George Hindle
Mar 8, 2013
George I. Hindle, 83, died March 8, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born December 20, 1929, in Gashatay, Mongolia to missionary parents, Thomas and Louise (Siegrist) Hindle. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired piano tuner and repairman. Survivors include: a friend and caretaker, Lorrie Forbes, Hutchinson; two sons, David Hindle and wife Deb, Kansas City, MO, and...
S. Janel Marshall
Mar 4, 2013
S. Janel Marshall, 77, passed away March 4, 2013. She was born August 28, 1935, to A.T. and Bernadean Moore in Corpus Christi, Texas. On June 3, 1954, she married Brent Marshall in Denver, Colorado. He survives. Other survivors include: daughter, Sherri (Darrell) Riley of Hutchinson; and two sons, Regan (Crystal) Marshall, also of Hutchinson, and Michael (Angela) Marshall of...
Joyce Virginia Beard
Mar 4, 2013
Joyce Virginia Beard, 61, died March 4, 2013, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 12, 1952, in Dodge City, to Cloyce J. and Mary V. (Myers) Beard. Joyce graduated from Minneola High School in 1970, and graduated from Central College and Sidney's Hairdressing College. She is survived by: son, Christopher Beard of Hutchinson; mother, Mary V. Beard...
Delpha P Whale
Mar 4, 2013
Delpha P. Whale, 98, died March 4, 2013, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born April 14, 1914, in Stamford, Neb., the daughter of Claude Roy and Ethel Rebecca Woodruff Pittman. She graduated from Stamford High School in 1931 and then attended Kearney Teachers College. She taught school in Harlan County, Neb. and in Decatur County, Kan., was a...
Wes Mohr
Mar 1, 2013
Wes Mohr, 79, died Friday March 1, 2013. He was born in Sandford, August 29, 1933, the son of David and Anna Bair Mohr. He was a member of Park Place Christian Church and had owned and operated Mohr Auto Service since 1969. Wes was an avid HCC basketball fan. On April 19, 1998, he married Karen R. Althaus in...
Roy B Long
Feb 28, 2013
Roy B. Long, 88, died February 28, 2013, at his home. He was born April 5, 1924, at Rice, Texas, the son of Roy L. and Jimmie (Moore) Long. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was retired President of Singleton-Joyce Optical Service of Hutchinson. He served as a Naval Aviator during World War II and the Korean Conflict. On December...
Tonya Rae Ward
Feb 27, 2013
Tonya Rae Ward, 40, died Feb. 27, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1972, in Davenport, Iowa, to Bob and Vicki (Cothrell) Cox. Tonya was a driven perfectionist who was always busy. Tonya lived by values such as integrity, honesty, respectfulness, compassion, acceptance of others, and forgiveness and instilled those values in her children. She...
Trudy Lovett-Dixon
Feb 26, 2013
Trudy passed away Feb. 26, 2013, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born in Hutchinson to John D. and Edith Truesdell. Trudy was a lifelong Hutchinson resident, a graduate of Hutchinson High School, and learned to weld at Hutchinson Junior College to become a certified welder, assembling aircraft at Cessna. Many will remember Trudy from her local civic activities. She...
Carolyn "Punky" R. Whalen
Feb 26, 2013
Carolyn R. Whalen, 70, died Feb. 26, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 26, 1942, in Great Bend, Kan., the daughter of Raymond and Melvadean Panting Polson. Carolyn graduated from Rozel High School in 1961 and then from Sydney's Hairdressing College, Hutchinson, in 1962. She married Pat Whalen Feb. 1, 1975, in Hutchinson. As a "forever...
Kale A. Wells
Feb 24, 2013
Kale A. Wells, 55, died February 24, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 8, 1957, in Honolulu, HI to Charles Alvin and Bunny (Nichols) Wells. Survivor include his children: Justin Galindo and wife Sarah, Fremont, NE and Maggie Kahman; mother, Bunny Wells and sister, Kelly Wells Gewecke and husband Dennis, all of Kearney, NE; two grandchildren,...
