Mildred M. Ludwig, 82, Atchison, Kansas, died Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Atchison Medicalodge. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at St. Louis Church with Fr. Benjamin Tremmel, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Louis Cemetery. A wake service will be Monday, June 27th at 6:30 P.M. in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will follow until 8:00 P.M. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Louis Church and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.arensbergpruett.com.                        

Mildred was born May 30, 1934, in the Good Intent Community, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Watowa Scherer. She attended the St. Louis Church School. 

She and Lawrence J. Ludwig were united in marriage on May 5, 1990, at St. Louis Church, Atchison, Kansas. Mr. Ludwig preceded her in death on November 19, 2008.

Mildred was employed as a nurse’s assistant at the Atchison Hospital and Cushing Memorial in Leavenworth. She then went worked at the Dwight D Eisenhower VA Medical Center in Leavenworth until her retirement in 1996.

She was a member of V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary in Atchison. Mildred enjoyed traveling and had visited 49 of the 50 states. 

Survivors include four step children, numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, Lawrence, Raymond, Alfred, Louis, and Francis Scherer.