Margery "Annie" Annabelle Mitchell
Dec 2, 2013
Margery AnnaBelle "Annie" Mitchell, 80, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 2, 2013, at the Knife River Care Center, Beulah, ND. AnnaBelle was born Jan. 9, 1933, in Newton, to Alva and Margery George Giles. She was the oldest of 16 brothers and sisters. AnnaBelle married William Junior Mitchell June 10, 1952, in Hutchinson. He passed away Feb....
Verona "Val" A. Aleman
Dec 2, 2013
Verona A. "Val" Aleman, 77, died Dec. 2, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born April 9, 1936, in Hutchinson, to Eston and Linda (Pankratz) Leslie. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1954. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church. Val worked as a paralegal for 50 years at Weinlood, Cole, and Shaffer Law Firm. On Oct. 21,...
Waldo "Wally" Dudley Brees
Dec 1, 2013
Waldo Dudley "Wally" Brees, 92, died Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born March 4, 1921, at Clayton, New Mexico, the son of Dudley and Florence Wickstrum Brees. He was a 1939, graduate of Leonardville High School and a member of Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church. Wally was an air traffic controller and tower...
Betty Jane Ford
Dec 1, 2013
LYONS - Betty Jane Ford, 87, died Dec. 1, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center of Lyons. She was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Hutchinson, Kan., to Henry Clay and Cornelia J. Pennington Pitcher. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lyons and a former member of Countryside Baptist Church, Hutchinson. She retired from USD 308 working in the...
Joshua Lee Chandler
Dec 1, 2013
Joshua Lee Chandler, 37, died Dec. 1, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born May 4, 1976, in Hutchinson. On Feb. 24, 1996, he married April Brown in Hutchinson. Joshua was a member of Victorious Life Church and had been a machinist at TSW. Survivors include: his wife, April Chandler, two sons, Montgomery Lee Chandler and Jackson Davis...
Betty Lou Ratzlaff
Nov 30, 2013
Betty Lou Hilbert Ratzlaff, 81, died November 30, 2013, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows, retirement home. She was born January 4, 1932, in Earlsboro, OK, to Orville and Evelyn (Litton) Hilbert. She graduated from Burrton High School in 1949, and then married George H. Ratzlaff on January 26, 1951, in Burrton, KS. Betty retired in 1992, from South Central Kansas Library...
Duane E. "Dewey" Beaushaw
Nov 30, 2013
Duane E. "Dewey" Beaushaw, 90, died November 30, 2013, at Thorne Care Center. He was born May 3, 1923, to Evelyn and Goldie Logan Beaushaw, in Jewell County, KS. He was a machinist at Cessna for many years before he retired in 1986. He was a member of First Church of God and the American Legion Lyle Rischel Post #68....
Clyde Richard Woolfolk, Sr.
Nov 29, 2013
Clyde Richard Woolfolk Sr., died Nov. 29, 2013, at the Thorne Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, Kan. He was undergoing recuperation from surgery to repair a broken hip suffered on Oct. 27, 2013. He was born April 21, 1925, to Samuel Snowden Woolfolk and Inez Viola (Yoho) Woolfolk, of rural Pratt County in the Pratt County Hospital on Iuka Street. He...
Byron Walter "Sock" Cooper, Jr.
Nov 29, 2013
Byron Walter "Sock" Cooper Jr., 78, died Friday, November 29, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born September 27, 1935, in Hutchinson, the son of Byron W. Sr., and Zelma Louise Gagnebin Cooper. He was a 1953 graduate of Abbyville High School, a United States Air Force and Air National Guard veteran, and retired in 2002, as boiler...
Ernest "Ernie" Edgar Evans
Nov 28, 2013
Ernest Edgar "Ernie" Evans, 88, died November 28, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born September 12, 1925, in Bentley, Kansas, the son of Walter W. and Laura Jane (Fuller) Evans. He graduated from Bentley High School in 1943. A World War II veteran, he served as a PFC in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945....
