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Jimmie E. Latham
Nov 23, 2012
Jimmie E. Latham, 69, died Nov. 23, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 13, 1943, in Hutchinson, to Lewis Andrew and Margureite Elizabeth (Lyman) Latham. Jimmie graduated from Hutchinson High School, served in the National Guards, and was a machinist at Eaton Corporation. He was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church. He married Marilyn Chick....
Edith Ann Stutzman
Nov 23, 2012
Edith Ann Stutzman 65, passed from this life on November 23, 2012, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, after a short illness. She was born to Tobias and Emma Nisly Stutzman on September 9, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Deprived of oxygen at birth, she was never able to live independently. From age 8 to 57 she lived under the care of Noah...
Jack E. Hornbeck
Nov 21, 2012
Jack E. Hornbeck, 91, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Chanute, Kan., the son of George and Jane (Hamill) Hornbeck. He was a WWII veteran serving as a staff sergeant with the United States Army from 1942-45. Jack worked in the oil fields for several years and then for Cessna...
Gerrild "Jerry" L. Page
Nov 21, 2012
Jerry Page, 80, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hospice House. Jerry was born Jan. 10, 1932, in Coffeyville, the son of Loren M. and Lucille Bryant Page. Jerry graduated from Murtaugh (Idaho) High School in 1949, attended Brigham Young University and graduated from DePaul University in 1963. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the...
David Eugene Henson
Nov 21, 2012
David E. Henson, 60, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 23, 1952, the son of Harry and Frances Henson. He was retired from Irsik and Doll Grain Elevator. Survivors include: sons, David and Shawn Henson; daughter, Kerry Henson; sister, Connie Grissom. Private services are to be held. Elliott Mortuary and Crematory,...
Fredrick Edward Orth
Nov 20, 2012
Fredrick Edward Orth, 90, died Nov. 20, 2012, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1922, in Eagle Rock, Calif., to Fred B. and Rachel Salley Orth. He grew up in Liberal, Kan. and moved to Hutchinson in 1946. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1941 and went on to attend Kansas State University and Texas Teachers College....
Erma Joyce Marker
Nov 20, 2012
Erma Joyce Marker, 78, joined our Lord in Heaven on Nov. 20, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 20, 1933, in Garden City, Kan., the daughter of Christian William Henry and Clara Jane (Hagerman) Giesaking. She attended schools in Garden City and graduated from Garden City High School in 1951 and attended Garden City Community College....
William "Bill" Edgar Kaveney
Nov 19, 2012
William E. Kaveney, 77, passed away at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, on Nov. 19, 2012. He was born April 4, 1935, in St. Louis, Mo., to Edgar W. and Edna Crutcher Kaveney. He lived in St. Louis and joined the U.S. Navy after high school, followed by graduation from St. Louis University on the G. I. Bill. On May...
Wade D. Pierce
Nov 18, 2012
Wade D. Pierce, 90, died Nov. 18, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born July 15, 1922, in Brownell, Kan., to Virgil James and Lena Pierce. Wade graduated from Sterling High School in 1940, was a pilot instructor in the Army Air Force and a Masonic Lodge member. On Sept. 27, 1942, he married Phyllis V. Drolte in Hutchinson. She...
Anne L. Mcpherson
Nov 17, 2012
Anne Louise McPherson, 43, died on November 17, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital. Anne was born July 16, 1969, in Warrensburg, Missouri, the daughter of James and Marolin Kelly. At age 4, Anne and her family moved to Leon, Kansas, where she graduated from Bluestem High School. She next attended Butler Community College, then transferred to Kansas State University in...
Leola M. Thomas
Nov 16, 2012
LeOla M. Thomas, 87, died Nov. 16, 2012, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Sept. 13, 1925, in Medford, OK, the daughter of Edward S. and Teresa Johanna Schultz Schneider. A 1942 graduate of Belle Plaine, KS, High School, she married Frank L. Thomas in Wellington on June 6, 1956. Frank passed away Dec. 4, 2009. She was...
Becky Lynn Storment
Nov 16, 2012
Becky Lynn Storment, 48, died November 16, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 1, 1964, to Richard Dale and Genevieve Sue Strauss White in Hutchinson, KS. She was a homemaker and lifetime resident of Hutchinson. On April 23, 1982, she married Audie Barry Storment in Plainville, KS. He survives. Other survivors include: son, Adam Storment...
Daniel "Danny" L. Strawn
Nov 16, 2012
Daniel L. 'Danny' Strawn, 67, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 16, 2012, at Via Christi on St. Francis in Wichita. Danny was born March 18, 1945, in Rock Island, Ill., the son of Lawrence O. and Eva T. Cullen Strawn. He was a Hutchinson High School graduate in 1963, and was a machinist at Central Welding for 47 years. Danny was...
Geraldine Joyce Durbin
Nov 15, 2012
Geraldine Joyce Durbin, 81, died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born in Ellinwood, Kan., Oct. 8, 1931, the daughter of Clyde O. and Josephine Thorp Drake. She was a 1951 graduate of Hutchinson High School, a member of First Church of God and had been a custodian for Hutchinson Public Schools. Survivors include: a daughter,...
Jack C. Wedge
Nov 14, 2012
Jack C. Wedge, 74, died Nov. 14, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 7, 1938, in Heavener, Okla., to Evert C. and Nena (Elliott) Wedge. Jack graduated from Heavener High School and Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor's degree in education. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church, loved playing golf, was a faithful...
Thomas "Tom" M. Mcguire
Nov 14, 2012
Thomas M. "Tom" McGuire, 65, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 14, 2012, at Hospice House. Tom was born Oct. 25, 1947, in Hutchinson, the son of James F. and F. Joan Chambers McGuire. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965 and attended Hutchinson Community College. Tom was a journeyman pipefitter and welder. He was a member of the Pipefitters Local...
Betty June Ford
Nov 14, 2012
Betty June Ford, 80, died November 14, 2012, in Denver, Co. She was born February 5, 1932, in Hutchinson, to Duffy and Melisse (Devena) Osborn. On November 9, 1951, she married Lloyd Ford in Hutchinson. He died September 16, 1976. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, she was retired from Dillon Corporate Office. Betty volunteered for numerous organizations in Hutchinson and at...
Clarice A. Mathews-Engstrom
Nov 14, 2012
Clarice A. Mathews-Engstrom, 89, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. Clarice Alberta Wolf was born on her parents' farm home southeast of Lyons near Saxman, Kan., on July 18, 1923. She was the youngest of seven children born to Lloyd and Ethel Wagerle Wolf. She met her sweetheart, a local farmer, Robert V....
Megan Renee Josephson
Nov 13, 2012
Megan Renee Josephson, 28, died November 13, 2012, in Portland, Ore. She was born December 9, 1983, in Hutchinson, to Jerry and Vicki (Dean) Josephson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2002, attended Ottawa University, and later graduated from Z Academy in Lawrence. Megan was a cosmetologist. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, in Hutchinson. She...
Mason Dean Tucker
Nov 12, 2012
M. Dean Tucker, 88, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 12, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Dean was born July 23, 1924, in Belleville, Kan., the son of Lee E. and Ada C. (Fritzinger) Tucker. Dean graduated from Courtland High School in 1942 and immediately entered the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he served in the 8th Air Force as a...
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