Norma Jean Derrick Kroh, 84, of Wamego, died Wednesday evening, January 1, 2014, at Wamego Health Center, Wamego, KS, after suffering a stroke. 

She was born January 7, 1929, on a farm northeast of Hiawatha, the middle of three daughters of Orban Earl and Marie Louise Mueller Derrick, and lived in Hiawatha as a homemaker and mother until moving to Wamego in 2009. She graduated from Hiawatha High School with the class of 1947. Although her right hand was crippled, she enjoyed crocheting with a device she had invented, for which she received U. S. Patent 4,370,870.

Mrs. Kroh was a longtime member of the Church of Christ of Hiawatha, and the Hiawatha VFW Auxiliary Post #5210.

Norma was married to Donald Eldon Kroh on November 25, 1951, who died in 2003. She was also preceded in death by her parents.

Surviving are two sons:  David Eugene Kroh of Hiawatha, and Franklin Orban Kroh and wife Cinderella of Wamego; two grandsons Jacob Mark and Andrew Jonathan Kroh of Wamego; and two sisters, Ruth Kaufman, of Overland Park, KS, and Joan Schureman, of Murrieta, CA.

Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan.4, at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha. Brian Cobb will officiate. Interment will follow at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha. 

The family will meet with friends at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Carpenter Place (http://www.carpenterplace.org), Wichita, KS, which may be sent in care of the funeral home, 124 S 7th St., Hiawatha, KS 66434.

www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com