Pat Hopengardner
Jul 5, 2022
Patricia Ann "Pat" Hopengardner, 88, died July 5, 2022, at Hospice House. She was born May 22, 1934, in Hutchinson, to Clarence A. and Questa F. (Smith) Miller.
Pat graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1952. She was a co-owner, with her husband Jim, of Central Glass and Window Treatments. Pat was also a real estate agent...
Susan J Smith
Jul 5, 2022
Susan J. Smith, 76, died July 5, 2022, at Azria Health, Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 8, 1945, in Monett, MO, to Carl and Frances (Burrow) Fricks.
Susan graduated from Joplin High School, Joplin, MO,  Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in secondary education- social sciences, and Emporia State University with a master's degree. She...
Catherine Jean Miller
Jul 4, 2022
Catherine Jean Miller, 56, of Hollister, Missouri, died July 4, 2022 at KU Medical Center. She was born September 13, 1965, in Hutchinson, to Larry and Jeanie (Wheeler) Whitley.
Cathy was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. She worked as a property claims field adjuster for American Family Insurance. Cathy was very active, she loved to run...
Lila Louise Emmert
Jul 3, 2022
Lila Louise (Cook) Emmert, 84, passed away July 3, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society-Hutchinson Village. She was born April 28, 1938, in Lyons, KS, to Clarence Bernard and Alma (Ellis) Cook.
Lila was a 1956 graduate of Lyons High School, Lyons, KS. She attended McPherson College, McPherson, KS, for three years where she met the love of...
Jill Renae Horton
Jul 2, 2022
Jill Renae Horton, 54, passed away suddenly, but peacefully in her sleep, on July 2, 2022, in Mount Zion, IL. She was so loving and the best mother a child could ever ask for. Jill was selfless; always putting her family first. She enjoyed her many phone calls with her mother and with her kids to say 'Hi' and...
Linda Kathleen Merritt
Jul 2, 2022
Linda Kathleen Merritt, 73, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and avid Kansas City Chiefs fan, passed away July 2, 2022, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. She was born December 18, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Frank Wilbur and Thelma Maria (Owston) Eldridge.
Linda graduated from Nickerson High School. She enjoyed crochet, Chiefs football, collecting M&M novelty items, and...
Roger Lee Moffett
Jun 30, 2022
Roger Lee Moffett, 83, of South Hutchinson, died June 30, 2022, at his home. He was born June 1, 1939, in Chico, CA, to Leander J. and Veva I. (Boydston) Moffett.
After graduating from high school, Roger served in the United States Air Force from 1958-1962 and then in the United States Naval Reserves. He worked in...
Maxine Pauls
Jun 29, 2022
Maxine Doris Pauls, 101, died June 29, 2022, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 28, 1920, in Little Valley, KS, to J. Arthur and Minnie W. (Achilles) Briggs.
Maxine graduated from Inman High School in 1938, and attended Salt City Business College. She was a Rosie the Riveter, helping to assemble gliders in the...
Nancy Kay Reinert
Jun 28, 2022
Nancy Kay Reinert, 71, of Hutchinson, passed away June 28, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, in Wichita, after a brief illness. She was born May 8, 1951, in Axtell, to Barney and Elaine Schneider.
Nancy graduated from Marysville High School and attended Kansas State University, where she met Russell Reinert.
Nancy and Russell were...
Dennis Lee Byard
Jun 27, 2022
Dennis Lee Byard, 73, passed away June 27, 2022, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born April 29, 1949, in Lyons, KS, to Howard Stanley and Dorothy Lee (Poland) Byard.
Dennis was a graduate of Lyons High School, Lyons, KS. He served in the United States Navy from June 1968 to March 1972. After his...
Esther Burkhart
Jun 26, 2022
Esther (Durler) Burkhart, 96, died June 26, 2022, at Southwind at Spearville. She was born February 26, 1926, to Engelbert and Stephannie (Habiger) Durler, in Spearville.
Esther married Elred Burkhart August 21, 1945, in Spearville. They shared over 66 years of marriage before Elred died on September 8, 2011.
Esther and Elred made their home...
Daniel Lee Demoret
Jun 26, 2022
Daniel Lee "Danny" Demoret, 70, died June 26, 2022, at Hospice House. He was born June 6, 1952, in Hutchinson, to William R. and Lola F. (Uncapher) Demoret.
Danny attended Hutchinson schools. He served in the United States Navy from 1969-1970 and the Kansas Army National Guard until 1977. Danny worked as a roofer and then plumber...
Carlos Murphy
Jun 25, 2022
Carlos Dean Murphy, 89, died June 25, 2022, at Hospice House. He was born July 28, 1932, in Dighton, to John and Ella (Walters) Murphy, the youngest of 12 children.
Carlos graduated from Dighton High School in 1950 and received his bachelor's degree in business and master's degree in economics from Fort Hays State University. He served...
Rose M. Stude
Jun 25, 2022
Rose M. Stude, 94, died June 25, 2022, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 13, 1928, in Gypsum, CO, to Ward Cyril and Mary Esther (Stout) Skiff.
Rose graduated from Gypsum High School, Gypsum, CO in 1946. On August 18, 1949, she married Harold Dean Stude, in Denver, CO. He died August 20, 2006. Rose...
Leona Mae Totland
Jun 23, 2022
Leona Mae Totland, 89, passed away June 23, 2022, at Hester Care Center-Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, KS. She was born December 26, 1932, in Goessel, KS, to Leonard and Helen (Schroeder) Schmidt.
Leona loved working outdoors in the yard. She was an accomplished 'jigsaw puzzle solver', and a skillful 'furniture refinisher'. Leona enjoyed attending both musical theatre and...
Melvin H Yoder
Jun 23, 2022
Melvin H. Yoder, 86, of Hutchinson, died June 23, 2022, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. He was born December 14, 1935, in Hutchinson, to Harry and Barbara (Helmuth) Yoder.
Melvin owned the Fairview Service Station with his brothers, Albert and Lloyd. He loved working there and continued to do so as long as he possibly could. Melvin loved...
Donna Mae Tankersley
Jun 20, 2022
Donna Mae Tankersley, 87, of Hutchinson, died June 20, 2022, at Sunshine Meadows in Buhler. She was born August 26, 1934, in Wichita, to Elwood "Dick" and Floy (Williams) Dague.
Donna graduated from high school in Wichita. She worked as a bookkeeper for over 60 years, 20 of those years being with Bogue Iron in Wichita. Over...
Maria M. Dreisziger
Jun 17, 2022
Maria M. Dreisziger, 77, died June 17, 2022, in Parker, CO. She was born June 10, 1945, in Vöcklabruck, Austria, to Joseph and Magdalena (Scheffer) Norby.
Maria graduated from Bay Village High School in 1963 and Cum Laude Wichita State University, BS in Computer Science in 1985. She was retired computer programmer from Cessna. On November 16,...
Robbie Gaynell Miller
Jun 17, 2022
Robbie Gaynell Miller, 95, of Paradise Valley, AZ, died June 17, 2022, at Sun Quest Manor, Paradise Valley, AZ. She was born November 9, 1926, in Decatur, MS, the daughter of Clyde and Onnie Majure. Robbie was the 9 th of 13 children.
Robbie was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson, where she was a school teacher, librarian,...
Terry Lee Jenks
Jun 15, 2022
Terry Lee Jenks, 68, died June 15, 2022, at his home. He was born July 9, 1953, in Hutchinson, to James E. and Clara M. (Barnes) Jenks.
Terry was a loving father and grandfather. His lifelong passion was music - owning his own music store / recording studio, "Paradise Sound", and singing in the "Terry Jenks and...
