HAYS, Kan. — Luella Marie (Kuhn) Schumacher, age 86, died Monday, July 14, 2014, at Via Christi Village Hays, Kansas.

She was born November 3, 1927, in St. Peter, Kansas, to Joseph and Barbara (Riedel) Kuhn.

She was a nurse’s aid for 22 years at St. Anthony Hospital and Hays Medical Center, working in the nursery and retired in 1996. She attended school in St. Peter, Kansas and was a member of St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church and Ladies Guild. She enjoyed sewing, growing her roses and her family.

Survivors include two sons, Calvin “Cal” Schumacher, Wichita, KS; Jay Schumacher and wife, Karyn, Victoria, KS; Tonia Houghton and Kenda Anderson, both of Hays, KS; one brother, Alvin Kuhn, Hays, KS, two sisters, Florentine Bates and husband, Ray, Knoxville, TN; Helen Anderson, Wichita, KS; five grandchildren, Jeremiah Schumacher, Jacob Houghton, Kara Evins, Curtis Koerner, and Chase Anderson, and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Ed, Adolph, Mark, and Rev. Herbert Kuhn; six sisters, Euphrosine Sander, Katie Brungardt, Lorine Polak, Barbara Kuhn, Mary King, and a juvenile, Adolphine Kuhn.

Services are 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 18, 2014, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, 2901 East 13th Street, Hays, Kansas.  Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery Hays, Kansas.

A vigil service/St. Nicholas Ladies Guild rosary is at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Thursday, and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Friday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.  Memorials to Hospice of Hays Medial Center or the Women Infant Care Center at Hays Medical Center. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].