Kathaleen Ann Staack

April 15, 1943 - December 29, 2018

There will be a private committal of ashes and Kathaleen will be buried next to her husband, Fritz. Kathaleen Ann Morris Barlage Staack was born to Robert Morris and Annie Vanoy Morris on Aprii 15,1943 in Lincoln, Nebraska and passed away on December 29, 2018 at Fairview Manor in Fairmont, Nebraska at the age of 75 years, 8 months, and 14 days. She was one of six children in the family. Kathaleen graduated from Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1959 at the age of 16. She was a homemaker for the majority of her life and also worked as a manager of Avon in Cincinnati, Ohio for approximately 15 years. Kathy was married to Fritz August Staack,Jr. in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1959 and to them 4 sons were born: Mark, David, Dean and Rick. David died at birth. Kathy and Fritz divorced after ten years of marriage. Kathy married Joseph Cleo Barlage in San Diego, California in 1969 and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where they began raising Joe's five children and Kathy's three children. They lived in Cincinnati for 25 years before Joe passed away. She returned to Nebraska and remarried Fritz and they lived in Tobias, Nebraska until Fritz passed away in 2005. Two years later she moved to Fairview Manor in Fairmont, Nebraska due to health problems. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Tobias, Nebraska. Kathy was preceded in death by sons, David and Rick; husbands; parents; and brothers. She is survived by sons, Mark and Dean; daughter-in-law, Debbie Barlage; two granddaughters, Megan and Holly; sisters, sister-in-laws and many nieces and nephews and her "family'' friends at Fairview Manor.