T. Lee Brubaker
Feb 1, 2018
T. Lee Brubaker, 77, died Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born May 11, 1940, in Hutchinson, the son of Floyd John and Elizabeth Jean (Skellenger) Brubaker. Lee was a 1958 graduate of Harper High School. He had attended Park Place Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Buhler Mennonite Brethren Church and belonged to the Buhler...
Cheryl A. Griffin
Jan 30, 2018
Cheryl A. Griffin, 74, of Hutchinson, died January 30, 2018, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born December 12, 1943, in Hutchinson, to Cecil and Joyce (Eisiminger) Roberts. She was a supervisor at the Hutchinson Salt Company, a member of Park Place Christian Church, and spent many years coaching youth sports. Cheryl loved every sport, from coaching boys baseball, basketball,...
Darlene A. Detwiler
Jan 30, 2018
Darlene A. Detwiler, 85, of Hutchinson, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center on the Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born January 6, 1933, in Smith County, Kansas, to Allen and Hilma (Drotts) Detwiler. Darlene graduated from Smith Center High School. She received her nursing degree, and for 10 years Darlene worked...
Terry Huffman
Jan 28, 2018
Terry Huffman, 57, of Hutchinson, died January 28, 2018, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born January 17, 1961, in Hutchinson, to Douglas and Carlene (Acuff) Huffman. He worked at Dillon's Bakery for 13 years as a bread mixer. Terry was a member at First Baptist Church. Terry is survived by: his mother, Carlene; brother, Jeffry Huffman, both of...
Laveta Mae Jones
Jan 28, 2018
LaVeta Mae Jones, 82, of Hutchinson, died Sunday, January 28, 2018, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 10, 1935, in Ellinwood, to Paul and Gertrude (DeWerff) Scheufler. LaVeta graduated from Ellinwood High School in 1953 and attended Friends University for one year. She then received her degree in nursing from Grace Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as...
Drula M. Mckinney
Jan 28, 2018
Drula Mabel McKinney, 88, of Hutchinson, died January 28, 2018, at Brookdale Senior Living, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born May 8, 1929, in Seward County, the daughter of Charles and Stella (Warner) Ferguson. Drula graduated from Haviland Friends Academy and attended Friends Bible College in Haviland, where she met and married the late Fred Hadley McKinney on October 7,...
Patricia A. King
Jan 27, 2018
Patricia A. King went to sleep in death on January 27, 2018. Patricia was 86 and spent 63 years of marriage to Kenneth C. King. They were married March 3, 1950.  He died January 9, 2014.
Patricia graduated from Hutchinson High School. She enjoyed spending time with her children, collecting family photographs, many types of plants, flowers,...
Phyllis Jane Hooker
Jan 26, 2018
Phyllis Jane Hooker, 88, died January 26, 2018, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1929, in Belpre, to Leon and Helen (McGinty) Gales. She married Robert A. Hooker on February 9, 1952, in LaCrosse. He died December 31, 2006. She attended Fort Hays Kansas State College and was a member of Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority. She...
Ervin J. Stutzman
Jan 26, 2018
Ervin J. Stutzman, 96, died January 26, 2018, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. He was born September 2, 1921, in Thomas, Oklahoma, to John and Anna (Miller) Stutzman.
When Ervin was 20, he moved to Kansas. In 1956, Ervin started Stutzman Greenhouse, which he and his wife, Emma, owned until 1985.  After retirement, they moved to...
Chuck Sankey
Jan 25, 2018
Chuck Sankey, of Hutchinson, a soldier's soldier, dies at 73. Every generation has its heroes and Chuck Sankey was a genuine war hero of his generation. He died a quiet and dignified death Jan. 25, 2018, in Wichita, from the lingering effects of Agent Orange and serious wounds he received nearly 50 years ago. He was 73. As a young...
Twyla Colleen Richardson
Jan 22, 2018
Twyla Colleen Richardson, 85, died Monday, January 22, 2018, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 22, 1932, in Anson, Kansas, to Albert Rentel and Nadine Sones. Twyla graduated from Buhler High School and was a homemaker. She was an animal lover, and enjoyed raising schnauzers, pugs, and Siamese cats. Twyla was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,...
David Allen Smiley
Jan 20, 2018
David Allen Smiley, 78, of Hutchinson, died January 20, 2018, at Via Christi, Saint Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born November 10, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy and Elener (Mesker) Smiley. David graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1958 and served in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He worked for nearly 40 years for H...
Arlene V. Bowser
Jan 18, 2018
Arlene V. Bowser, 96, died January 18, 2018, at the Stanton County Long Term Care Facility, Johnson, KS. She was born November 16, 1921 in Hutchinson, to Curtis B. and Grace B. (Tolbert) Rodarmel.
She was a homemaker and helped farm alongside her husband for many years. Arlene was a Sterling resident from 1944 to 1985 before...
Irl Emerson Palmer
Jan 18, 2018
Irl Emerson Palmer, 93, of Hutchinson, died Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born June 12, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Irl E. Sr. and Ola Maude (Adtkinson) Palmer. Irl graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942, attended Hutchinson Community College and Michigan State University. He was a salesman at Winchester Packing Corporation for fifty...
Norma J. Hornbeck
Jan 17, 2018
Norma J. Hornbeck, 85, of Hutchinson, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 8, 1932, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Allen and Neomia (Burns) Buckley. Norma was a graduate of Partridge High School. On August 13, 1955, she married Robert C. Hornbeck in Partridge. Norma is survived by: husband, Robert of Hutchinson;...
Orpha Miller
Jan 17, 2018
Orpha was born November 12, 1926, to Peter and Barbara (Yoder) Wagler, and was raised on the family's farm near Partridge. She attended Fairmount Grade School, and attended Hesston College. She also served with Mennonite Voluntary Service in Gulfport, Mississippi. She married Harry L. Miller on August 28, 1949. Following their marriage, Orpha and Harry spent six months helping to...
Glen Michael "Mike" West
Jan 17, 2018
Glen Michael 'Mike' West, 63, died Jan. 17, 2018, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 20, 1954, in Ellinwood, the son of Craymon and Jennie (Raner) West. He graduated from Nuremberg-American High School, Nuremberg, Germany, in 1974. Mike served in the U.S. Army and retired in 2014 from UPS, as Operations Supervisor, working there 37 years. Mike...
Dr. Ray Youmans
Jan 17, 2018
Dr. Raymond E. 'Ray' Youmans, 93, of Hutchinson, formerly of Hays, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born August 30, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Raymond Orlando and Irene (Brian) Youmans. Ray graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1941, received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and his...
Edmund V. "Ed" Manke
Jan 16, 2018
Edmund Vernard 'Ed' Manke, 88, of Hutchinson, died Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born September 26, 1929, in Orlando, OK, the son of John H. and Pearl E. (Molz) Manke. After graduating from high school, Ed served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Wichita State...
Gayla Gottsch O'Connell
Jan 15, 2018
Gayla Gottsch O'Connell, 52, died Monday, January 15, 2018, at her home in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born September 18, 1965, in El Dorado, to Harold and Dona (Molz) Gottsch.
Gayla graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College and Kansas State University. She was a flight attendant for TWA and later, a licensed...
