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Eanos "Earl" Kee
Feb 13, 2013
Eanos "Earl" Kee, 84, passed away Feb. 13, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born March 21, 1928, in Tamms, Ill., the son of Jesse Eugene and Donnetta Marie Kee. He was retired military, with nine years in the U.S. Navy and 11 years in the U.S. Air Force. After retiring from the service, he worked in construction until 1989....
Donald R. Elliott
Feb 12, 2013
Donald R. Elliott, retired President of Elliott Mortuary, age 83, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 at his home in Hutchinson. Don was born March 27, 1929, in Hutchinson, the son of James V. and Josephine Hyde Elliott. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1947 and Hutchinson Community College in 1949. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Rayma M. Duren
Feb 12, 2013
Rayma M. Duren, 86, died Feb. 12, 2013, at Thorne Care Center. She was born July 29, 1926, in Pierce, Mo., to James Allen and Rebecca Amanda (Schockey) Cogzill. Rayma attended Sherman High School. She worked for Bond Bakery, Meridian Creamery, and Monarch Egg Plant. She was a member of CrossPoint Church Westbrook Campus. On June 2, 1946, she married...
Lyle Lester Field
Feb 12, 2013
WICHITA - Lyle Lester Field, 90, died Feb. 12, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born April 3, 1922, to Lee Charles and Hattie Ruth Hoag Field in Rural Reno County. He served in the Army during World War II and was a self-employed electrician. Survivors include: son, Edward Field and wife Katy of Topeka, Kan.; daughter, Lorena...
Floyd A. Osgood
Feb 11, 2013
Floyd A. Osgood, 88, died Feb. 11, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Hale, Mo., to Frank and Zelpha (Wurster) Osgood. Floyd was a member of the Teamsters Union, Son's of the American Legion, and American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68. On Jan. 11, 1969, he married Virginia "Ginger" Ann Waggoner in Hutchinson. She survives....
Harold Leroy Emrie
Feb 10, 2013
ARLINGTON - Harold LeRoy Emrie, 74, died February 10, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born August 21, 1938, in Stafford, the son of Earl and Berta Mae (Holmes) Emrie. Harold graduated from Stafford High School. He married Mahala Ann Hall on August 28, 1956, in Larned. She died Sept. 25, 1991. He married Mary Marie Jones on...
Donald Orville Stafford
Feb 8, 2013
Donald Orville "Don" Stafford, 99, died February 8, 2013, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born October 13, 1913, to William Henry and Martha Caroline Heffner Stafford in Hutchinson. Don married Ruth N. Schrader on October 28, 1934, in Hutchinson. She died April 7, 2004. He was a service manager for International Harvesters in Great Bend, Ks and retired...
Gabriella Marcine Carter
Feb 7, 2013
Gabriella Marcine Carter, 8 days old, passed away Feb. 7, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Jan. 29, 2013, to Aaron and Amanda (Friedrichs) Carter. Gabriella is survived by: parents; twin brother, Gideon Carter; brothers, Nathean and Alex Carter; grandparents, Phil and Lana Friedrichs, Marcine Carter; and aunts and uncles. Private family services will take place. Memorials...
Marna A. Kornelson
Feb 6, 2013
Marna A. Kornelson, 81, died Feb. 6, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 26, 1931, in Stafford to Virgil and Gladys Ward. Marna worked as a manager for the Kansas State Fair dairy barn and L&D laundry. On April 23, 1948, she married Waymen Kornelson. He died April 20, 2002. She is survived by: children, Toby...
Jama D. Carlton
Feb 4, 2013
NICKERSON - Jama D Carlton, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Feb. 4, 2013, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born on June 14, 1965, in Hays, Kan., the daughter of James Archie and JoD (Steele) Hartzell. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1983. She later graduated from Colby Community College as an animal hospital...
