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Freida May Stauffer
Nov 27, 2012
INMAN - Freida May Stauffer, 72, died Nov. 27, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 10, 1940, to Fred J. and Genevieve Irene Folck Strouse in Little River, Kan. She graduated in 1958 from Inman High School. Freida belonged to the Kanza Promenade Square Dance Club and worked 54 years at Hubco sewing bags. Freida married...
Mason William Hitchcock
Nov 26, 2012
Mason William Hitchcock, 27, went peacefully home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Nov. 26, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 14, 1985, in Hutchinson, the son of Hayden M. and Karen A. (Weesner) Hitchcock. Mason was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. He worked as a...
Delma Lorraine Parker
Nov 25, 2012
Delma L. Parker, 89, died Nov. 25, 2012, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Feb. 17, 1923, in Alden, to Arthur Leroy and Mintie (Barnes) Hargadine. Delma graduated from Alden High School in 1941. She married Maurice Dailey Oct. 10, 1943, in McPherson. He died Aug. 16, 1990. She married James Parker Dec. 26, 1991, in Hutchinson. Delma was...
Opal Jane Davenport Totten
Nov 25, 2012
INMAN - Opal Jane Davenport Totten, 72, died Nov. 25, 2012. She was born March 28, 1940, at Millerton, Okla., the daughter of Ernest and Effie Mae (French) Ford. She was a homemaker and had worked part time for Cutsinger Frame Work, Inman. On March 7, 1959, she was united in marriage with Ray "Bud" Davenport Jr. He died May...
Raymond "Ray" Miller
Nov 25, 2012
Raymond "Ray" Miller, 72, of Hutchinson, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 25, 2012, at Hospice House. Ray was born Nov. 10, 1940, at Nowata, Okla., the son of William and Clara Yoder Miller. He attended grade school near Hutchinson and was retired as a machinist from Cessna Fluid Power/Eaton Corp. with 42 years of service. He also...
Ila Fern Harbacek
Nov 24, 2012
Ila Fern Harbacek, 76, died Nov. 24, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. Fern was born July 1, 1936, at Arlington, Kan., the daughter of Jesse Leroy and Wanetta Leone Truster Spence. She attended school in Arlington. Fern was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson, where she was the supervisor of the nursery since 1992. Prior, she...
Jimmie E. Latham
Nov 23, 2012
Jimmie E. Latham, 69, died Nov. 23, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 13, 1943, in Hutchinson, to Lewis Andrew and Margureite Elizabeth (Lyman) Latham. Jimmie graduated from Hutchinson High School, served in the National Guards, and was a machinist at Eaton Corporation. He was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church. He married Marilyn Chick....
Edith Ann Stutzman
Nov 23, 2012
Edith Ann Stutzman 65, passed from this life on November 23, 2012, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, after a short illness. She was born to Tobias and Emma Nisly Stutzman on September 9, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Deprived of oxygen at birth, she was never able to live independently. From age 8 to 57 she lived under the care of Noah...
Jack E. Hornbeck
Nov 21, 2012
Jack E. Hornbeck, 91, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Chanute, Kan., the son of George and Jane (Hamill) Hornbeck. He was a WWII veteran serving as a staff sergeant with the United States Army from 1942-45. Jack worked in the oil fields for several years and then for Cessna...
Gerrild "Jerry" L. Page
Nov 21, 2012
Jerry Page, 80, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hospice House. Jerry was born Jan. 10, 1932, in Coffeyville, the son of Loren M. and Lucille Bryant Page. Jerry graduated from Murtaugh (Idaho) High School in 1949, attended Brigham Young University and graduated from DePaul University in 1963. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the...
David Eugene Henson
Nov 21, 2012
David E. Henson, 60, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 21, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 23, 1952, the son of Harry and Frances Henson. He was retired from Irsik and Doll Grain Elevator. Survivors include: sons, David and Shawn Henson; daughter, Kerry Henson; sister, Connie Grissom. Private services are to be held. Elliott Mortuary and Crematory,...
Fredrick Edward Orth
Nov 20, 2012
Fredrick Edward Orth, 90, died Nov. 20, 2012, at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1922, in Eagle Rock, Calif., to Fred B. and Rachel Salley Orth. He grew up in Liberal, Kan. and moved to Hutchinson in 1946. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1941 and went on to attend Kansas State University and Texas Teachers College....
Erma Joyce Marker
Nov 20, 2012
Erma Joyce Marker, 78, joined our Lord in Heaven on Nov. 20, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 20, 1933, in Garden City, Kan., the daughter of Christian William Henry and Clara Jane (Hagerman) Giesaking. She attended schools in Garden City and graduated from Garden City High School in 1951 and attended Garden City Community College....
William "Bill" Edgar Kaveney
Nov 19, 2012
William E. Kaveney, 77, passed away at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, on Nov. 19, 2012. He was born April 4, 1935, in St. Louis, Mo., to Edgar W. and Edna Crutcher Kaveney. He lived in St. Louis and joined the U.S. Navy after high school, followed by graduation from St. Louis University on the G. I. Bill. On May...
Wade D. Pierce
Nov 18, 2012
Wade D. Pierce, 90, died Nov. 18, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born July 15, 1922, in Brownell, Kan., to Virgil James and Lena Pierce. Wade graduated from Sterling High School in 1940, was a pilot instructor in the Army Air Force and a Masonic Lodge member. On Sept. 27, 1942, he married Phyllis V. Drolte in Hutchinson. She...
Anne L. Mcpherson
Nov 17, 2012
Anne Louise McPherson, 43, died on November 17, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital. Anne was born July 16, 1969, in Warrensburg, Missouri, the daughter of James and Marolin Kelly. At age 4, Anne and her family moved to Leon, Kansas, where she graduated from Bluestem High School. She next attended Butler Community College, then transferred to Kansas State University in...
Leola M. Thomas
Nov 16, 2012
LeOla M. Thomas, 87, died Nov. 16, 2012, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Sept. 13, 1925, in Medford, OK, the daughter of Edward S. and Teresa Johanna Schultz Schneider. A 1942 graduate of Belle Plaine, KS, High School, she married Frank L. Thomas in Wellington on June 6, 1956. Frank passed away Dec. 4, 2009. She was...
Becky Lynn Storment
Nov 16, 2012
Becky Lynn Storment, 48, died November 16, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 1, 1964, to Richard Dale and Genevieve Sue Strauss White in Hutchinson, KS. She was a homemaker and lifetime resident of Hutchinson. On April 23, 1982, she married Audie Barry Storment in Plainville, KS. He survives. Other survivors include: son, Adam Storment...
Daniel "Danny" L. Strawn
Nov 16, 2012
Daniel L. 'Danny' Strawn, 67, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 16, 2012, at Via Christi on St. Francis in Wichita. Danny was born March 18, 1945, in Rock Island, Ill., the son of Lawrence O. and Eva T. Cullen Strawn. He was a Hutchinson High School graduate in 1963, and was a machinist at Central Welding for 47 years. Danny was...
Geraldine Joyce Durbin
Nov 15, 2012
Geraldine Joyce Durbin, 81, died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born in Ellinwood, Kan., Oct. 8, 1931, the daughter of Clyde O. and Josephine Thorp Drake. She was a 1951 graduate of Hutchinson High School, a member of First Church of God and had been a custodian for Hutchinson Public Schools. Survivors include: a daughter,...
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