Judy Ann Nauert, 74, passed away November 30, 2022 at Diversicare of Larned.

She was born July 18, 1948 in Venita, Oklahoma, the daughter of Steven Smith and Katherine Lee Collins Hamm.

Moving from Venita, Oklahoma, she was an area resident since 1966. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Larned. She attended coffee hour at New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene, loved playing Bingo, sewing, painting, riding horses, roller skating, her dogs Hoss and Briar, and spending time with her family.

She married Les Kennedy; he preceded her in death.

On March 1, 1970 she married Billy Dean Nauert; he survives.

Other survivors include: two sons, William Nauert, Bailey, Colorado, David (Martha) Kennedy, Colorado; two daughters, Angel Nauert, Scott City, Stephanie (Michael Kramer) Nauert, Larned; two step sons, Joseph (Sandy) Nauert, Russell, James (Teri) Nauert, Larned; step daughter, Janet Nauert, Anchorage, Alaska; two sisters, Shirley Houtz, Wagner, Oklahoma, Janice Lindsey, Oregon; twenty-one grandchildren, and twenty-eight great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by: her parents; brother, Steven Hamm; four sisters, Betty Epperson, Wilma Walter, Mary Jane Clark; Stephanie Hamm; and a grandchild, Patricia Nauert.

Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 9, 2022 at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Bo Rouse presiding. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 8, 2022 at Beckwith Mortuary, with family present from 6-8 p.m. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to Diversicare of Larned in care of Beckwith Mortuary, PO Box 477, Larned, Kansas 67550.