Reva Jane Deters, 87, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025, at Life Care Center of Seneca, where she had been a resident.

Reva was born May 23, 1937 to Raymond and Gertrude (Koch) Droge. She was raised in the town of St. Benedict, KS with two sisters and two brothers.  She graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in St. Benedict, KS in the 8th grade.  In her early years she worked at the Seneca Hospital and the Dutch Mill in Seneca, KS.

On April 3, 1956, Reva married Linus Henry Deters at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in St. Benedict, KS.  They would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary this April. They began their married life on a farm southwest of Centralia. In 1963 They moved to a farm south of Baileyville, where their family was made complete with raising 5 children. There Reva helped Linus run their family dairy, milking the cow’s morning and night and found time to raise registered dogs.

Reva was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and a member of Saint Ann’s Altar Society. When she served as an officer, and she was in charge of bringing back the parish picnic.  She sang with the choir, was a eucharistic minister, and helped with stitching many quilts together with the ladies of the church. Reva volunteered for many years at SPPS Mission Center.  She was also dedicated to giving blood at the local blood drives. She was a hospital guild lifetime member.  Reva enjoyed getting together with the neighborhood ladies, once a month for “club.”  While enjoying each other’s company, the club ladies would make name tag door decorations for Crestview and Country View Care Homes in Seneca. She loved having her family gather together for celebrations.

Reva had an abundant love of hobbies.  She enjoyed time away from the farm to attend classes to make ceramics, which her children still use today.  She knitted sweaters, crochet doilies, cross stitched patterns, and painted nature scenes.  Her beloved hobby was sewing countless quilts. Reva made quilts for Sacred Heart Church picnics, her children, her grandchildren, for neighbors to donate to church picnics, and for herself just because she loved the pattern.  When she wasn’t working on one of her hobbies Reva enjoyed growing flowers and feeding birds so that she could watch them, especially Orioles.

Reva was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Gertrude (Koch) Droge, her siblings and in-laws: Norma Jean (Joe) Wociechowski, Maumee, OH; Raymond (Mary Lou) Droge; Topeka, KS; Diane Laub, Topeka, KS; and an infant brother James Droge.

She is survived by her husband, Linus; son Gregory (Denise) Deters, Centralia, KS; daughter Jean Mosher (Dale Blanton), Topeka, KS; daughter Sheila (Rod) Lewis, St. Petersburg, FL; son Darrin (Cheryl) Deters, Baileyville, KS; daughter Debbie (Don) Berkley, Lenexa, KS; brother Craig Droge, Topeka, KS; 3 granddaughters; 13 grandsons; 3 great granddaughters; 18 great grandsons with two on the way.

Rosaries will be prayed at 2 pm and 7 pm, March 10,2025 at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca, KS.  The Mass of Cristian burial will be celebrated at 10:30am at Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville, KS on March 11^th, with burial to follow in Sacred Heart Church Cemetery.

Memorials can be made to Sacred Heart Hall Building in Reva’s name.