MEADE - Cordelia Ann Klotz, age 67, died early Sunday morning, January 25, 2009, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.

She was born April 4, 1941, at Logan, West Virginia, the daughter of Jess and Esther May (Gerhart) Dillon. As a young girl she attended the Logan school system, graduating from Logan High School. She later moved to Meade in 1976. She then attended Seward County Community College, receiving her nursing degree. Upon her graduation, she worked for the Lone Tree Lodge, Fowler Nursing Home, Dr. Don Donahoe, the SRS office, and assisting with homebound residents.

On December 24, 1978, she married Rodger Klotz at Meade, Kansas. He survives.

Other survivors include:
Three sons, Robie Blackburn and wife, Iris of Oakwood, Oklahoma
Stacy Blackburn of Stanbeau, Kentucky
Phillip Blackburn and wife, Movina of Hueysville, Kentucky

Two daughters, Eugenia Kay Porter and husband, Kenneth of Meade, Kansas
Rodgina Duvall and husband, James of Kiowa, Kansas

A brother, Joe Dillon and wife, Linda of Sulligendt, Alabama

Two sisters, Sue Donahoe and husband, Dr. Don of Logan, West Virginia
Phyllis Adkins of Logan, West Virginia

Fourteen grandchildren One great-grandson

She is preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Jack Dillon.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2009, at First Baptist Church, Meade, Kansas, with the Dr. Don Donahoe presiding. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be in the Englewood Cemetery, Englewood, Kansas.

The family would welcome memorials to the American Stroke Association or the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home.