DODGE CITY - Margie Conrardy, 90, passed away February 24th, 2024 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS.  She was born January 1, 1934 near Wright, KS, the daughter of Martin and Adela Weber Vogel.  She grew up on a farm southeast of Wright, KS.  Margie attended St. Andrews Grade School in Wright, high school in Dodge City, KS and Claflin, KS and Dodge City Community College.  She married Milton Conrardy on April 28th, 1954 at Wright, KS.  They lived most of their married life on a farm south of Spearville, KS until her husband's death on May 24, 1986.  In 1988 she moved to Dodge City, KS.

She was a homemaker, former U.S. Department of Agriculture A.S.C.S. Program Director,

and a farm manager in later years after the death of her husband.

Her family was the most important thing in her life.  She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and extended family.  Margie loved to cook, and garden, and was a skilled seamstress.  Being the wife of a farmer, she could drive a wheat truck, herd cattle, doctor livestock and run a tractor when needed.

She was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, a Eucharistic minister, Parish Alter Society, St. Rita's Daughters of Isabella, volunteered for hospice, R.S.V.P., Senior Friends, the Red Hat Society, Ford County Humane Society, and a Red Cross volunteer.

Margie will forever be remembered for her boundless love and support for her family, her passion for cooking, compassion for animals and caring for those in need.  Her strength, kindness and grace will be missed by those who loved her.

Survivors include one son, Neal Conrardy and wife Beth, Tucson, AZ;  two daughters, Janet Doll and husband, John, Garden City, KS, and Lynne Koehn and husband, Don, Dodge City, KS; four grandchildren, Hayley Rehberger and husband, David, Durant, OK, Ethan Doll and wife Devin, Kansas City, MO, Brooke Pine and husband John, Berkeley Lake, GA, and Rachel Conrardy and husband, Ben Lotenero, Stone Mountain, GA;  four great grandchildren, Wes Rehberger, Jake Rehberger, Charli Rehberger and Margaret Pine; one sister, Dorothy Rueb, Columbus, NE.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton, her parents, one sister, Waneta Steimel and two brothers, Leon Vogel and Pete Vogel.

Visitation for family and friends will be on Friday, March 1, 2024 from noon to 7:00 pm with Vigil service and Daughters of Isabella Rosary beginning at 7:00 pm all at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N.14th, Dodge City, KS 67801. Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 10:00 am at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Wright, KS with Father Ted Stoecklein presiding.  Interment will follow in St. Andrew Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please consider memorials to the St. Andrew Cemetery Fund or the Ford County Humane Society, all in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Avenue, Dodge City, KS  67801.