WaKeeney resident Hulda (Mai) Bloom passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney. She was 95 years of age. Hulda was born August 5, 1920, in WaKeeney, to Peter Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Wolf) Mai.

Hulda was a 1941 graduate of Trego Community High School. On August 3, 1941, she was united in marriage to Keith Hockman in WaKeeney. To this union, five children were born. They later divorced. On June 12, 1971, Hulda married Harry Hendra in Sacramento, California. He preceded her in death on January 25, 1975. On August 23, 1980, she was united in marriage to Walter Vincent Bloom in Lake Tahoe, California. They enjoyed 29 years of marriage together, until his death on September 11, 2009. Hulda and Walter loved polka dancing and traveling in their RV all over the country and spending the winters in Arizona. She was very active in 4-H, having been very instrumental in bringing it to the Trego County area. Hulda was a founding member of the Em Cro Knit Club in WaKeeney which was organized in 1946. Family and friends knew her for her talent in the kitchen; she was known for her homemade ravioli and cinnamon rolls. Family was very important to Hulda. She always kept her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren close to her heart. She will be dearly missed by many.

Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Hockman and wife Lillian of Rancho Cordova, California, and Ric Hockman and wife Cleo of Hill City; two daughters, Diane Cooper of Hays, and LaDonna and husband Ed Mattke of Ogallah; stepson, David Bloom and wife Carmelita of Bishop, California; ten grandchildren; two step grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three step great-grandchildren; and one great great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a son, Keith, Jr.; a grandson; a step granddaughter; three infant brothers; one brother; three sisters; and a stepson, Ron.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Ogallah Christian Church, Ogallah with Pastor Stan Faulkender officiating. Hulda’s burial, and inurnment of her late husband, Walter ’s ashes, will follow in the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery, WaKeeney.

Visitation will be Wednesday, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home in WaKeeney.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, memorial contributions are suggested to the Trego Hospital Endowment Foundation. Checks made payable to the Foundation may be sent in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.

Condolences may be sent online at www.schmittfuneral.com.