Gerald “Corky” Albright, 80, of Delia, passed away on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at his home.

He was born January 4, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Jerry and Virginia Hartman Albright. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1960 and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Husbandry at Kansas State University, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Corky had served in the Kansas Army National Guard.

He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at Mayetta, the Marianist Lay Community at the church, and a Charter Member of Mayetta Knights of Columbus Council No. 9535. Corky was inducted as a Kansas Master Farmer, class of 2005, and had served on the Jackson County Soil Conservation Board for twenty-one years. He was also a member of the Kansas Livestock Association, served on the Farm Bureau Board, the Jackson County Livestock Association, the Kansas Animal Health Board, Kansas Farm Management, and was a 4-H Club Leader for the Hoyt Livewires.

He married Jeri Morris on April 23, 1966 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Manhattan. She survives, of the home.

Corky was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Darrel Albright.

Other survivors include two sons, Martin Albright (Stephanie), Andover, and Scott Albright (Barb), Delia; two daughters, Amy Pruyser, Hoyt, and Kay Andler (Trent), Delia; two brothers, Bill Albright, Topeka and Steve Albright, Mayetta; two sisters, Debbie Simecka, Topeka and Mary Jo Peterson, Ottawa; an aunt, Helen Eakes, Topeka; and nine grandchildren, Erica, Emily, Garrett, Brett, Karlie, Blake, Raegan, Harper and Tate.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 10th at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Private family burial will follow at the Walnut Hill Cemetery, north of Silver Lake. A Rosary will be prayed at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, followed by visitation until 8:00. Corky will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex (Jackson County Fairgrounds), and may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440.