Raymond Lee ‘Ray’ Hanken (1943-2017)

Raymond Lee “Ray” Hanken, 73, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at the Hays Medical Center.
He was born June 21, 1943, at Great Bend to Frederick and Alice (Horst) Hanken. He married Patricia J. Freeburg on July 27, 1963, at Peace Lutheran Church, rural Albert, Kan.
From 1963 to 1980, Ray was a project manager for Allied-Shaffer and H.C. Smith Construction. He served as an electrical superintendent on the Titan II and MX Peace Keeper Missiles. During that time, Ray and Pat had lived in Warrensburg, Mo., Cheyenne, Wyo., Grand Forks. N.D., Rapid City, S.D., Great Falls, Mt., Salt Lake City, Utah, Burney, Calif., and Sedalia, Mo. Ray had been a Hoisington resident since 1980, retiring and moving to Holyrood in 2009. Ray also served as a branch manager for the Ellsworth Coop and the Great Bend Coop in Boyd. He was a member of the Peace Lutheran Church, rural Albert, and a long-time farmer and stockman.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia, of the home; a son, Terry Allen (Jeni) Hanken of McPherson; a daughter, Tonya Lea (Troy) Chadwell of Flower Mound, Texas; a sister, Rosalia Ann Schober Schick of Wichita; a son-in-law, Steve Ritter of Hoisington; and six grandchildren, Sarah Ritter-Smith, Shelly Ritter-Brown, Cole Hanken, Trey Hanken, Drew Hanken and Taye Chadwell.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sonja Dee Ritter.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Peace Lutheran Church, rural Albert, the Rev. Shelly Klingensmith and Rhonda Templing, P.M.A., officiating.
Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday Jan. 20, with a vigil at 7:30 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, Hoisington.
Memorials may be made to the Peace Lutheran Church, in care of the funeral home, 415 N. Main, Hoisington, Kan.
Condolences may be sent to www.nicholsonrickefh.net.