Alpha Mae Mitchell Hawes passed away peacefully in her sleep, May 10, 2020.
She was born June 3, 1926 on a wheat farm in southwest Kansas to Homer and Ada Mitchell. Attending public schools in Montezuma, KS, Alpha graduated from Montezuma High School as valedictorian in 1943. There she met her future husband, William (Bill) Hawes, Jr.
Alpha won a scholarship to Colorado Wome...
