Sue Hervey

Suee Hervey, 81, of McPherson, Kansas passed away November 5, 2025, at McPherson Health and Rehab following complications with leukemia and kidney failure.

Sue was born Sondra Sue Wilson in Topeka, KS on March 1, 1944, to Earl M. and Ella M. Wilson, the youngest of three children. She attended Highland Park Elementary, Jr. High, and graduated from Highland Park High School. On December 14, 1963, she married Dan Hervey at the Highland Park United Methodist Church. Their only child, Sheila Rae Hervey, was born in 1967.

Following marriage, Sue lived in Oakland, CA and Charleston, SC with Dan while he served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. She was a bookkeeper most of her life. She was employed at the Kansas Inspection Bureau and later a medical group while living in Topeka. She worked at TG&Y in Manhattan as a cashier/bookkeeper while Dan attended Kansas State University. While living in Hutchinson, she was a bookkeeper for Atkinson Construction Company and did just about every job you can do in a restaurant her brother-in-law owned for a year. After moving to McPherson in 1978, she was employed by Stanley’s Fashions; Keith Mines, Accounting; and retired from Precision Industries in 2010 as a secretary/bookkeeper.

Sue was a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a room mother and member of the PTO at North Reno Elementary. She never missed her daughter’s events from elementary through college. She drove the McPherson High School Debate and Forensic teams all over Kansas in her Buick 9 passenger station wagon and sometimes required a change of topics if the students got too vocal. She continued the tradition, supporting her grandchildren at as many of their school events, concerts, recitals, and performances as she could attend.

Sue was a person of strong Christian faith attending Methodist and Christian churches all her life. She served as Treasurer for the evening Christian Women’s Club, belonged to the Noon Kiwanis Club for over 20 years until it disbanded, an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a Charter member of the Legion Riders in McPherson. Following retirement, she volunteered more than 30 hours per week at Save ‘n Share until a ruptured cranial aneurysm sidelined her in October 2023.

Sue is survived by her husband of 61 years, Dan; daughter Sheila (Dr. Brian) Billings of McPherson, KS; grandchildren Anastasia Billings and Xavier Billings of McPherson KS; brother-in-law Don (Lea Ann) Hervey of Scottsdale, AZ; sister-in-law, Elain Ellenwood of Papillion, NE; Dan’s Little Brother Michael (Debbie) Jakabosky of Little River, KS; nieces, nephews and many friends.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Marjorie Walker and Hazel Morris.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Monday, November 10, 2025, at Countryside Covenant Church. The funeral service will be at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, November 12, at Countryside Covenant Church with burial following at McPherson Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be given to McPherson American Legion Auxiliary Post #24 in care of Stockham Family Funeral Home, 205 North Chestnut, McPherson, KS 67460.