SHAWNEE — Marietta A. Wendler, 70, of Shawnee, died April 19th, 2022, at The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City. She was born April 12th, 1952, in Jetmore, the daughter of Leo and Wilhelmina Giessel. She graduated from Ness City High School in 1970 and attended Barton County Community College. She worked for many years as a certified medical records clerk for Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, Kan. She married her first husband Alan “Al” Wendler on Aug. 25, 1972, and had three children Alicia, Aaron and Mark. After Al passed in 2010, Marietta moved to Kansas City to be near her children. 

She was an active member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Shawnee, Kan., where she later met Chris Miller of Shawnee, Kan. They were married Oct. 16, 2021. 

Survivors include spouse, Chris Miller, Shawnee, Kan.; a daughter, Alicia Wendler, Kansas City, Mo.; two sons Aaron (Jill) Wendler, Shawnee, Kan. and Mark Wendler, Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren, Dason, Will, Evan, and Jules; three sisters, Marlene (Jon) Risley, Dighton, Kan., Carol (Craig) Bain, Ness City, Kan., and Donna (Ron) Goetz, Hoisington, Kan.; two sisters-in-law, Lora (Bob) Olivier, Gardner, Kan., Deanna Giessel, Nevada, Mo.; and mother-in-law, Genevieve Wendler, Olathe, Kan. She was preceded in death by her husband Alan “Al” Wendler; parents; and two brothers, Lester and Jim. 

Cremation has taken place. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 5th, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Shawnee, Kan. A private family inurnment service will be Saturday, May 7th 2022, at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Ness City. Memorial contributions may be given to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, sent in care of Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, 214 Oak St., Bonner Springs, KS 66012.

Funeral arrangements provided by

Alden-Harrington Funeral Home 

214 Oak Street 

Bonner Springs, KS 66012

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, May 4, 2022