Virginia L. Mcinturff
Apr 11, 2014
Virginia L. McInturff, 81, died April 11, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born February 2, 1933, in Dodge City, to Jay and Ruby (Orebaugh) Kline. Virginia graduated from Dodge City High School in 1951, and attended Dodge City Juco and Southwestern College. She worked for Kwik Shop and Dillons in the accounting department doing account receivables....
Mavis Jones
Apr 11, 2014
Mavis Jones, 79, died April 11, 2014, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born June 26, 1934, in Phila-delphia, Mississippi, to James W. and India A. Hamilton Worrell.
She moved from Mississippi to Hutchinson in 2009, and then to Pleasant View Home in Inman.
Survivors include: daughter, Debra Brown and husband Steve, Hutchinson; son, Carl...
June Marie Leffel
Apr 10, 2014
June Marie Leffel, 75, died April 10, 2014, in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 16, 1938, in Grant, Neb., to Eugene and Geraldine (Nichols) Christenson.
Survivors include: children, Kevin Wright (Jodi), David Crossman, and Gail DeBerry (Stephen), all of Hutchinson; two sisters, Shirley Christenson of South Hutchinson and Charlotte Snover of Ottawa; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren....
Mitchell Montgomery
Apr 10, 2014
Mitchell Montgomery, 54, of Haysville, KS, died April 10, 2014.
He was born on July 10, 1959, in Hutchinson, the son of Mary Laird Montgomery and the late Carroll "Monte" Montgomery.
Mitch was a machinist at Boeing in Wichita and a champion sport shooter in Kansas and Oklahoma. He was forced to retire from both,...
Gary K. Zimmerman
Apr 10, 2014
Gary K. Zimmerman, 74, died Thursday, April 10, 2014, at Hospice House, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 30, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Ray and Ruth (Hillman) Zimmerman.
Gary grew up on a farm in Castleton. He graduated from Haven High School in 1957, and attended Hutchinson Community College. On Nov. 16, 1963,...
Ila June Briggs
Apr 9, 2014
WINDOM – Ila Jean Briggs, 84, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Heartland Haven. She was born April 29, 1930, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Floyd and Blanche VanSickle Kelley.
She was a 1948 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College, was a piano and Sunday school teacher, a member of Andover Lutheran Church,...
Luann Cammack
Apr 8, 2014
Luann Cammack, 78, died April 8, 2014, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 20, 1935, to Harley and Viola Dewees Haxton in Lyons, Kan.
Luann graduated from Nickerson Rural High School and was a member of Midland Community United Church of Christ, Nickerson. She worked at Cessna for ten years and later went to...
Mae Elaine Guyett
Apr 7, 2014
Mae Elaine (Phillips) Guyett was a woman who touched the hearts and lives of everyone who knew her. In the words of so many, "she was a true Christian." She had a deep love for her Lord that was lived out daily by the way she helped other people. If she said she was praying for you what she...
Alvina Siebert
Apr 6, 2014
BUHLER – Alvina Siebert, 86, died April 6, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born June 4, 1927, in Lehigh, to Cornelius and Elisabeth (Fast) Plett.
Alvina graduated from Tabor Academy High School and attended...
Teresa "Pat" Kathleen Henson
Apr 6, 2014
Teresa Kathleen "Pat" Henson, 87, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. She was born Feb. 1, 1927, at Arlington, Mass., the daughter of James and Immaculata Bruesta Panetta.
She was a member of St....
Ssg Leonard "Lenny" Ray Zahn, Jr.
Apr 6, 2014
Staff Sergeant Leonard Ray "Lenny" Zahn Jr., 37, of Fort Benning, Ga., died April 6, 2014. He was born Aug. 9, 1976, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Leonard Ray Sr. and Mary (Pacheco) Zahn.
He graduated from Buhler High School in 1995. Lenny enlisted in the United States Army on Feb. 2, 1997. He served honorably...
Yong "Shin" C. Smith
Apr 4, 2014
Yong C. "Shin" Smith, 72, died April 4, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutch-inson. She was born September 13, 1941, in Seoul, Korea.
On April 15, 1969, she married Karl Smith in Seoul, Korea. He survives. After moving to Hutchinson, Kansas, she worked for the Reno County Courthouse for many years. Shin loved nurturing her flower gardens,...
Allen "Gene" Schwartz
Apr 4, 2014
Allen "Gene" Schwartz, 87, died April 4, 2014, at Graber House at Mennonite Friendship Comm-unities. He was born May 9, 1926, in Pretty Prairie, to Peter J. and Louisa "Lucy" (Graber) Schwartz. Gene graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1944. He was a route salesman and worked for Bunte Welding that became Wichita Welding. Gene was a retired...
Edith "Edie" M. White
Apr 3, 2014
Edith M. "Edie" White, 92, died April 3, 2014, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born June 2, 1921, in Hutchinson, to Herbert A. and Laura G. (Grant) Carr. Edie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938, Hutchinson Community College in 1940, and attended Kansas State University for two years. She was a member of Alpha Zeta Delta,...
Elva Kentfield
Apr 2, 2014
Elva Kentfield, 91, died April 2, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1922, the daughter of Cornelius J. and Mary (Buller) Schmidt. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1941.
On Sept. 18, 1945, she married Edgar J. Kentfield, a Navy sailor, in Hutchinson. For the next 20 years she faithfully followed Edgar...
William H. "Bill" Meyer Ii
Apr 2, 2014
William H. "Bill" Meyer II, 79, died April 2, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 6, 1934, in New York City, NY, to William H. and Olive M. Friend Meyer.
Bill married Adeline "Addie" Lamberth in Hutchinson, on Feb. 27, 1979. She died May 26, 2001. He was in the United States Navy serving...
Betty J. Golden
Apr 1, 2014
Betty J. Golden, 79, died April 1, 2014, at Thorne Care Center. She was born July 13, 1934, to Roy E. and Opal V. Mummey Hoffman in Nickerson. She was a homemaker and had worked for KSIR for 10 years. Survivors include: sons, Dan, Larry and Lance Golden. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services at this...
Charlotte Ann Gates
Apr 1, 2014
Charlotte Ann Gates, 54, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was born Aug. 21, 1959, in Ellinwood, to Franklin Frederic and Lillian Elaine (Koch) Ricker.
Charlotte graduated in 1977, as Salutatorian, from...
Elmer Knight
Apr 1, 2014
Elmer Knight, 86, died April 1, 2014, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Aug. 21, 1927, in Miller, Mo., to Bert and Evelyn Ball Knight.
Evelyn Margaret Ortner
Mar 31, 2014
Evelyn Margaret Ortner, 95, died March 31, 2014, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1919, in Blaine County, Okla.
On Aug. 20, 1935, she married Vernon E. Ortner in Oklahoma City, Okla. He died Aug. 18, 1993. Survivors include: daughter, Janice Sexson and husband Denny, Hutchinson; a daughter-in-law, Joan Ortner, Burleson, Texas; grandsons,...
