Otillia “Tillie” Augustine, age 84 of Ellis, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at Via Christi Village, Hays. She was born March 23, 1931 in Ransom, Kansas to Paul and Mary (Augustine) Flax. She married Leonard Joseph Augustine on August 21, 1950 at St. Mary’s Church in Ellis.
Tillie was a homemaker and farmwife. She was very active in running the family’s dairy farm. In 1977 she went to work at Mid-America Dairy until 1993. She then worked part time for Alloways’ restaurant until her retirement. Tillie was strong in her Catholic faith and was active in St. Mary’s church and the Daughters of Isabella. Her hobbies were taking care of her family and traveling to music halls with Leonard while he played polka music with the Dutch Masters.
She is survived by her husband, Leonard of Hays; children, Loretta (Elmer) Zerr, Melvin (Becky) Augustine all of Salina, Dewayne “Dewey” (Pam) Augustine, Kenneth “Luther”(Donna) Augustine all of Colby, Richard (Deanna) Augustine of Hays, Michael (Linda) Augustine of Ellis, Randy (Elaine) Augustine of Hays, Darrell Augustine, Leonard Jr. (Cheryl) Augustine all of Ellis, Kathy (Rod) Stack all of Salina, Timothy (Lori) Augustine of Ellis and Mark (Noalee) Augustine of Hays; sisters, Sr. Loretta Clara Flax of Hays, Eleanor (Leon) Dreher of Englewood, CO and Barbara (Raymond) Sanders of Longmont, CO; a sister-in-law, Millie Flax of Hays; 24 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Twila Younger, a brother, Frank Flax, a grandson, Eric Augustine, brothers-in-law, Mark Younger and Leon Dreher
Funeral services will be 10 AM Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellis with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM with a D of I rosary at 6:30 PM followed by a parish vigil at 7:00 PM all at St. Mary’s Church.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Mary’s Church or Via Christi Village, Hays.
Arrangements in care of Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E 17th Ellis, KS 67637. Condolences may be sent by guest book to www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to keithleyfuneralhomes@gmail.com.