Barbara L. Moore, 75, died December 29, 2020, at home in Cottonwood Falls. She was born October 23, 1945, in Coffeyville, to Clyde and Darlene (Rexwinkle) Foster. Before retiring Barbara was a clerk at Casey’s and then became a caregiver for her mother. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, and cross stitch.   On January 4, 1963, she married Johnny R. Moore in Dearing. They shared 40 years of marriage before he died on March 24, 2003. Barbara is survived by: children, Teresa Rogers of...

Hazel Marguerite Klotz (Castle) left this world December 7, 2020, after a life of 100 years 9 months, lived on her terms and with no regrets. She was born March 7, 1920, near Burlington, Ks, to Albert W. and Bessie E. Castle.  Married to Herschel Klotz May 27, 1939 at Yates Center Ks. Moved to Toledo area, Chase County, Ks. Herschel passed in 1974. Hazel lived alone on the family farm caring for her lovely yard and flowers until shortly before her 100th Birthday.  A true...

Roberta Jane Allen, 97, died November 26, 2020, at Chase County Care and Rehab Center in Cottonwood Falls. She was born on September 30, 1923, to Harry C. and Mary (Hager) Hudson in Cottonwood Falls. Roberta attended Chase County Community High School and graduated in 1941. She and Maben Junior Heathman were married August 10, 1940. From this union was born 4 sons: Danny, Dale, Timothy and Terry. They were divorced in 1953. In 1960, Roberta ran for and was elected to the office of Register...

Loretta Mae Luder, 85, died November 23, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas.  She was born May 18th, 1935, to Raymond and Isabel (Burton) Hamilton in Mingo, Kansas.  Loretta was preceded in death by her husband James on September 24, 2020. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Colwich, Kansas. Loretta grew up in Irving, Kansas and graduated from high school there in 1953.  She met her husband Jim while living and working in Manhattan, Kansas, and they were married October...

Kay Ann Brown (Makovec), 77, born in Strong City, KS on April 12th, 1943, formerly of Topeka, KS passed away November 4th, 2020 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was a graduate of Chase County High in 1961. Kay attended beauty school in Emporia, KS and worked as a hairstylist in Topeka, KS for 40 years, where she also raised her children. Kay later moved to Olathe, KS in 2018 to be closer to her family. She enjoyed playing cards, line dancing, reading, watching local sports teams, spending time...

Waneta Louise Pendergraft, 90, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2020, at the Chase County Care and Rehabilitation Center. Waneta was born on August 6, 1930, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the oldest of three children born to Martin H. and Alvina Gerken (Voskamp). After graduating in 1948 from South East High School in Kansas City, Missouri, she attended Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education and Speech...

Jeanette Huff Reidel was born on February 12, 1935, in Strong City, Kansas, to Howard and Alma Jeter Huff. She lived in Strong City, Topeka, and Florence, before starting school in Peabody, but moved to Matfield Green in 1948 and finished high school there. She studied business at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. While there she was a baton twirler in the marching band. She also played drums in the orchestra and was in a stage production. She also took night classes at U of...

Davy Sharp, 52, died October 1, 2020, at his home in Strong City. He was born June 25, 1968, in Claremore, OK, to Stanley and Suzanne (Wiley) Sharp. Davy graduated from Jay High School in Jay, OK, in 1988. He started working at Tyson Foods in Emporia on October 9, 1995, just short of 25 years. Davy enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren and all of his “adopted” children. He enjoyed shooting firework shows, coaching his children and their friends in wrestling and...

James Kirk Luder, 87, died September 24, 2020 at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, Kansas of a rare form of leukemia.  He was born December 26, 1932 to Jacob “Pop” and Clemmer (Knapp) Luder in Waldo, Kansas.  Jim is survived by Loretta, his wife of 65 years.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his infant brother Noel, and grandson Edward “Rob” Koger, Jr. James was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colwich,...

Stanley Cope Wood passed away at the age of 90, on September 14, 2020, with his family by his side at his home in Sun Lakes, AZ. Stanley was born December 14, 1929 at his family home, 2 miles southwest of Elmdale, Kansas to Olive Cope Wood and Paul Bailey Wood, the fifth of six children, 3 boys and 3 girls. After attending Elmdale schools, he graduated from Kansas State College on May 27, 1951, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Engineering and commissioned a Second Lieutenant...