Adelia "Dee" Mae Gutierrez, 81, of Horton, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at her home on the Kickapoo Reservation. She was born on August 28, 1927 in Mayetta, Kansas the daughter of Henry & Anna Rhodd McKinney. Dee worked as a seamstress and for several dry cleaners in the Topeka, Kansas area prior to opening her own business Dee's Arts and Crafts which she operated with her husband for many years. She married Leo E. Gutierrez on November 21, 1948, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He preceded her in death on June 11, 1992. Dee was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe, Pottawatomie Tribe, St. Leo's Catholic Church, Lion's Club, VFW Auxiliary, Allied Tribes of Shawnee County, Indian clubs in Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas. She will be remembered for her style of dancing in which she received several awards at area Pow-Wows. Survivors include five daughters, Maria Gutierrez of Billings, Montana, Leandra Gutierrez of the home, Horton, Kansas, Barbara Aaron of Leavenworth, Kansas, Christy Gutierrez of Topeka, Kansas and Toni Gutierrez of Horton, Kansas; three sons, Paul Gutierrez of Lawrence, Kansas, Villa Gutierrez of Anchorage, Alaska and John Gutierrez of the home, Horton, Kansas; two sisters, Gwen Burns and Itis Milton both of Horton, Kansas; three brothers, Donald McKinney of Horton, Kansas, Oran McKinney of Holt's Summit, Missouri and Dwight McKinney of Locust Grove, Oklahoma; twenty five grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Jeanette Bowsher and Beulah "Bam" Euken; four brothers, Sandy, Lucian, Lowell and Henry "Hank" McKinney and three great grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, April 13, 2009 at the St. Leo's Catholic Church in Horton, Kansas. A Prayer Service will be recited at 6:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton, Kansas. Burial will be at the Kennekuk Cemetery on the Kickapoo Reservation. A special message may be sent to the family at www.dishon-maple-chaney.com