Ruth Dewater Hopkins, 73, 220 East G, died August 15, 1989, at Hutchinson Hospital. Born Levetta Ruth Dewater February 7, 1916, at Joplin, Missouri., she married Clarence E. Hopkins July 7, 1962 at Hutchinson. A Homemaker, she was a resident of Hutchinson most of her life. She was a member of full Gospel Church, Hutchinson.
Survivors: husband, of the home; sons, Chester and Jesse Pinkston, both of Hutchinson; stepsons, Larry Hopkins, Texas, John Hopkins Denver; daughters, Alice Pinkston, Janice Gerou, and Linda Fletchall, all of Hutchinson; stepdaughter, Lorene Bickford, Claremore, Oklahoma; brothers, Lester Dewater, Moutainberg, Arkansas; Rat Dewater, Phoenix, Merle Dewater, South Hutchinson, Leland Dewater, Idaho; sisters, Opal Heliker, Wichita, Virginia West, Helen Morton, and Martha Francis, all of Hutchinson, Thelma Cross, South Hutchinson, Wanda Shehorn, Mississippi; 16 Grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at full Gospel Church, Pastor Betty Pinkston. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to p.m. today and from
9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Johnson and Sons Funeral Home, Hutchinson. Memorials may go to the Church.
Hutchinson News, (Hutchinson, Kansas) August 17, 1989 – Thursday - Page 33
(transcribed by Wayne Ellis Brawner Jr.) December 2020; Find-A-Grave Member ID 47163288 [email protected]
Ruth Dewater Hopkins, 73, 220 East G, died August 15, 1989, at Hutchinson Hospital. Born Levetta Ruth Dewater February 7, 1916, at Joplin, Missouri., she married Clarence E. Hopkins July 7, 1962 at Hutchinson. A Homemaker, she was a resident of Hutchinson most of her life. She was a member of full Gospel Church, Hutchinson.
Survivors: husband, of the home; sons, Chester and Jesse Pinkston, both of Hutchinson; stepsons, Larry Hopkins, Texas, John Hopkins Denver; daughters, Alice Pinkston, Janice Gerou, and Linda Fletchall, all of Hutchinson; stepdaughter, Lorene Bickford, Claremore, Oklahoma; brothers, Lester Dewater, Moutainberg, Arkansas; Rat Dewater, Phoenix, Merle Dewater, South Hutchinson, Leland Dewater, Idaho; sisters, Opal Heliker, Wichita, Virginia West, Helen Morton, and Martha Francis, all of Hutchinson, Thelma Cross, South Hutchinson, Wanda Shehorn, Mississippi; 16 Grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at full Gospel Church, Pastor Betty Pinkston. Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to p.m. today and from
9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Johnson and Sons Funeral Home, Hutchinson. Memorials may go to the Church.
Hutchinson News, (Hutchinson, Kansas) August 17, 1989 – Thursday - Page 33
(transcribed by Wayne Ellis Brawner Jr.) December 2020; Find-A-Grave Member ID 47163288 [email protected]
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Merl Allen "Rosey" DeWater
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Clarence Vernon DeWater
1920–1941
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Opal Maude Dewater Helliker
1922–1990
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Thelma Rosella Dewater Cross
1924–2008
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Virginia Dewater West
1925–2015
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Helen Irene Dewater Morton
1927–2015
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Charles Alvin DeWater
1928–1928
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Erma May Dewater Davies
1930–1978
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Leland Robert DeWater
1932–2012
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Everett Leroy DeWater
1934–1934
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