Catherine Maxine Maris, 87, of La Cygne, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday June 1, 2016, at Medicalodge Nursing Home in Butler, Missouri. Born December 3, 1928, in Paola, Kansas and raised in Jingo, Kansas, she was a daughter of the late Harold Eugene Mendenhall and Ruby Francis Driskell-Mendenhall. Mrs. Maris graduated in 1946 from La Cygne Rural High School. She attended UrsilineAcademy where she received her teaching certificate and continued her education at Baker University and later on received her Masters in Teaching from Pittsburg State University. She worked in multiple one-room schoolhouses starting in 1946 at Sunny Ridge. She continued her teaching career at 96, Prairie Home, Fontana Elementary School, and retired with 31 years of service in teaching at La Cygne Elementary School in 1994. She took a break from teaching from 1962 to 1977 to raise her children and help out with the daily activities of her and her husband''s Grade A dairy farm. Maxine was a member of the Eastern Star, Linn County Republican Women, E.H.U. and P.E.O. She was a 4-H leader and was involved in multiple community activities including planning for the annual La Cygne Fiesta and Christmas caroling around the town each December. She was an avid Bridge player and loved to golf, attend Kansas City Chiefs football games, and support her grandchildren in multiple 4-H and FFA activities. She was also a devoted member of the La Cygne United Methodist Church and La Cygne United Methodist Women. Mrs. Maris was married to the late Ashley J Maris on August 3, 1952. She had two children, the late Sheryl Rae Maris and Mark Ashley Maris of Gardner, KS. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Michael Maris of Gardner, KS, Kirsty Hartley of Salina, KS, Taylor Morrison and great-granddaughter Bexleigh Morrison of Hume, MO, and Dacota Maris of Butler, MO. She is also survived by one sister, Illene Kettler of Paola, KS and one brother, Eugene Mendenhall of Linn Valley, KS. Visitation services will be held at 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday June 5, 2016 at the Schneider FuneralHome in La Cygne, KS. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday June 6, 2016 at the La Cygne United Methodist Church with the Rev. Don Gaffney officiating. Interment will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery immediately following the funeral service. All family and friends are invited to a luncheon that will be held at the La Cygne UnitedMethodist Church, following interment, provided by the ladies of Eastern Star and the La CygneUnited Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to La Cygne United Methodist ChurchMemorial, Linn County 4-H Council, or the Prairie FFA Association.