, MO; one daughter-in-law Rita Wasinger, Overland Park, KS; two sisters-in-law, Vera Bellendir, Great Bend, KS; Katie Bellendir, Victoria, KS; one brother-in-law, Edwin Scheck, Russell, KS; 13 grandchildren, Ronald (Lou Wadzinski) Wasinger, San Diego, CA; Renee (Brian) Bolte, Sand Springs, OK; Randy (Mary) Wasinger, Overland Park, KS; Rick Wasinger, Overland Park, KS; Ryan (Tonya) Wasinger, Overland Park, KS; Rebecca (David) Coady, Kansas City, MO; Laura Wasinger, Manhattan, KS; Nick Wasinger, Manhattan, KS; Tonya (Shawn) Sweat, Kansas City, MO; Sheryl (Joe Hillebrand) Bittel, Hays, KS; Andrea (Gus) Batres, Gladstone, MO; John (Angela) Brown, Kansas City, MO; Jennifer (John) Poston, Carrollton, MO; 26 great-grandchildren, Kayla, Kristen & Nathan Bolte; MacKenzie, Zoe, Andrew & Faith Wasinger; Cooper & Carson Wasinger; Easton, Jaxson & Kamari Wasinger; Alaina, Ian & Julia Coady; Evan Wasinger; Hannah & Ryan Sweat; Keighden; Allison, Alex & Leah Hillebrand; Gus & Anakin Batres; Ava & Macelyn Brown; with #27 expected in May of 2016.
Services are at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 12, 2015, at The Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas. Burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery Victoria, Kansas.
A vigil service is at 6:45 P.M. Friday, followed by a Victoria Daughters of Isabella and Christian Mothers Altar Society rosary at 7:00 P.M. Friday, all at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.
Visitation is from 5:00 to 9:00 P.M. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Saturday, at Cline’s Mortuary Victoria, Kansas.
Memorials can be made to the Ronald J. Wasinger Melanoma Research Fund, The Basilica of St. Fidelis or The Fort Hays Senior Companion Program.
Condolences can be sent via e-mail to [email protected].