Dora Lee (Mai) Steinert

Dora Lee Steinert, 85, Hays, died Monday, March 2, 2015 at the Via Christi Villages.

She was born January 10, 1930 in Russell, Kansas the daughter of Charlie and Nathalia “Dolly” (Bender) Mai.  On September 5, 1948 she married Marvin S. Steinert in Russell.  He died November 24, 2012.  She was a homemaker and a former member of the First United Methodist Church, the VFW Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary, all of Norton, KS.  She was an excellent cook, and loved bowling, golf, and playing bridge.  She took great joy in raising her children, and loved her family and grandchildren.

Survivors include two sons, Jim Steinert and wife Shirley of Plainville, Kansas, and Terry Steinert and wife Nancy of Erie, KS, a daughter Mary Ward and husband Jim of Warrensburg, MO, two brothers Vernon Mai and wife Marge of Red Cloud, NE and Harold Mai and wife Sherry of Loveland, CO, seven grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter Barbara Elizabeth Steinert, a grandson Mikey Steinert, and a granddaughter Rebecca Elizabeth Steinert.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine.  Inurnment will follow in the Russell City Cemetery, Russell.  The family will receive friends from 9:30 am until service time on Thursday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested in Dora Lee’s memory to the Order of the Eastern Star, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com