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Kermit C. Menzies
Jun 7, 2014
Kermit C. Menzies, 71, retired Hutchinson High School science and math teacher and instructor at Hutchinson Community College, died June 7, 2014. He was born July 16, 1942, in rural Morrowville, Kansas, the son of Hubert and Lois (Bahl) Menzies. He graduated from Morrowville Rural High School in 1960 and from Emporia State University in 1964 with his BSE and...
Keith Allen Huddleston
Jun 6, 2014
Keith Allen Huddleston, 80, died June 6, 2014, at Hospice House. He was born June 14, 1933, in Horrace, KS to Alvin and Susan Moore Huddleston. He married Eleanor Penka on November 26, 1952, in Beaver, KS. She died July 29, 2012. Keith was a self-employed electrician in the oil fields in the Hutchinson and Great Bend areas. Survivors include:...
Jean H. Cammack
Jun 6, 2014
Jean Hoath Cammack, 84, died June 6, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born March 26, 1930, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Chester Earl and Marion (Hoath) Cammack. Jean graduated from Anthony High School, Anthony, Kansas in 1949. He then served in the United States Navy. Jean worked as an operations manager for Braniff Airlines, in...
Aryana Kay Sims
Jun 6, 2014
Aryana Kay Sims was stillborn on June 6, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was the beloved daughter of Courtney and Angela (McElhaney) Sims. Survivors include: her parents; brother, Malachi Sims of Hutchinson; grandparents, David and Sharon McElhaney of Seneca, Mo.; grandmother, Angela Peterson of Hutchinson; an uncle, John McElhaney of Joplin, Mo.; maternal great-grandparents, Lewis and Bonnie Lamoureux...
Betty Carol Garey
Jun 5, 2014
Betty Carol Colle Garey passed away on June 5, 2014, at her home in Hutchinson. Betty Carol was born on July 24, 1921, in Saxman, Kan., to her parents, Anton "Tony" and Mabel Vera Pallister Colle. She graduated from Lyons High School in 1939, and from Venus Beauty School in Wichita in 1940. She owned her own beauty shop in...
Bettye Jean Miller
Jun 5, 2014
Bettye Jean Miller, 86, died Thursday, June 5, 2014. She was born Aug. 28, 1927, in Coldwater, the daughter of Harry and Martha Kindsvater Howland. She was a 1946 graduate of Coldwater High School, a life member of V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post #1361, Ladies Auxiliary. Bettye had been a gardener for Benton's Greenhouse, retiring in 1987. On July 26, 1946,...
Ruth Anderson
Jun 5, 2014
Ruth Anderson, 83, died June 5, 2014, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 6, 1931, in Willow, Okla., the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth Lavona (McCoy) Fritts. Ruth retired from Wesley Towers as the head cook. On June 7, 1947, she married Orval Patterson in Wheeler, Texas. He died Feb. 3, 1997. She then married Ivan Wilbur...
Matthew Robert Heironimus
Jun 4, 2014
Matthew Robert Heironimus, 8 months, died June 4, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. He was born September 13, 2013, in Newton, KS, to Robby and Kimberly McMurry Heironimus. Survivors include: his parents, Burrton; brother, Daniel Heironimus, of the home; sisters, Emily Heironimus, of the home, and Daiquri Heironimus, Hutchinson; grandparents, Bill and Candy McMurry, Burrton, and Ron and...
James L. Dees
Jun 4, 2014
James L. Dees, 77, died June 4, 2014, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Milo, Mo., to Charlie R. and Rosie (Foreman) Dees. James lived in Manhattan, McPherson, and Hutchinson. He received his Associates in Art in 2012 from Hutchinson Community College. He worked for List & Clark Construction Company, Farmers Alliance Insurance Company in...
Robert Harry Warrington
Jun 4, 2014
Robert Harry Warrington, 75, died June 4, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born March 25, 1939, on the Donavan Ranch in Barber County, KS to Harry and Elinor Pauline (Coggins) Warrington. He was baptized at Kiowa United Methodist Church. He graduated from Kiowa High School in 1958. Robert worked at Cessna and retired from TSW in Hutchinson....
