KINGMAN – Larry D. Orme, age 79, died early Saturday morning, February 21, 2015, in rural Kingman County, Kansas.

He was born April 3, 1935, the son of Merle S. and Alice Lucille (Beck) Orme. As a young boy he attend the Waterloo Grade School for eight years and later attending the Kingman school system graduating from Kingman High School in 1953. He later attended Friends University and Kansas State University and had served in the Kansas National Guard. Upon the completion of his education he returned to Kingman County and began his career in farming and ranching for many years.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Council on Aging, both of Kingman.

In 1973 he married Judy Pepper in Wichita, Kansas.

He is survived by:
A son, Jason Orme of Manhattan, Kansas

Four daughters, Jennifer Orme of Olathe, Kansas
Susan Hachenberger of Hutchinson, Kansas
Sandra Warner and husband Brad of Overland Park, Kansas
Sally Kinyon and husband Jerry of Hutchinson, Kansas

Five grandchildren

He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Royce Orme; and a sister, Carolee Krause.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at the First Presbyterian Church, Kingman, with the Reverend Dawn Flippin presiding. Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman and from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the church. Interment will follow in the Waterloo Cemetery, rural Kingman County.

The family would welcome memorials to the First Presbyterian Church in care of Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas.