Charles Delmer Branson
May 25, 2016
Charles Delmer Branson, 90, died May 25, 2016, at Cox Medical Center, Branson, Mo. He was born July 29, 1925, at the Menefee home in Hoberg, Mo., to Samuel Edward and Lillian (Menefee) Branson. After birth, he returned to the family home in Branson. His family left the family farm during the Great Depression and moved to California, where they...
Charles Everett "Corky" Vest
May 23, 2016
Charles Everett "Corky" Vest, 74, died on May 23, 2016, at his home in Arlington. He was born May 10, 1942, in Norton, to Floyd and Mildred (Gates) Vest. Corky worked as a heavy equipment operator for Shears and as an excavator for Randy Packebush, for many years before his retirement. He married Melody Spaniol on June 4, 1979. She...
Margaret Lucille Swafford
May 22, 2016
Margaret Lucille Swafford, 93, died May 22, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 6, 1922, to Luther A. and Bonnie E. (Dew) Carden in Andersonville, Tenn. Margaret graduated from Spring City High School, Spring City, Tenn., in 1941. She was a homemaker, a member of the First Christian Church, and Christian Women's Fellowship. On Dec. 6, 1945,...
Wanda M Wiens
May 21, 2016
Wanda M. Wiens, 84, died May 21, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 25, 1931, in Hutchinson, to David and Katherine (Ewy) Friesen. Wanda was a lifetime homemaker and dedicated to the care of her family. She enjoyed many hobbies, including: cooking, crafting, gardening, camping and traveling. They so fondly enjoyed traveling that they visited all 50...
Ethel B Krug
May 18, 2016
Ethel B. Krug, 91, died May 18, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, with her family by her side. She was born June 14, 1924, at the family farm south of Partridge, the daughter of Henry and Millie Olga (Massoni) Koestel. Ethel graduated from Partridge High School in 1943. A South Hutchinson resident from 1949 to 2016, she worked for...
Narciss "Cecil" Marquez
May 17, 2016
Narciss "Cecil" Marquez, 79, died May 17, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 29, 1936, in Deerfield, to Eleuterio and Maria (Coronado) Marquez. Cecil served in the United States Air Force, was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, and had worked for Shears Construction, building highways and retired from the City Of Hutchinson in...
Betty June Haas
May 17, 2016
Betty June Haas, 82, of Hutchinson, died May 17, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 20, 1934, in Parrish, Fla., the daughter of Warren and Faye (Gillett) Keen. Betty was a resident of Hutchinson since 1954. She retired as secretary from North Reno School in 1995. Betty was a life member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel...
Eldon "Shelly" L. Shellito
May 17, 2016
Eldon L. "Shelly" Shellito, 94, died May 17, 2016, at Leisure Homestead, Stafford. He was born Dec. 19, 1921, in Bellaire, to Charles and Ferne (Swallow) Shellito. Shelly graduated from Smith Center High School in 1940. He worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation in road maintenance. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Church of the Nazarene, Sylvia. On...
D. Helen Crissman
May 16, 2016
Dorotha Helen Henry Crissman, 92, of Hutchinson passed away on May 16, 2016, at Buhler Sunshine Home. Helen was born to Marcus and D. Sophia Baldwin Henry in Minneapolis, where she grew up. Helen spent many years in California and Kansas. She is survived by: her children, Marc Crissman and daughter, Sherri Crissman Long; numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren; brother, Robert "Bob"...
Mary Beth (Friesen) Simpson
May 16, 2016
Mary Beth (Friesen) Simpson, 73, died May 16, 2016, at Brookdale of Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 28, 1942, in Hutchinson, to Charles R. and Opal O. (Matlack) Culver. Mary Beth graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1960 and Hutchinson Community College in 1963. She worked for 25 years at Hutchinson National Bank in the accounting department. She was a...
Marion "Sam" Butterfield
May 15, 2016
Marion "Sam" Butterfield, 96, died May 15, 2016, in Hutchinson. Sam was born March 8, 1920, on the family farm in Overbrook, Kan., the son of Bernard and Lila (Walker) Butterfield. Sam graduated from Overbrook High School and Emporia State University (B.S. in 1947, M.S. in 1962). While at Emporia, he was a member of the track/field team, past president...
Erma Maxine (Truitt) Beach
May 12, 2016
Erma Maxine (Truitt) Beach, 86, died May 12, 2016, at Diversicare of Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Leroy, the daughter of Max and Donna (Cox) Fischer. She graduated from Leroy High School in 1948 and attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson. Maxine married Ronald D. Cellers in 1948. They later divorced. She married Verle D. Truitt...
Claira Mae Ansel
May 10, 2016
Claira Mae Ansel, six months, died May 10, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Oct. 22, 2015, in Wichita, to Jeff Ansel and Jeri Storie. Survivors include: her parents; brother, David Storie; sister, Luressa Storie, both of the home; grandparents, Rodney and Edith Ansel, Burrton; and many aunts and uncles. She was preceded in death by her...
Deeva M Christie
May 10, 2016
Deeva Marie "Dee" Christie, 81, of Hutchinson, died May 10, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 10, 1934, in Stafford. Dee graduated from Stafford High School in 1952. She was a cook for Nickerson Elementary School for many years, retiring in 2001. Dee loved to cook, read cookbooks, and sew. Her greatest love was her grandchildren;...
Robert "Bob" Manning Rountree Jr.
May 9, 2016
Robert Manning Rountree, Jr. (known to friends and family as "Bob"), unexpectedly passed away on May 9, 2016. Bob was born on December 28, 1931, in Adrian, Georgia. He was the only child of Robert M. and Jessie (Smith) Rountree. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and lived there many years before moving to Lorton, Virginia, where they established a...
Judith Ann Anderson
May 8, 2016
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Judith "Judy" Anderson, 77, formerly of Hutchinson, died May 8, 2016, at her son's home in Jacksonville, Fla. She was born Nov. 21, 1938, in Hutchinson, to Lowell and Winifred (Mosher) Keen. On Nov. 26, 1955, she married Perry "Andy" Anderson. He died Oct. 19, 2005. Judy was a homemaker, sang in the Sweet Adelines for many...
Barbara E. Mettlen
May 7, 2016
Barbara E. Mettlen, 93, died May 7, 2016, at Via Christi-St. Francis in Wichita. She was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Hutchinson, to Harmer and Lola (January) Harter. Barbara graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940. She owned Mettlens, Inc. working as a public accountant, for almost 30 years, along with her husband. Barbara was a member of Park Place...
Joetta J Ediger
May 6, 2016
JoEtta J. Ediger, 65, died May 6, 2016, at her home. She was born October 18, 1950, in Newton, to Howard C. and Hilda R. (Ediger) Schierling. JoEtta graduated from Inman High School in 1968, Grace University, Omaha, NE in 1971, and from Adela Hale Business College in 1972. She was a member of Crestview Bible Church. JoEtta was a...
Phyllis M Rinehart
May 6, 2016
Phyllis M. Rinehart, 91, of South Hutchinson, died May 6, 2016, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born in rural Reno County near her church, on March 15, 1925, to Willis and Ethel (Geist) Alber. Phyllis graduated from Plevna High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College, as well as Adela Hale Business School. She was the personal secretary of Adela...
Ernest "Ernie" H. Emery
May 5, 2016
Ernest H. "Ernie" Emery, 80, died May 5, 2016, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 11, 1936, in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, to William and Annie (Oatley) Emery. Ernie was a member of First Southern Baptist Church, since moving to Hutchinson over 50 years ago. After becoming a Christian at age 24, he faithfully served the Lord...
