Jessica Rudell

Jessica Layne Rudell, 18, of Oakley, died Sunday, October 20, 2013. She was born June 20, 1995 in Englewood, CO. Jessica was a 2013 graduate of Oakley High School. She was a member of the FFA and National Champion for goats and a runner up for horses. She was attending Colby Community College and was a member of the CCC Block & Saddle Club, Livestock Judging Team, Rodeo Club and Equestrian Team. She was also a member of Blazing Saddles drill team, High Plains 4-H club, American Quarter Horse Youth Association, the Kansas and Colorado Cutting Horse Association and Reining Cow Horse Association. She attended the 4-H National Quarter Horse Congress and was 1st Runner up for the McCracken Rodeo Queen.

She is preceded in death by her mother Tamera Lea Rudell-Mathias.

She is survived by her parents Francis & Pamela Rudell, Oakley.

Visitation will be 4-7pm on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 25, 2013 at the United Methodist Church, Oakley. Burial will follow in the Grinnell Township Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to 4-H or FFA in care of Baalmann Mortuary PO Box 204, Oakley, KS 67748. Online condolences: www.baalmannmortuary.com