Billy "Bubba" Roy Schmutz
Feb 24, 2013
WICHITA - Billy Roy "Bubba" Schmutz, 58, died Feb. 24, 2013, in Wichita. He was born Oct. 2, 1954, in Hutchinson to William Rudolph and Cora Ann Gilmore Schmutz. Billy was a 1973 graduate of Buhler High School and joined the United States Navy. He married Jeanette Ventsam on April 30, 1977. He later married Lucinda Jane Brewer Nitcher. She...
Anne Rowland Blakey
Feb 23, 2013
Anne Rowland Blakey, 78, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Saturday, February 23, 2013. She was born in Hutchinson April 1, 1934, the daughter of Fred Earl and Mary Elizabeth Lannoye Sutton. She dedicated her life to serving the Lord by ministering to her family, friends and many children. Her door and her loving arms were always open...
Marie Wave Parker Trisler
Feb 21, 2013
Marie Wave Parker Trisler, 89, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 6, 1923, in Canton, Kan., to Daniel and Alma Swalander Smyres. She is a 1940 graduate of Hutchinson High School. Marie married William E. Lee Parker on Oct. 19, 1940. He died Aug. 2, 1990. She later married Clifford Trisler. He is deceased....
Robert Charles Lutz
Feb 21, 2013
Robert Charles Lutz, 77, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 21, 1935, in Cawker City, Kan., to Fredrick and Lucille (Harmon) Lutz. Bob graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1953. He was the Shop Chief of OMS 4 Kansas Army National Guard, 35th Division Artillery. Bob was a former commander of Service Battery 1-161st...
Edward Allen Maness
Feb 21, 2013
Edward Allen Maness, 73, died Feb. 21, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born June 6, 1939, in Stark City, Mo., to Nelson and Florence (Donovan) Maness. Ed graduated from Midway High School in 1957 and then joined the U.S. Army. He was a construction worker. He married Beverly Kay Shuck on June 26, 1960, in Burdett, Kan....
Kenneth "Ken" T. Ewing
Feb 20, 2013
Kenneth T. "Ken" Ewing, 95, died Feb. 20, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 12, 1917, in Langdon, Kan., to Elmer and Mildred (Moore) Ewing. Ken graduated from Osage City High School. He met Leita A. Jones at a basketball game in Penalosa, Kan., and they married on May 5, 1940. They attended many basketball games...
Larry W. Schmucker
Feb 19, 2013
ABBYVILLE - Larry W. Schmucker, 69, loving husband, dedicated father, and influential coach, went to meet his Lord on Feb. 19, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1943, to Jess P. and Blanche L. (Walker) Schmucker. Larry was a life-long member of Sterling Evangelical Bible Church. He graduated from Sterling College in 1966 with a...
Marilyn Devena
Feb 19, 2013
Marilyn Devena, 79, died Feb. 19, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born July 14, 1933, in Ness City, to Noah Edward and Elsie Opal (Morley) Taylor. Marilyn graduated from Ness City High School in 1951 and attended Salt City Business College. She was a member of Union Valley Bible Church. On Sept. 8, 1956, she married Darold...
Neil A. Thompson
Feb 18, 2013
Neil A. Thompson, 78, died Feb. 18, 2013, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 25, 1934, in Garfield, Kan., to Merle E. and Doris E. (Bishop) Thompson. Neil graduated from Sterling High School in 1952. He served as a lay leader at the Nickerson United Methodist Church, was a member of the bowling association, a former statistician...
Rosella Joy Jackson
Feb 18, 2013
Rosella Joy Jackson, 84, died Feb. 18, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 19, 1928, in Meade to Ben and Justina (Fast) Friesen. A member of the First Church of the Nazarene, she was a homemaker. On Nov. 25, 1949, she married Howard Bill Jackson in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: a son, Michael Jackson and his...
