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- Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes, 88, died Sept. 11, 2009. She was born May 25, 1921, the daughter of Albert and Phoebe James Gibson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939 and attended Hutchinson JUCO. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had worked for Baize and Sons Jewelry, was the manager for the Emporium and retired from Dillard's at the age of 83.
She was a member of First Church of God, where she and her husband were youth sponsors for many years. She was also a member of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary Unit #68, both the Kansas and National Electronic Associations and was a Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corp Alumni.
On Oct. 12, 1943, she married Emmett W. Hughes in Lyons, Kan. He died April 5, 1975. Survivors include: four children, Barbara Clendening, Jack Emmett Hughes Sr., Jill Crank and husband Ted, all of Hutchinson, and Michael Kent Hughes and wife Lisa, of Hilliard, Ohio; two brothers, Robert Gibson and wife Shirley, of Des Moines, Iowa, Gene Gibson and wife Norma of Rogers, Ark.; two sisters, Ina Harper and husband Ray, Mary Newton and husband Jesse, both of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Dar Holden and wife Kay, Jack Emmett Hughes Jr., both of Hutchinson, Julia Hughes, of Ontario, Calif., Jennifer Hughes, of Independence, Mo., and Staff Sgt. Norman Ich II and wife Sadie, of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, who is deployed with the 95th Sapper Engineers in Iraq. She leaves behind many friends, loved ones and Sky Ryders who considered her "Mom."
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters, Fern Stoughton, Marie Rodgers, Sophia Baize, Phebe Jennings, two brothers, Frank Gibson and an infant brother.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor John Carney presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Sunday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Memorials can be sent to First Church Of God, Hutch-inson Community College or Hospice and Homecare of Reno County, in care of the mortuary. The family wishes to acknowledge Hospice and Homecare of Reno County for giving them the help to allow their mother to die with dignity.
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1921 - 2009 (88 years)
