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Hitch, Louise

Hitch, Louise

Female 1916 - 2012  (95 years)

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  • Name Hitch, Louise 
    Born 1 Nov 1916  Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Feb 2012  Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Feb 2012  Memorial Park Cemetery - Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #
      Findagrave.com Memorial #85747213
    Person ID I9288  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Hitch, William Brinson Sr.,   b. 3 Nov 1890, Morven, Brooks County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jul 1972  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Stout, Sibyl Irene,   b. 3 Jul 1895, Newton County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Dec 1981  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F3806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dirksen, John Henry,   b. 18 Oct 1908, Inman, McPherson County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1994, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 29 May 1935  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dirksen, J, William
     2. Dirksen, JoAn
     3. Dirksen, Jan
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F3811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • Obituary


       


      Louise Dirksen, 95, died Feb. 25, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1916, in Great Bend, to William Brinson and Sibyl Irene (Stout) Hitch.

      Louise was a member of Hutchinson Seventh Day Adventist Church. She was a secretary at Hutchinson Community College for 20 years, retiring in 1988.

      On May 30, 1935, she married John Henry Dirksen in Wichita. He died May 31, 1994.

      Survivors include: son, Dr. J. William Dirksen and his wife Marlys Dirksen of Washington, Utah; two daughters, JoAn Powell and her husband Dr. Jerry Powell of Loveland, Colo. and Jan Jacobs and her husband Clark Jacobs of Hutchinson; brother, J.W. Hitch of Riverside, Calif.; sister, Mary Leuzinger of Stockton, Mo.; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Louise was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers, Brinson and Robert Hitch; and a sister, Frances Smith.

      Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, with Pastor Jerry Nowack officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to noon Monday with the family to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hutchinson Seventh Day Adventist Church, in care of the mortuary.