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Charlene F. Walters

Charlene F. Walters

Aug 12, 2012

Charlene F. Walters, 88, died Aug. 12, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla. She was born March 25, 1924, in Chase, Kan., to Charles Jr. and Lydia (Berkemeyer) Heckel. A 1942 graduate of Chase High School, she was a homemaker. On Nov. 25, 1945, she married Clarence Ray Walters in Chase. He died March 27, 1999. A sister, Rubyanna Boldt preceded her...

Imogene Garard Sechrest

Imogene Garard Sechrest

Aug 12, 2012

Imogene Garard Sechrest, 87, died Aug. 12, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Butler, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Thelma (DeBow) Garard. Imogene graduated from Butler High School and then went on to be a Registered Nurse. She was a resident of Kansas City, Mo. until moving to Hutchinson in...

Mayme Ferguson Mcateer Mead

Mayme Ferguson Mcateer Mead

Aug 12, 2012

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. - Mayme Ferguson McAteer Mead, 99, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at a local hospital. She was born April 9, 1913 in Townley, Ala., a daughter of the late Charlie and Gracie Ferguson of Norphlet, Ark. Mayme loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and her family and was a member...

Shirley Anne Hoyt Von Ruden

Shirley Anne Hoyt Von Ruden

Aug 11, 2012

Shirley Anne Hoyt Von Ruden of Hutchinson, Kansas, passed away on August 11, 2012, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Shirley was born August 27, 1926, in Iola, Kansas, and was one of three children of Carroll and Ruth Hoyt. She graduated from Iola High School and the University of Kansas in 1949, with a degree in Dietetics and Nutrition. She moved to...

Sandra Coffman Schenkel

Sandra Coffman Schenkel

Aug 10, 2012

MESQUITE, Nev. - Sandra Coffman Schenkel, 75, of Mesquite, Nev., died Aug. 10, 2012, at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born Nov. 24, 1936, in Hartford, Kan., the daughter of Allen and Louise Smith Coffman. Sandra graduated from Emporia High School in 1954. Following school she worked for 18 years for TWA as an International...

Marina Isabel "Nina" Martinez-Jaimes

Marina Isabel "Nina" Martinez-Jaimes

Aug 10, 2012

Marina Isabel "Nina" Martinez-Jaimes, 15, died Friday, August 10, 2012. She was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, April 28, 1997, the daughter of Armando Martinez, Jr. and Clarita J. Jaimes. She was raised in Sheboygan and was a freshman at Ideas Academy High School where she was on the North High Cheer Squad, composed and sang songs. Nina moved to Hutchinson...

Catherine Ann "Cathy" Voss

Catherine Ann "Cathy" Voss

Aug 6, 2012

Catherine Ann "Cathy" Voss, 68, died Aug. 6, 2012, at her home in South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 20, 1944, to Gene and Mary Brown McKee in Hutchinson, Kan. She was a 1962 graduate of Nickerson High School. Catherine married James R. Glass Jr. on Dec. 28, 1961. She later married Clifford T. Voss on Feb. 28, 1980, in...

Olive F Westmoreland

Olive F Westmoreland

Aug 6, 2012

Olive F. Westmoreland, 85, died Aug. 6, 2012, at her home. She was born July 17, 1927, in Lyons to Gilbert and Ferne (Reynolds) Sherman. Olive graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1945. On July 17, 1959, she married Lloyd Westmoreland in Hutchinson. She was a member of Walnut and Campbell Church of Christ. She loved making and donating quilts...

Howard Hollingsworth

Howard Hollingsworth

Aug 5, 2012

Howard Hollingsworth was a practicing dentist in Hutchinson, Kan. for 52 years and never complained once about "going to work". He loved the profession of dentistry. He also loved his wife, his family, his church, his friends, his patients and the game of golf. Knowledge of honors and accomplishments bestowed upon Howard will soon fade away, but memories of his...

Melvin Lee "Bucky" White

Melvin Lee "Bucky" White

Aug 5, 2012

Melvin Lee "Bucky" White, 80, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Aug. 5, 2012, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 10, 1931, the son of Thomas Ephraim and Rena Dorothy Neuenschwander White. He graduated from Kingman High School in 1949 and served in the U.S. Air Force beginning in 1952. He had worked in...

