Marcella M. “Sally” Peet, Emporia, died at Flint Hills Care Center, Emporia, Kansas on Thursday, October 14, 2010. She was 85.
  
  
  Marcella M. Aufleger was born May 29, 1925, in Olpe, Kansas, the daughter of John and Catherine (Resenader) Aufleger. She married Willis G. Peet at Kansas City, Missouri, on April 9, 1949. He died September 20, 1996.
  
  
  Surviving family members include:
  
  Son: Robert “Bob” Peet, Emporia, Kansas.
  
  Daughter: Vickie M. Graves, Iola, Kansas.
  
  Brother: Paul Aufleger, Emporia, Kansas.
  
  Five Grandchildren: Stacie Graves, Denver, Colorado; Jack Phillip Graves, San Diego, California; Clinton Michael Peet, Emporia, Kansas; Anita Graves, Kansas City, Missouri; Bobbi Kelley, Garnett, Kansas; and nine Great-grandchildren.
  
  
  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and eight brothers and sisters.
  
  
  She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, Kansas.
  
  
  She had worked at the Broadview Fountain Room at the Broadview Hotel, the Polly Ann Restaurant, and the Longhorn Restaurant. Together with her late husband, she formerly owned and operated the Lariat Lounge and the Hobo Inn. She was a homemaker.
  
  
  Mass of Christian Burial will be at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Emporia, Kansas, on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 2:00 P.M. The Mass will be celebrated by Father Richard Warsnak. Interment will be in the Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo, Kansas.
  
  
  A Prayer Service will be held in the Chapel of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Monday at 7:00 P.M. The family will visit friends following the prayer service until 8:30 P.M.
  
  
  The family requests no flowers. Memorial contributions to Sacred Heart Catholic Church may be sent in care of the funeral home.
 
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