Marcella O. Lutters

Marcella O. Lutters, 87, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom.

She was born Jan. 16, 1923, northwest of Ransom to Joseph P. and Matilda Elizabeth Young Kraus. She attend Pink School north of Ransom all eight grades.

She married Joseph F. Lutters on July 31, 1945, in Ransom. He preceded her in death March 4, 1980. She was the piano player for the family band "Nubs and his Nubbins," which played at many barn dances and weddings.

She was a devoted wife, mother of 13, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.

She was a member of St. Aloysius Church and Altar Society and the Daughters of Isabella. She was very devoted to the church and her Christian faith.

Survivors include five sons, Joe E. Lutters and wife, Patti, and Bill Lutters, all of Ness City, Ed Lutters and wife, Terri, Buena Vista, Colo., Jim Lutters and Richard Lutters, both of Ransom; seven daughters, Mary Funk and husband, Mel, Nortonville, Carol Dumbar and husband, George, Buena Vista, Jeanette Hornung, Dodge City, Geraldine Offutt and husband, Kent, Coldwater, Barbara Summers and husband, Dave, Scott City, Kathy Sunley and husband, Rich, Ransom, and Debbie Wantland and husband, Ron, Pueblo; 29 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Cecilia in September 1961; eight brothers, Albert, Early, Ralph, Leo, Norbert, Hugo, Florian and Cyril; and two sisters, Lena Hilmes and Josephine Ketzner.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Aloysius Church, Ransom; burial in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Ransom.

A vigil/rosary will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Memorials are suggested to St. Aloysius Altar Society, Grisell Memorial Hospital or Rhode Island Suites in care of Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City.