Myrtle Mary Teel
Jul 31, 2013
Myrtle Mary Appel Teel, 89, died July 31, 2013. She was born at Bushton, April 1, 1924, the daughter of Albert A. and Mary Eleanor Baker Appel. She was a 1942, graduate of Bushton High School and a member of Bushton United Methodist Church. Myrtle was a homemaker. In January 1965, she married Luther Teel. He died in 1985. She...
J. Park Coffey
Jul 31, 2013
J. Park Coffey, 92, died July 31, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born May 16, 1921, in Hutchinson, to Park Andrew and Ollie (Burgin) Coffey. Park graduated from Partridge High School and attended Hutchinson Community College and University of Kansas. He served in the 13th U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Park was a member of American...
Elmer Gibson
Jul 31, 2013
Elmer Gibson passed away July 31, 2013. He was born on April 25, 1927, in Lee's Summit, Mo. He was an area dance teacher in Missouri and Kansas for 63 years and worked at Eaton (then known as Cessna) in Hutchinson for 28 years. He graduated from Lee's Summit High School in 1946 and studied professional dance at Kansas City...
Betty Jean White
Jul 30, 2013
Betty Jean White, 87, died July 30, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 15, 1926, in Pratt, Kan., to John Henry Sr. and Burverlee M. (Bible) Hoffman. Betty was a 1945 graduate of Hutchinson High School and a member of Crossroads Christian Church. On Jan. 12, 1944, she married James R. White Sr. in Pratt. He died...
Laveda Ann (Bankey) Tull
Jul 29, 2013
LaVeda Ann (Bankey) Tull passed away on July 29, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 29, 1943, to Everett "Duke" and Lola (Davenport) Bankey. She is survived by: two sisters, Evelyn Sue Lind and husband Jim, and Retta Lou Young; daughter, Connie L. Stoughton; two sons, Sam Bennett and Joshua Webb; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; numerous...
Dean Ediger
Jul 29, 2013
Dean Ediger, 70, died Monday, July 29, 2013. He was born March 11, 1943, in Hutchinson, the son of Jake and Edna (Doerksen) Ediger. Dean was a 1961 graduate of Inman High School, a 1967 graduate of McPherson College, served in the 346th Military Police Company of the U.S. Army, was a member of NRA, Kansas Bowhunters Association and a...
Ruby Charlene Voth
Jul 28, 2013
Ruby Charlene Voth, 87, died July 28, 2013, at her home in South Hutchinson, Kan. She was born Nov. 2, 1925, in Buhler, Kan., to Arthur and Emma (Warkentine) Siemens. Ruby graduated from Grace Hospital School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. She worked for Prairie Manor in Sharon Springs, Kan. Ruby was also a farmer, enjoyed traveling and volunteered...
Florence Elizabeth (Theis) Oelkers
Jul 28, 2013
Florence Elizabeth Oelkers (Theis), 81, of South Hutchinson, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood, Minn. Florence was the daughter of Bernard Matthew and Anna Marie (Keiter) Theis. She was born June 3, 1932, in Nashville, Kan. She grew up on the family farm until they moved to Kingman, Kan., and graduated from Kingman High School...
Hazel Myers Doll
Jul 27, 2013
Hazel Myers Doll, age 85, died July 27, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born May 31, 1928, in Cassville, Mo., the daughter of Hoover M. and Grace P Wolfenbarger Hicks. Hazel was a 1946 graduate of Cassville High School and later moved to Ulysses, Kan., where she met her husband, Ray Myers. They were married Aug. 3,...
Tracy Lynn Nisly
Jul 25, 2013
Tracy Lynn Nisly, 53, died July 25, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 3, 1959, in Tulsa, Okla., the daughter of Thomas Edward and Emma Gene McKee Cass. Tracy graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1977 and then attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker and a devoted member of Westside Baptist Church for 30...
