Max D. Ludlum

May 10, 1933 - February 11, 2022

Max Dewayne Ludlum, age 88, passed away February 11, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital, Chanute, Kansas. Max was born May 10, 1933, in Savonburg, Kansas, to William Ludlum and Georgia (Swanson) Ludlum. Max graduated from Elsmore High School in 1951. Max married Bethel Piesker on March 15, 1953. They made their home in the Elsmore area. Two children joined this union, Danny Lee in 1959 and Janet Beth in 1962. Max was a lifetime member of Friends Home Lutheran Church, a charter member of the Elsmore Ruritan Club, one of the organizers of the Public Wholesale Rural Water District No. 2, and served on many boards in his life. Max was a lifetime farmer and loved the land of which he cared for. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, and he deeply loved his family and always took care of them Max was a well-respected member of the community. He was a person others would go to for advice. He was full of kindness and always willing to help others. His smile and sense of humor were traits that everyone remembered and loved. Max was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Bethel; son, Danny; sisters, LaVerne Thompson, Betty Jackson, Wilberta Morrison, an infant sister; brothers, Ruliff Ludlum and Joe Ludlum. Max is survived by daughter, Janet Shadden and husband, Steve, Elsmore, Kansas; granddaughters, Kaylan (Brett) Rybnick, Kansas City, Missouri, Kacie (Derrick) Carr, Moran, Kansas, Kari Shadden, Lawrence, Kansas; and great grandson, Callen Carr. A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2022, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola, Kansas. A funeral service will be on Friday, February 18, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at Friends Home Lutheran Church, Savonburg, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Elsmore Cemetery, Elsmore, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to the Danny Ludlum Memorial Scholarship at Allen Community College, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Condolences for the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.