Gerald (Corky) Albright

1942 - 2022  (80 years)

• Name	Gerald (Corky) Albright
  Nickname	Corky
  Born	4 Jan 1942	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Feb 2022	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	10 Feb 2022	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I492	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	G.L. (Jerry) Albright,   b. 27 Jul 1918, Palmer, Washington County, Kansas ,   d. 20 Apr 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Virginia Hartman Albright
  Married	19 May 1941
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeri Morris Albright
  Married	23 Apr 1966	Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
  Children	1. Scott Hamilton Albright   2. Martin Albright   3. Amy Albright Pruyser   4. Kay Albright Andler
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2022 21:28:44
  Family ID	F3968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 23 Apr 1966 - Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Buried - 10 Feb 2022 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Albright, Gerald Albright Gerald “Corky” Albright, 80, of Delia, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at his home. He was born Jan. 4, 1942, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Jerry and Virginia Hartman Albright. He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1960 and received a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry at Kansas State University, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Corky had served in the Kansas Army National Guard. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at Mayetta, the Marianist Lay Community at the church and a charter member of Mayetta Knights of Columbus Council 9535. Corky was inducted as a Kansas Master Farmer, class of 2005, and had served on the Jackson County Soil Conservation Board for 21 years. He was also a member of the Kansas Livestock Association, served on the Farm Bureau Board, the Jackson County Livestock Association, the Kansas Animal Health Board and Kansas Farm Management, and he was a 4-H club leader for the Hoyt Livewires. He married Jeri Morris on April 23, 1966, at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Manhattan. She survives of the home. Corky was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Darrel Albright. Other survivors include two sons, Martin Albright (Stephanie), Andover, and Scott Albright (Barb), Delia; two daughters, Amy Pruyser, Hoyt, and Kay Andler (Trent), Delia; two brothers, Bill Albirght, Topeka, and Steve Albright, Mayetta; two sisters, Debbie Simecka, Topeka, and Mary Jo Peterson, Ottawa; an aunt, Helen Eakes, Topeka; and nine grandchildren, Erica, Emily, Garrett, Brett, Karlie, Blake, Raegan, Harper, and Tate. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Private family burial will follow in Walnut Hill Cemetery, north of Silver Lake. A rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, followed by visitation until 8 p.m. Corky will lie in state after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex (Jackson County Fairgrounds) and may be sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440. Online condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com