Diana “Dottie” Windholz, 82, Hays, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Hays Medical Center.

She was born February 18, 1933 in Hays the daughter of Ben M. and Agnes Louise (Younger) Rupp. She graduated from Hays High School in 1951.

On June 16, 1952 she married Delmar A. Windholz in Hays. He died on May 8, 2011. She loved to tell people that she worked for 38 years, 8 months, and one day for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, first as an operator and later as a clerk.

She was very generous and faithful, loved her family, and enjoyed working outside in her flower garden. She was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, the Daughters of Isabella, the Telephone Pioneer Club, and the Prairie Garden Club.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Windholz Dreher of Hays, a sister Melvia Jane Leiker of Hays, two grandchildren Andrea Lynn Baker of Wichita and Garret Baker and wife Emily of Cedar City, UT, a sister in law Viola “Ollie” Rupp of Hays, and many nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Delmar, a brother Charles M. Rupp, a brother in law Donald W. Leiker, and two nieces Deborah Ann Marie “Debbie” Rupp and Kayla Augustine.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 1805 Vine Street, Hays. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 8:00 on Thursday and from 1:00 pm until 1:45 on Friday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 6:00 pm followed by a parish vigil service at 7:00 pm, both on Thursday at the funeral home.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.