Merle H. Hucke^{[1, 2]}

1927 - 2005  (77 years)

• Name	Merle H. Hucke
  Born	11 Dec 1927	Mound Valley, Labette, Kansas, United States
  Died	30 Aug 2005	Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
  Buried	2 Sep 2005	Pleasant Hill, Dennis, Labette, Kansas, United States
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I922	tree1
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Cecil Orville Hucke,   b. 30 Apr 1900, Kansas, United States ,   d. 18 Jul 1963  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Eva M. Birt,   b. 27 Mar 1903,   d. 11 Nov 1974  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	L.L. Wiley
  Children	1. C. Hucke   2. R.K. Hucke   3. B. Hucke   4. T. Hucke
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Gravestone, Merle H Hucke Photo by Gwen Moss at Find A Grave, used with permission.
  		Monument, Hucke plot, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dennis, Kansas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Obituary - Various. Merle H. Hucke, 77, of rural Mound Valley died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita. He had been in his usual health and his death was unexpected. He was born Dec. 11, 1927, in rural Mound Valley to Cecil O. and Eva M. (Birt) Hucke. He grew up in the Pleasant Hill community and attended Pleasant Hill Church. He graduated from Labette County Community High School in 1945. Shortly after high school, he was drafted into the Army. In 1947, he returned to Mound Valley and worked at Farmland Industries oil refinery in Coffeyville. He worked there for 37 years until retiring in 1985. He also farmed and raised livestock throughout his adult life and continued to do so until he died. He was an active member of Mound Valley United Methodist Church for 43 years. He enjoyed playing his fiddle and guitar. He was a charter member of Mound Valley Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers. He was also a member of the National Farmers Organization. He married Luvonne L. Wiley on Nov. 7, 1952, in Chetopa. She survives of the home. Other survivors include two sons, Chris Hucke and his wife, Lita, of Parsons and R. Kelly Hucke of Scottsdale, Ariz.; two daughters, Brenda McMahon and her husband, Paul, of St. Charles, Ill., and Teresa Wille and her husband, Brad, of Manhattan; three grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; a brother, Richard Hucke and his wife, Carol, of rural Parsons; and two sisters, Betty Tanner of rural Parsons and Jenae Utley and her husband, Alan, of Checotah, Okla. The service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mound Valley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tom Reazin officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont. Parsons Sun (KS) - September 1, 2005 [S5] FindAGrave.com, Various contributors. Merle Harrison Hucke Birth: Dec. 11, 1927 Mound Valley Labette County Kansas, USA Death: Aug. 30, 2005 Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA Loving husband of Luvonne L. Wiley Hucke for 43 years. Father of 2 sons & 2 daughters. Provides middle name, not present in obituary. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hucke&GSiman=1&GScid=93336&GRid=37071846&