DODGE CITY – Ruby Maureen Smith Mahieu Schlereth, 88, died Sunday, April 20, 2025 at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains, Dodge City

She was born September 6, 1936 at Minneola, Kansas, the daughter of Foster Walker and Ruby Marie (Moore) Smith.  She was a graduate of Minneola High School and later in life received her Associates Degree from Dodge City Community College and attained her LPN license.  She moved to Dodge City from Fowler, Kansas in 1976.  She had been a farm wife, worked in the health care field, and had also been the evening and weekend receptionist at the Dodge City Medical Center for 15 ½ years until retiring in 2002.

She was a member of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City.  She enjoyed reading and was a volunteer in the library at Manor of the Plains.

On May 16, 1954 she married Eugene Mahieu at Minneola.  Together they raised 4 children, Dan, Brenda, Janet and Margie. They divorced in October 1976.  Eugene preceded her in death on December 31, 1999.  In April of 1981 she married Howard Schlereth at Beaver, Oklahoma.  He preceded her in death on June 9, 2009.

Survivors include: a son, Dan Mahieu and wife Kathy, Fowler, Kansas; 3 daughters, Brenda Reimer and husband James, Wichita, Kansas, Janet Enlow, Dodge City and Margie Delzeit and husband Brian, Dodge City; a brother, James Foster Smith and wife Janice, Evergreen, Colorado; 14 grandchildren, Rebel Mahieu, Protection, Kansas, Brett Mahieu, Fowler, Kansas, Wes Mahieu, Denver, Colorado, Shawna Stefonek and husband Terry, Rose Hill, Kansas, Aaron Wade, Meade, Kansas, Ethan Reichmann and wife Miranda, Valley Center, Kansas, Kaitlyn Deskins and husband Robert, Lee's Summit, Kansas, Madison Reichmann, Wichita, Kansas, Kristie Anderson and husband Jason, Randolph, Kansas, Kody Enlow-Grant and husband Adam, Winfield, Kansas, Kacey Stegman and husband Adam, Wright, Kansas, Kelli Smith and husband Jan, Paducah, Kentucky, Nichole Byer and husband Jason, Lawrence, Kansas, Kaelee Davenport and husband Adam, Carl Junction, Missouri; 17 great grandchildren, 4 step great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, 2 sons-in-law, Chris Enlow and Steen Reichmann and a granddaughter, Dawn Reneé Mahieu.

Funeral service will be at 10:00 am Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Ziegler Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in the Appleton Township Cemetery south of Minneola.  Visitation will be from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Dodge City.

The family suggests memorials to Hospice of the Prairie, SWKS K-9 Pawsibilities or Manor of the Plains, all in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.