Georgette Amelie Thayer
May 16, 2014
Georgette Amelie Thayer, 92, died May 16, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1922, in Nice, France, to Louis and Laurence Fourtanier Bounaud. She worked in the cafeteria at Partridge Elementary School. On February 14, 1946, she married Robert H. Thayer in Nice, France. He died February 10, 1995. Survivors include: son, William Thayer, Denver,...
Phyllis Lorrine Long
May 16, 2014
Phyllis Lorrine Long, 90, died May 16, 2014, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born March 13, 1924, in Perth, KS, to William and Della Iddings Erhard. As a small child her family moved to Wellington, KS, where she grew up. She married Arthur F. Long on October 25, 1940, in Newkirk, Okla., and in 1947, they...
Ralph D. Thrash
May 15, 2014
Ralph D. Thrash, 76, died May 15, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 6, 1938, in Stratford, Okla., the son of Howell and Buenos (Ayers) Thrash. Ralph graduated from Wichita West High School and then attended Friends University. On Oct. 29, 1955, he married Joan Duryee Crawford in Wichita. He and Joan lived in Wichita at that...
Sharon Charlene Griffin
May 15, 2014
Sharon Charlene Griffin, 68, died May 15, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1945, in Abilene, to Charles F. and Estelle G. Geske Myers. On April 24, 1963, she married John R. Griffin in Torrington, Wyo. He died September 16, 1984. She retired from the Social Security Administration as an administrative assistant. Survivors include: two sons,...
Mary K Lee
May 14, 2014
Mary K. Lee, 91, died May 14, 2014, at Hester Care Center. She was born April 24, 1923, in Home City, Kan., to Leo and Marie (Koch) Noller. Mary graduated from Marysville High School in 1941. She was a homemaker, loved spending time with her family, and playing bridge. On Oct. 4, 1947, she married Orville W. Lee in Hutchinson....
Norene Kay Dunn
May 14, 2014
Norene Kay Dunn, 71, died May 14, 2014 at home, peacefully, in her bed. She was born November 25, 1942 to Joe and Christine Frison Massett in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, moving to Sidney, Montana, as a child. She met and fell in love with Frank Dunn on July 4, 1958 and they were married on January 24, 1959. He...
Elizabeth Ann Reed
May 13, 2014
Elizabeth Ann Reed, 68, died May 13, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 11, 1946, in Wichita, to William H. and Florence M. Jolly II. She graduated from Pratt High School and attended Countryside Baptist Church. She retired from Good Samaritan Village in laundry service. She was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother. On Aug....
Marvin Dale "Marv" Farney
May 13, 2014
Marvin Dale Farney, 76, passed away at Rice County District One Hospital, Lyons, Kan. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He was born June 29, 1937, to Ruben and Irene (Engbrecht) Farney in Abbyville, Kan. He graduated from Abbyville High School in 1955. Marvin was a lifelong resident of Abbyville, Kan. Marvin was a member of Sterling Evangelical Bible Church, was on...
Bradley Robert Busby
May 12, 2014
Bradley Robert Busby, 46, died May 12, 2014, in Johnson, Kan. He was born March 12, 1968, to Robert Earl and Donna J. Blackwelder Busby. He was a custom harvester working throughout several states. He married Angela Fritz Busby and they had a daughter, Katherine Nicole. Survivors include: his mother, Donna Wornkey, Hutchinson; father, Bob Busby, Baxter Springs, Kan.; daughter,...
Robert "Bob" L. Spradling
May 12, 2014
Robert L. "Bob" Spradling, 71, passed away May 12, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutchinson, KS. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., on April 8, 1943, the son of Clell and Evelyn Wallace Spradling. He married Sarah Akeley in Fargo, N.D., on June 25, 1966. He is survived by: his wife; their two children, spouses and grandchildren, Mike Spradling,...
Frances Caroline Day
May 11, 2014
Frances Caroline Day, 88, died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. She was born April 17, 1926, in Saline County, the daughter of Walter and Agda Marie Lindahl Johnson. She was a 1944 graduate of Assaria High School, a 1960 graduate of Bethany College, Lindsborg and a member of Evangelical Covenant Church. On Aug. 6, 1950, she married...
Rex Eugene Nickel
May 8, 2014
Rex Eugene Nickel, 67, died May 8, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1947, in McPherson, to Arthur Milford and Violet Lucille (Frisbie) Nickel. Rex graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965. He served in the United States Army from 1966-1968. Rex retired from Eaton Corporation as CNC Machinist in gear pumps. He belonged to...
John G. Eriksen
May 8, 2014
John Graber Eriksen, 78, passed away May 8, 2014, in Denver, Colo. The beloved husband, father and grandfather was born Dec. 13, 1935, to Carl and Dorothy Graber Eriksen in Tulsa, Okla. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1953, and entered the University of Kansas where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi. John...
Stella Nelson Wilson
May 8, 2014
Stella Nelson Wilson passed away May 8, 2014, in Lewisville, Texas, to be with her beloved husband, Blenard Clarke Wilson. Stella was born Oct. 17, 1928, in Lyons, Kansas, to Lawrence and Celestine Gabrielson. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, Kansas, Stella graduated from Hutchinson High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, where she was a...
Mary Irene Miner
May 7, 2014
WICHITA – Mary Irene Miner, 87, died May 7, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. She was born Jan. 30, 1927, to Hugh Cecil and Willa Patton Hayes in Hoisington, Kan. She married Dale Miner Feb. 14, 1947, in Hoisington, Kan. He died March 12, 2002. Mary was a homemaker and mother and was very involved in the...
William "Bill" Dean Rexroad
May 6, 2014
William D. "Bill" Rexroad, 81, passed away May 6, 2014, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born in Winfield, on February 11, 1933, the son of Max and Vivian Rexroad. He married Virginia Guild at Winfield on February 22, 1953. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; their children and spouses, Susan Byler and husband Roger,...
Charlene M. Lind
May 6, 2014
Charlene M. Lind died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born December 23, 1932, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Francis and Lucille Mordy. She was a 1950 graduate of Manhattan High School and a 1954 graduate of Kansas State University. She was a business teacher at Dickinson County Community High School from 1954 through...
Ronald Veere Mosier
May 6, 2014
Ronald Veere Mosier, 86, passed away on May 6, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Ronald was born July 23, 1927, in rural Sterling, the son of John Jerome and Mabel (Zimmerman) Mosier. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1944. On Sept. 1, 1949, he married the love of his life, Ann Marie Adam. To them were born two...
John L. Gardner
May 4, 2014
ARLINGTON – John L. Gardner, 89, died May 4, 2014, at Waldron Place, Hutchinson. He was born March 2, 1925, in Plevna, to L.F. and Lula (Smith) Gardner.
John graduated from Plevna High School in 1942 and was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church.
He enjoyed golfing and square dancing with his wife. On...
Patricia L. Thompson
May 4, 2014
Patricia L. (McLane) Thompson, 65, died May 4, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born April 13, 1949, in Lambert, Iowa, the daughter of Marvin H. and Wilma M. (Wood) McLane.
She graduated from North Mercer High School, Mercer, Mo. in 1966. On May 19, 1988, she married Tony T. Thompson in Hutchinson. He died...
