He belonged to First Christian Church and VFW Post No. 2715. He served in the U.S. Navy (Seabees) during World War II, stationed in the Solomon Islands.
On Aug 22, 1936, he married Dorothy Mae Griffith in Russell. She died Aug 22, 1965. On Dec 18, 1966, he married Leona Darlene Rahm Brown. She survives.
Other survivors include: a daughter, Carol Powell, Altoona; a brother, John Hatcher, Ellinwood; three stepsons, DeWayne Brown, Vici, Okla., John Brown, Woodward, Okla., and Ronald Brown, Minn. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Holland, Chester, Ernie, Edgar and Floyd; two sisters, Mary Pinon and Ruby Beyer; an infant daughter and son; a
stepson, Harry Don Brown; eight step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at First Christian Church, McPherson, with the Rev. John Gran presiding. Interment in Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery, Ellinwood.
He belonged to First Christian Church and VFW Post No. 2715. He served in the U.S. Navy (Seabees) during World War II, stationed in the Solomon Islands.
On Aug 22, 1936, he married Dorothy Mae Griffith in Russell. She died Aug 22, 1965. On Dec 18, 1966, he married Leona Darlene Rahm Brown. She survives.
Other survivors include: a daughter, Carol Powell, Altoona; a brother, John Hatcher, Ellinwood; three stepsons, DeWayne Brown, Vici, Okla., John Brown, Woodward, Okla., and Ronald Brown, Minn. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Holland, Chester, Ernie, Edgar and Floyd; two sisters, Mary Pinon and Ruby Beyer; an infant daughter and son; a
stepson, Harry Don Brown; eight step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at First Christian Church, McPherson, with the Rev. John Gran presiding. Interment in Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery, Ellinwood.
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