Ella Hyatt Obituary

Graveside services for Ella M. Steffek Hyatt, 99, Lawrence, will be at 10 am Wednesday at McLouth Cemetery, McLouth Kan. A procession will leave from Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home at 9:30 am. A visitation will be held from 6-7 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Ella died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at Baldwin Healthcare & Rehab Center.

She was born February 14, 1917, in Dickinson County, Kan., the daughter of Joseph and Bertha Steffek. She was a homemaker, and had worked at E & E Specialties before retiring from Aeroquip. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852 Auxiliary, Lawrence. She enjoyed yard work, flowers, painting, and building things.

Ella married Walter H. Hyatt in Abilene, Kan. on November 12, 1939. He died in 1992. She is also preceded in death by her son, Larry W. Hyatt.

Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Louise O'Brien, Lawrence; two grandchildren, George W. O'Brien Jr. and Tina Worjak; three great granddaughters and one great grandson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Asera Care Hospice or Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St. Lawrence, KS, 66044. Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com