Cary W. Blue

Cary W. Blue, age 75, of Woodston, Kansas, formerly rural Shelton, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

Services were held Wednesday, October 23, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kenesaw.

Pastor Paul Duffy officiated.

Burial will be later. Memorials are suggested to the family, to be designated later. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride and Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Our beloved Cary Blue tragically left us unexpectedly Tuesday, October 15, 2024. He had just celebrated his 75th birthday.

Cary was born October 4, 1949, to Raymond and Nedra (Ramsey) Blue. He had one sister, Marcene Bauer.

Cary attended elementary school at Denman and graduated high school from Shelton.

He attended one year of college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The next year he came back to the family farm. He continued farming until he retired in 2022. He and his father owned CR Lumber in Kenesaw from 1977 to 1989. He had a passion for life, including raising lambs and was able to offer opportunities for 4-H members with the Buffalo County lamb lottery. He followed the projects to completion which gave him much joy. He loved spending time outdoors on the river, hunting and watching birds.

He was a member and elder of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lowell. He loved the Lord! His church family was very important to him.

Cary was united in marriage to Sharon Smith on March 28, 2009. He joined a ready-made family, stepdaughters Julie (John) Winkel, Sandy (Terry) Redetzke and LeAnn (Damion) Dix. The apples of his eye were his grandchildren, Caitlyn and Kade Miller, Grace (Blake Brown) Redetzke, Sydney and Carter Redetzke and Olivia, Ava and Addison Dix and great-grandson Clayton Brown. He and Sharon rarely missed the grandkids’ sports activities. After Cary retired, they built a home in Kansas to be close to family. Cary played a huge part in the house’s construction and took pride in the process. The past few years had been the happiest as they settled into their new home. Cary and Sharon were enjoying life.

Cary is survived by his wife, Sharon; stepdaughters; grandchildren; sister, Marcene Bauer; nephew, Matthew Gillham; niece, Amber (Jason) Melero; and great-niece and nephew, Elise and Noah.

Cary was preceded in death by his father, mother, and brother-in-law, John Bauer.