Mark R. Poulain
Jan 10, 2013
Mark R. Poulain, 90, died Jan. 10, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Washington Township, Crawford County, Kan., to Mark G. and Augusta Marie Claire (Michiels) Poulain. He was a member of Legacy Bible Church and Minneola Masonic Lodge #431 A.F. & A.M. Mark retired as an engineer from Natural Gas Pipeline Company...
Estella E. Lewis
Jan 10, 2013
Estella E. Lewis, 108, died January 10, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born October 21, 1904, in rural Sterling, to Joseph and Fannie Ehresman Schrock. She attended Union 5 School, Hutchinson High School and Bresee Business College. Estella was a member of First Church of the Nazarene. While working at KP&L, she met Phillip E. Lewis. They...
Harold "Ole" G. Oelkers
Jan 9, 2013
Harold G. "Ole" Oelkers, 86, loving husband and father, of South Hutchinson, died Jan. 9, 2013, at Wheaton House at Mennonite Friendship Communities. Ole was born Aug. 2, 1926, at Clyde, Kan., the son of Francis D. and Irene A. Boling Oelkers. He graduated in 1944 from Neal High School and later attended Salt City Business College. He was a...
Harold "Hal" W. Marshall
Jan 6, 2013
Harold Wesley "Hal" Marshall, 85, died January 6, 2013, at Hospice House. He was born May 4, 1927, on a farm near Sylvia, KS to Gilbert and Ethel Tuttle Marshall. He was a 1945 graduate of Sylvia High School. Harold served in the United States Navy serving in WWII and the Korean Conflict. In 1950 he married Imogene Walker in...
Lanaiyah Rae-Lynn Denise Gardner
Jan 5, 2013
Lanaiyah Rae-Lynn Denise Gardner, daughter of La-Nair and Dizarary Gardner was stillborn Saturday at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She is also survived by; two brothers, Tahjay Harrison and Tayshaun Gardner, two sisters, Jaidan Gardner and Kaliya Stoecklein; grandparents, Michele Gardner, Jonathan Bradshaw and Hope Snow; one great grandmother; Crysta Rodriguez and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Memorial service will be...
Gerald Wiens
Jan 3, 2013
Retired Nickerson Fire Chief Gerald Wiens received his final call Jan. 3, 2013. Our Heavenly Father called him home. Gerald Lee Wiens was born in Hutchinson to Bert and Emma Wiens on April 9, 1937. His mother passed away when he was young and Bert later married Hilda Wiens who helped raise Gerald. From a young age, Gerald had a...
Charlotte Louise Schlatter
Jan 2, 2013
Charlotte Louise Schlatter, 98, died Jan. 2, 2013, at her home. She was born Nov. 8, 1914, to Frank and Louise Mead Gookins in Hutchinson, Kan. She graduated in 1932 from Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Kan. On Sept. 9, 1933, she married Roy Ray Schlatter in McPherson, Kan. He died Sept. 12, 2005. She was a farmer's wife and the...
Fannie Helmuth
Jan 2, 2013
Fannie Helmuth, 88, died Jan. 2, 2013, in Somerville, Tenn. She was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Daniel M. and Lizzie J. Borntrager Nisly. Fannie married Eli B. Helmuth on Aug. 29, 1950. Fannie cared for her invalid husband, who had M.S. for many years. Eli passed away Aug. 6, 2000. Due to her husband not...
Mary Lee Current
Jan 2, 2013
Mary Lee Current, 86, died Jan. 2, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 30, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Willard and Elsie (Cooper) Lowrey. Mary was a homemaker and provided childcare in her home. She was a member of the former Westbrook Baptist Church. On Dec. 24, 1945, she married Leslie E. Current in Hutchinson....
