Delbert E. “Satch” Hummel, 80, Yates Center, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home, in Iola.
Satch was born on Jan. 31, 1935, in El Dorado, to Delbert C. and Opal R. Cupp Hummel.
Satch grew up in Towanda and graduated from high school there. On July 3, 1953, he married Lois Elaine Williams, in Towanda. She died in September of 1974. He then married, Deloris “Dee” Marie Wells Chriestenson on Feb. 18, 1977, in Towanda.
Satch had worked for the Costal Refinery in Wichita. He had served in the National Guard.
Satch was also preceded in death by his parents.
Satch is survived by his wife, Deloris “Dee” of the home; three sons, Russ Hummel and his wife Crystal and Von Hummel and his wife Vanessa, both of Towanda, and Mike Ledbetter, Pittsburg; three daughters, Rhonda Keplar and her husband Randy, Elsmore, Kim Jeffrey and her husband Shane, Pittsburg, and Kindith Holman and her husband Ron, Iola; his twin sister, Joyce Kingsley, El Dorado; a nephew, Clint Hummel and his wife Connie, Towanda; 13 grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Memorial graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Towanda Cemetery, Towanda. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association and may be sent in care of Campbell Funeral Home, P.O. Box 188, Yates Center, KS 66783.
Delbert Hummel
