Chloe Michelle Medina, 2, Hays, died after a long illness on Friday, September 26, 2014 at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado.

She was born March 29, 2012 in Hays, Kansas the daughter of Frank M. Jr.  and Renee M. (Dreher) Medina.

Chloe loved spending time with her family and going places with them, including seeing the dinosaur footprints in the mountains and attending a Colorado Rockies baseball game. She loved going to Bass Pro Shops because that meant she could climb aboard the pontoon boats and “drive” them. She was a member of and was baptized at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church.

Survivors include her parents, Hays, a brother Trey Medina, two sisters Michaela and Olivia Medina, grandparents, Frank Medina, Sr. and wife Maria Diana of Weskan, Kansas, and Lois A. Dreher of Hays, great grandparents, Maria Garcia of Roma, TX and Alice Weber of Ellis, Kansas, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by a grandfather, Robert L. “Bob” Dreher, and great grandparents, Willie Garcia, Ralph Weber, Wendelin and Sophia Dreher, and C.P. and Mary Medina.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays.  Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6:00 until 8:00 pm and on Wednesday from 9:00 am until 9:45, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine. A parish vigil service and rosary will begin at 7:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested in Chloe’s memory to Brent’s Place, 11980 E. 16th Ave., Aurora, CO 80010, or in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.