Lorieta H. Long, 80, of Humboldt died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt.
She was born March 10, 1930, on the family farm east of Humboldt, to Arthur and Lucile Daisy (Bale) Elliott. She grew up on the farm.
On Oct. 4, 1947, she married Harvey Mueller in Iola. They made their home in Humboldt. They had three children before they divorced.
On June 30, 1978, she married Dr. Edward E. Long in Lindsborg. They made their home in Humboldt. He died in October 1993.
She was a member of Humboldt United Methodist Church. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by a son, Jim Mueller and his wife, Pam, Moran; a daughter, Janie Hutson and her husband, Larry, Humboldt; five sisters, Edna Mae Culp and her husband, Bill, Petrolia, Joan Snodgrass and her husband, Bruce, Lawrence, and Judy Middendorf and her husband, Jerry, Hazel Robb and her husband, John, and Jean Lindsey and her husband, Harold, Humboldt; six grandchildren, Jim Mueller, Anna Selden, Justin Mueller, Jennifer Mueller, Casey Dye and Nick Hutson; and eight great-grandchildren.
A son, John Lee (Catfish) Mueller, a sister, Ruth Mueller, and an infant brother and sister died earlier.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Humboldt United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Humboldt United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt.
Memorials to Humboldt Historical Society and Museum may be left at Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapels in Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left online at iolafuneral.com.
Lorieta Long
