Alvina "Vickie" Smith

Alvina "Vickie" Smith, age 90, entered into rest Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at her residence at Wheatridge Apartments in Atwood, KS. She was born June 3, 1931 at her family farm near Herndon, KS, in Rawlins County, the fifth child of Otto and Elizabeth (Kirchner) Sattler. She was baptized into the Catholic Faith and remained Catholic until death. She graduated from Herndon High School in 1949.

On Sept. 12, 1950, she married Ernest J. Riepl and to this union they were blessed with 3 children: Diana, Becky and Allen. Ernest died Dec. 4, 1972. On June 4, 1976 she married Dan Smith. Dan died March 25, 2008. She outlived 2 husbands and a son.

Vickie enjoyed living on the farm, raising chickens, milking cows, canning, baking, quilting, sewing and many other housewife duties. She made over 500 quilts. She always arranged to have the baby chickens ready to butcher the first day after school was out! The town kids got to go to the swimming pool. Vickie's kids got to butcher chickens and hang the clothes out on the clothesline. However, the town kids probably didn't have the blessing of getting off the school bus to the smell of fresh baked bread that the butter just melted on and was "oh so good!"

Vickie kept very active with the Koffee Klatch Hobby Club for many years. She was a member of the Christian Mothers Altar Society both at St. John's Church and Sacred Heart in Atwood. She helped make many rosaries for the Rosary Makers. She waited tables at the Buffalo Restaurant and Chris's Cafe and helped at the Snack Shack. She also helped the Scrappy Gals tie many quilts over the years.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her two husbands; sisters, LaVern Calhoun, Roseanna McAdams and Eleanor Romine; brothers, George and Kenny Sattler; son Allen Riepl; niece Jeannie Jobs; nephew Bobby McAdams and son-in-law Leon Lang.

Survivors include daughters, Diana (Mike) Tongish and Becky R. Lang, all of Atwood; 2 grandsons, (She was Grandma Giggles to them) Isaah (Betsy) Lang of Wichita, KS and Johnny (Jessica) Lang of Hays, KS; 4 great grandchildren, Carter and Ellee Lang of Hays, KS and Cameron and Hayden Lang of Wichita, KS; 3 sisters, Margaret McLaren of Chanute, KS, Doris (Dennis) Riener of Palisade, NE and Bernadine Pfannenstiel of Westminster, CO; sister-in-law Janice Sattler of Atwood, KS and many other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

A Memorial Mass will take place at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 3, 2022, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Atwood, with a Rosary prior to the service at 10:00 a.m.. Inurnment will take place in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Beardsley. Memorials may be made to the St. John's Cemetery maintenance fund and sent in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com