Michael Joe Luker
Dec 13, 2012
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Michael Joe Luker, 56, died Dec. 13, 2012, at his home in Pretty Prairie. Survivors: wife, Nova Jean Luker; five children, Jarrod Luker, Michael Luker Jr., Amber Luker, Matthew Luker and Josh Luker; parents, Don and Arlene Luker; stepchildren, Jennifer Doughty and Matthew Hicks; siblings, Shirley Sills, Joe, Kenneth; three adopted Luker sisters; and seven grandchildren. Memorial...
Carolyn Elizabeth Simmons
Dec 13, 2012
Carolyn Elizabeth Simmons, 74, died December 13, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born July 16, 1938, in Hutchinson to George E. and Faye Kenoyer Miller. She was a 1956 graduate of Buhler High School, and a member of Bethany Church of the Nazarene. She was devoted to national and local animal rights. She married Robert M. Bass....
Carolyn Elizabeth Simmons
Dec 13, 2012
Carolyn Elizabeth Simmons Carolyn Elizabeth Simmons, 74, died December 13, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born July 16, 1938, in Hutchinson to George E. and Faye Kenoyer Miller. She was a 1956 graduate of Buhler High School, and a member of Bethany Church of the Nazarene. She was devoted to national and local animal rights. She married...
Katie Helmuth
Dec 12, 2012
Katie Helmuth, 87, of South Hutchinson, died Dec. 12, 2012, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. Katie was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel and Delila Beiler Nisly. She attended East Eureka School in rural Reno County. She and her husband founded the Dutch Kitchen Restaurant and they later started Helmuth Country Bakery. Katie was a founding member...
Juliet Weibe
Dec 11, 2012
Juliet Weibe, 49, died Dec. 11, 2012, at Hutchinson Care Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1963, in Wichita. She is survived by her parents, Charlotte Martin of Pawnee, Okla., James Martin of Wichita; siblings, Kathleen Ames of Pawnee, Okla., Daniel Chambers of Wichita, Carole Chambers of Denver, Colo., Holly Martin of Wichita; and numerous nieces and nephews. A family...
Capt. Stephen G. Brown
Dec 10, 2012
Capt. Stephen G. Brown, 66, formerly of Hutchinson, died on Dec. 10, 2012. A retired Captain in the United States Naval Reserve, Stephen was also the Deputy Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for seven years, ending in 1991. He was the Director of Mid America Air Museum in Liberal for three years. Stephen battled Parkinson's disease for...
Dennis E. Bossemeyer
Dec 10, 2012
Dennis E. Bossemeyer, 66, went peacefully on Dec. 10, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 1, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of LeeRoy and Virginia Williamson. He is survived by: his wife, Susan of Hutchinson; daughters, Tallie Ewing and Steva Bossemeyer; brothers, Charles, David and John Bossemeyer; sister, Diana Hoyt; stepsons, Jay, Scott and Greg Horton; 12...
Vera W. Schipper
Dec 9, 2012
Vera Schipper, 95, passed away December 9, 2012. She was born at the family farm near Deepwater, Missouri, January 11, 1917, the daughter of William and Nellie Chiles Wulfemeyer. She was a 1935 graduate of Abbyville High School and had worked as a "Rosie the Rivetor" wiring and plumbing the tail sections of bombers during World War II near Tucson,...
Suzanna E. Mcguire
Dec 8, 2012
Suzanna E. McGuire, 69, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 8, 2012, at her home. She was born Feb. 10, 1943, in Hutchinson, the daughter of L.L. "Bill" and Dorothy E. Woods Falk. A 1961 graduate of Hutchinson High School, she married Joseph W. McGuire on Dec. 28, 1971, in Hutchinson. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, taught art...
Toni Gilda Maria Coupland
Dec 8, 2012
Toni Gilda Maria Broccoli Coupland, 57, passed away December 8, 2012. She was born March 4, 1955, in Manhattan, KS, to Antonio and Lillian (Cole) Broccoli. Toni graduated from JP Stevens in Edison, NJ, in 1972, and worked as a support rep at Professional Data Services in Hutchinson. On April 1, 1973, she married Wayne Coupland in New Brunswick, New...
