Viola Axman, 81, died August 28, 2008 at Reno County Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born October 5, 1926 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lamatsch) Demel. She married Benedict F. "Ben" Axman April 15, 1947 at Odin. He died July 17, 1993. A lifetime resident of the Odin and Olmitz, Kansas, area, Mrs. Axman was a homemaker and farmer. Mrs. Axman was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and the Altar Society, both of Olmitz; and the Daughters of Isabella, Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors include four sons: Edward Axman and wife, Rose, Wichita, Kansas; Dennis Axman and wife, Vicki, Great Bend, Kansas; Ronald Axman and wife, Carmen, Houston, Texas; and Gary Axman, Otis, Kansas; three daughters: Mary Ann Mazouch and husband, Gene, Great Bend, Kansas; Jolene Mainzer and husband, Dave, Wichita, Kansas; and Virginia Debes and husband, Frank, Odin, Kansas; two brothers: Steve Demel, Odin, Kansas; and Jerome Demel, Rose Hill, Kansas; one sister, Irene Mattas, Wilson, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren: Chris, Michael, Greg, Stephen, and Matthew Mazouch; Gina Ann Axman Cole; A1C Benedict Joseph Axman; Edward Francis Axman; Kari Haberman; Lora Hess; David, Dan, and Sara Debes; and Jesse, Teresa, and Joanna Mainzer; and six great-grandchildren: Josephine and Katherine Mazouch; Logan and Lucas Hess; and Kori and Gavin Haberman. She was preceded in death by three brothers: Edward Demel, Clarence Demel, and August Demel; six sisters: Theresa Demel, Marie Gerritzen, Matilda Schneider, Margaret Neuschafer, Anna Wondra, and Eleanor Fiedler; and one great-grandson, John Benedict Mazouch. Wake service will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at St. Ann Catholic Church, followed by an Altar Society Rosary. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 21, 2008, at St. Ann Catholic Church. Father Ultan Murphy will be celebrant. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home and from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. until service time Thursday at St. Ann Catholic Church. Memorials are requested to St. Ann Church, Father Don Debes Papua, New Guinea Missionary Work, St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton School Endowment Fund, Holy Family School Endowment Fund or Reno County Hospice House, in care of the funeral home.