COTTONWOOD Longtime Keuterville resident Agnes Elaine Uhlenkott died Monday night at St. Mary's Hospital at Cottonwood of an apparent heart attack. She was 74.

Uhlenkott was born Jan. 11, 1916, at Greencreek, to Edward and Theresia Reiman Sonnen.

She attended Stock Creek Country School, and then worked on the family farm and took care of her mother at Greencreek.

She married Bernard J. (Nig) Uhlenkott March 8, 1944, at Ferdinand. They lived four miles west of Cottonwood for several years before moving to Keuterville, where they farmed and ranched until retiring in 1980.

Uhlenkott continued to live at Keuterville until her death.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s Uhlenkott worked part-time at the Keuterville Store, and she worked at Sonnen Meats at Greencreek in the early 1970s.

She enjoyed gardening, and was a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church at Keuterville. Uhlenkott also was a member of the Keuterville Christian Mothers Altar Society.

She is survived by husband at their Keuterville home; one daughter, Donna Ross of Cottonwood; one sister, Nettie Nuxoll of Spokane; and four grandchildren.

Uhlenkott was preceded in death by two sons, four sisters and two brothers.

A rosary vigil is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday and a funeral mass for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Cross Church, with Father Henry Wolozen as celebrant.

Burial will follow at the Keuterville Community Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary's Hospital ambulance fund.