Dolores M. Augustine
Jan 6, 2017
Dolores M. Augustine, 86, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. She was born March 10, 1930, in Russell, the daughter of Andrew and Kate (Heinze) Keller. Dolores graduated from Russell High School and worked for Southwestern Bell and AT&T as a telephone operator. She retired in 1986. Dolores married Adolph F. Augustine on May 17, 1949, in Ellis. He died in...
John Wayne Thomas Sr.
Jan 5, 2017
John Wayne Thomas Sr., 78, died Jan. 5, 2017, at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital and E.R., Wichita. He was born April 20, 1938, in Pontotoc, Miss., to Juanita Davis. John graduated from Waynesville High School in Waynesville, Mo. in 1957. He enlisted and served 20 years in the United States Air Force and retired as a Master Sergeant. John later became...
Dennis Clark "Denny" Spencer
Jan 2, 2017
Dennis Clark "Denny" Spencer, 79, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community, Buhler. He was born Nov. 24, 1937, in Hutchinson, to Vernon L. and Ruby N. (Miller) Spencer. Denny graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1957 and attended Gulf Coast Bible College in Houston, Texas, for two years. He worked for the United States Postal Service...
Albert A. Miller
Dec 31, 2016
WICHITA – Albert A. Miller, 79, died Dec. 31, 2016, at his home, in Wichita. He was born Aug. 15, 1937, in Marion, Illinois, to Albert and Lillian Miller. Albert graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a Bachelor's in Education. He was a member of Hillside Christian Church, Wichita, and the choir director for First Baptist Church, Hutchinson, for twenty...
Claire D. Magnuson
Dec 31, 2016
Claire D. Magnuson, 87, died Dec. 31, 2016, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 30, 1929, in Darlow, to Harold S. and Vera V. (Samson) Magnuson. Claire graduated from Castleton High School in 1949. He was a farmer and after retiring, he started doing woodworking. Claire was a member of Partridge Community Church. On Oct. 8, 1950,...
Nelson M. Lee
Dec 29, 2016
Nelson M. Lee, 66, died December 29, 2016, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 22, 1950, in Arthur, Illinois, to Menno and Lydia (Schrock) Lee. Nelson was an auctioneer since 1977. He loved livestock auctions and could be seen almost every week at Central Livestock in South Hutchinson. Nelson enjoyed coffee with his friends and teasing those...
Frances "Faye" Strait
Dec 26, 2016
Frances "Faye" Strait, 98, formerly of Hutchinson, died December 26, 2016, at Pioneer Ridge Health and Rehab, Lawrence. She was born December 15, 1918, in Bates County, Missouri, to John and Jessie (Welch) Weddle. Faye graduated in 1936 from Metz High School in Metz, Missouri. She worked for 35 years for Dillons, and for the last 25 years, was the...
Joyce Marlene Potter
Dec 25, 2016
Joyce Marlene Potter, 80, died Dec. 25, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 31, 1936, in Plains, to Adam and Helen (Amerin) Eakes Jr. Joyce graduated from St. Teresa's Catholic High School in 1954, and was a parish member of Church of the Holy Cross. She worked at Ineeda Cleaners for over 30 years, eventually becoming a...
Helen M. Freeman
Dec 23, 2016
Helen M. Freeman, 88, died Dec. 23, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1928, in Atchison, to John and Leotta (Best) Snyder. Helen graduated from Atchison County Community High School, Effingham, in 1946. She was a homemaker and baker for USD 308 for 13 years. On Nov. 14, 1948, she married Roger M. Freeman in Atchison....
Richard F. "Rick" Pitts
Dec 23, 2016
Richard Forrest "Rick" Pitts, 51, of Hutchinson, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 25, 1965, in Hutchinson, to Walter and Mary Jean (Scantlin) Pitts. Rick graduated from high school in 1986. He was a member of the TECH community his entire life. Rick loved people, listening to rock and roll music, Cherry...
