Janice Kay Shultz
Jun 1, 2015
ARLINGTON – Janice Kay Shultz, 72, died Monday, June 1, 2015, at her daughter's home in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born May 24, 1943, in Wichita, to Leo and Mary Bridgeman. Janice married Bruce F. Shultz on March 8, 1963, in Haven. They made their home on a farm near Arlington. She enjoyed gardening, raising flowers, quilting, and in...
Ruthanna Darlene Daines
Jun 1, 2015
Darlene Daines, 79, died June 1, 2015, at Hester Care, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1935, in Kansas City, Kan., to George Dewey and Maggie Lucille (Barnes) O'Neal. Darlene was a former member of Bible Baptist Church and attended New Hope Baptist Church. She had worked for Underground Vaults and Storage. On Feb. 10, 1951, she married...
Glenis Lorene Heldenbrand
Jun 1, 2015
Glenis Lorene Heldenbrand, 89, passed away June 1, 2015, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 20, 1926, in Langdon, the daughter of Claude and Edna (McCain) Banks. On Oct. 12, 1946, she married her high school sweetheart, Eugene Heldenbrand, in Great Bend. She was a lifetime resident of Reno County, moving to Hutchinson in 1947. During her career,...
Mary Virginia (Walker Norton) Whitford
May 31, 2015
Mary Virginia (Walker Norton) Whitford, 78, died May 31, 2015, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 13, 1937, in Pratt, to John A. and E. Elvira (Gaddis) Walker. Virginia graduated from Sun City High School, Sun City in 1955, and attended Business College in Wichita. She worked as a bank teller, secretary, on the 1960's U.S. Draft...
Randy Lee Kelly
May 31, 2015
Randy Lee Kelly, 62, died May 31, 2015, at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. He was born Dec. 27, 1952, in Oil City, Pa., to Fred and Freda (Coburn) Kelly. He was in the United States Army and attended Bethany Church of the Nazarene. He was the custodian for Hutchinson Community College for 10 years. On Sept. 11, 1981, Randy married...
J.B. Stuckey
May 30, 2015
J.B. Stuckey, 79, died May 30, 2015, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 14, 1935, in Sterling, the son of Joel N. and Reka E. (Sheel) Stuckey. Following his graduation from Nickerson High School in 1953, J.B. began working for Hutchinson Foundry and Steel in 1955. He married Louise Cain on Nov. 14, 1954, in Nickerson. He began...
John J. Steierl
May 29, 2015
John J. Steierl, 80, died Friday, May 29, 2015, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born on the family farm in Rice County, the son of John C. and Vesta G. (Hawver) Steierl. He attended Rice County schools and worked at Dillons Bakery for 27 years, retiring in 1994. He married Viva Jean Urban. She survives. Other survivors include: a...
Joanne Marie Hoefer
May 28, 2015
Joanne Marie (Weiss) Hoefer, 79, of Hutchinson, passed away May 28, 2015, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 25, 1936, in Hutchinson, the daughter of the late Joseph Sr. and Eveleen Weiss. She was a graduate of the Class of 1954 from Esbon Rural High School, and Fort Hays School of Nursing Class of 1958. She was...
Scott David Saunders
May 26, 2015
INMAN – Scott David Saunders, 42, surrounded by his loving mother and stepfather, went to join his dad and brother in Heaven on May 26, 2015. Scott lost a many-year battle with OPCA – a debilitating, degenerative neurological disease that also took the life of his dad and brother. Scott was born June 6, 1972, in Kansas City, Kan., to...
Melba Lorene Lackamp
May 25, 2015
Melba L. LacKamp celebrated the joining with her Savior on Monday, May 25, 2015, after a long and happy life. Melba was born Oct. 28, 1919, one of four children from the marriage of Walter M. Kirkpatrick and Marjorie E. Kirkpatrick. Walter built the home in which Melba was born on a farm 4 miles west and one-half mile south...
