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Eugene Sittenauer
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Eugene E. "Gene"
Sittenauer
1931 - 2016
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Obituary for Eugene E. "Gene" Sittenauer

Eugene E. "Gene"  Sittenauer
Eugene E. “Gene” Sittenauer of Nortonville, KS, passed away November 21, 2016 at Santa Marta Retirement Community in Olathe, KS.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, November 26, 2016 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Nortonville, with Abbot James Albers as Celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. A parish rosary will be recited at the church at 6:00 pm, Friday, November 25, 2016 with visitation to follow until 8:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict’s Abbey (Atchison), St. Joseph Catholic Church (Nortonville), Alzheimer’s Association, or Laney Ledbetter liver disease fund. Friends may call at the O’Trimble Funeral Home, Nortonville after 9:00 AM, Friday, until Gene is moved to the church for the rosary. Words of comfort and remembrance may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.

Gene was born August 26, 1931 in St. Joseph, MO, the second of eight children of Mathias and Elizabeth (Theis) Sittenauer. Gene graduated from Maur Hill High School in 1949.

Gene worked at Blish-Mize & Silliman in Atchison after graduation. He began working in 1951 at Petree Propane in Horton, KS until he served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955. Following his military service, Gene went to work at Weishaar Brothers, Inc., Nortonville. In 1967, along with partners, he purchased Weishaar Brothers and worked there until his retirement and the sale of the business.

Until his move to Kansas City in 2014, Gene was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Nortonville, where he was involved in parish council, was a lector, Eucharistic minister and canter. Gene was a 3rd Degree member of the Knights of Columbus and a member of the Lions Club and American Legion.

Gene married Darlene Weishaar on October 16, 1951 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Nortonville. Darlene survives at Santa Marta, Olathe, KS. Gene’s eight children also survive: Patty (Ed) Clinkinbeard, Jeanne (Norman) Clark, Diane (Larry) Babcock, Karen (Calvin) Ledbetter, Annette (Mike) Steinke, Cathy (Arlin) Mast, Mark (Francie) Sittenauer and Beth (Mark) Wilson; as well as 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother George Sittenauer and sisters, Angela Hegarty, Betty Albers, Mary Kay Harris and Judy Curtis. Gene was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Charlie and Ken.
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