Dateline: Hoisington, Kansas

Irene C Bitter – 1927 – 2016

Irene C. Bitter, 88, of Hoisington, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Cherry Village in Great Bend. She was born December 9, 1927 at Barton County, KS, the daughter of Fred and Amelia (Bitter) Deutsch. She was a lifelong resident of Northern Barton County and Hoisington until moving to Cherry Village Nursing Home in 2014.

Irene married Harry Bitter on November 21, 1948 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Susank. He preceded her in death on September 23, 2014. Mrs. Bitter was a farm wife and worked as a C.N.A. at Central Kansas Medical Center and Hoisington Clara Barton Hospital. She was a member of LWML (Lutheran Women’s Missionary League) and the Dorcas Society.

Survivors include one son, Kenneth and wife Cindy, of Powell, OH, grandchildren, Josh and wife Kelly, Kurt Bitter, Shaelynn Bitter, Zachary Bitter, Trey Bitter, Cole Bilbrey, Sydnie Bilbrey; and two great grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Lucas Bitter; one brother Junior Deutsch of Hoisington, KS, two sisters, Theresa Dumler of Hoisington, KS, daughter-in-law, Heather Bitter (surviving spouse of Greg), of Hoisington, KS, and Wilma Haesemeyer of Hutchinson, KS.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Frederick J. Bitter and Greg Bitter; eight brothers, Armin Deutsch, Raymond Deutsch, Leland Deutsch, Dean Deutsch, Edward Deutsch, Edwin Deutsch, Robert Deutsch, Paul Deutsch; and one sister Helena Mai.

The funeral service will be Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church in Hoisington, with the Reverend Mark Lovett officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m., at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington, KS. Interment will be at Hoisington Cemetery, Hoisington. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Concordia Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Hour, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

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