Allyson Rae Yutzy
Mar 1, 2014
PARTRIDGE – Allyson Rae Yutzy, 20, a daughter of the King, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 1, 2014. She was born Sept. 22, 1993, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ivan and Andrea (Yoder) Yutzy. Allyson was home schooled and graduated with the Reno County Home Educators in 2012. She was currently studying...
Wanda B. Hofen
Feb 27, 2014
Wanda B. Hofen, 89, died Feb. 27, 2014, at Hester Care Center. She was born Feb. 6, 1925, in Raymond, Kan., the daughter of Joseph Earl and Blanche (Calhoun) Miller. Following her graduation from Sylvia High School, she married Joseph Gene Applegate on June 3, 1943. Gene died Jan. 24, 1948. She then married LaVerne W. "Vern" Hofen on July...
Donna Nadean Beals
Feb 26, 2014
Donna Nadean Beals, 84, died Feb. 26, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born Sept. 9, 1929, to Albert E. and Cecile P. Pruner White, in Hutchinson, Kan. She graduated from Reno Community High School in 1947 and was a phlebotomist at Hutchinson Hospital for many years. She married Richard L. Beals on Oct. 7, 1950, in rural Nickerson. He...
Linda Beth Bond
Feb 25, 2014
Linda Beth Bond, 75, died Feb. 25, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 24, 1938, in rural Chase County, to Allen and Alice (McCracken) Bond. She completed grade school in a one-room schoolhouse and then graduated from Matfield Green High School in 1956. She attended Friends Bible College (Barclay College) for a year and then Kansas...
Lewis C. Taylor
Feb 25, 2014
Lewis C. Taylor, 80, died Feb. 25, 2014, at Thorne Care Center. He was born April 10, 1933, in Hartford Heights, NJ, to Francis Everett and Anna (Crispin) Taylor. Lew graduated in 1951 from Rancocas High School in Mount Holly, NJ. He served in the United States Air Force and was a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post...
Wayne Allen "Bud" Walden
Feb 24, 2014
Wayne Allen "Bud" Walden, 44, died Feb. 24, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1969, in Hutchinson, to Richard Wayne and Georgia Kay Smith Walden. He attended Hutchinson High School and graduated in 1988. Wayne was a manager for Mega for 22 years and a plant manager at Shield AG. Survivors include: companion, Brenda Koehn, for 13...
Daniel E."Dan" Phillips Jr.
Feb 23, 2014
Daniel E. "Dan" Phillips, Jr., 88, died Feb. 23, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 23, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Daniel E. and Sarah Jane (Jones) Phillips Sr. Dan graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1944, and then later from Kansas State University. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps...
Leonard Paul Aupperle
Feb 21, 2014
Paul Aupperle passed away on February 21, 2014, in Lawrence at the age of 97. A visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, with Pastor Jeff Slater officiating. Military honors will be conducted by Fort Riley Honor Guard....
Vera Mae Sanderson
Feb 20, 2014
Vera Mae Sanderson, 85, went to be with her Jesus and her Carl, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. She was born Feb. 11, 1929, at rural Nickerson, the daughter of Wilbert and Edith Wiley Krauter. She attended Nickerson schools, was a member of Salem Community Church of the Brethren, a member of USBC, Golf-Ettes Senior Bowling League, an AVID Bingo player...
Leroy M. Spence
Feb 19, 2014
Leroy M. Spence, 92, died Feb. 19, 2014, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Pittsburg, to Jesse and Leona (Truster) Spence. Leroy enjoyed building play houses, woodworking, and watching birds in the backyard. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church. On Oct. 31, 1941, he married Darlene Washburn in Hutchinson. She died...
John Clark Cowl
Feb 18, 2014
John Clark Cowl, 41, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. He was born May 31, 1972, to Clark R. and Debbie K. (Hubert) Cowl in Wichita, Kan. Affectionately known as "JC" or "Little John", his kindness and willingness to always lend a helping hand earned him many friends. John was a graduate of Buhler High School. He earned a degree...
Evelyn N. Miller
Feb 17, 2014
Evelyn N. Miller, 84, passed away peacefully on Feb. 17, 2014, at The Arbors at Waldron Place. She was born on Dec. 29, 1929, in Halstead. She was the youngest of 10 children to Elmer and Bernice (Moots) Hughes. Evelyn graduated from Halstead High School in 1948. On May 15, 1948, she married M. Gene Miller in Halstead. She was...
Betty Jean Chamberlain
Feb 17, 2014
Betty Jean Chamberlain, 67, died Feb. 17, 2014. Survivors: her husband, John H. Chamberlain of Hutchinson; sons, Eugene William Moon of Hutchinson, Virgil Henry Moon III of Wichita; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at a later date at First United Methodist Church in Hays, Kan. Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, is in charge of arrangements.
Tyler Dean Hoffman
Feb 17, 2014
Tyler Dean Hoffman, age 2, died Feb. 17, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born in Wichita on May 20, 2011, the son of Eric D. and Amanda R. Shipley Hoffman. Survivors include: his parents, Eric and Amanda; sisters, Katlyn Elliott of Stafford, Angelina and Erica Hoffman of the home; grandparents, Spencer Shipley, Mike and Patricia Hoffman...
Ralph Earnest Boggs
Feb 17, 2014
HAVEN – Ralph E. Boggs, 65, died Feb. 17, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 5, 1948, in Hutchinson, to George Luther and Virginia Mae Secrest Boggs. Ralph was a 1967 graduate of Lyons High School and served in the United States Marine Corp during Vietnam. After 22 years Ralph retired from Wheeled Coach Ambulance Manufacture...
Betty L. Nairn
Feb 17, 2014
Betty L. Nairn, 84, died Feb. 17, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 25, 1929, in Great Bend, to Elmer C. and Emma (Baeumel) Rose. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi in Great Bend. A resident of Hutchinson since 1974, Betty was a bookkeeper at KP&L, retiring in 1988. Survivors include: son, Curtis Nairn...
David L. Eshelbrenner
Feb 17, 2014
David L. Eshelbrenner, 35, died Feb. 17, 2014, at his home in South Hutchinson. David was born Oct. 2, 1978, in Hutchinson, the son of Carl W. Eshel-brenner III and Lorna Kay Bergen Eshelbrenner. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. Survivors include: his father, Carl of Hutchinson; half sisters, Kaili Marie Eshelbrenner of Medicine Lodge, Kan. and Micheala...
Lorraine Mae Avers
Feb 16, 2014
Lorraine Mae Avers, 91, died Feb. 16, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born May 14, 1922 in Burlington, Vt., to James and Florence (Bouchard) Steele. Lorraine lost her father at the age of 17. Lorraine and her mother moved to Florida to be near relatives. That is where she met her husband of 66 years. On Dec....
Mary "Beth" Elizabeth Dealy Craig
Feb 16, 2014
Beth (Dealy) Craig, was born August 8, 1921 in Clay Township, Reno County, KS to Eugene Joseph and Maud (Barr) Dealy. Though her given name was Mary Elizabeth, she preferred to be called 'Beth.'Â Â In her early years, they lived on a farm south of Hutchinson, and she attended Ijam country school. The family later moved north of Hutchinson,...
James Archie Hartzell
Feb 16, 2014
James Archie "Jim" Hartzell, 72, died Feb. 16, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Oct. 20, 1941, in Salina, Kan., the son of Archie and Mary Pauline (Ratliff) Hartzell. James graduated from Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Kan., in 1959. He then received his bachelor's degree from Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1964. He was a member...
