MEADE – Larry A. Cordes, age 65, died Friday evening, September 25, 2009, at the Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas surrounded by his loved ones after a battle with cancer.

He was born April 25, 1944, at Meade, Kansas, the son of Albert Arthur and Irene Eleanor (Dunham) Cordes. As a young boy he attended the Meade school system, graduating from Meade High School in 1962.

He was a member of the 1962 Graduating Class of Meade High School, St. John Lutheran Church, and the Kansas County Appraisers Association.

In 9164, he married Carol Bergkamp at Fowler, Kansas. She survives.

Other survivors include:

A son, Matt Cordes and Angie of Ford, Kansas

A daughter, Cindy Brenner and husband, Mitch of Meade, Kansas

A brother, Earl Cordes of

Three sisters, Kathleen Ross of Meade, Kansas
Nona Gay Newman of Wichita, Kansas
Mary Arrington of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Five grandchildren, Molly and Mason Brenner, Garrett, Ethan, and Tanner Dow

He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother Earl Cordes.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at St. John Lutheran Church, Meade, Kansas, with the Reverend Lynn E. Spencer presiding. Cremation has taken place. The family will greet friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Inurnment will follow in Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to St. John Lutheran Church Building Fund in care of the funeral home.