Mary Ann Flax
Apr 12, 2013
Mary Ann Flax, 81, died April 12, 2013, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. She was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Victoria, Kan., the daughter of Raymond and Anna Kuhn. Parish Rosary will be at 11 a.m., with Memorial Mass to follow at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Hutchinson. Friends may sign the book from...
Christine C Carter
Apr 12, 2013
Christine C. Carter, 92, died April 12, 2013, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 5, 1921, to Nicholas and Gertrude Hommertzheim Schoenecker in Sedgwick County, near Schulte. She moved with her family to Kingman County in 1926, south of St. Leo, Kan. Christine went to grade school in Andale, Kan., living with her Aunt Anna Hommertzheim for...
Faye S. Abildgaard
Apr 11, 2013
Faye S. Abildgaard, 86, died April 11, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Hutchinson, to Edward and Mary (Davis) Smith. A 1944 graduate of Hutchinson High School, she was a member of the Alumni Association. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. On Feb. 11, 1955, Faye married John K. Abildgaard in Hutchinson....
Freda J. Keesling
Apr 10, 2013
Freda J. Keesling, 85, died April 10, 2013, at her home. Born March 29, 1928, in Hutchinson, to Roy V. and Myrtle O. (Jordan) Staats, she graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946. Along with being a loving mother and grandmother (and the world's best housekeeper), she worked at Pegues in Hutchinson and in the mail department of Boeing/Wichita. She...
Iola L Wright
Apr 9, 2013
Iola L. Wright, 76, of Hutchinson, Kan., was born April 15, 1936, in Summit, Okla. She was the daughter of Luther and Oetta Nelson Crawford. Iola graduated from Hutchinson High School. She worked for Pittsburg Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kan., and Hutchinson Community Junior College for many years. After retiring from Hutch Juco, she worked at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility from...
Delmar Daniel Schwartz
Apr 9, 2013
Delmar Daniel Schwartz, 86, died April 9, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 18, 1926, in Kingman, to Daniel and Virgie (Upchurch) Schwartz. On Dec. 14, 1946, he married Cleda Allene Wipf in Kingman. He has sorely missed her since her death on Dec. 18, 1998. Delmar was a member of First Church of the Nazarene since...
Mabyn Margaret Roberts
Apr 8, 2013
Mabyn Margaret Roberts, 100, died Monday, April 8, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 21, 1913, in Brock, Neb., to Jesse L. and Kathryn Garber Haith. She married Harold Finley Roberts on June 9, 1935, in Hutchinson. He died March 3, 1984. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, was a Life Master...
Janis Lorene Nash Vincent
Apr 7, 2013
Janis Lorene Nash Vincent, 76, died April 7, 2013, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center, Wichita. She was born Oct. 7, 1936, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Ray and Melba Bradford. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident, moving from St. Joseph, Mo. Janis was a beautician in her early years and then retired as a central supply supervisor...
Dorothy May Ensz
Apr 6, 2013
Dorothy May Ensz, 84, died Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born at Newton November 28, 1928, the daughter of George T. and Marie Kroeker Schierling. She was a 1946 graduate of Newton High School and 1947 graduate of Adela Hale Business College. Dorothy had been a bank teller at First National Bank, Hutchinson, for...
Richard "Dick" D. Geis
Apr 5, 2013
Richard D. "Dick" Geis, 81, died April 5, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born August 23, 1931, in Durham, to Frederick and Esther O. (Herbel) Geis. Dick graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1950. He was retired from the United States Air Force, serving from 1948 to 1968. He later retired as a machine operator from Farmland Industries. On...
Frances L. Koop
Apr 3, 2013
Frances L. (Gould) Koop, 88, died April 3, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born April 2, 1925, to Eugene Charles and Ida Witte Gould in Ulysses, KS. She was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ and was involved with the Ladies Bible Class. Frances was also a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68 and V.F.W....
Katherine "Kathy" Y. Kirkley
Apr 3, 2013
Katherine York Kirkley, 76, died surrounded by family members on April 3, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 3, 1936, in Fredonia, Kan., to Eaton and Octavia York. Katherine married her high school sweetheart, Curtis Kirkley on Sept. 2, 1955, in Claremore, Okla. After all of their five children were in school, she finished her nurses training...
Helen Marie Shaffer Murphy
Apr 1, 2013
Helen Marie Shaffer Murphy, 95, passed away, April 1, 2013, at Mennonite Friendship Community, South Hutchinson. She was born April 6, 1917, in rural route Corning and married William Z. Murphy June 18, 1936, in Centralia. Helen and William owned and operated Hutch Homes, Hutchinson, for many years. She was a member of the South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, Order...
Ruth Agnes Railsback Archie
Apr 1, 2013
Ruth Agnes Railsback Archie, 98, died on April 1, 2013, in Hutchinson, Kan., close to the town of Langdon where she was born to Roy Austin Railsback and Mary Edna Lane Railsback. She graduated from Langdon High School, attended Sterling College for two years and Emporia State College for one summer. She then taught in a rural school near Sterling...
Glenn "Butch" L. Gilliland
Mar 31, 2013
Glenn L. "Butch" Gilliland, 68, died March 31, 2013, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was born May 15, 1944, the son of Ruben E. and Mabel Ruby (Spangler) Gilliland. Butch graduated from Haven High School in 1962, Hutchinson Community College in 1970 and attended Wichita State University. He was a Vietnam...
Stacy Steven Swank
Mar 30, 2013
Stacy Steven Swank, 53, died Saturday, March 30, 2013. He was born Feb. 10, 1960, at his home in Hutchinson, to Eugene Ray and Norma Jean Barnes Swank. Survivors include: daughter, Amanda Strain; stepmother, Doris Swank; grandmother, Josephine Barnes; brothers, Douglas and Randal Swank; sister, Susan Garland; stepbrother, James Swank; stepsister, Marcia Brown. He was preceded in death by: his...
Louise S. Mendenhall
Mar 30, 2013
Louise S. Mendenhall, 86, of Grand Junction, Colo., died March 30, 2013, in Grand Junction. She was born June 9, 1926, to Rose and William B. Stansel in Hutchinson, Ks. She attended schools in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School. From there she graduated from Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Lydia Margaret Matthew
Mar 28, 2013
Lydia M. Matthew, 94, died March 28, 2013, at Emeritus at Elm Grove, Hutchinson. She was born March 30, 1918, in McPherson County, to Peter and Anna (Goering) Krehbiel. Lydia graduated from Burrton High School in 1936. She worked as a cook for the Sterling school district and as a secretary for Great American Life Insurance Company. On April 23,...
Marvin Winfred Ward
Mar 26, 2013
Marvin Winfred Ward, 83, died March 26, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 17, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Isaac Winfred and Marjorie Regina Siegle Ward. He graduated from Graber High School in 1947. On Feb. 12, 1950, he married Edna Clare Stanley in Alva, Okla. She died Sept. 26, 2010. Marvin was involved in Cub and Boy...
Carole A. Smith
Mar 25, 2013
Carole A. Smith, 69, died March 25, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 19, 1943, the daughter of Raymond B. and Helen M. (Schultz) Falk. Carole graduated from Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Delos V. Smith Senior Center and the Stained Glass Guild. Carole was a...
