Martha Heier, 80, of Hays, formerly of Oakley, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Hays Medical Center. She was born in Sheridan County, Kansas on January 3, 1943, to Valentine “Walter” and Margaret (Zerr) Heier. Martha graduated from Sheridan Community High School in 1960. She worked as a cook in the Colby and Oakley area for many years. Martha was an avid embroider and sewer, she loved gifting her masterpieces to her family. Reading was a passion all her life. She was never without a stack of books close by. She was a very quiet woman, but she did enjoy playing card games, dominoes and calling bingo with her apartment community. One of her latest ventures was putting puzzles together, mounting and framing them, so they could be hung on the walls of the apartment complex she lived in. Idleness was not in her vocabulary

Survivors include her sister-in-law, Rosalie Heier; nephew, Richard Heier and wife Glenda; nieces, Debra Vickers and husband Kelly, all of Hoxie, Norma LeHew, of Tucson, AZ; great nieces and nephews, Aimee, Kelsi, Jamie, Trisha, Jordan, Andrew, Kara and Corey; and numerous great-great nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents and brother Jacob J. Heier.

Cremation was chosen and her family is having a graveside service in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Park, Kansas, on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 2:00 pm. For information of condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com