SAN ANTONIO, TX-Ruth Dorlene Hensley Nolder passed away Wednesday November 14, 2018 one week short of turning 98 years old in San Antonio, TX. She was born on November 21, 1920 in Pleasant Valley, Kansas to Garret Roy and Ida Isabelle Hensley. She was a graduate from Ford High School and Dodge City Business College. On July 13, 1941 she married Homer Amos Nolder in Ford, Kansas. Together they raised 3 children in Dodge City, Kansas. Dorlene worked outside the home as a bookkeeper for Fairmont Foods, Ford Co-op Exchange, Nolder Standard Service and Ozark Supply Company from which she retired in 1978.

Dorlene was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. She held a life membership in the UMW and was a diligent student of the Bible. She enjoyed reading and sports.

She and her husband moved to Rogers, AR in 1972. She later moved to Rockwall, TX in 2009 and then again to San Antonio, TX in January of 2015.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Homer Nolder; her 3 brothers, Charles & sister-in-law Evelyn Hensley, Orvis, & Roy Hensley; her 2 sisters, Dorothy Marie Hensley and Alma & brother-in-law John Kirk.

Dorlene is survived by her son, Craig and wife Linda Nolder; daughter, Jeanette and husband Doyl Strickert; daughter, Connie and husband Bob Kuester; 9 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, 5 step great grandchildren, 7 great great grandchildren, and 3 great great step grandchildren, her brother Max Hensley and sister Sharon Stephenson of Ford, KS, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be 10:00 am Tuesday November 20, 2018 at the Ford Community Church, Ford, Kansas with Scott Tilley officiating. Visitation for Dorlene will be held Monday November 19, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Minnis Mortuary 214 Main St. Bucklin, Kansas 67834. Burial to follow service at Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Kansas.

The family suggests memorials to the Donor's Choice in care of Minnis Mortuary, P.O. Box 516 Bucklin, Kansas 67834.