Clarence M. Mollett
Sep 29, 2013
Clarence Maier Mollett passed away Sept. 29, 2013, at Hester Care Center in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 15, 1923, in St. Joseph, Mo., to C.M. and Henrietta Maier Mollett. Clarence was a lifelong resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940, then attended Hutchinson Juco. After serving in the navy for four years during World War...
Florene Fay Goering
Sep 29, 2013
Florene Fay Goering, 76, died Sept. 29, 2013, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 19, 1937, to David J. and Lizzie Graber Flickner in Pretty Prairie, Kan. She was a 1955 graduate of Pretty Prairie High School and attended two years at Bethel College. Florene was an active member of First Mennonite Church of Hutchinson, Business Women's...
Burtice Jane Carson Layman
Sep 27, 2013
Burtice Jane Carson Layman, 95, died Friday, September 27, 2013. She was a resident at Dillon Living Center. She was born July 17, 1918, on a farm north of Zenith, Kansas, the daughter of Cephas and Minnie Swisher Carson. Burtice graduated from Sylvia High School in 1935. On July 24, 1940, she married Joy Layman. He died in 1952. She...
Billy "Pappy" G. Hartung
Sep 27, 2013
Billy G. "Pappy" Hartung, 80, went to be with our Lord and Savior on September 27, 2013. He was born September 30, 1932, in Junction City, to Henry C. and Mable K. (Witt) Hartung. He graduated from Junction City High School in 1952, and from Hutchinson Community College in 1994. Billy was a member of First Christian Church, S,A.L.T. Group,...
Lois R Wenzel
Sep 26, 2013
Lois R. Wenzel, 85, died Sept. 26, 2013, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born June 5, 1928, in South Hutchinson, the daughter of Ivan Charles and Barbara Arvilla (Byerley) Randles. Lois graduated from Hutchinson High School and later worked for Bell Telephone. She also worked as a secretary for Wenzel Construction Inc. and USD 308, all...
Phyllis May Southworth
Sep 26, 2013
Phyllis May Southworth, 80, died Sept. 26, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 20, 1932, in Harper County, Kan., to Charles Edgar and Olive Gertrude Collumber Cole. She was a 1950 graduate of Argonia High School, Ottawa University in 1955, and she received her Masters from Western State, Gunnison, Colo., in 1969. Phyllis was retired from...
Karla Jo Vonachen
Sep 26, 2013
Karla Jo Vonachen, 47, died September 26, 2013. She was born September 13, 1966, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Burman B. and Verna B. (Doerksen) Severtson. Karla graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1985. In 1989, she graduated from Kansas University and later received her Masters in Library Sciences from Emporia State University in 1997. Karla worked for...
Audrey Rose Vonachen
Sep 26, 2013
Audrey Rose Vonachen, 11, died September 26, 2013. She was born October 17, 2001, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Steve and Karla Jo (Severtson) Vonachen. Audrey was a 6th grader at Prosperity Grade School where she played the trombone in the band. She was also a member of the 56 Club at CrossPoint Church. She is survived by: her father,...
Janet Joy Doughty
Sep 25, 2013
Janet Joy Doughty, 70, died Sept. 25, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1943, to William Robert and Norma V. Rogers Snyder Norton in Smith Center, Kan. She graduated from Osborne High School in 1961 and then from the Asbury School of Nursing in Salina, Kan., in 1964. Janet was a geriatric Registered Nurse for...
James "Jim" R. Bearce
Sep 25, 2013
James R. "Jim" Bearce died Sept. 25, 2013, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born April 14, 1933, in LaJunta, Colo., to James and Alice (Gilkerson) Bearce. On Dec. 27, 1953, he married Harriet Hawley in Topeka. She survives. Jim graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University, where he was a charter member of the Kansas Delta...
Lloyd W. Deaver
Sep 25, 2013
Lloyd W. Deaver, loving father and grandfather, 93, died Sept. 25, 2013, at Buhler Sunshine Home. Lloyd was born Jan. 23, 1920, in Truesdale, Kan., the son of Ralph W. and Jennie Hinderliter Deaver. Raised in Truesdale and Belpre, he graduated from Belpre High School in 1937 and was captain of the football team his senior year. Lloyd was drafted...
Richard "Dick" D. Popp
Sep 25, 2013
Richard D. "Dick" Popp, formerly assistant publisher of The Hutchinson News, died Sept. 25, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born March 20, 1928, the son of Fred W. and Nora (Sell) Popp. He completed elementary education at Dighton, Kansas, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Denver University in 1950. He served two years in the Army...
Judy Brownell
Sep 24, 2013
Judy Brownell, 71, died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita. She was born Jan. 23, 1942, in Topeka, the daughter of William and Mildred Petty Hamilton. She was a graduate of Topeka High School, a member of Delta Gamma Sorority at Washburn University, Topeka, and had been attending Emanuel Lutheran Church. Judy was a passionate and...
Alvin Ehrlich
Sep 23, 2013
Alvin Ehrlich, 90, died Sept. 23, 2013, of natural causes at Mennonite Friendship Community, South Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 2, 1923, in Russell, Kan., the son of Gotfred and Ida (Strecker) Ehrlich. Alvin was a Word War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 as a Tech 4, where he received the World War II...
Marian Ruth Ayers
Sep 22, 2013
Marian Ruth Ayers, 90, died Sept. 22, 2013, at Hester Care, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 22, 1923, to Earl T. and Gladys I. Pennington McFadden in Hutchinson, Kan. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940, Hutchinson Community College in 1942, and from Adela Hale Business School in 1957. She married Clifford W. Wray on Dec. 31,...
Catherine E. Johnson
Sep 22, 2013
Catherine E. Johnson, 84, died Sept. 22, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 10, 1929, in Winfield to Josephine Johnson. Catherine really enjoyed bowling, swimming at the YMCA, and walking her dogs three or four times a day. She attended The Father's House. Catherine is survived by her numerous friends and her second family, the Watkins....
Claudell Whitney
Sep 21, 2013
Claudell Whitney, 84, died Sept. 21, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS. She was born March 14, 1929, in Wichita, to Claude "Charlie" and Naomi Hosey. She graduated from Geneseo High School in 1947. A resident of Hutchinson since 1947, she worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator. Claudell also worked for the Reno County Treasurer's Office and retired...
Elizabeth "Tudy" Marie Pisar
Sep 19, 2013
Elizabeth Marie "Tudy" Pisar, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 6, 1934, at Protection, the daughter of John and Agnes Wohler Wasinger. She was a graduate of St. Mary's Cathedral in 1952, attended Hutchinson Community College and had been a bookkeeper for various companies, and a bookkeeper for the family business, D...
Verga Beth Deal
Sep 19, 2013
Verga Beth Deal, 86, died Sept. 19, 2013, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows Nursing Home, Buhler, Kan. She was born Nov. 8, 1926, in Burrton, Kan., to Edward Franklin and Hattie Elizabeth Haddock Deal. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1945. At the age of 18, she had worked for a short while at the Navy base. Verga Beth was...
Gracelynn Ann Frieze
Sep 19, 2013
Gracelynn Ann Frieze, infant girl, passed away Sept. 19, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 2013, to Andrew Frieze and Jennifer Dickson. Gracelynn is survived by: parents, Andrew Frieze and Jennifer Dickson of Hutchinson; grandparents, Marilyn Dickson of South Hutchinson, Dennis and Kathy Mahorney of Hutchinson; four uncles and an aunt. Private family services will...
