Byron Karl Buehler
Dec 10, 2013
Byron Karl Buehler, 72, died Tuesday, December 10, 2013. He was born Aril 19, 2013, in Hutchinson, the son of William and Willa Yingst Buehler. He was a 1959 graduate of Bushton High School and a had been a management consultant. His wife Carmen Buehler survives along with a daughter, Melia Gasswint, a twin brother, Bruce Buehler, a sister, Mary...
Robert "Bob" F. Lickey
Dec 7, 2013
Robert F. "Bob" Lickey, 84, died December 7, 2013, at Harry Hynes Hospice. He was born August 9, 1929, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Alfred A. and Grace M. (Witters) Lickey. He was owner and operator of Bob's Home Comfort Heating and Air Conditioning and worked for the Kansas State Wildlife and Parks Maintenance Department. Bob also worked for El...
Dorothy "Dotty" Ann Reger
Dec 7, 2013
Dorothy Ann "Dotty" Reger, 70, died Dec. 7, 2013, at her home. She was born July 6, 1943, in Brooklyn, NY, to Joseph and Dorothy (Fox) Reger. On May 23, 1969, she married Joseph John Pisano in Brooklyn, NY. He died July 3, 1999. She retired as a machinist from Eaton Corp in 2006. Survivors include: son, Vincent Pisano and...
Barbara G Knipp
Dec 6, 2013
Barbara G. Knipp, age 96, formerly of Scott City, died Dec. 6, 2013, at the Buhler Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community. Barbara was born Feb. 8, 1917, in Wichita, the daughter of Samuel Martin and Grace Anastasia Dillon Conner. She graduated from St. Mary's Cathedral High school in 1934, and Venus Beauty Academy in 1935, both in Wichita. She married Gilbert...
Bonnie M. Scholtisseck
Dec 6, 2013
Bonnie M. Scholtisseck, 92, died Dec. 6, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born May 6, 1921, in Tuttle, N.D., to Albert E. and Lillie M. (Edwards) Cook. Bonnie graduated from Pratt High School in 1939 and Salt City Business College. She retired from Cheney Door Company. Bonnie kept busy after retirement assisting at South Hutch Stop & Stor setting...
Marsha Lee Matheny
Dec 6, 2013
Marsha Lee Matheny, died December 6, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born November 25, 1943, in Chicago, the daughter of Herbert Marshall and Eva Lois (Meyer) Himes. Marsha graduated from West High School in 1961, Davenport, Iowa, received her bachelors from NE Missouri State in 1968, and her masters from ULM, University of Louisiana, Monroe, in 1992. She...
Willa June Powell
Dec 5, 2013
Willa June Powell, 89, died December 5, 2013, at her home in El Dorado. She was born November 15, 1924, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Mahalla Eunice (Pittman) Porter. Willa graduated from Pierceville High School, Pierceville, Kansas, and Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. A homemaker, she was a resident of Junction City from 1953 to 1979,...
Charles Robert Eldredge
Dec 4, 2013
Charles Robert Eldredge, 66, died Dec. 4, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 15, 1947, in Hutchinson, to William McKinley and Clara E. Sieberling Eldredge. Charles was in the United States Marine Corps serving in Vietnam. He worked for over 33 years with the United States Postal Service and attended St. Teresa's Catholic Church. He was...
Julia Ellen Jones
Dec 4, 2013
Julia Ellen Jones, 100, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. She was born Aug. 4, 1913, in Jamestown, Kan., the daughter of Edwin Isaac "Jack" and Sarah Hinson Jones. She attended District #25 school through the 8th grade, but was a lifelong learner, staying up to date with current affairs and political on goings, had memberships at South Hutchinson United Methodist...
C. Jo Daniel
Dec 2, 2013
C. Jo Daniel, 76, died Dec. 2, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 16, 1937, in Wilson County, Kan., to Joseph Henry and Mildred Alice (Ransopher) Allen. Jo graduated from Chanute High School. She retired as a retail clerk. Jo was a loving grandmother and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed listening to...
William "Bill" Edward Booth
Dec 2, 2013
William "Bill" Edward Booth, 73, died Dec. 2, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 3, 1940, in Hope, Ark., to Clifton and Florine Neill Booth. He graduated from Covina, Calif., in 1956. He was in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as an industrial engineer for Klipsch Speaker in Hope, Ark. He moved to Hutchinson in 1999...
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...
