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Harold Leroy Emrie

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Doyle Eugene Symonds

Doyle Eugene Symonds

Jan 24, 2013

Doyle Eugene Symonds, 54, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. He was born Dec. 16, 1958, in Hutchinson, the son of Jimmie and Jackie Symonds. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident, graduating from Hutchinson High School. Doyle was a self-employed painter. He is survived by: his children, Shannon, Tyler and Jimmie; his parents; a sister, Dorthea and her husband Eddie Wooten;...

Opal Leah Kerwood

Opal Leah Kerwood

Jan 24, 2013

Opal Leah Kerwood, 87, died January 24, 2013, at her home in Moundridge, Kan. She was born January 17, 1926, in Miami, Oklahoma to James Albert and Willie May (Swepston) Tadlock. She graduated from Herington High School in 1944, attended LPN training and two years at JUCO. Opal was an LPN and a bus attendant. She was a member of...

Maxine Mildred Jenkins

Maxine Mildred Jenkins

Jan 24, 2013

Maxine Mildred Jenkins, 82, died January 24, 2013, in Nickerson. She was born May 28, 1930, in Hutchinson to John and Hazel Sparks Socha. She was a 1948, graduate of Hutchinson High School. On June 4, 1949, she married Charles "Buck" Lawrence Jenkins in Hutchinson. He died January 19, 2007. Other survivors include: son, Charles Jenkins and wife Jane, Nickerson;...

Marian Joyce Heaton

Marian Joyce Heaton

Jan 23, 2013

Marian J. Heaton, 92, died Jan. 23, 2013, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born May 10, 1920, to Alpha Wallace and Iva Althea Sample Stephenson. She married Orville Keith Heaton. He died June 5, 1990. She was a homemaker. There will be a private graveside service at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Friends may sign the memorial...

Gerald "Gee" F. Raymond

Gerald "Gee" F. Raymond

Jan 23, 2013

Gerald F. "Gee" Raymond, 89, died Jan. 23, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born Feb. 6, 1923, in Haven, to Gabriel F. and Minnie (Stade) Raymond. Gerald was an insurance agent, real-estate broker, and retired as a correctional officer for KSIR. He was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and American Legion. He was a...

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