Lawanda Carrol Lower
Feb 3, 2013
LaWanda Carrol Lower, 75, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. She was born in Hutchinson on Nov. 25, 1937, the daughter of Howard and Minnie Nixon Krauter. She was a telegrapher for Western Union and also did a lot of volunteer work for Helping Hands and The Boy Scouts Last Frontier Council in Oklahoma. She volunteered for the Hutchinson Public Library,...
Carl H. Breidenstein, Jr.
Jan 29, 2013
ARLINGTON - Carl H. Breidenstein, 91, died at his home in Arlington on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. He was born on Nov. 18, 1921, to Carl Breidenstein Sr. and Rose Catte Breidenstein. After his mother died when he was a junior in high school, he later welcomed Mary Hole Breidenstein as his stepmother. He was the third generation to farm...
Marie Ann Helus
Jan 28, 2013
Marie Ann Helus, 82, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. She was born at Wilson on Aug. 2, 1930, the daughter of Fred and Theresa Freibus Galliardt. She was a member of New Life Church of the Nazarene and had worked for Leech Products for 12 years. On Nov. 16, 1950, she married Roy Helus in Clovis, NM. He died Dec....
Mildred Irene Porter
Jan 28, 2013
Mildred Irene Porter, 90, died Jan. 28, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Hanston, Kan., to David "Todd" and Matilda E. (Hubin) Miller. She married Earl W. Porter on Sept. 29, 1940, in St. John. He died Sept. 6, 1986. Mildred earned the title of Mother of the Year in 1969. She was...
Clifford "Buddy" Earl Barnes, Sr.
Jan 27, 2013
Clifford Earl "Buddy" Barnes Sr., 77, died Jan. 27, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 29, 1935, to Clarence Arthur and Cora Leal Smith Barnes in Hutchinson, Kan. He owned and operated Barnes Tree Service for over 50 years, was a fireman and attended Christian Full Gospel Chapel of Prayer. Clifford served in the Army and...
Grace Ferguson
Jan 26, 2013
Grace Ferguson, 81, died Jan. 26, 2013, at her home. She was born Nov. 29, 1931, in Wellsford, Kan., the daughter of Anfred Lloyde Leland and Pearl Mae Fankhouser Johnson. She graduated from Haviland Friends Academy in 1949, from Friends Bible College in 1951, and received her B.A. from Friends University in 1988. Grace married Delmar Ferguson Jan. 18, 1951,...
Dolores Marie Gullickson
Jan 25, 2013
Dolores Marie Gullickson, 87, died January 25, 2013, at Hospice House. She was born July 2, 1925, in Larchwood, IA, to John Thomas and Elizabeth (Kramer) Meyers. A member of the Church of the Holy Cross, she was also a member of the Altar Society and Veronica Circle. On November 15, 1946, she married Leon Edward Gullickson in Sioux Falls,...
Maxine Snow
Jan 25, 2013
Maxine Snow, 90, died Friday January 25, 2013. She was born in Arlington September 5, 1922, the daughter of John and Effie Reed Witte. She was a 1940, graduate of Amorita High School, Amorita, Oklahoma, was a dedicated Hutchinson Community College basketball fan and had been a cashier for Dillons for 39 years retiring in 1986. Maxine had worked at...
Evelyn L. Mckinney
Jan 25, 2013
Evelyn L. McKinney, 94, died Jan. 25, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Nov. 9, 1918, in Riverdale, Calif., the daughter of Joseph and Effie Braddy Smiley. Evelyn married Russell C. McKinney on Nov. 23, 1956, in Howard, Kan. They were residents of Wichita, Fredonia, and Chetopa, Kan., before moving to Hutchinson. She is survived by: her...
Debbie Anderson
Jan 25, 2013
Debbie Anderson, 45, passed away January 25, 2013, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center on St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born March 30, 1967, in Ft. Scott. Debbie graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Ks, then attended Emporia State University. She married Scott Anderson in 1990, in Emporia, then moved to Hutchinson in 1991. Debbie worked at...
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