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Elizabeth Christine Linscheid

Elizabeth Christine Linscheid

Oct 24, 2012

Christine Linscheid, 82, died Oct. 24, 2012, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 10, 1930, in Osborne, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Eugene and Roberta Gertrude Perry Ganoung. She was a 1948 graduate of Alton (Kansas) High School. Christine married Porter McReynolds. His death occurred on Nov. 29, 1956. She then married John F. Linscheid in December of...

Jack Lawrence Reed

Jack Lawrence Reed

Oct 24, 2012

Jack Lawrence Reed, 68, died Oct. 24, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 19, 1944, in Hutchinson, to James Thomas and Chloie Mae Williams Reed. Jack was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and the NRA. He was a manager at Garvey Elevator. Jack is survived by son, Jack Edward Reed of Kellyville, Okla. and...

Thomas Scott Starr

Thomas Scott Starr

Oct 23, 2012

Thomas Scott Starr, 71, died Oct. 23, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 18, 1941, in Lyons, Kan., the son of Thomas George and Thelma Jean (Scott) Starr. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1960 and attended McPherson College. A Vietnam veteran, he served with the United States Navy from 1961 to 1965. Scott retired...

Waunita Orlean Douglass

Waunita Orlean Douglass

Oct 22, 2012

Waunita Orlean Douglass, 87, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 22, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 3, 1925, in Newton, Kan., to Roy and Lucille Gale Corfman. She was a member of Union Valley Bible Church and was a carrier for the Hutchinson News paper. On Jan. 4, 1942, she married Logan Ray Douglass in McPherson, Kan....

Alden J. "Jim" Lang

Alden J. "Jim" Lang

Oct 21, 2012

Alden J. "Jim" Lang, 74, died Oct. 21, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born April 13, 1938, in Ness City to Adam and Catherine (Mies) Lang. Alden graduated from Buhler High School in 1957. On Aug. 29, 1959, he married Carolyn Snyder in Hutchinson. He was a member of Church of the Holy Cross, Knights of Columbus Council #612,...

Jeremy "Jerm" Todd Ellis

Jeremy "Jerm" Todd Ellis

Oct 19, 2012

Jeremy Todd 'Jerm' Ellis, 28, died Friday, October 19, 2012. He was born July 6, 1984, in Hutchinson, the son of Michael Dean and Tina Louise Schrock Ellis. He had attended Hutchinson schools and was a server at the Airport Steak House. He is survived by: his mother, Tina Howell; a sister, Melissa Ellis and Cal Bofink; a niece and...

Josephine "Josie" L. Hancock

Josephine "Josie" L. Hancock

Oct 18, 2012

Josephine L. "Josie" Hancock, 81, of South Hutchinson, died Oct. 18, 2012, at Mennonite Manor. Josie was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Lipscomb, Texas, the daughter of George and Martha Herber. She graduated from Darrouzett (Texas) High School in 1948. Josie worked as a dispatcher for Halliburton Oil Co. in Elkhart, and later was owner and operator of Dairy Kreem...

Paul Dungan

Paul Dungan

Oct 17, 2012

Paul Dungan, 89, died Oct. 17, 2012, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born July 23, 1923, in Sherman, Kan., to Carl Dallas and Goldie Leah (Hoover) Dungan. He graduated from Oswego High School in 1943 and from Kansas State University in 1950. Paul was a mechanical engineer for Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for 15 years then...

Robert R. Stringfellow

Robert R. Stringfellow

Oct 17, 2012

Robert R. Stringfellow, 55, died Oct. 17, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 20, 1957, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Floyd R. and Lavina (Rausch) Stringfellow. He graduated from Pratt High School in 1976, Pratt Community College in 1982 and 2004 in Colorado for his Drug and Alcohol Counseling degree. He was a Drug and...

Loren William Arnold

Loren William Arnold

Oct 15, 2012

Loren William Arnold, 71, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Nov. 7, 1940, to Charles Monroe and Mary Christine Gum Arnold in Great Bend, Barton County, Kan. He graduated in 1959 from Rozel High School and attended Fort Hays State University. Loren was a dispatcher with a moving company...

