Arvid "Ike" Wuthnow, 81, died Jan. 25, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson.
He was born June 27, 1924, in Hope, the son of Benjamin Harry and Olga Hulda Kohrs Wuthnow. He was a 1943 graduate of Hope High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he had worked for John Deere Company, Doskocil's, Cessna and retired from Tyson Foods.
In 1934, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and chose to make Him the Lord of his life. While living in the state of Kansas, Ohio, Arkansas and Indiana, he was a faithful and active member of a church and finished his earthly ministry at The Corner Stone Baptist Church in Hutchinson. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the 80th Division Veteran's Association. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater of Operations.
On July 18, 1952, he married Betty June Guthrie in Albuquerque, N.M. Together they raised five children. She survives.
Other survivors include: two sons, Ardy and wife, Marie, Hutchinson, and Arlis J. and wife, Shannon, Moundridge; three daughters, Millie Braun and husband, Dennis, Mason, Ohio, Arvida Maynus and husband, David, Marion, Ind., Analeis Pruitt and husband, Bill, Conway, Ark.; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Wyeth L. Wuthnow.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at The Corner Stone Baptist Church, with Pastor Larry Wedel and Arlis J. Wuthnow presiding. Internment will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church Cemetery, rural Hope, just inside the Eastern Gate. Military honors will be conducted by Ft. Riley Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to the Church's Mission Fund or Parkinson's Foundation, both in care of the mortuary, 1219 North Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501. Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
All whose lives have been touched by this "gentle" man can gratefully say that they have known a man who was an example of God's love, was a disciple of Jesus Christ and truly loved his God with all of his heart. He will be deeply missed on this earth but we know that we will see him again "just inside the Eastern Gate" of Heaven