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...
Ronald "Ronnie" L. Schreiber
Sep 18, 2013
Ronald "Ronnie" L. Schreiber, 68, died Sept. 18, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 23, 1944, in Great Bend, Kan., to Clyde W. and Clenabel R. (Fox) Schreiber. Ronald graduated from Rozel High School. He served in the United States Army. Ronald worked for Pella Windows as a service technician. He retired May 24, 2013. On May 17,...
Delores Irene Kelley
Sep 18, 2013
Delores Irene Kelley, 58, of Hutchinson, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at her home. She was a homemaker. Cremation has taken place. There are no services scheduled at this time. Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, Hutchinson, is in charge of arrangements.
Lavonda Juanita Degarmo
Sep 18, 2013
Lavonda Juanita DeGarmo, 75, died Sept. 18, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 9, 1938, the daughter of Sesco C. and Rose (Lewis) Baldwin. On Sept. 7, 1961, she married Orvan Duane DeGarmo. He died April 4, 1985. Survivors include: a son, Brian DeGarmo of Hutchinson; two granddaughters, Amorae Remington DeGarmo and Cassidy Dawn DeGarmo; and a...
Ramona "Monie" Jean England
Sep 16, 2013
Ramona Jean "Monie" Clowers England, 83, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 18, 1929, at St. John, the daughter of Charles and Grace Scott Clowers. She was a 1947 graduate of St. John High School and retired from Dillons accounting office in 1989 with 20 years of service. Ramona was an avid Kansas City...
Reverend Edwina Marie Elder
Sep 15, 2013
Reverend Edwina Marie Elder, 92, died Sept. 15, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 24, 1921, in Terre Haute, Ind., to Herbert Craty and Adeline Melissa (Johnston) Nuss. She married Carl Edward Elder on Nov. 17, 1936, in Terre Haute. He died in 1995. She was an ordained minister, evangelist, and missionary in the United Pentecostal Church International....
Tim Allen Hoefer
Sep 15, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tim Allen Hoefer, 50, died Sept. 15, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born Jan. 2, 1963, to Carroll and Rose Hoefer in Great Bend, Kan. He married Jacky Copeland in 1981. They later divorced. Tim was a self-employed general contractor. Survivors include: his parents, Carroll and Rose Hoefer of Hutchinson; daughters, Brandi Hemphill...
Joan Nyborg
Sep 13, 2013
Joan Nyborg, 83, died September 13, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 26, 1930, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Edward and Ethel May (Johns) Nyborg. Joan was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church and the FCE Homemakers Club. She is survived by: a sister, Pearl Voth of Hutchinson; a brother, Lee Roy Nyborg and wife LaVada of...
Mary Corene Hirst Hawks
Sep 11, 2013
NICKERSON - Mary Corene Hirst Hawks, 87, died September 11, 2013. She was born October 19, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clarence and Florence Siegrist Stallman. She was a 1942, graduate of Partridge High School, a member of the United Methodist Church, Cameo Club both of Nickerson and Reno County Historical Society. Mary had worked for the U.S. post...
Anja Danae Miller
Sep 10, 2013
PARTRIDGE - Anja Danae Miller, 18, went to be with Jesus on Sept. 10, 2013. Anja was the only daughter of LaVerne E. and Rebecca Miller. She was born June 24, 1995, in Lyons, Kan. Anja is survived by her parents, LaVerne and Rebecca Miller of Partridge; her four brothers, Floyd and wife Dorcas of El Oasis Colony, Mexico, Craig...
