George C. Madelen Jr.
Jan 15, 2014
George C. Madelen Jr., 88, died Jan. 15, 2014, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born May 6, 1925, in Midvale, Ohio, to Dorothy and George C. Madelen Sr. He graduated from Colorado University, where he played football. He received his Masters Degree from Kansas State University. He served in the United States Marine Corp until his honorable discharge...
Lee "Bob" E. Goering
Jan 14, 2014
Lee E. "Bob" Goering, 88, died Jan. 14, 2014, at Dillon Living Center. He was born March 4, 1925, in Pretty Prairie, to Ernest E. and Bertha E. (Unruh) Goering. In 1944, he graduated from Pretty Prairie High School. He served in the United States Army from 1944-1946. He was a farmer, and he worked at the Co-Op Exchange in...
Shelia D. Ramriez
Jan 14, 2014
Shelia D. Ramriez, 68, died Jan. 14, 2014, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born Feb. 5, 1945, in McKinney, Texas, to Chester and Leona Chaffen Shannon. She is survived by her husband, Raymond; sons, Donnie and Terry of Texas; sisters, Johnnie Bounds and Nancy Tucker of Texas; brother, Rusty Shannon of Texas. She was preceded in death...
Robert "Rabbit" Nelson Cunday
Jan 14, 2014
Robert Nelson "Rabbit" Cunday, 62, died Jan. 14, 2014, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1951, in Hutchinson, to Clive Nelson and Merla LaVern Gregg Cunday. Robert graduated from Nickerson High School in 1969. He had served in the National Guard and was a member of First Christian Church of Nickerson. He was owner and operator of...
Robert "Bob" P. Hinson, Jr.
Jan 13, 2014
INMAN - Robert P. "Bob" Hinson Jr., 56, passed away Jan. 13, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1957, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the son of Robert Sr. and Jean (Ellifritz) Hinson. An Inman resident since 1983, formerly of Hutchinson, he attended Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. He was the former Chief of...
Irena Fulton Kuhns
Jan 12, 2014
Irena Fulton Kuhns, 85, died Sunday, January 12, 2014, at Pleasant View Home in Inman, KS. She was born in Kingman, KS, to Clarence and Esther (Peterson) Fulton on August 27, 1928. She graduated from Arlington High School in 1945, and attended Adela Hale Business College in Hutchinson. She married Robert Laurence Kuhns on May 24, 1946. He died December...
Roy "Brent" Gardner
Jan 11, 2014
Brent Gardner, 50, died January 11, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born November 25, 1963, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Roy L. and Jessie L. Riley Gardner. He married Mary Griffin on April 24, 2010, in Hutchinson, KS. She survives along with their sons "Baby Braydon" and Matt. Brent was a wonderful provider and father to his...
Roy "Butch" Achilles
Jan 11, 2014
Roy "Butch" Achilles, 86, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. He was born June 8, 1927 at Inman, the son of Herman and Susana Gooson Achilles. He was a 1948 graduate of McPherson High School, a Merchant Marine veteran during World War II and a member of Westside Baptist Church. Butch had worked in the construction business for 22 years and...
Elsie Mae Graber
Jan 11, 2014
Elsie Mae Graber, 97, died January 11, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born August 9, 1916, in Elyria, KS to Ernest and Alvina (Kaufman) Juhnke. She graduated from McPherson High School in 1935. Elsie was a member of First Mennonite Church in Pretty Prairie. She married Lawrence E. Graber on November 23, 1941, in Pretty Prairie. He died November...
Bruce L. King
Jan 10, 2014
Bruce L. King, 55, died January 10, 2014, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born August 19, 1958, in Hutchinson to Raymond and G. Elaine (Haxton) King. Bruce graduated from Nickerson High School in 1976, and was a residential trainer at TECH, Inc. for 26 years. He is survived by: brother, Brent King and fiancee Sandy Robinson; sister,...
