Grace Ruth Hauge Stites, 75, Junction City and formerly of Sturgis, S.D., died Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Junction City.

She was the daughter of F.E. and Ruth A. (Carlson) Lindgren. She married Kenneth Hauge on November 18, 1950, in Lake Norden. She married Lowell F. Stites in 1982 in Junction City.

Survivors include two sons, Todd Hauge and Timothy Hauge, both of Henderson, Nev.; two daughters, Teri Bestgen and Tami Hauge, both of Montana; five stepsons, Kenneth Stites, Texas, Donald Stites and Rodney Stites, both of Tennessee, and Robert Stites and James Stites, both of Kansas; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis, with the Rev. Keith Nelson officiating. Family and friends may gather at the funeral chapel before leaving for the cemetery.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 624 N. Jefferson St., Junction City, KS 6644