MEADE – Clifford D. "Cliff" Alley, age 78, passed away Thursday morning, August 24, 2017, at his Meade, Kansas, residence.

He was born February 19, 1939, at Stafford, Kansas, the son of Fred D. and Alberta E. (Moore) Alley. As a young boy he attended school in Stafford before moving with his family at the age of eight to Meade, Kansas. In 1957 he graduated from Meade High School. He later attended Emporia State University before joining the National Guard. He later returned to Meade and began his career with his family owning and operating Alley Oil Company until his retirement in 2008.

He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church. He enjoyed word games, crossword puzzles, NASCAR, football, enjoying a sandwich and sweets, but most of all, spending time with his grandchildren.

On September 14, 1963, he married Jackie Winter Day. They later divorced. On September 15, 1972, he married Linda Bailey at Meade, Kansas. She survives.

Other survivors include his children, Coni Alley and companion Roy of Meade, Ronda Druell and companion Wayne of Great Falls, Montana, Lorie Williams and husband Patrick of Minneola, Kansas, Dawn Ross and husband Steve of Meade, Danny Day of Wichita, Kansas, and David Day of Lyons, Kansas; ten grandchildren, Angelique, Ashley, Tyson, Michael, Dalton, Monica, Jacob, Wyatt, Bailey, and Alley Grace; and six great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at St. John Lutheran Church, Meade. Friends may call from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday with the family present and from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow the service in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the St. John Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall fund in care of the funeral home.