Mary Lou Tims
Dec 23, 2016
Mary Lou Tims, 88, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Fargo, Okla., to Alfred M. and Alice (McKenna) Phillips. Mary Lou graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1945, and Southern Nazarene University in 1951, with a degree in education. She began her teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse near...
Becky Winslow
Dec 22, 2016
Rebecca Jayne "Becky" Winslow, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. She was born Jan. 23, 1956, at Medicine Lodge, the daughter of George Poschen and Irene Maye (DeRome) Steffan. She attended Haven High School, was past president of Local 1525 T and had worked as a labeler for HUBCO. Becky was formerly of O'Fallon, Missouri, belonging to the Show Me St....
Imogene V. "Jean" Mobley
Dec 22, 2016
Imogene V. "Jean" Mobley, 90, died Dec. 22, 2016, at Hospice House. She was born March 2, 1926, in Welch, Okla., the daughter of Ira "Pat" and Opal (Rogers) McNelis. She was a graduate of Welch High School. Prior to raising her family, she was a teacher at a one-room schoolhouse, "Rosie the Riveter" working at Boeing Aircraft during WWII,...
Lela Josephine Marlow
Dec 21, 2016
Lela Josephine Marlow, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Mennonite Friendship Com-munities, South Hutchinson. She was born July 28, 1931, in Springdale, Arkansas, to Donald and Amy (McQuiston) Walden. Lela worked in housekeeping for all three Hutchinson hospitals: Grace, St. Elizabeth's, and Hutchinson. She was active in the Lincoln School Community Project in 1999 and loved animals of all...
Donna Lea Coop-Moss
Dec 21, 2016
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. – Donna Lea Coop-Moss, 68, died Dec. 21, 2016, at Lakewood Care Center, Lee's Summit, Mo. She was born May 12, 1948, in Hutchinson, to Robert and Lena Grace (Orme McCoy) Brice-Nash. Donna graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1968, and was a former Longaberger Sales Consultant. On Oct. 28, 1994, Donna married Lewis Irwin Moss in...
Bruno R Marx
Dec 20, 2016
Bruno R. Marx, 95, died Dec. 20, 2016, at Mennonite Friendship Com-munities, South Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 27, 1921, in Berlin, Germany, to Frederick Scholtz and Anna Marx. Bruno recently celebrated his 95th birthday. Bruno and his wife, Edith, moved to Hutchinson in 1951. He retired in 1984 as a machinist for Cessna Fluid Power, after 25 years of...
Harriett Gaye Smallwood
Dec 20, 2016
Harriett Gaye Smallwood, 71, died Dec. 20, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 1, 1945, in Ainsworth, Neb., to Guy Maurice and Mary Genevieve (Hannah) Boller. She graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1963 and attended Bethany Nazarene College in Oklahoma. Harriett was a child care provider for over 30 years, an active member of Union...
Ronald John "Rock" Hessman
Dec 20, 2016
Ronald "Rock" John Hessman, 68, died Dec. 20, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, after a five-year battle of Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was born Dec. 29, 1947, in Dodge City, to Roy J. and G. Grace (Snyder) Hessman. Rock graduated from Dodge City High School and went on to graduate from Emporia State University with a BSE and MSE. He was...
Bennie Lewis Murdock, Jr.
Dec 20, 2016
Bennie Lewis Murdock Jr., 57, of Hutchinson, passed away Dec. 20, 2016, at Via Christi on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born April 13, 1959, in Wichita, to Bennie Lewis Sr. and Beulah D. (Williams) Murdock. Bennie graduated from South High School, Wichita, in 1978. He grew up raising hogs with his father and was a former employee of Winchester...
Cullum Alpha Henry
Dec 18, 2016
Cullum A. Henry, 70, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1946, in Dalhart, Texas, to Cullum and Mary Ellen (Lambert) Henry. After graduating from high school, Cullum enlisted in the United States Air Force and served from 1965 to 1977. He graduated from Hutchinson Community College with a degree in criminal...
