Obituaries

Mar 8, 2014

Phyllis Lenora Ross, 86, died March 8, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born May 14, 1927, in Milan, to Merton and Mary (Wilkins) Paisley.

Phyllis graduated from Milan High School. She was a member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church. On Jan. 16, 1948, she married Donald L. Ross in Milan. He died Dec. 14, 2013. She...

Mar 8, 2014

Wyatt Eaganlee Tracy, 6 months old, died March 8, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

Survivors include: parents, Brittany Newburn and Roy Lavern Tracy Jr.; brothers, Roy Tracy, Ezra Newburn; sister, Christina Thomas; grandparents, Robin and Pete MacNeil; aunt, Thelma Mendez; uncle, Daniel Newburn. He was preceded in death by a sister, Nevaeh Castleberry, and his other...

Mar 8, 2014

The Reverend Ralph A. Rosenblad, 92, died Saturday, March 8, 2014, at his home. He was born June 8, 1921, at Boston, MA, the son of Gustav and Robina Alexander Rosenblad. He was a graduate of Baker University, Baldwin and Boston University School of Theology. He was ordained as an elder clergy member of the New England Conference of the...

Mar 6, 2014

C. Paul Schmidt, 59, died March 6, 2014, at his home in Pretty Prairie. He was born March 4, 1955, in Hays, to Alvin Joseph and Lioba (Windholz) Schmidt. Paul graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1973. He was an entrepreneur and had a fascination with computers. On September 11, 1992, he married Debra Fossier in Las Vegas. She survives....

Mar 5, 2014

Jan Wesley Overton, 59, died March 5, 2014, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 7, 1954, in Hutchinson, to Jack W. and Virginia Upton Overton. Jan was a forklift driver for 35 years at Eaton Corporation and then a custodian at Prosperity Grade School for five years. He was a strong force in the Equality Coalition of...

Mar 4, 2014

Douglas Dean "Doug" Wheaton, 70, died March 4, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 27, 1943, in Dodge City, the son of Ray and Sybil Delp Wheaton. He was a graduate of Lewis High School and Hutchinson Community College, a veteran of the United States Navy and retired from Carey Salt Company. He is survived by his...

Mar 4, 2014

Mildred Louise Harper, 79, died March 4, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 6, 1934, in Sterling, to Lewis and Bertha Mathews Carris. She was a 1952 graduate of Sterling High School. Mildred retired from Eaton Corporation after thirty years. She was a member of Sterling Presbyterian Church, Salem Community Church of the Brethren of Nickerson, Sterling...

Mar 4, 2014

Ronald G. Hill, DVM, 63, died March 4, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 8, 1950, in Hutchinson, to Franklin H. and Viola L. Baldwin Hill. In May of 1976, Ronald graduated from Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine. He owned Westside Veterinary Clinic in Hutchinson and was previously also the veterinarian at Central Livestock...

Mar 3, 2014

NICKERSON – Mary Malvina Hodge, 78, died Monday, March 3, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 11, 1936, at Red Cloud, Neb., the daughter of Clyde and Ruby Carter Pitney. She had been a janitor for USD #309-Nickerson for 20 years, retiring in Jan. of 2013. She was married to George Franklin Hodge at Carson City, Nev....

Mar 3, 2014

William "Bill" Laney, 84, died March 3, 2014, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born April 21, 1929, to James Frank and Clare Lee Wells Laney, in Apache, OK. The family moved to Bushton and then to Lyons, where Bill graduated from Lyons High School. He attended Hutchinson Junior College, playing basketball, where the team played in the national...

Mar 2, 2014

Gene Richard Field, 90, died March 2, 2014, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 22, 1923, in Hutchinson, to Brice W. and Helen Lucille (Gibbs) Field. He was a 1943 graduate of Hutchinson High School. When he was 16, he played baseball for the Hutchinson Pirates, which was a farm team for the Pittsburgh Pirates....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...