Mary “Polly” Hermesmeyer Kline, 86, died Thursday, July 1, 2010.
Rosary was said at 7:15 p.m. Friday, July 2, in St. Theresa Catholic Church. Mass was celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 3, in the church with the Rev. Mieczyslaw Przepiora, Pastor, as celebrant. Burial was held in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Groom by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.
Polly was born and raised in Jericho, north of Clarendon. She married and moved to Amarillo and followed her military husband on many assignments until he retired in San Antonio in 1967. They lived there until the death of her husband in August 2005, and she then moved to St. Ann’s Nursing Home in Panhandle in October 2005.
She was a homemaker and sales clerk for J.C. Penney Co., Sears and the Base Exchange.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Nell Hermesmeyer; her husband, Steve J. Kline; two brother and 2 sisters.
Survivors include a son, Bill Hermesmeyer and wife Carolyn of Panhandle; two daughters, Pat Peterson and husband John of Nineville, Fla., and Janis Hodge of San Antonio; a brother, Philip Hermesmeyer of Clarendon, a sister, Joan Gulde of Amarillo; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Casket bearers were Stephen Hermesmeyer, Scott Hermesmeyer, Sam Hermesmeyer, Clint McPhail and Jeff Gulde.
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