Mildred J. Schenk, 86, died April 13, 2011 at Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1924 at Ness County, Kansas, the daughter of Guy and Martha (Corrigan) Ludington. She married Clifton Helt in 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died in July 1976. She married Bill Daniel May 9, 1970 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died March 1, 1979. She then married Robert Schenk December 10, 1988. He died March 8, 2006. A Hoisington resident since 1951, coming from Great Bend, Mrs. Schenk was a nurse's aide for twenty-two years at Hoisington Hospital. Mrs. Schenk was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Hoisington. Survivors include three daughters: Martha Haberman and husband Alvin, Great Bend; Jacque Byers and husband Jim, Salina, Kansas; and Susie Strosnider and husband Mike, Salina; one sister, Rose Cook, Thornton, Colorado; eleven grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, James Helt; infant twin brothers, Richard and Robert Ludington; and one sister, Katherine Foster. Altar Society Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2011 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 16, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Father Dwight Birket will be celebrant. Burial will be in St. John Church Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Kans for Kids, or Hospice of Salina, in care of the funeral home.