Obituaries

Mar 19, 2013

NICKERSON - Jack Leon Piatt, 71, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013. He was born Feb. 26, 1942, in Hutchinson, the son of James Lloyd and Madeline White Piatt. A lifetime Reno County resident, he graduated in 1961 from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. Jack was a Marine Corps veteran, a member of Nickerson United Methodist Church and...

Mar 17, 2013

Edward J. Fitzgerald, 79, died March 17, 2013, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. He was born Aug. 30, 1933, in Hutchinson to Gene and Flora (Purdue) Fitzgerald. On April 27, 1957, he married Luella "Dickie" Mueller. She died March 30, 2011. He was a member of Church of the Holy Cross. Ed served in the United States Air Force, retired from...

Mar 16, 2013

Joseph L. "Joe" Gorsky, age 84, died March 16, 2013, in Richmond, Va. He was born July 10, 1928, in WaKeeney, Kan., the son of Josef and Amalie Michaelis Gorsky. Joe graduated from Trego Community High School in 1947, and Washburn University, Topeka, in 1952. Following World War II, he served in the U.S. Air Force Chaplain's Corps. Joe married...

Mar 16, 2013

Karen Marie Motz-Moore, 61, died March 16, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born December 29, 1951. in Torrance, CA. Karen worked for Walgreens. On May 29, 1995, she married Curtis Moore in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: son, Joe Hitz; stepdaughters, Emily Baumann and Stacy Moore; sister-in-law, Vicki Moore; and 10 grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. A private...

Mar 15, 2013

Esther Bauman (Haselden) Wasinger, died March 15, 2013, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born January 28, 1936, in Logan, Utah, the daughter of Charles Jacob and Lillie Mae Hunt Bauman. She was a homemaker and mother. Esther was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and volunteered at the Hutchinson Public Library...

Mar 15, 2013

Brad L. Zimmerman, 60, died Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born in Wichita on July 14, 1952, the son of George Lawrence and Nellie Marie Mallen Zimmerman. He attended Sterling Evangelical Bible Church, was an Army veteran, and owner of Payday Loan. On August 8, 1986, he married Teresa Lynne Wilt in Wichita. She survives. Other survivors include: children,...

Mar 14, 2013

Virginia L. Switzer, 69, died March 14, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born March 19, 1943, in Wichita. Virginia graduated from Nickerson High School in 1961, and from Sydney's Hairdressing College in 1974. A member of First Southern Baptist Church, she was a homemaker and owner/operator of Curl and Twirl Beauty Salon of Nickerson. On November 21, 1961, she...

Mar 14, 2013

James Milton "Jim" Ramsey, 89, died March 14, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 19, 1923, at Abbyville, the son of Harvey M. and Virginia Kate French Ramsey. Jim graduated from Abbyville High School in 1943. On April 8, 1946, he married June Gagnebin in Lyons, Kan. Jim was a farmer/stockman in the Abbyville area most of his...

Mar 14, 2013

Kenneth R. Rue Kenneth R. Rue, 76, died March 14, 2013, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born Jan. 18, 1937, at Burrton, to John R. and Dorothy L. (Anderson) Rue. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955-59 and was a former member of the Sons of the American Legion. Kenneth was an oil pumper, worked at...

Mar 13, 2013

Karen Rae McIntosh Karen Rae McIntosh, 77, died March 13, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Feb. 23, 1936, in Hutchinson, to Victor Warren and Thelma Rita Baker Keckler. She received her master's degree in 1972 from Wichita State University, Wichita. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, a lifetime member of NEA, belonged...

Mar 13, 2013

Glen E. Galliart, 78, passed away March 13, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 5, 1934, in Claflin, Kan., the son of Henry and Anna Grosshardt Galliart. Glen graduated from Claflin High School in 1952, and came to Hutchinson to attend Salt City Business College, where he met and married Eileen Arnold on July 9, 1954. Glen...

Mar 12, 2013

NEWARK, Del. - William H. "Bill" Morgan, 88, of Newark, Del., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, due to complications from hip fracture surgery two weeks prior to his death. He was born in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of the late John Albert and Elinor (Martin) Morgan. He served his country in the Merchant Marines during World War...

Mar 11, 2013

Nadine I. (Land) Wilch, 94, died March 11, 2013, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 10, 1918, on a farm six miles from Richland, Kan., to Edgar and Mary Land. She graduated from Berryton High School in 1936. She was a lifetime Topeka resident moving to Hutchinson in 2006. Nadine had a deep commitment to God and...

Mar 11, 2013

Hazel Fae Doherty, 90, died March 11, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Sylvan Grove, Kan., the daughter of Norman F. and Ida Wendling Hurlbut. She graduated from Sylvan Grove High School in 1940 and Kansas Wesleyan University in 1945. She completed additional graduate work at Wichita State University. She lived in Hutchinson...

Mar 11, 2013

Gary J. Banz, 83, died March 11, 2023, in Hutchinson.  Gary was born August 11, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Gerald G. & Mary Margaret (Ryan) Banz, who precede him in death.

He was a 1957 graduate of Haven High School, attended Hutchinson Junior College and then served two years in the United States Naval Reserve.  He married...

Mar 10, 2013

Margaret E. Dillon, 93, died Saturday, March 10, 2013, at Lexington Park Nursing Home, Topeka, Kan. She was born on Oct. 2, 1919, to Willie and Lillian Rahricht Camey at the family farm near Humansville, Mo. Margaret attended Weableau Grade School and graduated from Humansville High School in 1937. She attended Business College in Sedalia, Mo. Her first job was...

Mar 9, 2013

Nickerson - Mary Patricia "Pat" Wooledge, 91, died March 9, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born February 10, 1922, in Abbyville to Guy Emry and Mary A. (Coons) Thompson. She graduated from Partridge High School in 1941. Pat retired as Office Manager for JCPenney in 1985, after 25 years of service. She was a member of Nickerson...

Mar 9, 2013

Marsha Kay Vines Pederson, 64, died March 9, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 7, 1948, in Great Bend, Kan., to Chester Daniel and Gladys Mae Hollaway Vines Zumalt. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson and Lifelong member of Amvets and Auxillary of Amvets. She was a member of Full Gospel Church. On Aug. 31, 1968,...

Mar 9, 2013

Barbara Louise Park, 90, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born in Grinnell November 17, 1922, the daughter of Leo and Lillian Gookins Brown. She was a 1939, graduate of Grinnell High School, attended Colorado Women's College, a member of Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church, a member of Order of Eastern Star, Silver Leaf Chapter...

Mar 8, 2013

Blanche Showalter, 89, died Friday, March 8, 2013. She was born near Haven, September 4, 1923, the daughter of Joseph J. and Fannie Schrock Yoder. She was a lifetime Reno County resident, a member of Journey Mennonite Church and had been a homemaker and a teller at Yoder Bank. On December 15, 1940, she married Russell Dale Showalter in Hesston....