Philip Clifford Atteberry, 74, died January 18, 2012, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson.
He was born December 12, 1937, in Larned, the son of Clifford C. and Wanda Mae Artz Atteberry. He was a lifetime area resident.
He graduated from Larned High School in 1956, and entered the United States Marine Corps, Tanks-Recon in 1956. Then he went into law enforcement approximately ten years, four of which he was an undersheriff for Pawnee County from 1970-1974. Then from January 1974 he went to work for the State of Kansas as a Station Supervisor for the Driver License Bureau. He retired from the State of Kansas in April 2000. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and Larned Country Club, both of Larned. The Great Bend Lodge No. 15 A.F. & A.M. and the Scottish Rite, both of Great Bend, and Isis Temple in Salina.
Survivors include: a son, Terry Atteberry, Kinsley; two daughters, Cynthia Atteberry, Wichita, Lorie Hibert, Rose Hill; a brother, Jack Atteberry, Larned; a sister, Karen Karrelis, Richmond, VA; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Rev. Bill Fitzgerrel presiding. Visitation will be from 9a.m. to 8p.m. Thursday and Friday at the mortuary, Larned. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned, with Military Graveside Rites.
Memorials may be sent to the Hospice House of Hutchinson in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477, Larned, Ks 67550.