Judith C. (Broeckelman) Brull

Judith C. “Judy” Brull, 70, Hays, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Alders Gate Village in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born February 19, 1945 in Thomas County, Kansas the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth “Betty” (Halbleib) Broeckelman.  After graduating from High School she went on to Fort Hays State University where she received her BS degree in Home Economics.  On December 26, 1968 she married Kenneth “Ken” Brull in Angelus, Kansas.  She was a librarian and homemaker working in the Children’s Department of the Hays Public Library.  She briefly taught Home Economics at Marian High School in Hays.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays, and enjoyed cooking, sewing, reading, her dogs, worrying, gardening and canning, playing cards and games, and visiting with friends and family.

Survivors include her husband, of the home in Hays, a son Steve Brull and wife Sheresa of Ellis, Kansas, a daughter Tina Ball and husband Ken of Topeka, Kansas, a brother Lee Broeckelman and wife Barb of Grinell, Kansas, four sisters, Phyllis Rueschhoff, Joan Ostmeyer and husband Rick, and Lois Stafford and husband Don, all of Hays, and Barbara Dayvault of Sacramento, CA, and three grandchildren Grace, Eliana, and Henry Brull of Ellis, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Edie Broeckelman, and two brothers-in-law Day Rueschhoff and Doug Powers.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St.  Burial will be in the Fort Hays Memorial Gardens Cemetery, west of Hays.  Visitation will be from 4:00 until 6:00 pm on Monday and from 9:00 am until service time Tuesday, all at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to the Alders Gate Village, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com