Arleen Lucille Whittaker, 91, passed away June 26, 2026, at Via Christi Villages, Hays, Kan. She was born on Aug. 31, 1934, in Phillipsburg, Kan., to Fay E. and Gussie (Runion) Smith. On Sept. 2, 1955, Arleen married Robert Leon Whittaker in Great Bend, Kan. He passed on May 18, 2011.