Charles "Kent" Hatfield
Jan 2, 2013
Charles Kent Hatfield, 91, passed away Jan. 2, 2013, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. A longtime Hutchinson resident, for the last 15 months, he resided at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. Kent was born in Kinsley, Kan., to Charlie and Glenna (Eslinger) Hatfield Nov. 6, 1921. He married Ruth Mircheff June 16, 1944, in Chattanooga, Tenn. She preceded him in death...
J. B. "Bardo The Clown" Holdren, Jr.
Jan 1, 2013
J.B. "Bardo the Clown" Holdren Jr., 93, died Jan. 1, 2013, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 7, 1919, in El Paso, Texas, the son of John Benjamin and Hope Esau Holdren. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1937, and attended Hutchinson Junior College. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II....
Gertrude Herriman
Dec 31, 2012
Gertrude Herriman, 103, died Dec. 31, 2012, at Hester Care at Wesley Towers. She was born July 10, 1909, in Alden, Kan., to LeRoy and Mary Stryker Vincent. She was a telephone operator and homemaker. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1928. She attended South Hutchinson Christian Church, EHU of Reno County Extension office, and the ladies sewing group...
Nola M. Jones
Dec 31, 2012
Nola M. Jones, 94, died Dec. 31, 2012, at Hospice House. She was born May 24, 1918, in Collyer, Kan., to John Edgar and Olive (Dutt) Brown. Nola was a member of Faith United Methodist Church and Ladies of the Moose. On Aug. 3, 1947, she married James W. Jones in Scott City. He died April 3, 1987. She is...
Alfreeda M. Toland
Dec 30, 2012
Alfreeda M. Toland, 87, formerly of Hutchinson, died Dec. 30, 2012, in Richardson, Texas. She was born July 4, 1925, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Howard Henry and Anna Avis Seever Broadbooks. She graduated from McPherson High School in 1943. She married Charles F. "Fred" Toland June 12, 1960, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He died Dec. 27, 1991. Alfreeda...
E. S. "Bill" Fast
Dec 29, 2012
E.S. "Bill" Fast, 94, died December 29, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born December 11, 1918, in Burlington, Kansas, to George Ezra and Mable Lillian (Carlyle) Fast. On August 17, 1940, he married Beulah N. Sturgeon in Hutchinson. She died September 22, 2007. He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1945-1946. Bill was a...
Carole L. Shepherd
Dec 29, 2012
Carole L. Shepherd, 70, died December 29, 2012, at her home. She was born August 27, 1942. She is survived by: her husband Joe; and her beloved schnauzers. Cremation has taken place. There will be no services. Memorials may be made to Hutchinson Animal Shelter, in care of Elliott Mortuary 1219 North Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
Homer S. Pierce
Dec 28, 2012
Homer S. Pierce, 85, died December 28, 2012, at McPherson Memorial Hospital in McPherson. He was born December 16, 1927, to Homer and Dorothy (McCullough) Pierce. He had many interests. He farmed for the majority of his life, but was also well-known as a skilled carpenter. However, he was mostly known for his dedication to his family and was especially...
Amy L. Banker
Dec 28, 2012
Amy L. Banker, 48, died Friday, December 28, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born at McPherson, April 28, 1964, the daughter of Gene and Donna Sadey Becker. She was a homemaker. On August 9, 1986, she married Larry Todd Banker in Canton. He survives. Other survivors include: a son, Joshua, Arlington; her mother, Donna Unruh, McPherson; two...
James "Jim" Lowell Coultice
Dec 27, 2012
James "Jim" Lowell Coultice, 85, died December 27, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 26, 1927, at Elkhart, to Fred and Minerva (Kifer) Coultice. Jim served in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post #1361. He retired from Home Depot then worked...
Jacqueline Elaine Bliss
Dec 26, 2012
Jacqueline Elaine Bliss, 84, died Dec. 26, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 11, 1928, in Hamilton, Kan., the daughter of John Henry and Violet Georgia (Guffey) Rush. She was a resident of Great Bend from 1952 until moving to Hutchinson in 1986. She was a member of New Life Church of the Nazarene. Jacqueline was...
