PLAINS - Pauline R. Atkinson, 85, died March 25, 2015 at Sterling House, Dodge City, KS.

She was born on February 1, 1930 in rural Reno County, KS to Carl F and Margaret Olive Hefling Hoskinson. She grew up in Reno County and graduated from Haven High School in 1948. After high school she worked for Kansas Power & Light in Hutchinson. During this time she met and later married Irvin C. Atkinson on October 10, 1954. They moved to his farm in Meade County, where they farmed & ranched for 50 years. The couple moved to Plains, KS in 1993 where they lived until July 2013 when they moved into Sterling House in Dodge City. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last October.

She was a member of the Plains Christian Church.

She is survived by her husband, Irvin, one daughter, Linda Burris (Bruce) Dodge City, one son, Galen Atkinson (Rhonda) Burleson, TX, 4 grandchildren: Shiloh Burris (Michele) Topeka, William Atkinson (April) Kyle, TX, Jennifer Boepple (Brandon) Cypress, TX and Phillip Atkinson Burleson, TX, 9 great-grandchildren, one sister, Rebecca Berg, State College, PA and numerous nieces, nephews & cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Orval Hoskinson.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM, Monday, March 30, at the Plains Christian Church with Dr. Phil Scott officiating. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Plains Cemetery, Plains.

The family would welcome memorials to the Plains Christian Church or the Sterling House of Dodge City in care of the funeral home.