MORSE BLUFF, Neb. (AP) — The Morse Bluff woman dubbed the “Kolache Queen” has died at 88.

The Moser Memorial Chapel says Nadine Racek died Sunday at an Omaha hospital. A funeral Mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church in Morse Bluff.

In 1951 Racek launched a baking business in her home. For 55 years she baked professionally for arts and crafts shows, farmers markets and private customers throughout the United States and internationally, earning many honors. In 2012 she was featured on NET’s “Nebraska Stories” program as the “Kolache Queen.” Czech in origin, a kolache is a fruit-filled pastry variously pronounced KOH’-lahtch or koh’-LAH’-chee.

The Rev. Brian Kane said he fondly remembers Racek for sending kolaches when he served as a chaplain in Iraq.