Dorothy Louise Ebert

Dorothy Louise Ebert, 83, of Flush, Kansas, died Friday, August 8, 2008 at her home. She was a life long resident of the area. Dorothy was born September 3, 1924 in Greenwood area, north of Louisville, Kansas, the daughter of Antone and Marie Eckert Weixelman. She attended Greenwood School and graduated in 1942 from Wamego Rural High School. On September 3, 1946, she married Kenneth (Pete) Ebert in Flush, Kansas. He preceded her in death on November 8, 2002. Dorothy is survived by six sons, Bob and his wife, Carol, of Auburn, Alabama, Mike of Salina, Joseph of Clay Center, Ken and his wife, Karen, of Salina, Rick of St. George, Jeff and his wife, Kerri, of St. George; three daughters, Teri Brockish and her husband, Joe, of St. George, Marty Reed and her husband, Carl, of Manhattan, Deanna Pierson of Nashville, Tennessee; three brothers, Don Weixelman of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, Dennis Weixelman of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jim Weixelman of Wamego; three sisters, Antonette Novelly of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Cecilia Muckenthaler of Kettering, Ohio, Bernadine Weixelman of Blytheville, Arkansas; one sister-in-law, Betty Wingate of Folsom, California; twenty grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren and fourteen step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers, George Wingate, Louis Weixleman, Paul Weixleman; two sisters, Victoria Zoeller, Rita Meinhardt; and one grandson, Adam Brockish. Dorothy requested that her body be donated for medical research. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008 at St. Josephs Catholic Church in Flush. Father Carl Dekat will be the Celebrant. A rosary prayer service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Friday, at Campanella-Evans Mortuary in Wamego, where the family will greet friends until 8:30 p.m. They suggest memorial contributions to St. Josephs Catholic Church or Rock Creek FFA Scholarship Fund and those may be sent in care of the mortuary. Online condolences may be made at www.campanellafuneral.com.