Douglas M. Mitchell

Douglas M. Mitchell

Oct 15, 2012

Douglas M. Mitchell, 70, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 15, 2012, at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Douglas was born Mar. 14, 1942, in Lemmon, SD, the son of Edward and Irene Zimmerman Mitchell. His family moved to Hutchinson in 1944, and he graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1960, and Hutchinson Junior College in 1962. He went on...

Brian Joseph Henning

Brian Joseph Henning

Oct 15, 2012

Brian Joseph Henning, 47, died Oct. 15, 2012, at his home. He was born May 15, 1965, in Garden City to Marvin W. and Shirley LuAnn (Boepple) Henning. On Aug. 25, 1990, he married Deanna Lyn Sorensen. Brian was a farmer and worked at Cargill Salt for 14 years and for Morton Salt for 10 years. He attended Sterling Evangelical...

Erma June Matzen Hirst

Erma June Matzen Hirst

Oct 13, 2012

PARTRIDGE - Erna June Matzen Hirst, 83, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born June 29, 1929, at Buffalo, Wyo., the daughter of Christian and Florence McDaniel Matzen. She was a member of the VFW, St. Helen's, Oregon, Myrtle Rebekah Lodge #28, PNG and PDDP Reno #32, L.E.A., P.E.M. and P.T., Central Kansas #211...

Robert William Bob "Mac" Mcfadden

Robert William Bob "Mac" Mcfadden

Oct 12, 2012

Robert William Bob "Mac" McFadden, 85, died October 12, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born October 14, 1926, in Nickerson, to William Joseph and Alice Mae Dodd McFadden. Bob graduated from Nickerson High School in 1944, and worked for Consolidated Manufacturing as a plant manager and consultant for 55 years. He was a Merchant Marine, a member of...

Rebecca Sue Shannon

Rebecca Sue Shannon

Oct 10, 2012

Rebecca Sue Shannon, 19, died Oct. 10, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 6, 1992, in Hutchinson, the daughter of James Leland Shannon II and Heidi Elizabeth Shannon. Rebecca graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2011 and was currently a sophomore at Hutchinson Community College. She was a member of the Dragonlan Game Club at HCC,...

Marjorie R Cochran

Marjorie R Cochran

Oct 10, 2012

Marjorie R. Cochran, 86, died Oct. 10, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 3, 1926, in Arkansas City, the daughter of Lester V. and Ruth J. (Wolfe) Foltz. On July 19, 1947, she married Adrian L. Cochran in Arkansas City. He died Nov. 29, 2001, in Hutchinson. Survivors include: a daughter, Sharon K. Hamilton; three grandchildren,...

Donald N. Wiese

Donald N. Wiese

Oct 7, 2012

Donald N. Wiese, 84, passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Don was raised in Ness City before joining the Merchant Marines and later the Air Force. He worked over 36 years at the Columbian Carbon Company outside of Satanta, Ks, before retiring in Hutchinson. He was preceded in death by his wife and two children,...

Thomas J. "Tom" Mcgraw

Thomas J. "Tom" Mcgraw

Oct 6, 2012

Thomas John "Tom" McGraw, 88, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 6, 2012, at Dillon Living Center. Tom was born Sept. 8, 1924, in Newton, Kan., to Benedict and Cecile Utterback McGraw. He graduated from Newton High School in May of 1943, served in the Army Air Corps from June of 1943 to Oct. of 1945. He attended the University of Kansas...

Earl "Mac" Mcvey

Earl "Mac" Mcvey

Oct 4, 2012

Earl E. "Mac" McVey, 83, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 4, 2012, in Hutchinson. He was born June 7, 1929, in La Harpe, Kan., to Clarence E. and Pauline (Davis) McVey. Over the years, Mac was an agriculture partsman, worked at several banks and owned Mac's Sharpening Service, all in Hutchinson. He was a member of Tenth...

Kenneth E. Zeek

Kenneth E. Zeek

Oct 3, 2012

Kenneth E. Zeek, 81, died Oct. 3, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 25, 1931, in Emporia, to Floyd and Alta Mae (Fann) Zeek. Kenneth graduated from Beloit High School in 1949 and attended Chillicothe College in Missouri. He was a machinist's union member for 45 years, a member of Eastwood Church of Christ, loved fishing...

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