Obituary

Ruth Maxine Matlack, 89, Died Dec 9, 2006 at her home in Burrton. She was born November 6, 1917 at Geneseo, Kansas, daughter of Fred Hay and Elva Noral Bennett Workman. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1935, where she was a amember of the National Honor Society. She attended Hutchinson Community College and graduated from the former Hutchinson School of Cosmetology. A resident of Burrton since 1940, she was a homemaker and hairdcresser.

She belonged to the United Methodist Church of Burrton, United Methodist Women, and a weekly quilting group and served on the funeral luncheon committee since 1974, all at the church, was a Burrton school board member and belonged to several other women's groups, including a coffee group she had attended for more than 50 years, recently meeting at the Village Inn.

She married Raymond M. Matlack on October 14, 1940 at her parents' home in Hutchinson. He died December 23, 1989. Survivors: son, Jerry, Hutchinson; daughter, Rae Jean Matlack, Denver; sister, Jeanne Holder and husband, Max, Pueblo, Colo; grandson, Jeff and wife, Brenda, Gardner; great-grandson, Justin Gardner. She was preceded in death by a brother,, Parker Workman and a grandson Scott.

Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be Monday at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson. Burial will be in Burrton Cemetery.