Mary Mattes

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Mary Jane Mattes, 95, formerly of Kelso, Missouri, went to her eternal home with Christ on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Nov. 25, 1924, in Altenburg, Missouri, the daughter of John and Emma Noennig Wichern. She married John Dominic Mattes No. 29, 1947 in Perryville, Missouri. She was the Director of Laundry at St. Francis Hospital for over 20 years retiring in 1989.

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