Luella "Lu" T. Steele
Sep 16, 2012
Luella "Lu" T. Steele, 93, died Sept. 16, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 30, 1919, in Winfield, Kan., the daughter of Harold John and Helen Lucille Hensley Thorp. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. Lu had worked for Wiley Department Store and retired as a bookkeeper for KP&L after 20 years. She was...
Fern Maxine Schrock
Sep 15, 2012
Fern Maxine Schrock, 86, died September 15, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 20, 1925, in rural Sterling, to Frank Ezra and Mary Martha Mosier Schrock. Fern graduated from Sterling High School in 1943, was a lifetime Reno County resident, worked at the restaurant at the South Hutchinson Sale Barn and the North Main Dairy Queen....
Edith L. Corn
Sep 15, 2012
BUSHTON - Edith L. Corn, 94, died September 15, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born June 18, 1918, in Exeter, Mo., to Frank and Effie Weston Meador. She moved from Missouri to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. On Nov. 2, 1946, she married Fred L. Corn in Independence, KS. He died April 1, 1995. Edith was a...
Michael "Mike" L. Morris
Sep 14, 2012
Michael L. "Mike" Morris,77, went to be with the Lord September 14, 2012. He was born August 20, 1935, in Hutchinson, to Erle C. Morris and Melba L. Lynn Morris. Mike graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1953. He enjoyed fellowshipping at the First Christian Church, collected postmarks and was a Lion's Club member. Mike also had a passion for...
John P. Anderson
Sep 13, 2012
BURRTON - John P. Anderson, 94, died Thursday morning, Sept. 13, 2012, after a short illness at Hospice House. He was born June 13, 1918, in Scammon, Kan., the son of James and Edith (Harrison) Anderson. He graduated from West Mineral High School, Weir City, Kan. in 1936. John served in the Army from 1942-1945. He worked for eight years...
Regina Mae Pritchard
Sep 13, 2012
Regina Mae Pritchard, 79, peacefully passed away Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 25, 1932, at Garfield, Okla., the daughter of Emil and Olive Tolman Brown. She was a 1950 graduate of Hitchcock High School, Hitchcock, Okla., had lived in the Watonga and Tulsa, Okla., communities before moving to Hutchinson in 1999. Regina was...
Cindy Ann Basore Mcfeeters
Sep 12, 2012
Cindy Ann Basore McFeeters, 50, died Tuesday, September 12, 2012, from pancreatic cancer at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born in Portage, Wisconsin September 18, 1961, the daughter of Jerry and Louise Holloway Basore. She was a 1979 graduate of Aurora High School, Aurora, Nebraska, a graduate of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Hastings, Nebraska, a member of...
Aline M. Kline
Sep 12, 2012
Aline Maureau Kline, 93, of Lawrence, KS (formerly of Sun City, Ariz., and Hutchinson, KS) passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Center, Lawrence, KS. Aline was born to Paul and Elizabeth Maureau in New Orleans, LA. She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. Kline, and her grandson, John H.K. Priddle. Aline met...
Clarice W. Sheffler
Sep 11, 2012
Clarice Sheffler, 74, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 11, 2012, at Elm Grove Estates. She was born May 3, 1938, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was a 1956 graduate of Hutchinson High School, and attended Hutchinson Junior College. Clarice worked at Dillons for 33 years, and retired as manager of the Advertising Dept. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church,...
James Jc Ray
Sep 10, 2012
J.C. Ray, 81, died Sept. 10, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1931, in San Saba, Texas, to Norman and Cecil Boulet Ray. J.C. served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Sicily CVE 118. J.C. is survived by: wife, Darlene Ray of Hutchinson; children, Janelle Anderson and husband Tom, Randy Ray and wife...
Rhonda P. Elliott
Sep 10, 2012
Rhonda P. Elliott, 74, of Hutchinson, went to heaven, Glory!, Sept. 10, 2012, at the Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kan. She was born Nov. 12, 1937, in Lakeview, Minn., the daughter of Elmer and Irene Runkle Rossow. She graduated from McPherson High School in 1955 and attended Wichita State University. When in high school, she was a cheerleader and was...
Paul "Brian" Cooper
Sep 9, 2012
Paul "Brian" Cooper, 42, died Sept. 9, 2012, at his home in South Hutchinson. He was born Aug., 26, 1970, in Hutchinson, the son of Kipp Cooper and Marti Gagnebin Cooper. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1989 and then entered the Army serving in Somalia. Brian was currently working at Tyson. On Feb. 9, 2003, he married...
Samuel Gene Bayless
Sep 9, 2012
Samuel Gene Bayless, 80, of rural Hutchinson, died at his home Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, with his son at his side after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his wife, daughter, and two brothers, Kenny and Chub Bayless. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum,...
Marion E. Hinck
Sep 8, 2012
Marion E. Hinck, 92, died September 8, 2012, at the Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born Marion Brown on February 25, 1920, to Hiram H. and Viola Estella Hensley Brown in Pleasant Valley, Kansas. On December 20, 1943, she married Bernard W. Hinck from Ozone Park, Long Island New York at Dodge City. He died June...
Dolly Ruth Fowler
Sep 7, 2012
Dolly Ruth Fowler, 86, peacefully passed into the Lord's hands surrounded by her loving family, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, on September 7, 2012. She was born December 29, 1925, in Logan County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Unie Isaac and Cora Fay (Nelson) Clymer. She was a member of the Church of God. On March 31, 1946, she married George...
Carolyn Jean Bloesser
Sep 7, 2012
Carolyn Jean Bloesser, 75, peacefully passed into the Lord's hands surrounded by her loving family, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, on Sept. 7, 2012. She was born July 12, 1937, in Kingman County, to Alvin and Cora Voran Krehbiel. Carolyn retired from Dillons accounting department. Prior to her years at Dillon Company, she worked for many years at Central State...
Janice Marie Strickler
Sep 5, 2012
Janice Marie Strickler, 71, died Sept. 5, 2012, in Hutchinson, Kan. She was born July 23, 1941, in Hutchinson, to Thomas Virgil and Violet Marie Waggoner Murphy. She was a 1959 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She married Robert David Strickler on Nov. 5, 1960, in Hutchinson. He died Aug. 6, 1979. She retired on Jan. 13, 2005, from the...
Richard K. "Dick" Smith
Sep 4, 2012
LAWRENCE - Richard K. "Dick" Smith, 84, of Lawrence, formerly of Hutchinson, died peacefully, with family by his side, Sept. 4, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dick was born Mar. 22, 1928, at Larned, the son of Arthur K. and Kendel Cade Smith. He graduated from Johnson High School in 1946, and also graduated from Garden City Junior College in...
Leah N. Currie
Sep 3, 2012
Leah N. Currie, 75, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Thorne Care Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1936, in Garfield, Kan. to Merle and Doris (Bishop) Thompson. She retired as Officer and Branch Manager for First National Bank after 32 years of loyal, loving service. Leah was a past member of Altrusa, a member of the former Hutchinson Women's Bowling...
Zella I. Arndt
Sep 3, 2012
BUHLER - Zella Arndt, 78, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Dec. 27, 1933, to Howard and Alice Hoskinson Bridgman on the family farm six miles south of Burrton, Kan. Zella and her sister, Gynetha, attended Star School and graduated from Burrton High School together, in 1951. On Dec. 19, 1954, Zella married John Kirkpatrick....