Donna Belle Crupper

Donna Belle Crupper

Aug 4, 2012

Donna Belle Crupper, 86, died Aug. 4, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson, Kan. She was born Jan. 7, 1926, to Jesse James and Dixie Lena Conover Duggins, in Oxford, Kan. Donna attended high school in Oxford and graduated in 1942, and went on to receive her nursing degree in Winfield in 1945. She married Lee Bryce Crupper on Sept....

Lloyd Dean Schroeder

Lloyd Dean Schroeder

Aug 4, 2012

Lloyd Dean Schroeder, 76, died August 4, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born October 21, 1935, in Olpe, Kansas, to Walter Benjamin and Martha Sophie Kettner Schroeder. He served in the Army Reserves and was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Lloyd was a salesman for Sears in the automotive department for 33 years where he...

Donnis Lorene Duwe

Donnis Lorene Duwe

Aug 4, 2012

Donnis Lorene Duwe, 88, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. She was a resident of Truman Lakewood Care Center in Kansas City, Mo. Donnis was born in Harper, Kan. July 10, 1924, the daughter of Albert and Frances Babcock Dietz. She graduated from Harper High School in 1942, attended Wichita State University and graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1962. Donnis...

Jake Edward Euker

Jake Edward Euker

Aug 3, 2012

Jake Edward Euker, 50, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, of complications from pneumonia. The world will be less bright with the loss of this poet, film critic, music lover, trivia buff, expert bridge player, art history lecturer, and freelance editor and writer. He was born Jan. 31, 1962, in Hutchinson, Kan., and graduated from Goddard High School and attended the...

Betty Jo Garber

Betty Jo Garber

Aug 2, 2012

Betty J. Garber, 82, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. She was born May 15, 1930, at Oxford, the daughter of William McKinley and Lulabell Rue Lewis. She was a 1947 graduate of Hutchinson High School and was a social worker for the elderly at SRS. On Feb. 17, 1961, she married Dale E. Garber in Newton. He died Dec. 10,...

Calvin Walter "Lefty" Goertzen

Calvin Walter "Lefty" Goertzen

Aug 1, 2012

Calvin Walter "Lefty" Goertzen, 86, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at Good Samaritan Center in peaceful sleep with loving family beside him. He was born July 10, 1926, to Isaac Goertzen and Marjorie Lillian Chrisman. He grew up in Hutchinson and attended Hutchinson schools. He was called to the Korean War with the United States Army and served as Corporal...

Curtis D Fairbanks

Curtis D Fairbanks

Aug 1, 2012

Curtis D. Fairbanks, 82, went to be with the Lord on August 1, 2012, at his son's home in Hutchinson. He was born October 2, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Ivan Bailey and Violet May Lawrence Fairbanks. On July 3, 1958, he married Mary Ellen DeWeese in Newton. She went to be with the Lord on March 27, 1984. He is...

Martha "Jo" Longhofer

Martha "Jo" Longhofer

Jul 31, 2012

Martha "Jo" Longhofer, 85, of Hutchinson, died July 31, 2012, at Hester Care Center. Jo was born Aug. 3, 1926, at Abilene, the daughter of Harry and Arretta Haynes Easter. She attended schools in Abilene, and graduated from Abilene High School in 1944. She then attended and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1948 with a degree in Sociology....

Warren R. Wintamute

Warren R. Wintamute

Jul 29, 2012

Warren R. Wintamute, 90, died Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was born in Dodge City May 25, 1922, the son of Russell D. and Evelyn Mae Reekie Wintamute. He was a 1940 graduate of Dodge City High School, a salesman for Rainbo Baking, Co. for 41 years retiring in 1985, then for 15 years worked part time at the Kansas...

Eleanor Ann Huddleston

Eleanor Ann Huddleston

Jul 29, 2012

Eleanor Ann Huddleston, 81, died July 29, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 21, 1930, to Frank and Anna K. Kultgen Penka in Beaver, Kan. Eleanor married Keith Allen Huddleston on Nov. 26, 1952, in Beaver, Kan. He survives. She was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church in Great Bend, Kan. and was a member...

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