Pauline Gertrude Schimpf
Pauline Gertrude Schimpf, 82, died Oct. 25, 2007, at St. Luke Hospital, Marion.
Born Nov. 16, 1924, at Pilsen, she was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Neuwirth) Spachek.
She attended school at Pilsen and graduated from Lincolnville High School in 1942.
On Jan. 8, 1946, she married William F. Schimpf.
She was a registered nurse, working at St. Luke Hospital and as an office nurse for Dr. R.R. Melton from 1962-1972. She served as Marion County public health nurse from 1972-1977.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; two brothers, Victor and Leonard Spachek; and two sisters, Lucille Britain and Almena Rodgers.
Survivors include a son, William J. Schimpf of Marion; two daughters, Cheryl Witt of Mount Vernon, Ky., and Mary Jones of Hiawatha; two brothers, John Spachek of Wichita and Andrew Spachek of San Antonio, Texas; sister, Genevieve Steiner of Wichita; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at Holy Family Parish, St. Mark Catholic Church, Marion with Fr. Hien Hguyen as celebrant.
Burial was in Marion Cemetery