Ruth Powell
May 30, 2014
OVERLAND PARK – Ruth Powell, 100, died May 30, 2014, at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. She was born April 2, 1914, in Hutchinson to Thomas and Clara Miller. She was a homemaker. She was married to Kenneth Chappel who preceded her in death in 1965. She later married Ralph Powell who preceded her in death in 1991. Survivors include:...
Mildred Louise Canfield
May 28, 2014
Mildred Louise Canfield, 91, died May 28, 2014, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 30, 1922, in Hutchinson, to Charles and Alice Wampler Cornwell. She married Wilbur Carr Canfield Sr. in 1941, in Hutchinson, Kan. He died in November of 1949. She is survived by her daughter, Beth Babb and husband Mike of Wichita, Kan.; daughter-in-law, Anita...
Geraldine Ann "Gerry" Mock
May 28, 2014
Geraldine Ann "Gerry" Mock, 81, died May 28, 2014, at Presbyterian Manor in Sterling, Kan. She was born Oct. 10, 1932, in Iola, Kan., to Burnham Taylor and Sarah Rachel Hedges English. She was a 1950 graduate of Iola High School. She married Marion Leland "Shorty" Mock on June 10, 1950, in Iola, Kan. He died Aug. 20, 2008. Survivors...
John Samuel Nisly
May 27, 2014
John Samuel Nisly, 81, went to be with Jesus May 27, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities after a brief battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 25, 1933, in Hutchinson, the son of Samuel and Delila (Beiler) Nisly. John was a Singer sewing machine sales and repairman. On June 7, 1953, he married Sylvia Nisly, of Hutchinson. She survives. Other...
Viola Margaret Davenport
May 26, 2014
Viola Margaret Davenport, 91, died May 26, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. She was born Jan. 22, 1923, in Castleton, to Claude N. and Maude E. (Givens) Van Hoozen. She attended McPherson College. Viola taught in one-room schools in the Pretty Prairie area. She was a longtime member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church in Hutchinson and...
Catherine "Cathy" M. Mcgonigle
May 26, 2014
Catherine M. "Cathy" McGonigle, 75, died May 26, 2014, at her home. She was born April 6, 1939 to Lawrence and Jean McLean Silva in Oxnard, California. She married Charles W. "Mac" McGonigle on December 30, 1959, in Hutchinson. He died October 12, 2008. Cathy worked on the window for the Postal Service in California for 28 years, retiring in...
Colleen Marie Webster
May 25, 2014
Colleen Marie Webster, 85, went home to be with the Lord on May 25, 2014. She was born March 13, 1929, in McCracken, Kan., to John and Ruby R. Peters McGrath Shay. Colleen married Fred O. Webster on Aug. 13, 1950, in McCracken. He died Nov. 3, 1998. Survivors include: daughters, Celesta Martinez and Linda Sisler both of Hutchinson, Kan.;...
Mary C. Roberson
May 24, 2014
Mary C. Roberson, 91, died May 24, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 1, 1923, in Sterling, the daughter of William Thomas and Amanda (Kirkbride) Berry. Mary was a former member of the First Assembly of God and a current member of First Church of the Nazarene. On Oct. 23, 1943, she married Thomas F....
Joe H Krehbiel
May 24, 2014
Joe H. Krehbiel, 88, went to be with the Lord, May 24, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. He was born April 28, 1926, on the farm in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, the son of Peter J. and Rosa (Graber) Krehbiel. Joe graduated from Pretty Prairie High School. He was a farmer and a dairyman. Joe was a longtime member...
Vaden Lynn Daugherty
May 23, 2014
Vaden Lynn Daugherty, 68, died Friday, May 23, 2014. He was born December 12, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of C. Francis "Frank" and Rettie Martin "Retta" Daugherty. He was a 1963, graduate of Hutchinson High School, a 1965, graduate of Hutchinson Community College, served in the U.S. Army Reserve was a member of Crosspoint Church and a member of...
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