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...
Myrth E. Hollingsworth
May 3, 2014
Myrth E. Hollingsworth, 84, died May 3, 2014 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born July 4, 1929, in rural Rice County, to George Henry Theede and Pearl Katherine (Josephson) Theede. She graduated from Reno County High School, Nickerson in 1947. Myrth earned her Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics Food Demonstration from Kansas State University, graduating in 1951. She...
Robert "Bob" Edgar Koestel
May 2, 2014
Robert Edgar "Bob" Koestel, 97, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Com-munities, South Hutchinson. He was born June 5, 1916, in Partridge, the son of Heinrich and Olga Massoni Koestel.
He was a 1937, graduate of Partridge High School, a U.S. Army veteran with the 75th Field Artillery Battalion, European Theater and a member of South Hutchinson...
Eyvonne Marie Sarwacinski
May 1, 2014
Eyvonne Marie Sarwacinski, 61, died May 1, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born November 26, 1952, in Roseburg, Oregon, to Garlan D. Johnson and Lois L. (Yoakum) Elliott. Eyvonne was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ.
She is survived by: sons; Tony Elliott of Hutchinson, David Sarwacinski and wife Ruthie of Hutchinson, Willie...
Lowell E. Foss
May 1, 2014
Lowell E. Foss, 93, died May 1, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1920, on the farm south of Arlington, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Velma I. (Bruch) Foss. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1939, and later from the Salt City Business College. Lowell served in the United States Marine Corp during...
Thomas Teed Shears
May 1, 2014
Thomas "Tom" Teed Shears, 55, of Colleyville, Texas, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Harris Hospital, Ft. Worth, Texas. The memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2014, at Grace Episcopal Church, 2 Hyde Park, Hutchinson, Kan., with The Rt. Reverend Michael P. Milliken officiating. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday...
Rose Marie Ewald
Apr 30, 2014
Rose Marie Ewald, 90, died April 30, 2014, at Park West Plaza Retirement Village, Wichita. She was born February 25, 1924, in Merricourt, ND to Joseph and Josephine Vondra Jandos. She was a graduate of Kanopolis High School. She was a homemaker and a fifty year member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and the Holy Cross Altar Society. On February...
Betty Jeane Hodges
Apr 29, 2014
Betty Jeane Hodges, 91, died April 29, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born July 26, 1922, in Hutchinson, to Willard and Frances Mangold Snyder.
She married Benny Riley Hodges on Oct. 29, 1942, in Hutchinson, Kan. He died Feb. 9, 2004. Betty was a homemaker, mother and worked as a lunch counter manager for F. W....
James R. Dole
Apr 28, 2014
James R. Dole, 75, died April 28, 2014, at his home in Burrton. He was born Feb. 1, 1939, in Burrton, to J.C. "Cliff" Dole and Ruth (Stanley) Dole.
On April 13, 1987, he married Pamela Keel. Jim was an entrepreneur, who owned and operated Arrow Machine in Hutchinson for 25 years. After selling that business, Jim...
Bertrice Ann Donaldson
Apr 27, 2014
Bertrice Ann (Drew) Donaldson, 75, died April 27, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born January 12, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Ralph E. and Clara J. (Beard) Drew. She was a member of Mount Olivet Worship Center in Hutchinson.
On December 1, 1962, she married John W. Donaldson in Beatrice, Nebraska. He survives. Other survivors include:...
Johannah "Johnnie" Becker
Apr 27, 2014
Johannah "Johnnie" Becker, 84, died April 27, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS. She was born March 23, 1930, in Wichita, KS. Johannah graduated from Wichita North High School and then later Stephens College, Columbia, MO, and the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. She retired from USD 308 Media Center, but the job she enjoyed the most was being...
Una C. Dean
Apr 25, 2014
Una Dean, 87, died Friday, April 25, 2014 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born February 19, 1927 at Picher, Okla., the daughter of William Earl and Frances Adelia Lawrence House.
She served along side her husband Pastor Floyd Dean sharing God's truth at Trinity Pentecostal Church of God, Elm Street Chapel, Hutchinson for over 51 years. Â ...
