(KAIR)--COVID-19 has claimed the life of an Atchison County native.

According to the obituary for Luetta “Lulu” Arensberg, she died May 7 following what the obituary calls “a ferocious fight” with the virus. Arensberg was 92.

Born near Nortonville on December 28, 1927, Arensberg had been a resident of Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village, Kansas since June, 2017.

The wife of Lee Arensberg, who died in 2017, the couple of nearly 65-years was known locally for their management of the former Arensberg Shoes, in downtown Atchison.

Atchison’s Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Arensberg, which include a private family service, followed by burial in Atchison’s Mount Calvary Cemetery.