Robert A. "Bob" Hendershot
Dec 17, 2014
Robert A. "Bob" Hendershot, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at Hester Care Center. He was born June 6, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Chester and Helen Lyman Hendershot. He was a 1945 graduate of Partridge High School, attended 10th Avenue United Methodist Church, U.S. Army veteran, 507th ORD SV Detachment, serving in the Pacific Theater. Bob had been...
David William Ross
Dec 15, 2014
David William Ross, 69, succumbed to cancer, December 15, 2014, in Wichita. He was born August 29, 1945, in Springfield, Mo., to Ralph and Freda (Williams) Ross. David grew up in Springfield, Mo., later in Partridge and then Hutchinson. He was a 1963 graduate of Hutchinson High School, where he was involved in many activities, and also became an Eagle...
Paul Jackson "Pappy" Powell
Dec 14, 2014
Paul Jackson "Pappy" Powell, 90, died Dec. 14, 2014, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born April 14, 1924, in Omega, Ga., to Charles S. and Cora E. (Baker) Powell. Paul graduated from Omega High School in 1942. He enlisted in the United States Navy in Georgia, and to his disbelief he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Base...
Jane M. Savage
Dec 13, 2014
Jane Morgan Savage, 90, died Dec. 13, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born Sept. 6, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Daniel Eugene and Sarah Elizabeth (Jones) Phillips. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she moved to San Antonio in 2011. Jane graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942 and from Kansas State University in 1946 with a degree in...
Steven Lyle Warkentin
Dec 13, 2014
Steven L. Warkentin, 59, passed away on Dec. 13, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 21, 1955, to Darwin and Betty (Wiens) Warkentin in Hutchinson. Steven graduated from Buhler High School in 1973. In 1975, he started being a plumber for Hendrickson Plumbing in 2001, he purchased the business. On June 23, 1991, he married...
Nancy Teed Shears
Dec 13, 2014
Nancy Teed Shears, 82, died Dec. 13, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1932, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Albert Schermerhorn and Lillian (Slavens) Teed. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, Nancy graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1950, attended Smith College, Northampton, Mass., from 1950-1952, graduated from the University of Kansas in 1954, and was a...
Joan Margaret Dinitto
Dec 12, 2014
HAVEN – Joan Margaret (Halfmann) DiNitto, 82, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend passed away on Dec. 12, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, after a long struggle with Vascular Dementia. She was born to Martin and Martha (Berndsen) Halfmann on Nov. 10, 1932, at the family farm near Castleton, Kansas. She attended elementary and high school in Castleton, Hutchinson...
Edith Mae Kestler
Dec 11, 2014
Edith Mae Kestler, 86, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. She was born April 5, 1928, at Alhambra, Calif., the daughter of Willard and Ruby Winters Story. She was a 1946, graduate of Turon High School, a 1965 Sterling College graduate, and a 1967 Emporia State University masters degree graduate in special education. She also was a beautician, a volunteer at...
Darin Lee Johnson
Dec 9, 2014
Darin Lee Johnson, 51, died Dec. 9, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 24, 1963, in Hutchinson, to Leroy and Doreen (Shuck) Johnson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1981. Darin worked for DCI as an item processor for 16 years. Survivors include: his father, Leroy Johnson (Mary) of Woodward, Oklahoma; brothers, Gordon Johnson of Manhattan,...
Edna Jean Baker
Dec 9, 2014
Edna Baker, 77, passed away Dec. 9, 2014 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born in Hutchinson on Nov. 24, 1937 to William and Katie (Schroeder) Cochren. She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister and friend. Survived by her two daughters; LuAnne and Leilani Baker, sister, Sarah Sabin. She is preceded in death by: her parents, husband, Daniel Baker,...
Fannie J. Yoder
Dec 9, 2014
PARTRIDGE – Fannie J. Yoder, 81, died Dec. 9, 2014, at her home in Partridge. She was born Feb. 10, 1933, to Jerry J. and Amanda (Mullet) Yoder in Weatherford, Oklahoma. She was a homemaker and volunteer clerical assistant for Dr. Torrence at Hutchinson Correctional Facility for 20 years. Fannie later went to work at Mennonite Friendship Communities as the...
Wayne "Cw" Devena
Dec 5, 2014
Wayne "CW" Devena, 76, passed away Dec. 5, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. At the time of his passing he was surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born to Ernest Edward and Mary Marie (Daniels) Devena in Weir, KS on June 24, 1938. He was raised around the Hutchinson area most of his life. Wayne and his wife,...
Lenora Green
Dec 5, 2014
Lenora Green, 97, passed away on Dec. 5, 2014, at the Dillon Living Center. She was born in Wichita, to Goldie and Chester Harris, on Nov. 15, 1917. She lived in Hutchinson most of her life and attended Hutchinson High School. Lenora was an exceptional mother, homemaker, Avon representative and assistant to her husband in his photography business. They were...
Timothy "Tim" L. Parsons
Dec 5, 2014
Timothy L. "Tim" Parsons, 43, died Dec. 5, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1971, in Hutchinson, to Richard and Linda Sue (Cole) Parsons. Tim graduated from Nickerson High School in 1989. He was a plumber and pipefitter and a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union 441. Tim is survived by: his children, Tyler...
Carl Louie Strandberg
Dec 4, 2014
Carl Louie Strandberg, 78, died Dec. 4, 2014, at his home. He was born March 9, 1936, to Clifford and Kate Rayl Strandberg in Hutchinson. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and was a farmer. On Sept. 5, 1959, Louie married Cleda Irene Head. She died May 5, 2011. Survivors include: son, Mickey Strandberg of Hutchinson; brother, Gene...
Ruth "Sweetie" Anne Swanson
Dec 3, 2014
Ruth Anne "Sweetie" Swanson, 75, passed away Dec. 3, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 6, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Harold R. and Eva Mella (Baldauf) Swanson. Ruth worked for Winchester Packing Company for many years and McDonald's for 13 years. On Oct. 12, 1970, she married Floyd Logan Jr., in Hutchinson. He passed away Oct....
Delbert "Del" Dean Knauer
Dec 2, 2014
Del Knauer, 91, died December 2, 2014, at his home. He was born May 24, 1923, in Barnard, KS the son of William F. and Leitha (Eddy) Knauer. He was a graduate of KSU and KU, and taught at Hutchinson High School for thirty-seven years. After retiring in 1987 he was for eleven years the volunteer Director of the Hutchinson...
Leonard "Bob" Robert Boyd Jr.
Dec 2, 2014
Leonard Robert Boyd Jr., of Willowbrook, KS, known as Bob to most, Boydo to many, and Bob-O to his two grandchildren, passed away on Dec. 2, 2014. Nothing about his life was ordinary. His great-uncle developed Beverly Hills, CA. His father would give Dean Smith, the future legendary basketball coach, his first job at the family's grocery store in Topeka....
Billie Jean Sallee
Dec 2, 2014
Jean Sallee, 89, died Dec. 2, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Nov. 24, 1925, in Hutchinson, to Arthur and Grace (Post) Blair. She was a bookkeeper for the Stafford County Highway Department Office until her retirement. Jean married Russell M. Sallee on Sept. 26, 1944, in Hutchinson. He died Oct. 25, 2001. Survivors include: daughter, Linda...
Terry F. Messing
Nov 30, 2014
Terry F. Messing, 90, was born on Dec. 10, 1923, son of Ed and Esther Messing, on a farm near Shelby, Neb. On Nov. 30, 2014, Terry passed at Hospice House of Hutchinson. In January 1943, he volunteered for the Army Air Corp. He went to England with the 305th bomb group as a navigator. In the fall of 1944,...
