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...
Alvin "Al" Lee Smith
Sep 24, 2014
Alvin L. "Al" Smith, 99, passed away Sept. 24, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 23, 1915, in Council Grove, Kan., the son of Arthur and Agnes (Rowland) Smith. When Alvin was 8, the family moved to Crystal River, Fla., as his father, an engineer, was engaged in the construction of a hotel. Following the divorce of...
Elinor "Ellie" M. Dumas
Sep 23, 2014
Elinor M. "Ellie" Dumas, 86, died Sept. 23, 2014, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born June 28, 1928, in Dodge City, to Charles E. and Marie A. (Keller) Bargdill. Ellie graduated from Sylvia High School in 1945 and from the Chicago School of Interior Design in 1970. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, United Methodist...
Wayne Leon Kasselman
Sep 23, 2014
Wayne Leon Kasselman, 75, died Sept. 23, 2014, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 25, 1938, in Hutchinson, to Charles and Anna (Malcolm) Kasselman. He married Mary Ann Spangler on Oct. 10, 1959, in Hutchinson. She died April 2, 2009. Wayne was a foreman and welder for Kansas Gas Service for 44 years before retiring in 2002....
Richard "Dick" W. Gantz
Sep 22, 2014
Richard W. "Dick" Gantz, 81, passed away Sept. 22, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 11, 1933, in Plevna, the son of Bryan and Sylvia (Moore) Gantz. Richard graduated from Nickerson High School in 1951. He worked for Cessna for 18 years and also as a truck driver for Dillon's for over 18 years. On Feb....
Allen Rouse
Sep 21, 2014
Allen Rouse, 67, died Sept. 21, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 11, 1947, in Trenton, Mo., the son of Robert Arthur and Kathryn Landers Rouse. Allen married Pamela Barkman Stanley on June 26, 1987, in Hutchinson. A longtime Hutchinson area resident, Allen was a professional horse trainer. Survivors include: his wife, Pamela of the home;...
Rae Jean Bigger
Sep 21, 2014
Rae Jean Bigger, 50, died Sept. 21, 2014, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 5, 1964, in Hutchinson, Kan., to Raymond Willis and Pearl Mae Rogers Bigger. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1982 and attended South Hutchinson Christian Church. She was the groundskeeper at Hutchinson Community College and loved by all the staff and will...
Robert "Bob Lee Klein
Sep 20, 2014
PLEVNA – Robert Lee "Bob" Klein of Plevna, formerly of Hutchinson, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 20, 2014, at home surrounded by his family. Bob fought a long, valiant battle with Parkinson's disease with grace and dignity. Bob was born Jan. 8, 1934, in Pittsburg. On July 2, 1961, he married Janice Kay Boggs at First Christian...
Shirley Ann Stewart
Sep 17, 2014
Shirley Ann Stewart died Sept. 17, 2014, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 23, 1936, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Cecil and Kathryn (Fleming) Mendenhall. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident and a retired bookkeeper. She was an avid bowler and had a real passion for quilting and had designed many patterns. On May 17, 1954, she...
Tytus "Tyty" Eugene Allen
Sep 14, 2014
Tytus Eugene "Tyty" Allen, 4, died Sept. 14, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 2, 2009, in Hutchinson, to Vincent Allen III and Alyse Caley. Tyty attended the Headstart preschool program at Union Valley School. Survivors include: his parents; sister, Madysin Allen; brother, Wyatt Allen; maternal grandparents, Larry and Joyce Caley; paternal grandparents, Vince and Carrie...
Aubrey Linus Schartz
Sep 14, 2014
Aubrey Linus Schartz, 82, died Sept. 14, 2014, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 20, 1932, in rural Ellinwood, to Edward and Frances Schartz. He retired from Marmie Motors in Great Bend and moved to Hutchinson. On Oct. 16, 1951, he married Bonnie Lou Harbaugh in Ellinwood. Survivors include: his wife, Bonnie Lou Schartz of the home;...
Ted Donald Schafer
Sep 12, 2014
Ted Schafer, 72, of Hutchinson passed away at home on Sept. 12, 2014. Ted was born in Sterling, Kan., to Don and Cleta Jeter Schafer on March 12, 1942. He graduated from Alden High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. On Nov. 12, 1961, he married his high school sweetheart, Carolyn Harmon in Alden, Kan. They had three children, Todd,...
