MONTEZUMA – Alice L. Weller, age 94, passed away early Thursday morning, November 30, 2017, at the Lone Tree Retirement Care Center, Meade, Kansas.

She was born January 17, 1923, at Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Chester G. and Susie E. (Kittle) Wallace. As a young girl she attended the Plains school system, graduating from Plains High School in 1941. She later attended Kansas State University. A lifetime resident of rural Meade County, she was a homemaker.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Montezuma, the Order of the Eastern Star, was a 4-H leader, and a Sunday School superintendent. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, crocheting, embroidery, and spending time with her family and friends.

On February 13, 1943, she married Bernard Eugene Weller at Manhattan, Kansas. He precedes her in death on February 5, 2010.

She is survived by her children, Steve Weller of Meade, Susan Watson of Hillsboro, Kansas, and Bernard E. (Bernie) Weller, Jr. of Dodge City, Kansas; a sister Susie E. Monhollon of Independence, Missouri; fifteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Harry Zielke, Jr. of Larned, Kansas; and a sister-in-law, VeraBelle Wallace of Aurora, Colorado

She is preceded in death by her husband; a daughter Amy Zielke; and her parents.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2017, at the United Methodist Church, Montezuma. Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Montezuma United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.