Galen Vernon Osenbaugh
Oct 7, 2014
Galen Vernon Osenbaugh, 71, died Oct. 7, 2014, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 28, 1943, in Lindsborg to Gerald E. and Hazel M. (Freeman) Osenbaugh. Survivors include: brothers, Gary Osenbaugh and wife Judy of Turon, and Melvin Osenbaugh and wife Roberta, Langdon; sisters, Lucille Thompson and husband Keith of Tahlequah, Okla., Donna Farmer and...
Dolores G. Lewis
Oct 6, 2014
Dolores "Kris" Lewis, 85 passed away October 6, 2014 at Thorne Care Center Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, KS. She was born September 10, 1929 in West Point, Nebraska to Louis and Mary Ann (Ortmeier) Ulrich. Dolores graduated from West Point High School in 1946. She married William J. Mitchell in Sioux City, Iowa on April 13, 1964. He passed away...
Margie Lea Farney
Oct 6, 2014
Margie Lea (Shaner) Farney, 91, peacefully passed from this life on Oct. 6, 2014. Margie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Merle Farney; daughter, Lynne Farney Chappell; and son, Richard Merle Farney Jr. She is survived by four children: daughters, Kay Root (Jon) of Bainbridge Island, Wash., Beth Roe (Jim) of Yuma, Ariz., Anne Farney of Phoenix, Ariz.,...
Rick Lee Dirks
Oct 5, 2014
BURRTON – Rick Lee Dirks, 55, passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 21, 1959, in Hoisington. The son of Harvey and Ramona (Palmer) Dirks, he was the fifth of six children. He graduated in 1977, from Hamburg High School in Hamburg,...
Gloria Montante Gonzalez
Oct 4, 2014
Gloria Montante Gonzalez, 61, began ascending the stairway to heaven on Oct. 4, 2014. She was born April 4, 1953, in Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico. Throughout her life she graced people's lives with her larger than life personality and delicious food. She was a rock for the Gonzalez/Montante family and her trademark stubbornness will be dearly missed. Gloria is survived...
Glenda Fern Hooker
Oct 4, 2014
Glenda Fern Hooker, 84, died Oct. 4, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Feb. 8, 1930, in Sylvia, the daughter of Glen Lyman and Helen Leinweber Gaston. She was a lifetime Reno County resident, a 1948, graduate of Sylvia High School, graduated from Adele Hale Business College, and attended classes at Hutchinson Community College. On Dec. 2,...
Sam Lee
Oct 3, 2014
Sam Lee, 89, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. He was born July 9, 1925, in Dublin, Ga., the son of William and Mary (Grace) Lee. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, an Army veteran serving during World War II and had worked for Betts Bakery for 35 years as a foreman, retiring in 1981. Two of...
Harvey "Harv" Benjamin Gehring
Oct 3, 2014
Harvey Benjamin "Harv" Gehring, 81, died Oct. 3, 2014, at his home in South Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 9, 1933, in rural Moundridge to Emil J.C. and Goldie (Schwartz) Gehring. He was a 1951 graduate of Moundridge High School and a member of the First Mennonite Church of Hutchinson. He worked as a fabricator at Detroiter Mobile Homes for...
Konner Allen-Chase Broce Taylor
Oct 3, 2014
Konner Allen-Chase Broce Taylor was delivered and went with the angels to heaven on Oct. 3, 2014. Konner is survived by: his parents, Kailey Broce and Jake Taylor of Hutchinson; maternal grandparents, Becky and Brandon Pinkston of Hutchinson; paternal great-grandparents, Becky and Steve Dunmire of Hutchinson; paternal great-grandmother, Karen Lovelock of Nickerson; maternal grandfather, Joe Pattinson of Hutchinson; great-grandparents, Jim...
