Hays, Kansas – La Quita (Wood) Walker, age 85, died Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis Care Center.

She was born on August 16, 1931, in Hill City, Kansas to Earl and Velda (Dodd) Wood. She married Bob L. Walker on March 7, 1954 at Hill City, Kansas. He died April 10, 1998.

She was a retired Registered Nurse for the Hadley Hospital in Hays, a member of the Methodist Church and moved to Hays in 1972 from Hill City. She received her nursing degree from Kansas Newman-Emporia State College and also attended Fort Hays State College. She was a former member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Survivors include one son, Robert “Rusty” Walker and wife Clara, Garden City, KS; one daughter Anita L. Ruder and husband, Steve, Hays, KS; six grandchildren, Sarah Walker, Scott Walker and wife, Mandy, Zachary Walker and wife, Elizabeth, Travis Ruder, Earl Ruder and Tracy Ruder; six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, Theda Walker and Shirley Wood.
A memorial service is at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. Inurnment will be at Fort Hays Memorial Gardens Cemetery Hays, Kansas.

The family receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Saturday at the mortuary.

Memorial to the American Cancer Society. Condolences can be left at guestbook at
www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or via e-mail to [email protected].