Platte T. (Pete) Amstutz Jr. (92) passed away on May 1, 2007. Born on July 19, 1914, at Marquette, Michigan, he was the youngest of four children of Platte and Louise Amstutz. He graduated in 1935 from the College of Wooster in Ohio with a degree in geology and from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 with a degree in petroleum geology. After working for Phillips Petroleum and Standard Oil of Ohio, he earned a masters degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas in 1943. It was while working in the oil industry in Wichita that he met Elinor Brownlee at the First Presbyterian Church, where they were married on August 22, 1941. His career in petroleum engineering took their family to homes in Cleveland and Oklahoma City before they settled in Wichita in 1947. Here he and Latham Yates operated a petroleum consulting firm until Pete became a senior vice president in the oil loan division of the Fourth National Bank, retiring in 1983. Both prior to and after his retirement he served as a consultant to the Kansas Corporation Commission. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, where he enjoyed singing in the choir and participating in the mens Bible study group, in addition to serving on the board of elders and as superintendent of Sunday school. His other affiliations included the Kansas Geological Society and the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his sister Lauradell Peppard and her husband Don, his wife Elinor, and their family: daughter Grace (Gae) Johnson and her husband Gene, son Platte T. Amstutz III and his wife Heidi, and daughter Susan Miner and her husband Craig; grandchildren Scott Johnson and his wife Aimee and their son Jonas and daughter Niah, Margie Pruter and her husband Wade and their daughters Genna and Avery, Emile Amstutz, Platte T. Amstutz IV, Hal Miner and his wife Gretchen, and Wilson Miner and his wife Laura; and special daughter Jeannine Emmons and her husband John and their sons Rick, Kelly, and Russell. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 5. A memorial tribute is planned for the extended family this summer at Platte Lake in Michigan, where the family has gathered since 1916. Memorial gifts may be sent to the choir of First Presbyterian Church, 525 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67214.

Platte T. (Pete) Amstutz Jr. (92) passed away on May 1, 2007. Born on July 19, 1914, at Marquette, Michigan, he was the youngest of four children of Platte and Louise Amstutz. He graduated in 1935 from the College of Wooster in Ohio with a degree in geology and from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 with a degree in petroleum geology. After working for Phillips Petroleum and Standard Oil of Ohio, he earned a masters degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas in 1943. It was while working in the oil industry in Wichita that he met Elinor Brownlee at the First Presbyterian Church, where they were married on August 22, 1941. His career in petroleum engineering took their family to homes in Cleveland and Oklahoma City before they settled in Wichita in 1947. Here he and Latham Yates operated a petroleum consulting firm until Pete became a senior vice president in the oil loan division of the Fourth National Bank, retiring in 1983. Both prior to and after his retirement he served as a consultant to the Kansas Corporation Commission. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, where he enjoyed singing in the choir and participating in the mens Bible study group, in addition to serving on the board of elders and as superintendent of Sunday school. His other affiliations included the Kansas Geological Society and the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his sister Lauradell Peppard and her husband Don, his wife Elinor, and their family: daughter Grace (Gae) Johnson and her husband Gene, son Platte T. Amstutz III and his wife Heidi, and daughter Susan Miner and her husband Craig; grandchildren Scott Johnson and his wife Aimee and their son Jonas and daughter Niah, Margie Pruter and her husband Wade and their daughters Genna and Avery, Emile Amstutz, Platte T. Amstutz IV, Hal Miner and his wife Gretchen, and Wilson Miner and his wife Laura; and special daughter Jeannine Emmons and her husband John and their sons Rick, Kelly, and Russell. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 5. A memorial tribute is planned for the extended family this summer at Platte Lake in Michigan, where the family has gathered since 1916. Memorial gifts may be sent to the choir of First Presbyterian Church, 525 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67214.

Platte T. (Pete) Amstutz Jr. (92) passed away on May 1, 2007. Born on July 19, 1914, at Marquette, Michigan, he was the youngest of four children of Platte and Louise Amstutz. He graduated in 1935 from the College of Wooster in Ohio with a degree in geology and from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 with a degree in petroleum geology. After working for Phillips Petroleum and Standard Oil of Ohio, he earned a masters degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas in 1943. It was while working in the oil industry in Wichita that he met Elinor Brownlee at the First Presbyterian Church, where they were married on August 22, 1941. His career in petroleum engineering took their family to homes in Cleveland and Oklahoma City before they settled in Wichita in 1947. Here he and Latham Yates operated a petroleum consulting firm until Pete became a senior vice president in the oil loan division of the Fourth National Bank, retiring in 1983. Both prior to and after his retirement he served as a consultant to the Kansas Corporation Commission. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, where he enjoyed singing in the choir and participating in the mens Bible study group, in addition to serving on the board of elders and as superintendent of Sunday school. His other affiliations included the Kansas Geological Society and the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his sister Lauradell Peppard and her husband Don, his wife Elinor, and their family: daughter Grace (Gae) Johnson and her husband Gene, son Platte T. Amstutz III and his wife Heidi, and daughter Susan Miner and her husband Craig; grandchildren Scott Johnson and his wife Aimee and their son Jonas and daughter Niah, Margie Pruter and her husband Wade and their daughters Genna and Avery, Emile Amstutz, Platte T. Amstutz IV, Hal Miner and his wife Gretchen, and Wilson Miner and his wife Laura; and special daughter Jeannine Emmons and her husband John and their sons Rick, Kelly, and Russell. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 5. A memorial tribute is planned for the extended family this summer at Platte Lake in Michigan, where the family has gathered since 1916. Memorial gifts may be sent to the choir of First Presbyterian Church, 525 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67214.

Platte T. (Pete) Amstutz Jr. (92) passed away on May 1, 2007. Born on July 19, 1914, at Marquette, Michigan, he was the youngest of four children of Platte and Louise Amstutz. He graduated in 1935 from the College of Wooster in Ohio with a degree in geology and from the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 with a degree in petroleum geology. After working for Phillips Petroleum and Standard Oil of Ohio, he earned a masters degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Kansas in 1943. It was while working in the oil industry in Wichita that he met Elinor Brownlee at the First Presbyterian Church, where they were married on August 22, 1941. His career in petroleum engineering took their family to homes in Cleveland and Oklahoma City before they settled in Wichita in 1947. Here he and Latham Yates operated a petroleum consulting firm until Pete became a senior vice president in the oil loan division of the Fourth National Bank, retiring in 1983. Both prior to and after his retirement he served as a consultant to the Kansas Corporation Commission. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, where he enjoyed singing in the choir and participating in the mens Bible study group, in addition to serving on the board of elders and as superintendent of Sunday school. His other affiliations included the Kansas Geological Society and the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his sister Lauradell Peppard and her husband Don, his wife Elinor, and their family: daughter Grace (Gae) Johnson and her husband Gene, son Platte T. Amstutz III and his wife Heidi, and daughter Susan Miner and her husband Craig; grandchildren Scott Johnson and his wife Aimee and their son Jonas and daughter Niah, Margie Pruter and her husband Wade and their daughters Genna and Avery, Emile Amstutz, Platte T. Amstutz IV, Hal Miner and his wife Gretchen, and Wilson Miner and his wife Laura; and special daughter Jeannine Emmons and her husband John and their sons Rick, Kelly, and Russell. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 4:00 pm on Saturday, May 5. A memorial tribute is planned for the extended family this summer at Platte Lake in Michigan, where the family has gathered since 1916. Memorial gifts may be sent to the choir of First Presbyterian Church, 525 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67214.