Hays, Kansas – Alfreda J. “Freda” Broetzmann, age 78, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at her home in Hays, Kansas.

She was born September 25, 1938, in Schaffer, Kansas to Phillip and Easter (Tittel) Foos. She married Ronald E. Broetzmann on May 27, 1956, at Holyrood, Kansas.

She was a bookkeeper at the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department in Pratt, Kansas for ten years. She grew up in Great Bend, a graduate of Great Bend High School and a member of the Presbyterian at Great Bend. She moved to Hays in 2011, she enjoyed reading, cooking, her family and spending time her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Ron Broetzmann, of the home, two daughters, Pam Blau-Erickson and husband, Ken, Russell, KS; Lori Hertel and husband, Stan, Hays, KS; three grandchildren, Joshua Blau and wife, Stacy; Chelsee Hoffman and husband, Danny and Daniel Hertel; two great grandchildren, Bailee and Landry Hoffman; and one sister, Jean Smith, Hays, KS.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Bud Foos; one son, Ronald Craig Broetzmann; one grandson, Steven Lee Hertel and one granddaughter, Ana Hertel.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 and a graveside service will follow at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, at Mount Allen Cemetery, 27th and Vine, Hays, Kansas.

Memorials to the Dreiling-Schmidt Cancer Center or the Ellis County Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Condolence and be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or sent via e-mail to [email protected].