Ilene M. Lundy, 99, formerly of Hiawatha, died at Midlands Hospital, Papillion, Nebraska, Friday morning, May 26, 2017.

Ilene was born northeast of Falls city, Nebraska, January 25, 1918, to the late Lawrence and Edith Gerwick Bauman. She was a lifelong resident of the southeast Nebraska/Northeast Kansas area. Ilene graduated from Falls City High School.  She later attended and graduated from Platt Gard Business College in St. Joseph, Missouri.  She went to work for Triple AAA Office in Falls City, where she was employed until the time of her marriage.

In October, 1940, she married William I. Lundy of Shubert, Nebraska. They lived in Hiawatha, Kansas all of their married life where he worked in the engineering department for Kansas Power and Light until retiring.   She worked for some time at the Hiawatha Daily World, the Soil Conservation Service.  In December 1952, she went to work for the Kansas Power and Light Company, where she worked until she retired January 31, 1981.  He died November 5, 2011.

Mrs. Lundy was a longtime member of St. Ann Catholic Church of Hiawatha; and the Altar Society of the Church.  She enjoyed embroidery and making doll clothes for her grand-daughters.  She loved playing cards and belonged to several card clubs over the years.  She taught all her grandchildren card and board games and spent hours playing with them.

Survivors include a daughter, Judith Welton (Myron) of LaVista, Nebraska; a son James (Dorothy) Lundy of Minot, North Dakota; a sister Mary Lou Barrow of Lodi, California; grandchildren:  Craig Lundy, Philip Lundy, Sarah Holtzmann (Patrick), Jennifer Sheeran (Chris), Mariah Crouser (Mark)  Shannah Portwood (Nathan)  great-grandchildren:  Kieran Lundy, Jason, Savannah, Elizabeth, and Christopher Holtzmann, Addison and Liam Sheeran, Crosby, Wrenna and Maylee Crouser, Alexi and Livia Portwood.

Ilene was also preceded in death by a brother Sylvester Bauman, and a sister Lorraine Albert.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 Noon Thursday, June 1, at St. Ann Catholic Church in Hiawatha, with Father Dan Gardner officiating.  Interment will follow at Hiawatha Cemetery.

A Parish Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Wednesday, at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, with the family visiting with friends following rosary until 8 p.m.

Memorial contributions are suggested to  Alzheimer’s Association sent in care of the funeral home, 124 S 7th St., Hiawatha, KS 66434  www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com