Amelia "Clara" Belle Ebert

Amelia “Clara” Belle (Volmer) Ebert, 90, of Flush, Kansas, passed away at Mercy Regional Hospital on January 1, 2012. Mrs. Ebert was born May 27, 1921 on her family farm south east of St. Paul, Kansas, the daughter of George A. and Rose (Knott) Volmer. She attended grade school at Odele, in Neosho County and graduated from St. Francis High School in St. Paul, KS. She worked at Frisco Funeral Home, Frontenac, KS; Frank Dick’s Shirt Factory, Tent and Awing Sewing in Wichita, KS making backpacks for The United States Army; and two and one half years at Cessna Air Craft Factory in Wichita, KS building planes for the war effort. Mrs. Ebert met Benedict “Dick” Ebert in Wichita in 1943, and the two were married on September 11, 1945 in St. Paul, KS. Dick was Honorably Discharged from the United States Army on October 16, 1946 in San Francisco, California and they returned to Flush, Kansas and worked side by side on their farm. She also drove a school bus for USD 323 Westmoreland Schools for many years. Dick preceded her in death on May 24, 2004. She was a member of the Westmoreland American Legion Auxiliary. She served as a member, officer and division leader of the St. Joseph’s Altar Society at Flush. She enjoyed working with the Flush women at church activities, and always had numerous “fancy work” articles for sale at the annual Flush Picnic. Her hobbies were cooking for family, caring for grandchildren, sewing, crocheting and quilting. She loved being a farmer’s wife. Her favorite time of the year was during the wheat harvest season and smelling the aroma of the fresh cut alfalfa. She took extreme pride in her large garden, preserving the produce and helping family, friends and neighbors. Clara Belle is survived by five children, her sons: Stephen Ebert and wife Diane, of Westmoreland, KS, George Ebert and fiancée Janelle Trummel, rural St. George, KS, Donald Ebert and his wife JoAnn, of Wamego, KS; her daughters: Rose Ann Kuhlman and husband Kelly, of Apache Junction, AZ, and Mary Clara Siderewicz and her husband Tom, of Westmoreland, KS; her 12 grandchildren: Erin White, Brice Ebert, Cheryl Lee and Lisa Switzer children of Steve and Diane Ebert; Nicole Peter and Kallie Siderewicz children of Mary and Tom Siderewicz; Amy Jackson, Amanda Krohn, Brett Ebert, and Heather Williams children of George Ebert; Kim White and Brandon Ebert children of Don and JoAnn Ebert; along with 18 great-grandchildren, one sister Rose Mary O’Toole of Girard, KS, and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ebert was preceded in death by her parents George and Rose Volmer; grandson Jerome Michael Siderewicz; three brothers George Volmer, Cecil Volmer and William Volmer; two sisters Vera Diskin, and Garnett Boaz. Celebration of Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 5, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Flush, KS. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Ebert will lie in-state at the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego beginning at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, where family will greet friends during a visitation from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. followed with a Rosary recited at 7:00 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church or Westmoreland Community Care Home and may be left in care of Stewart Funeral Home, PO Box 48, 66547.