Hays, Kansas – Monica Lea Brothers, age 58, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Via Christi-St. Francis Medical Center Wichita, Kansas.

She was born August 7, 1956, in Great Bend, Kansas, to Vernon and Melba Jean (Foos) Smith. She married Jimmie Brothers on February 9, 1976. He died November 30, 2014.

She was a homemaker and moved to Hays from Los Alamos, New Mexico. She grew up in Great Bend, Kansas and was a graduate of Great Bend High School.

Survivors include two daughters, Melissah Brothers, Hays, KS; Amanda Brothers, Eagle River, WI; her mother, Melba Jean Smith, Hays, KS; one sister, Joanie Young and husband, Pat, Oklahoma City, OK; two aunts, Freda Broetzmann, Hays, KS; and Guilia Foos, Perry, KS.

She was preceded in death by her father; husband; one brother, Tracey Christopher Smith; grandparents, H. Lee and Ruth Smith; Philip P. and Esther Foos.

Services are at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 8, 2015, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. A private Inurnment in the Larned Cemetery will be held at a later date.

Visitation is from 11:00 to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.

Memorials are to Ana’s Gift, Dolly Parton’s Imaginary Library or the Monica Brothers family. Condolences can be send via email to [email protected].