This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorisPetty87 Surnames: Hatcher - Magnus - Vaughn - Myers - Green - Bridges - Ferguson - Minnie - Turner Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hatcher/1851/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Velda Carrie Hatcher Velda Carrie Hatcher, 78, of Arkansas City, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, at the Presbyterian Manor Health Care Unit in Arkansas City. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2008, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Homey. Pastor Robert Ferris will officiate. Interment will follow in the Maple City Cemetery. Velda was born June 24, 1929, in Arkansas City, to Earl W. Magnus and Bertha Carrie (Vaughn) Magnus. She attended Cedar Vale schools. On Dec. 20, 1945, she married Clyde H. Hatcher in Sedan and the couple made their home in Cedar Vale. In 1953, the couple moved to Arkansas City, where the couple has made their home since. Velda worked 30 years for Southwestern Bell Telephone retiring as the chief operator. She was a member of the Spencer Ralston Post No. 1254 V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary, the American Legion Post No. 18 Ladies Auxiliary, Order of the Eastern Star, past member of the Arkansas City Garden Club and was a volunteer at the Kansas Veterans Home ! in Winfield. Survivors include her husband, Clyde Hatcher of the home; two daughters, Irene Myers and husband, Dwight, of Wellington, Barbara Green, of Arkansas City; four granddaughters, Torri Bridges, of Wichita, Renee Ferguson, of Wellington, Angela Minnie, of Topeka, and Melissa Turner, of Pueblo, Colo.; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Eugene Magnus, Ernest Magnus and Gerald Magnus. A memorial has been established with the Kansas Veterans Home. Contributions may be made through the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home of Arkansas City. Online condolences may be made at www.rindt-erdman.com. ADV. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.