Mary Wabaunsee 1946-2017
Mary Theresa “Monnie” Wabaunsee, 70, Mayetta, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at her home.
She was born Oct. 7, 1946, in Topeka, the daughter of Lou and Freda Jane Nozhackum Wabaunsee. She graduated from St. Paul’s Indian Mission in Marty, S.D., and spent most of her life on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation.
Ms. Wabaunsee was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
She married David Derby. They divorced.
Survivors include two daughters, Michelle Wabaunsee and JoAnn Letcher, both of Mayetta; three sisters, W. Goffy Wabaunsee, Mayetta, Lois “Louie” Dominguez, Wichita, and Frances Wabaunsee, Mayetta; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lou and Freda Wabaunsee; two sisters, Louella “Henry” Wabaunsee and Marsha Ferrari; and three brothers, Ralph Wabnum, Richard Wabaunsee and Fred Wabaunsee.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church. A rosary will be held at 6 p.m. today at Sister Therese Klepac Hall, with visitation to follow. Burial will be held at a later date in the Shipshee Cemetery. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
