Martha Jean (Sandidge) McCabe, age 83, Hays resident, died Monday, August 1, 2016 at her home. She was born May 24, 1933 in Winona, Mississippi to Henry and Minnie Mae (Austin) Sandidge. She married Edmund Lee McCabe on July 31, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas.
She was a graduate from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor and Master Degree in Business Administration, serving on the faculty of the Business Department at Fort Hays State University as an instructor in the Business Department from 1974 through 1995. Martha grew up on a farm and attended school in Winona, Mississippi. She was a 1951 graduate of Winona High School. After retirement, she was an active member of the Hays Medical Center Volunteers Crafters, a volunteer with the Alzheimer's Unit at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband Ed, of the home: two daughters, Martha Lee McCabe, Wichita, KS; Amy Stump and husband, Frank, Thornton, CO; daughter-in law, Teresa McCabe, Quitman, GA; one grandson, Matthew Dorzweiler, Hays, KS; two granddaughters, Sara Masura and husband, Jon, Durango, CO; Lisa Dorzweiler, Littleton, CO; four step-grandchildren, Nathan Dreiling and wife, Kasey, Hays, KS; Scott Stump and wife, Sarah, Macon, GA; Jim Stump, Portland, OR; and Jennifer Stump, Lakewood, WA; and several nieces and nephews;
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Raymond Sandidge; her in-laws, Lester and Ella (Penn) McCabe, and her son, John Ed McCabe.
Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, August 13, 2016, at First Baptist Church, 12th and Fort, Hays, KS. A private family inurnment will be held in Winona, Mississippi at a later date.
The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Friday, at Cline's-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, KS 67601 and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Saturday, at the First Baptist Church, Hays, KS.
Memorials may be designated to Angels Care Home Health or Hospice at Hays Medical Center.
Service Information
Visitation Friday
August 12, 2016
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Cline's-Keithley Mortuary of Hays
1919 E 22nd
Hays, KS 67601
Visitation Saturday
August 13, 2016
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
First Baptist Church of Hays
12th & Fort
Hays, KS 67601
Memorial Service Saturday
August 13, 2016
10:00 AM
First Baptist Church of Hays
12th & Fort
Hays, KS 67601
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