March 29, 2024

Beulah Hutchinson

Mount Ayr

Beulah C. Hutchinson, 79, of Mount Ayr died Jan. 14, 2015, at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. The Rev. Chris Conklin and the Rev. Ed Shields will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. Open visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Friday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr. Memorials may be given to Mount Ayr Band Boosters and Mount Ayr Drama Club. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Beulah C. Hutchinson, daughter of Betty (Alsbury) and Joe Hill, was born Oct. 11, 1935, at the family home just outside of Allendale, Mo., in Worth County.

Beulah attended rural schools through the eighth grade and then graduated from Grant City High School in 1953 at the age of 16.

After her graduation, Beulah attended Missouri Methodist School of Nursing, graduating in 1956 with a R.N. degree.

On April 7, 1957, Beulah married Raymond Hutchinson.

Beulah was a nurse and worked at Ringgold County Hospital.

Beulah is survived by her daughters, Kelli (Derrick) Bucy of Red Oak, Karla (Jerry) Hynes of Creston, Karen (Richard) Hanisch of West Des Moines and Tracee (Steve) Knapp of Redding; grandchildren, Lindsay (Chris) Blaine of Cumberland, Damon (Codi) Bucy of Glenville, Neb., Lacey (Andy) Frank of Liberty, Mo., Melanie Bucy of Maryville, Mo., Adam Hanisch of Hornick, Joshua Hanisch of West Des Moines, James (Natasha) Hanisch of Urbandale, Sandra Knapp of Wichita, Kan., and Lew, Reas and Trace Jet Knapp, all of Redding; great-grandchildren, Natalie and Nellie Blaine of Cumberland, Zara and Camden Emick of Jefferson, Tucker and Haiden Bucy and Tanner League, all of Glenville, Neb., Harper and Finley Frank of Liberty, Mo., Hunter, Hannah and Hayden Hanisch, all of Urbandale, and Iaden Aleman of Wichita, Kan.; siblings, Althea Spillman of Bethany, Mo., Pat Hill of Cameron, Mo., and Edna Magnuson of Apache Junction, Ariz.; and sisters-in-law, Shirley Hill of Camden Point, Mo., and Judy Hill of St. Joseph, Mo., and Lois Hill of Overland Park, Kan.

Beulah was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter Kayla Hutchinson; brothers, Ben, Don and Bill Hill; and sisters, Lacasta Lindsay and Dee (Hill) Norris.