Ida B. Rempel
Mar 24, 2013
Ida B. Rempel, 94, died March 24, 2013, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. She was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Boyd, Okla., to David and Sarah (Kroeker) Buller. Ida was a homemaker, worked part time in the bakery at Dillons and was a babysitter. On Dec. 22, 1940, she married Daniel C. Rempel. He died in May 1980. She is survived...
Perry George Landon
Mar 24, 2013
Perry George Landon, 65, died March 24, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 13, 1947, to Paul G. and Pearl Nightengale Landon. He was a graduate of Partridge High School. He had worked at Roberts Printing and Stationery, at KANOX, and was retired. On April 1, 1965, he married Janice Stiggins. They later divorced. On May 27,...
George Carlton Danser, Jr.
Mar 23, 2013
NICKERSON - George Carlton Danser Sr., 55, died March 23, 2013, at his home in Nickerson, along with his daughter, Nikolle Marie Danser. He was born March 9, 1958, in Trenton, NJ, to Frederick Taylor Danser Jr. and Irene B. (Bollengier) Danser. He was a groundskeeper for several apartment complexes and a golf course until he became disabled in 2010....
Nikolle Marie Danser
Mar 23, 2013
NICKERSON - Nikolle Marie Danser, 14, died March 23, 2013, at her home in Nickerson along with her father, George Carlton Danser Sr. She was born June 11, 1998, in Las Vegas, Nev., to George and Gail (Weeks) Danser. An eighth grader at Reno Valley Middle School, she was involved with the basketball and track teams. She was a member...
William "Billy" Edward Powell
Mar 22, 2013
William Edward "Billy" Powell, 71, died March 22, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 4, 1942, in Leon, Okla., to Edgar G. and Viola N. (Flatt) Powell. Billy served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 to 1967. He retired from Boeing as a transportation driver. After retirement he worked for Budget Car Rental. On Aug. 2,...
Eulalia Pauline Hickman Scherer
Mar 21, 2013
Eulalia Pauline Hickman Scherer, 84, died Thursday, March 21, 2013. She was born July 23, 1928, in Minneapolis, Kan., the daughter of George G. and Pauline Fredericka Schick Hickman. She was a graduate of Logan High School and received her teacher's certificate from Emporia State Teachers College and had taught in a one-room school. Eulalia had worked at OA Sutton...
Margaret Sterns
Mar 21, 2013
ARLINGTON, Texas - Margaret Martinez Sterns, 84, died March 21, 2013, at her home in Arlington, Texas. She was born June 10, 1928, in Hutchinson, to Luis and Elvira (Magana) Martinez. Margaret graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College and Grace Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as a registered nurse at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, Hospice and Homecare of...
Wendell "Jake" Earl Jacobs
Mar 21, 2013
Wendell Earl "Jake" Jacobs, 81, died March 21, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 14, 1931, in Oberlin, Kan., the son of Eldon Earl and Florence (Strain) Jacobs. Wendell graduated from Eureka High School in 1949, and from Kansas State in 1954 with a degree in political science. He then served in the U.S. Army from...
Jacqueline L. Spencer
Mar 21, 2013
Jacqueline L. "Jackie" Spencer, 76, died March 21, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born August 13, 1936, in Hutchinson to Preston George "Dutch" and Mabel Louise (Hamby) Jenkins. On July 9, 1954, she married Marshall Benton Spencer in Hutchinson. Jackie was a member of First Baptist Church in Maize, FCE Club in Mount Hope, and the Red...
Donetta "Doni" S. Ratzlaff
Mar 20, 2013
Donetta S. "Doni" Ratzlaff, 65, died March 20, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 3, 1947, in Hutchinson, daughter of Robert and Bertha (Lock) Thompson. She was a 1965 Hutchinson High School graduate. Doni was a charter member of Faith United Methodist Church and a member of the Bud Light Mixers Bowling League. On July 31,...
Nora M. Beachy
Mar 19, 2013
Nora M. Beachy, 83, died March 18, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born June 19, 1922, on the family farm west of Yoder, to Daniel N. and Elizabeth J. (Fry) Miller. She was a member of Journey Mennonite Church and had taught Sunday school at Pershing Street Mennonite Church. She was a homemaker. On Aug. 2, 1944,...
Jack Leon Piatt
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...
Edward J. Fitzgerald
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...
Joseph L. Gorsky
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...
Karen Marie Motz-Moore
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...
Esther Bauman Wasinger
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...
Brad L Zimmerman
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,...
Virginia L Switzer
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...
James M. "Jim" Ramsey
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...
Kenneth R. Rue
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...