John R. Evans
Dec 5, 2012
John R. Evans, 68, died Dec. 5, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 7, 1944, in Hutchinson, to Richard L. Jr. and Alice C. (Gunn) Evans. John graduated from K-State in 1966 where he was an AGR fraternity member and came back to Hutchinson to farm with his father. He is survived by: wife, Gloria Evans; son, Mark...
Edward Charles Nathaniel Swanson
Dec 5, 2012
Edward Charles Nathanial Swanson, 98, died December 5, 2012, at Pleasant View Home, Inman, KS. He was born March 1, 1914, to Charles Aaron and Charlotta Julia Peterson Swanson in Orion, IL. On April 6, 1940, he married Lola Marie Shook in Alden KS. She died January 6, 1989. Edward was a shipping clerk for Packaging Corp. of America and...
Lawrence L. "Larry" "Mitch" Mitchell
Dec 4, 2012
Lawrence L. "Larry" or "Mitch" Mitchell, 67, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012. He was born in Amarillo, Texas on July 23, 1945, the son of Forest and Marjorie Cunningham Mitchell. He was a graduate of Lyons High School, a lifetime member of SASS (Single Action Shooting Society), a member of the NRA and a member of the Machinist Local Lodge...
Lorna Mary Oswalt
Dec 2, 2012
Lorna Mary Evans Oswalt, 86, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 2, 2012, at her home. Lorna was born Jan. 14, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Arthur and Hannah (Jenkins) Evans. Lorna graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943, and attended Hutchinson Community College, Kansas State University, and later graduated from Wichita State University. She married her high school sweetheart, D....
Herbert Henry Fahrenholtz
Dec 2, 2012
SYLVIA - Herb Fahrenholtz, 88, died Dec. 2, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1924, in rural Dunbar, Neb., the son of Heinrich Allen and Katherina Sophia (Soeken) Fahrenholtz. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1942. Herb was a farmer and stockman in the Sylvia area for 80 years, moving to South Hutchinson in...
Maxine Benton
Dec 2, 2012
Maxine Benton, 88, died December 2, 2012, at her home. She was born July 5, 1924, in Hutchinson to Jay and Nellie Landis Hollinger. On July 16, 1941, she married Farren Alvis Benton. He died December 11, 2002. She retired as co-owner/operator of Benton Floral and Greenhouse in Hutchinson and Newton. Maxine attended Medora Bible Church. Survivors include: daughter, Diana...
Barbara Rose Stout
Dec 1, 2012
Barbara Rose Stout, 86, died Saturday, December 1, 2012. She was born January 28, 1926, at Halstead, the daughter of Edward Frederick and Marie Frederica Oltmans Stein. She was a 1944 graduate of Halstead High School, a graduate of Hutchinson Community College and attended University of Kansas. Barbara was a 65-year member of First United Methodist Church, and United Methodist...
Claude "Melon Man" Edward Morris
Nov 30, 2012
Claude "Melon Man" Morris, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away peacefully Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. He was born in Reno County Aug. 5, 1913, the son of Thomas Amos and Edna E. Lisman Morris. He was a lifetime Reno County resident farmer graduating from Reno Community High School in 1931, a member of Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church, Sunday...
Harold K. Peters
Nov 30, 2012
Harold K. Peters, 84, of Inman, died Nov. 30, 2012, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Harold was born Sept. 15, 1928, in rural Rice County, Kansas, the son of Claus K. and Martha Klassen Peters. He attended schools in Rice County and was a retired farmer. He had also worked as a machinist at Wilson Machine and at Geis Irrigation,...
Jim Shive
Nov 30, 2012
Jim Shive, 64, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, died November 30, 2012, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. He was born July 15, 1948, in Santa Ana, CA, the son of Ernest Everett and Betty Ruth (Bomhoff) Shive. Jim was a longtime truck driver, working for Farmer's Oil, and had earned an award for driving a million...
