Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS June 12, 1998 Costin Nix HUGOTON - Costin Nix, 83, died June 11, 1998, at Pioneer Nursing Home, Hugoton. He was born May 20, 1915, in rural Stevens County, the son of Clarence L. and Hazel Minnie Costin Nix. A lifetime area resident, he was a rancher and farmer. He belonged to the United Methodist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both at Hugoton. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. On Dec. 29, 1951, he married Irene Nichols at Raton, N.M. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Richard Nix, New Castle, Colo., and Bob Vincent, Hoisington; a daughter, Sharon Aldrich, Tulsa, Okla.; a brother, Paul Nix, Hugoton; two sisters, Helen Hathaway, Hugoton, and Thelma Holt, Holdenville, Okla.; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church, Hugoton, with the Revs. Kenneth Hathaway and Larry Seybold presiding. Burial, with military graveside rites, will be in Hugoton Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Gideons International or to Pioneer Manor Nursing Home, both in care of Paul's Funeral Home, Hugoton.