Martha Maryanne Pintar, nee Kreke, age 88, formerly of O'Fallon, Ill., born March 14, 1926 in Breese, Ill., died Monday evening, July 14, 2014 at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Mo.

Martha married Michael Pintar on May 3, 1949, and they were married for 52 years until he preceded her in death in 2001. Martha and Mike lived in O'Fallon for over 50 years, where Martha was a homemaker for most of her life. She was a member of St. Clare Catholic Church, the St. Clare Altar Sodality, and St. Clare Mother's Club.

In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents Aloys and Elizabeth, nee Maue, Kreke; and her brother, Norval Kreke of Breese, Ill.

Surviving are her five children, son Michael G. (Deborah) Pintar of Burlington, Iowa; daughters Patricia S. (Clyde) Stokes of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Elizabeth A. (Charles) Koesterer of Kansas City, Mo.; Marsha L. (Lance) McMeans of Princeton, Tex.; and Cheryl M. (Robert) Kaspzyk of Kansas City, Mo. and seven grandchildren, Michael J. and Theresa Pintar, Christine Stokes, Emily and Anna Koesterer, and Cody and Matthew Kaspzyk.

Memorials may be made to Liberty Hospital Hospice, 1134 West Kansas Street, Liberty, MO 64068. Cards or messages of condolence may be sent to Patricia Stokes at 2183 Derbyshire Ln., Cape Girardeau, MO.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2014 at St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, 1411 Cross St., Shiloh or after 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the church.

Funeral: Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 22 at the church with Father James Deiters officiating. Burial will immediately follow mass at O'Fallon City Cemetery, O'Fallon.