Violet Jewell Lane
Oct 1, 2014
Violet Jewell Lane, 99, passed away Oct. 1, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 5, 1915, in Bass, Ark., the daughter of Richard and Ira (York) Dean. She had been a resident of Hutchinson since 1964, moving from her lifelong home in Newton County, Ark. She is survived by: son, Elmo Lane and wife Nancy and daughter-in-law,...
Doris Lynette Breeze
Oct 1, 2014
Doris Lynette Breeze, 95, died Oct. 1, 2014, in Hutchinson. She was born July 12, 1919, in Iuka, Kansas, to Edgar and Verma (Beach) Keller. She graduated from Antrim High School. Doris married Eddie Southards, of Byers, in 1937. They later divorced. She then married Harold E. Breeze on April 14, 1949, in Preston. He died June 9, 1992. Doris...
Robert J. Raigoza
Sep 29, 2014
Robert J. Raigoza, 83, died Sept. 29, 2014, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1930, in Wichita, to Rosendo and Florence Valdez Raigoza. He was the founder and Pastor for New Harmony Baptist Church for 34 years and a truck driver for Dillons for 23 years, retiring in 1996, and did seasonal work for Fairlawn Burial Park for...
Cheri L. Jones
Sep 28, 2014
Cheri L. Jones, 64, died Sept. 28, 2014. She was born April 15, 1950, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George and Mildred (Cunday) Benson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she graduated from Nickerson High School in 1968. She received an Associate of Arts degree from Hutchinson Junior College in 1970 and graduated Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Music in...
Olinda "Linda" Alma Bell
Sep 28, 2014
Linda Alma Bell, 88, died Sept. 28, 2014, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 26, 1926, to Emanuel and Henritta Christina (Stoller) Bertsch in Freeman, SD. Linda was a homemaker. Some of her favorite things to do were gardening and canning. She loved music, playing the piano and spending time with her family. She was of the...
Allen Edward Schrock
Sep 27, 2014
Allen Edward Schrock, 92, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. He was born Dec. 5, 1921, in Hutchinson, the son of Samuel and Katie (Miller) Schrock. He was a member of Journey at South Hutchinson, a farmer and independent truck driver of Haven Cooperative, with over two million accident-free miles. On Oct. 8, 1944, he married Laura Edna Bontrager in Hutchinson....
Abby Mae Murray
Sep 27, 2014
NICKERSON – Abby Mae (Smith) Murray, 77, passed away Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. She was born June 22, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ted and Ethel Hebel Smith. She was a 1955, graduate of Hutchinson High School, attended First Southern Baptist Church, worked in the banking industry for many years, but became a stay at home mom when their...
Thelma G. Beem
Sep 27, 2014
Thelma G. Beem, 94, died Sept. 27, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born June 20, 1920, in Marshfield, Missouri, to William and Pearly (Tash) Bumgarner. Thelma worked at Woolworths Department Store and owned the grocery store in Plevna. She married Ed White. She then married Harold W. Beem on Aug. 5, 1961, in Newton. He died July 20, 1998....
Barbara C. Burke
Sep 27, 2014
Barbara C. Burke, 83, passed away peacefully on Sept. 27, 2014, in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 29, 1930, in Virgil, Kan., to Marvin and M. Elizabeth Crawford. She married Fredrick J. Burke in 1953. He died in 2007. Barbara was a homemaker and worked in the family business before retiring. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary,...
Harold Junior Milburn
Sep 24, 2014
Harold Junior Milburn, 87, died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. He was born Aug. 22, 1927, at Abbyville, the son of George Harold and Eva Cora (Feese) Milburn. He was a 1945 graduate of Abbyville High School, a Navy veteran during World War II and a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68. Junior was an oil and gas...
Donald Gene O'Neal
Sep 24, 2014
Donald Gene O'Neal, 72, died Sept. 24, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 7, 1942, in Hutchinson, to Robert and Thelma Mae Stewart O'Neal. He was a 1960 graduate of Partridge High School and attended Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan. He retired from Cessna as a production planner after 35 years. Donald was a member of...