Marilyn Ruth Farney
Jan 9, 2014
Marilyn Ruth Farney, 75, died January 9, 2014, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. She was born January 31, 1938, on the Plevna farm, the daughter of Alvin and Lola Emma (Haas) Farney. She was raised in the Sterling Evangelical Mennonite Church. Survivors include: sister, Alvina M. (Farney) Rayl of Hutchinson; brother, Carl S. Farney of Las Vegas, Nevada; and...
Anna M Bowman
Jan 8, 2014
Anna M. Bowman, 80, died Jan. 8, 2014, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 19, 1933, in Innsbruck, Austria, the daughter of Josef and Josefine Katrina (Boes) Ainhirn. She was of the catholic faith. On April 19, 1951, she married Gee Jay Bowman in Innsbruck, Austria. He died Dec. 23, 2003. She loved to attend the...
Mary M. Rohr
Jan 7, 2014
Mary M. Rohr, 91, died Jan. 7, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 18, 1922, the daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Weiss. On Aug. 28, 1942, she married Isadore Frank Rohr in Los Angeles, Calif. He died Oct. 24, 2001. She is survived by three children, Patty Redenbaugh and husband Duane, Dorothy Ann Wheeler and husband...
Vinita Evelyn Hoffman
Jan 7, 2014
Vinita Evelyn Hoffman, 85, died January 7, 2014, at her home in Sun City, Arizona. She was born March 28, 1928, in Wichita, the daughter of Howard and Garnett (Evans) Hood. She was a resident of Sun City, Arizona, formerly of Hutchinson and Wichita. Vinita graduated from Wichita East High School in 1946, undergraduate from Wichita State University in 1950,...
J. Wesley Nunemaker
Jan 7, 2014
J. Wesley Nunemaker, 94, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at University Village, Tulsa, Okla. He was born July 9, 1919, at Langdon, the son of Joseph Jr. and Gladys Mary Kabler Nunemaker. He was a graduate of Langdon High School, attended Southwestern College and Kansas State University, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and was a farmer and stockman...
Odessa M. Cooper
Jan 6, 2014
Odessa M. Cooper, 103, a long time resident of Hutchinson, died Jan. 6, 2014, at Hospice House. She was born July 10, 1910, in Coleman, Texas, to George K. and Dora N. Taylor Jay. On Jan. 31, 1935, she married Silas J. Cooper in Ottawa, Kan. He died May 26, 1986. She was a homemaker most of her life and...
Walter H. Hunt
Jan 6, 2014
Walter H. Hunt, 93, died Jan. 6, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 23, 1920, in Claude, Texas, to John Kelcy and Ruby (Lill) Hunt. He graduated from Claude High School in 1939. He attended Texas Tech University. Walter retired as District Manager for Dekalb Agriculture Association. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hutchinson....
Marcella"Auntie" Clara Cecilia Mccloskey
Jan 6, 2014
Marcella Clara Cecilia "Auntie" McCloskey, 91, died Jan. 6, 2014, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 1, 1922, to Theodore John and Henrietta Ada Duddey McCloskey in St. Louis, Mo. In 1972, Marcella and her mother moved to Kansas from St. Louis. They lived with Marcella's sister, Mary M. Suter, whose home was near Cheney...
Lael L. Chronister
Jan 5, 2014
Lael L. Chronister, 69, died Jan. 5, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 10, 1944, in Wichita, to Thomas and Alice Joanne (Griffith) Cordingley. She was a retired LPN. Lael was a member of Maranatha Mennonite Church. On May 5, 1962, she married Albert Lee Chronister. He survives. Other survivors include: three sons, Donald Chronister and wife Debbee...
Donald "Don" E. Butts
Jan 4, 2014
Donald E. "Don" Butts, 80, died January 4, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 10, 1933, in Topeka, to Clark D. and Desda Mona (Peel) Butts. Don graduated from Topeka High School in 1951. He was owner and operator of Awards Plus in Hutchinson. Don was an ASA Umpire. He played for the Dodgers and in...
