Aletha "Dean" Stotts, 88, died April 10, 2014 at Asbury Park, Inc., Newton. She was born July 27, 1925 in Dodge City, the daughter of Herbert and Abigail Smith Rupert. A graduate of Dodge City High School, she had been a resident of Hutchinson most of her life. She was a homemaker and member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. She married Bernard Stotts on October 12, 1949 in Dodge City. He died April 6, 2001.
Survivors include 2 nieces LaDonna Smith, Newton and Mary Kay Bottomley and husband Dave, Hutchinson, and 3 nephews, Ralph Smith, Jr., Newton, Larry Stotts and wife Jane, Hutchinson, and Robert Stotts, Wichita.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Melvin Rupert and 2 sisters, Maggie Smith and Eleanor Orrill.
Graveside services will be held 10:30 AM Wed. at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with Chaplain Bill Eichelberger presiding. Visitation will be held from 9AM to 9PM Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory, Hutchinson.