Dr. Donald Reh Nicholson
Jul 24, 2013
Dr. Donald Reh Nicholson, 85, passed peacefully from this life into the arms of his Savior, July 24, 2013. Don was born on his Grandfather Reh's farm at Bennington, Kan., to Raymond Arthur and Olive Reh Nicholson. After moving several times the family settled in Graham County on the J.R. Nicholson homestead. Don attended Grade school with his brother, Larry...
Josephine D. Saldana
Jul 24, 2013
Josephine D. Saldana, 83, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home July 24, 2013. She was born on June 5, 1930, in Herrington, Kan., the daughter of Federico and Sarah Moncivaiz Espinosa, who preceded her in death, along with two brothers and three sisters. She was united in marriage to Joseph M. Saldana on July 19, 1945, who preceded her...
Marjorie M. (Lambert) Sewing
Jul 23, 2013
WICHITA - Marjorie M. (Lambert) Sewing, 88, died July 23, 2013, at Lakepoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Sept. 17, 1924, in Grenola, Kan., the daughter of Carl and Grace (Arnett) Borneman. She was a member of Phi Beta Psi Zeta Gamma Chapter Sorority, Zion Lutheran Church, American Legion Auxiliary, and the VFW. On Jan. 1, 1945, she...
Barbara Jane Ray
Jul 23, 2013
Barbara Jane Ray, 84, died July 23, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 5, 1928, in Leon, Kan., to Harry O. and Jessie M. Lowe Hamilton. Barbara retired from Internal Homes and was a member of First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include: sons, Danny Nichols of Flagstaff, Ariz., James Nichols and wife Janice of Wichita,...
Cynthia "Cindy" Bell Kocher
Jul 23, 2013
Cynthia B. "Cindy" Kocher, 63, died July 23, 2013. She was born March 25, 1950, in La Junta, Colo., to Conley N. and Hazel Marie Wilbur Puryear. She married Daniel Leroy Kocher June 12, 1993, in Miami, Okla. He survives. No services are set at this time. Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, Hutchinson, is in charge of arrangements.
Sharon Ann Jones Crenshaw
Jul 22, 2013
Sharon Ann Jones Crenshaw, 53, died July 22, 2013, at her home in South Hutchinson. She was born July 29, 1959, in Hutchinson, to Lyman and Mary Jo (Mills) Jones. Sharon graduated from Nickerson High School in 1977. She was an Environmental Service Aide at Mennonite Friendship Communities. Survivors include: two sons, Derrick Stiles and Matthew Stiles and wife Rebecca...
Dortha A. Quimby
Jul 22, 2013
WICHITA - Dortha A. Quimby, 87, died Monday, July 22, 2013. She was born Jan. 16, 1926, in Poyen, Ark., the daughter of Benjamin and Maude Byrd Ellerd. She was a 1943 graduate of El Reno, Oklahoma High School, where she met the love of her life, Kenneth D. Quimby. They were married after high school, Sept. 22, 1943 in...
David W. Richardson
Jul 20, 2013
HAVEN - David W. Richardson, 56, died July 20, 2013, at his home in Haven. He was born January 8, 1957, in Hutchinson, to John F. and Sharon L. (Hedger) Richardson. He was owner and operator of Dave Richardson Construction and Richardson Tree Service. David was on the Haven Township Board, a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, and a...
Reuben Loepp
Jul 19, 2013
Reuben Loepp, 86, died July 19, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 12, 1927, to Jacob and Maria Toews Loepp in rural McPherson County. Reuben was in the Army and was a truck driver for Churchill Trucking Company. He was a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68. On March 12, 1960, he married...
Leatrice "Joy" Walker
Jul 18, 2013
Leatrice "Joy" Walker, 64, died July 18, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Aug. 6, 1948, in Liberal, Kan., the daughter of Lester Irving and Beatrice Arthur (Thomson) Reazin. Joy graduated from Weskan High School in 1966. She then went to Beauty School in Colorado Springs and owned House of Hair in Sharon Springs and then Joyland...
