John William Griggs, Jr.
Aug 25, 2013
John William Griggs Jr., 92, died Aug. 25, 2013, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Jan. 14, 1921, in Guymon, Okla., to John William Griggs Sr. and Emma Vashti Earle. John was a 1950 graduate of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. He was in the United States Marine Corps and fought in the battle of Iwo Jima...
Ray Moody
Aug 25, 2013
Virgil "Ray" Moody, 90, passed away Aug. 25, 2013, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. Ray was born March 11, 1923, to Earl and Clarice (Blazer) Moody in Ringwood, Okla. After returning from World War II in Nov. 1946, he married the love of his life, Thelma Barrington on June 1, 1947, in Hutchinson. Ray enjoyed a full life, centered...
Max Charles Murray
Aug 24, 2013
Max Charles Murray, 81, died Aug. 24, 2013, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Clarence and Martha Arbuckle Murray. He graduated from Nickerson High School and The University of Kansas, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Following college he entered the U.S. Air Force and graduated from...
Norma Joy Mcfarland
Aug 23, 2013
Norma Joy McFarland, 86, passed away August 23, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born July 19, 1927, in rural Burrton, KS to Charles and Norma Baughman Grubbs. Norma graduated from Adela Hale Secretarial School and was a secretary for Allen Grade School and later, for attorney Aubrey Earhart. She was a member of Berean Baptist Church for...
Francis Lee Haney
Aug 23, 2013
Francis Lee Haney, 79, died Friday, August 23, 2013. He was born December 18, 1933, at Lanton, Missouri, the son of George Redman and Olive Hoseapple Haney. He was an Army Veteran serving in Germany, a construction foreman with Young and Foy Construction companies and had helped build the first Kwik Shop in Hutchinson. Francis had been a truck driver...
Benjamin "Ben" Branton
Aug 23, 2013
Benjamin "Ben" Branton, 34, died Aug. 23, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 23, 1979, to Randy L. and Dana M. (Crowe) Branton. He worked in production at Tyson Foods in South Hutchinson. Riding his Harley was his passion. Survivors include: fiancée, Andrea Waller and her son, D'Anthony; two sons, Draven Branton and Denver Roberts; father,...
Avory Johnson Jr
Aug 22, 2013
Avory Johnson Jr, 83, died August 22, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1929, in Wichita, to Avory E. and Rutha LaVerne Johnson. He graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1947. On September 4, 1948, he married Lois Ann Koestle in Wellington. Avory served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1954,...
M. Marguerite Martin
Aug 21, 2013
M. Marguerite Martin, 90, died Aug. 21, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 7, 1922, in Alden, to George S. and Eva Elizabeth (Read) Klady. Marguerite was a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. She had a passion for Kansas history and collecting items about Kansas history. She also enjoyed doing...
Valoris Grace Nelson Eickhoff
Aug 21, 2013
Valoris Grace Nelson Eickhoff, 89, died Aug. 21, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born April 7, 1924, in Ellsworth, Minn., to Fred and Catherine Heikes Klooster. Valoris was an avid golfer and a member of St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian, Minnesota. She recently moved to Hutchinson and was a resident at Dillon Living Center. In 1945,...
Leona Cooper Wiens-Friesen
Aug 21, 2013
Leona Cooper Wiens-Friesen, 100, passed away on Aug. 21, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center after a two week illness with her family at her bedside. She was born on Nov. 7, 1912, in rural Reno County, to Charles Levitt and Lillian May Stuart Cooper and lived in the Nickerson and Hutchinson area her entire life. Leona graduated from Reno...
Myka Estel Roddy
Aug 19, 2013
Myka Estel Roddy was born on August 19, 2013, at 12:23 p.m., and passed away at 2:03 p.m. in the arms of her parents, Justin and Jessica Roddy, at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita. She is survived by: two brothers, Dakota Bryan Roddy, and Anzen James Roddy; grandparents, Pam Roddy, Estella and Rafe Davis, and John and Sharla Rich; great-grandparents, Al...
Claudette Kay Payne
Aug 18, 2013
Claudette Kay Payne, 50, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. She was born June 2, 1963, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Claude Dwayne and Carolyn Kay Spencer Herbison. She was a 1981 graduate of Central Christian High School, a 1998 graduate of Wichita Technical College and a member of the Association of Nutrition and Food Service Professionals. Claudette was an assistant...
Mary Ann Fast
Aug 17, 2013
Mary Ann Fast, 51, died Aug. 17, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born July 28, 1962, in Hutchinson, to Ezra Sylvan "Bill" and Beulah N. (Sturgeon) Fast. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1980, then attended Hutchinson Community College, Fort Hays State University and Grace Bible College. She was a member of Union Valley Bible Church....
Alice V Blew Willems
Aug 16, 2013
Alice V. Blew Willems, 84, died Friday, August 16, 2013. She was born March 3, 1929, at Moundridge, the daughter of Rienold J. and Emeila Fischer Borth. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Alice was a drapery seamstress and a homemaker. On October 6, 1946, she married Charles Leon Blew...
Judith Ann Gabel
Aug 16, 2013
Judith Ann Gabel, 70, died Aug. 16, 2013, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kan. She was born Dec. 10, 1942, to Harry and Alice Schooler Mooney in Hutchinson, Kan. She was a 1960 graduate of Hutchinson High School. Judith moved to Wichita in 1974 and worked for Cessna as a key punch operator. Then in 1996 she moved to...
Rosa Mary Fuson
Aug 14, 2013
Rosa Mary Moore Fuson, 88, died Aug. 14, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born Feb. 11, 1925, in Hutchinson, to George Sr. and Clara (Ziegler) Foster. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Soroptimist International. On June 27, 1948, she married Robert A. Moore in Hutchinson. He died Dec. 13, 1979. On Dec. 27, 1986, she married...
Alberta J. Spaeny
Aug 13, 2013
Alberta J. Spaeny, 84, died Aug. 13, 2013, in Wichita. She was born Feb. 2, 1929, in Hoisington, to Wilbur and Emma (Sherrill) Humphrey. Alberta graduated from Hoisington High School in 1947. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary. She worked for Hutch National Bank for 40 years. On Jan....
Moretha Miller Lyman
Aug 12, 2013
HAVEN - Moretha Miller-Lyman, 97, passed away Aug. 12, 2013, at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, Kan. She was born Nov. 4, 1915, to Walter and Edna Neel, in Windom, and grew up in Hutchinson. In 1937, she married Clark C. Miller at her parents home in Hutchinson. The couple lived on their farm until his death in 1983. She married...
Robert Stanley "Bob" Williams
Aug 10, 2013
Robert Stanley "Bob" Williams, 86, died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Hospice House. He was born at Stafford, June 7, 1927, the son of Robert Joel and Fannie Ella Marie Dickson Williams. He was a 1945 graduate of Stafford High School, a member of Journey at South Hutchinson Mennonite, had been a volunteer at Elmdale Senior Center, Reno County Food...
David S. Miller
Aug 10, 2013
David S. Miller Jr., 74, loving father, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, 2013, at Avita Health and Rehab at Reed's Cove, Wichita, Kan. He was born April 14, 1939, to David Sr. and Elsie Mast Miller in Berlin, Ohio. He was a graduate of Berlin High School in 1957 and attended Goshen College. After Goshen, David...
