Carol Ann Bloodworth, formally of Cheney, passed away on Feb. 13, 2024.

Carol was the third of five children born in Wichita to Henry and Marie (Doll) Heinicke on May 3, 1940. After graduating from Wichita East High School and completing a brief stint with the Navy to study meteorology, Carol married and started a family. Later, divorced and raising five children, she went back to school, earned a degree from Wichita State University, and found her life's calling in city management in the late 1970s. She had 25 years of service in Horton, Kiowa, Cheney, and Maize, and served on the Kansas Association of City/County Management (KACM) board of directors as president.

Carol was committed to mentoring others in city management and received a KACM career achievement award for her dedication. Also as a member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), she was awarded a Community Partnership Award for the purchase and expansion of Cheney’s Cherry Oaks Municipal Golf Course. She also served on the board of Starkey, an organization that promotes the independence of people with intellectual disabilities. She was an avid reader and had a love of music, theater, root beer floats, scrabble, and politics.

Carol is preceded in death by her two sons, Kenneth and Gregory Bloodworth, and her parents, Henry and Marie Heinicke.

She is survived by her siblings, Jane White (Paul), Henry George Heinicke, Jerry Heinicke (Francis), and Jim Heinicke (Joyce); her three daughters, Kathryn McAnulty (Phil) of Overbrook, Kan., Julia Casey of Overland Park, and Meredith O'Donnell (Lance and Erin Bloodworth) of Sorrento, Fla.; and her 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

There will be a celebration of life on her birthday May 3 at Laurel Cemetery, Haven, Kan. Further details will be shared at www.PenwellGabelKC.com when arrangements are complete.

Should friends desire, contributions can be made in her honor to Starkey Inc., 4500 W. Maple, Wichita, KS 67209 (Starkey.org).