Julia Loraine McCoy, 95, lifelong resident of Nortonville, KS, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at the Village Villa Nursing Home in Nortonville.

Julia has been cremated. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at a later date at the Nortonville Cemetery. Memorial contributions in honor of Julia are suggested to the Nortonville Cemetery and may be sent in care of the O’Trimble Funeral Home, PO Box 267, Nortonville, KS 66060, who is entrusted with the arrangements. Words of sympathy and remembrance may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com

Julia Stephan was born June 6, 1920 in Nortonville, the daughter of Earl and Sarah Alice (Crouch) Stephan. Julia graduated from Nortonville High School. Julia had worked as a telephone operator but primarily she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Julia and Douglas Charles McCoy were married on January 1, 1944 at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Nortonville. Julia was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Ladies Aide of the church, and she enjoyed gardening.

Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas, on November 11, 1978; her parents; two brothers, Wilmer and Curtis Stephan; and a sister, Alice Maxson.

Survivors include a son, Joe L. (Diane) McCoy, Wichita; daughter, Ileen (Merle) Soeken, Mountain Home, Arkansas; sister, Wilma Adamson, Pittsburg, KS; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.