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...
Ernst "Bill" William Brauer
Feb 17, 2013
WICHITA - Ernst "Bill" William Brauer, 65, died Feb. 17, 2013, at Via Christi-St. Francis, Wichita. He was born Oct. 18, 1947, to Ernest William Henry and Reba Mills Brauer in Ensign, Kan. He was a 1965 graduate of Hutchinson High School and was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Burrton, Kan. He belonged to the Masons and...
David S Jensen
Feb 17, 2013
David S. Jensen, 48, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 4, 1964, in Topeka, the son of John T. "Jack" and Vera McNair Jensen. Moving to Hutchinson in 1966, he was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1982 and attended Hutchinson Community College. David was a 26 year employee at Star...
Dale William White, Sr.
Feb 16, 2013
Dale White, 92, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, in Hutchinson. Dale was born in Castleton and lived most of his life in Hutchinson. He was a veteran and served in the Navy in World War II. He was an upholsterer by trade and used to joke that he wanted on his tombstone,...
Evelyn Hungerford
Feb 16, 2013
Evelyn Hungerford, 93, died Feb. 16, 2013, at Elm Grove Estates. She was born June 21, 1919, in Hutchinson, to William and Olive (Ansel) Errett. Evelyn attended Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College in Hutchinson. She worked for Wolf Mills in Ellinwood and Bell Telephone (Engineer Division) in Hutchinson. She married Clinton Hungerford on March 2, 1951, in...
Phyllis J. England
Feb 16, 2013
Phyllis J. England, 89, died February 16, 2013, at Council Grove Health Care Center. She was born in Zenith, Kansas, to Roy and Pearl (Heggy) Sturgeon. Phyllis graduated from Stafford High School in 1942. On January 29, 1943, she married Glenn England in Hutchinson. While living in Hutchinson, she was a member of Forest Park Presbyterian Church and worked for...
Sharon "Sherry" R. Moran
Feb 14, 2013
WICHITA - Sharon R. "Sherry" Moran, 58, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at her parents' home in Hutchinson. She was born July 26, 1954, in Daytona Beach, Fla., the daughter of Ernest and Joanne Hess Emery. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College School of Nursing and Friends University, Wichita. Sherry had been nurse at Wesley...
Warren Hugh Mcelroy
Feb 14, 2013
Warren Hugh McElroy, 93, died February 14, 2013, at Collier Assisted Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1919, to Irving and Mina Forgy McElroy in Palco, KS. He was a Fort Hays State University graduate. He retired from the United States Air Force. He belonged to Optimus Club, NARFE, Mason's, and was on the board of Wesley Towers...
Phyllis Dee Sneed Roberts
Feb 14, 2013
Phyllis Dee Sneed Roberts, 74, died Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 24, 1938, in Ashland, KS, the daughter of Lloyd and Eva Baker Sneed. She graduated from Ashland High School in 1956, and graduated from Hutchinson Community College. She married Bob Roberts on March 29, 1958, in Hutchinson. He survives. Other...
Sharon Diane Taylor
Feb 13, 2013
Sharon Diane Taylor, 66, died February 13, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS. She was born January 18, 1947 to Ted Kent and Emma Jean Jenkins Zimmerman in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. She was the owner and operator of Deadlazlo's Bar and Grill for ten years and for over thirty years operated Sharon's Upholstery. On May 25, 1984, she...
