Florine Hawkins (Hause)

Florine Hause Hawkins, age 93, of Oak Grove, died March 31, 2020, at St. Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Born April 26, 1926, in Fort Lupton, Colorado, she was the daughter of Howard Henry Hause and Lucille Curry Hause. She was a 1943 graduate of Brighton High School in Brighton, Colorado, and a 1947 graduate of Dallas Bible College, Dallas, Texas. She played 5 musical instruments, of which her favorite was the accordion. She passed her love of music on to her children and grandchildren and so many others. Children were her passion, and she contributed so much love to any child she encountered. One of her favorite activities was tea parties with children, dolls, and stuffed animals. She would do a different voice for each doll or animal, making them come alive to the children.
On June 26, 1950, she married her college professor, Robert Edward Hawkins, in Fort Worth, Texas.
She was a missionary in Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas for 2 years, and then with her husband spent nearly 30 years in Guyana, South America as a missionary, church musician/hymn writer and Bible translator to the Wai Wai Indian Tribe.
She was preceded in death by her sister and brother, her parents, her daughter Faith and her husband of 69 years, Robert Hawkins.
Survivors include two sons, Howard Hawkins, Austin, Texas, David Hawkins, Odessa, Missouri; a daughter, Joy Lovick, North Carolina; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a special caregiver, Debbie Flowers, Odessa, MO; and a myriad of cousins in Colorado and Texas.
She was beloved by the workers at Oak Grove Nursing Home, whose loving care we appreciate so much.

Memorial service to be announced at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.speakschapel.com (Arrangements Carson-Speaks Chapel).