Lifelong Phillips County resident Derek T. Kats passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg, at the age of 86.
He was born August 15, 1936, in Phillips County, KS the son of Theodore and Grace (Engelsman) Kats. He was a farmer.
Derek was united in marriage to Shirley L. Alexander on April 10, 1960, at Norton, Kansas. She preceded him in death on April 1, 2015.
He was also preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include daughters, Kathy & husband, Tim Nimz, of Littleton, CO, Sherry & husband, Alan Woodside, of Prairie View, KS, and Vicky & husband, Steve Allen, of Fredericksburg, VA; two grandchildren; four great grandchildren; brother Sherlyn Kats and wife Irene of Spring Hill, KS; and two sisters Jean VandeHoef and Holland, MI and Marianne Schlatter of Smith Center, KS.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2022, in the Luctor Christian Reformed Church with Pastor Shawn Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Luctor Cemetery.
Mr. Kats will lie in state from noon until 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. for visitation at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Prairie Wind Villa Assisted Living or to Macular Degeneration Research and may be sent in care of Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, PO Box 563, Phillipsburg, KS 67661.