Apr 23, 2024

Donald D. Rudzik

Posted Apr 23, 2024 8:31 PM

Jetmore – Donald D. Rudzik, 88, passed away April 22, 2024 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.

He was born December 11, 1935 in Jetmore, the son of Connie and Doris Stoskoff Rudzik.  A lifetime area resident, he was a farmer/stockman.

He was a member of the Jetmore Methodist Church and was a Volunteer for the Jetmore Fire Department. 

On May 28, 1955, he married Sharon K. Scothorn in Dighton.  She survives.

Other survivors include: two sons, Scott (Teresa) Rudzik and Lloyd (Amy) Rudzik, both of Jetmore; two daughters, Kathy (Ken) Crawford, Tulsa, OK and Cindy (Alfred) Katt, WaKeeney; brother, Ron Rudzik, Burlington, CO; three sisters, JoAnn Rehmert, Dodge City, Judy Peery and Julene Critchfield, both of Burlington, CO; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-two great grandchildren and his dog, Brandi.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2024 at United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, with Pastor Mark Durham presiding. Family requests casual dress. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore.  Burial will be in the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.

Memorials may be given to Jetmore Fire Department or Hospice of the Prairie in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854.