Charlotte Louise Mcelwain
May 20, 2015
Charlotte Louise McElwain, 89, died May 20, 2015, at the Pleasant View Home, in Inman, KS. She was born in Halstead, Kansas on October 23, 1925. She was one of ten children born to Percy and Aimee (Matlack) Collins. She attended Burrton High School and graduated in 1944. On July 27, 1944, she married her high school sweetheart Robert (Bob)...
Emma Alveretta Geist
May 20, 2015
PLEVNA – Emma Alveretta Geist, 101, died after a short illness. She was born Sept. 18, 1913, in Sylvia, the daughter of Ralph Higgs and Ruth Victoria Stratton Thompson. She graduated from Sylvia High School as valedictorian in 1931. She was a project leader in 4-H, loved gardening, receiving many ribbons and awards for her flowers at the Sylvia and...
Neva Jane Upp
May 19, 2015
Neva Jane Upp, age 91, died May 19, 2015, and is now safe in the arms of Jesus. She died at Walnut Court, Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born July 15, 1923, in Blue Island, Illinois, to Wilbur and Neva (Moore) Manock, growing up in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Neva Jane graduated from Buffalo Seminary (High School), Buffalo, New...
B. Ruth Johns
May 18, 2015
B. Ruth Johns, 100, died Monday, May 18, 2015, at her nephew's home in Castleton. She was born May 12, 1915, at Hazelton, the daughter of William and Florence (Braughton) George. She was a nurse aide at St. Elizabeth, Grace and Hutchinson Hospitals and had been a member of Roving Rebels Camping Club. On July 7, 1934, she married Walter...
Linda Sue Snyder
May 18, 2015
SOUTH HUTCHINSON – Linda Sue (Folle) Snyder, 48, died May 18, 2015, at her home in South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 9, 1966, in Maryville, Mo., to Jack E. Folle and Mary A. (Sallee) Folle. Linda graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1985 and had worked for a few years in restaurants and was a homemaker. Linda had a...
Cheryl Renee Bayne
May 18, 2015
Cheryl Renee Bayne, 40, died May 18, 2015, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. She was born Feb. 2, 1975, in Hutchinson, to Billy Ray and Linda Kay (Malecki) Justus. She was a Hutchinson High School graduate and a member of First Baptist Church of Nickerson. Survivors include: spouse, John Joseph Bayne of Hutchinson; children, Dayton Michael Justus, Jonathan Joseph...
Diana Gale "De-De" Miller
May 16, 2015
Diana Gale Miller "De-De", 72, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was born November 4, 1942, in Newton, to James Ronald Boyd and Eileen Beverly (Dickinson) Boyd. Diana attended school in Hutchinson. Diana married Willie David Miller on May 13, 1963, in Enid, Okla. Together they had nine wonderful children, Michael R. Miller...
Gary Dean Paris
May 13, 2015
Gary Dean Paris Jr., 49, died May 13, 2015, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 9, 1966, in Hutchinson, to Gary Dean Sr., and Bonnie Kay (Cape) Paris. He married Bernadette Marie Wolkoff on April 20, 2012, in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Shyanne Paris of the home; mother, Bonnie Paris of Hutchinson; sister, Tina...
Jean Arbuckle Graber
May 13, 2015
Jean Arbuckle Graber, 103, died May 13, 2015, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 26, 1912, in Rice County, to Charles A. and Myrtle (Strohm) Arbuckle. Jean graduated from a one-room country school in Rice County, Nickerson High School and the University of Kansas. She taught high school for three years in Ruleton and also at Macksville,...
Joan Marie Hopping
May 13, 2015
Joan Marie Hopping died May 13, 2015, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born July 17, 1940, in Winterset, Iowa, the daughter of John R. and Marian E. (Tigner) Ross. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1958, and received her Bachelor of Arts in elementary education from Wichita State University in 1969. Joan received her master's degree in...
