DODGE CITY – Mary “Jean” Delzeit, 88, died Thursday, August 20, 2026 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City.

She was born November 26, 1937, on her family’s dairy farm north of Oakley, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph C & Walburga (Dickman) Albers, number 4 of 14 children.

Jean attended Oakley Consolidated Schools and graduated in 1955 from Oakley High School. One year before graduating she started dating Don Delzeit and later married on December 27, 1955 while Don was on leave from Korea, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Oakley, KS. They later moved to Topeka, KS to finish Don’s military commitment, then spent a short time in Colby, KS before settling down in Dodge City in April of 1959 so Don could start a 33-year career with the National Weather Service. Jean found work at Gibson’s, which she enjoyed until Don & Jean purchased the local moving company where Jean became the office manager of Delzeit Van Lines for the next 39 years while raising 6 boys. She loved bowling league nights and vacations in the mountains. In her retirement she volunteered at the Mana House.

She was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City.

Survivors include: her husband of 70 years, Don; 6 sons, Ken and wife Sherry, Romoland, California, Doug and wife Connie, Bluff Dale, Texas, Brian and wife Margie, Dodge City, Kurt and wife Tina, Ensign, Richard and wife Lynda, Dodge City, and Tyler and wife Sarah, Hoffman Estates, Illinois; 14 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild; 4 brothers, Bernard Albers and wife Carol, Topeka, Henry Albers and wife Donna, Oakley, Bob Albers and wife Patsy, Garden City, Missouri and Fred Albers and wife Jenny, Ellinwood; 3 sisters, Ann Albers, Tecumseh, Kansas, Rosanne Labarge and husband Marvin, Oakley and Carla Deckert and husband John, Topeka; and a brother-in-law, Joe Schoepner, Topeka.

She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, Joseph “Cash”, Frank and Ronnie Albers and 3 sisters, Joan Lobmeyer, Francis Ryan and Reinette Schoepner.

Vigil service will be at 7:00 pm Sunday, August 30, 2026 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dodge City. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am Monday at the church with Fr. Carson Haupt presiding. Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City. There will be no public visitation, cremation has taken place.

The family suggests memorials to the Manna House in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.