Twila Virl Nunemaker
Nov 26, 2013
TULSA, Okla. - Twila V. Nunemaker, 94, died Nov. 26, 2013, at University Village Heath Center, Tulsa, Okla. She was born Aug. 1, 1919, at Langdon, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Maggie Duncan Reece. She graduated from Langdon High School in 1937 and attended Southwestern College and Kansas State University. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church,...
David Eugene Mcintosh
Nov 24, 2013
David Eugene McIntosh, 54, died November 24, 2013, at his home. He was born Jan. 31, 1959, in Newton, to Elvin Eugene and Karen Rae (Keckler) McIntosh. David graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1977, and attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a journeyman electrician and stocked shelves at Dillons Marketplace. David was a member of Sky Ryder Drum and...
James William Mcmickle
Nov 24, 2013
James William McMickle, 46, died Nov. 24, 2013, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1967, in Newark, N.J., to Richard McMickle and Donna Spiak. He is survived by his mother, Donna Bradford and husband, Scott, Hutchinson; twin brother, Richard McMickle Jr., Franklin, Ind; brother, Dr. George McMickle, Las Vegas, Nev.; sister, MaryEllen McMickle, Montclair, N.J.; stepbrothers, Josh Bradford,...
James Thomas "Jim" Kite
Nov 22, 2013
James Thomas "Jim" Kite, 87, died November 22, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Society, Lyons, Kansas. He was born July 21, 1926, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Willis Howell and Christena (Kellerman) Kite. Jim graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1944, and attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a World War II veteran serving with the U.S. Navy from...
Carlos "Babbas" Tharp Jaquez
Nov 21, 2013
On November 21, 2013, our sweet angel, butterfly baby, Carlos "Babbas" Tharp Jaquez, was finally freed of pain and is now running the fields of Heaven. He was only here for a short time but he made a lasting impression on everyone he met. He had the spirit of a lion. He has no more pain, no more blisters. He...
Donna Louise Peterson
Nov 20, 2013
Donna Louise Peterson, 75, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013. She was born February 20, 1938, at Arlington, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy Kelman. She was a graduate of Arlington High School, Hutchinson Community College and Fort Hays State University, and was a member of Order of Eastern Star, Kingman. Donna had been an office manager at Cessna and had...
Joan Fortier Mccormick
Nov 20, 2013
Joan Fortier McCormick, 91, passed on November 20, 2013 at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born in Sulpher, Oklahoma, March 19, 1922, on her father's Birthday to Joseph and Hazel Mae Williamson Fortier. Joan grew up in Hutchinson attending St. Teresa's Catholic School and then Liberty Jr. High and graduated from Hutchinson High School during which time she...
Darrell C Drake
Nov 18, 2013
Darrell C. Drake, 76, died Nov. 18, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born March 27, 1937, in Great Bend, to Darrell A. and Avis F. (Pfister) Drake. He graduated from Pawnee Rock High School and attended Fort Hays State University. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Darrell was in the Machinist's Union, Sons of...
Sheldon Wade Martin
Nov 18, 2013
Sheldon Wade Martin, 31, died Nov. 17, 2013, in a canoeing accident at Cheney Reservoir. He was born May 12, 1982, in Ephrata, Pa., the oldest son of Grant and Judy Martin. He married Louisa Carol Schmucker on July 24, 2010, in Yoder, Kan. Sheldon was a member of Cedar Crest Amish Mennonite Church and worked at Sanford's ComputerWorks and...
Delores F. Twineham
Nov 16, 2013
Delores F. Twineham, 92, died November 16, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1921, in Savonburg, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Eugene and Ruby (Moody) Enos. She graduated from Savonburg High School in 1938. She also lived in Moran and Kingman before moving to Hutchinson in 1973. Delores married Kenneth Twineham on January 29, 1947. He...
