Edna Mae Wolters, age 95, of Atchison, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 17, 2021 at Vintage Park in Atchison.

Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Benedict Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Parish rosary will be recited on Friday, May 21st at 6:00 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict Parish, Mount St. Scholastica or Maur Hill-Mount Academy and may be left in care of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home.  

Edna Mae was born on March 29, 1926, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of James C. and Florence (Killion) Morley. She attended and graduated high school from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in Atchison.

She and William H. “Bill” Wolters, Jr. were united in marriage on June 10, 1950, at St. Benedict Church in Atchison. They welcomed their daughter Stephanie in 1959, to complete their family. They shared sixty-five years together before Mr. Wolters preceded her in death on October 14, 2015.

Edna Mae above all things was a wonderful homemaker and mother. She was a lifelong member of St. Benedict Parish, the church Altar Society, the church choir and served as a Eucharistic Minister for many years. She gave countless contributions of her time and love to her church and previously served as the secretary and bookkeeper. Edna Mae enjoyed playing bridge at the mount roundelay.

She is survived by her daughter, Stephanie (Max Fleming) Wolters, Addison, TX; niece, Karen LaPlant, Buffalo, MN; nephew, Rick Morley, Cross Lake, MN; sisters-in-law, Roberta Wolters, Catherine (Jim) Lahey, Gere Greene, Terry Wolters, Sr. Dorothy Wolters, OSB, Theresa (Ray) Miller; brother-in-law, Mike (Connie) Wolters; and numerous additional nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; step-mother, Anne Morley; husband, Bill; brother, Jim Morley; and two nephews, Mike and Dave Morley; brothers-in-law, John, Phil and Tom Wolters; sister-in-law, Margaret Mary Johannes and countless other Morley, Killion and Wolters family members.