Jack C. Wedge
Nov 14, 2012
Jack C. Wedge, 74, died Nov. 14, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 7, 1938, in Heavener, Okla., to Evert C. and Nena (Elliott) Wedge. Jack graduated from Heavener High School and Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor's degree in education. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church, loved playing golf, was a faithful...
Thomas "Tom" M. Mcguire
Nov 14, 2012
Thomas M. "Tom" McGuire, 65, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 14, 2012, at Hospice House. Tom was born Oct. 25, 1947, in Hutchinson, the son of James F. and F. Joan Chambers McGuire. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965 and attended Hutchinson Community College. Tom was a journeyman pipefitter and welder. He was a member of the Pipefitters Local...
Betty June Ford
Nov 14, 2012
Betty June Ford, 80, died November 14, 2012, in Denver, Co. She was born February 5, 1932, in Hutchinson, to Duffy and Melisse (Devena) Osborn. On November 9, 1951, she married Lloyd Ford in Hutchinson. He died September 16, 1976. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, she was retired from Dillon Corporate Office. Betty volunteered for numerous organizations in Hutchinson and at...
Clarice A. Mathews-Engstrom
Nov 14, 2012
Clarice A. Mathews-Engstrom, 89, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. Clarice Alberta Wolf was born on her parents' farm home southeast of Lyons near Saxman, Kan., on July 18, 1923. She was the youngest of seven children born to Lloyd and Ethel Wagerle Wolf. She met her sweetheart, a local farmer, Robert V....
Megan Renee Josephson
Nov 13, 2012
Megan Renee Josephson, 28, died November 13, 2012, in Portland, Ore. She was born December 9, 1983, in Hutchinson, to Jerry and Vicki (Dean) Josephson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2002, attended Ottawa University, and later graduated from Z Academy in Lawrence. Megan was a cosmetologist. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, in Hutchinson. She...
Mason Dean Tucker
Nov 12, 2012
M. Dean Tucker, 88, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 12, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Dean was born July 23, 1924, in Belleville, Kan., the son of Lee E. and Ada C. (Fritzinger) Tucker. Dean graduated from Courtland High School in 1942 and immediately entered the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he served in the 8th Air Force as a...
Judy Wing
Nov 12, 2012
Judy J. Wing, 41, died Nov. 12, 2012, at Wesley Surgical Center, Wichita. She was born Jan. 12, 1971, in Greensburg, to Willis West and Carol Sprier. Judy graduated from Cunningham High School. She was a jail administrator for Pratt County, attended The Venue, and was a former president and board member of Kansas Jail Association. On Feb. 22, 1997,...
Levi L. Yoder
Nov 11, 2012
Levi L. Yoder, 98, passed quietly into the next life on Nov. 11, 2012, at Mennonite Manor. He was born Jan. 28, 1914, and raised in Yoder, Kan. on his father's farm, which today is operated by fifth generation family members. He spent his life in Hutchinson as a successful farmer raising cattle and wheat. He was an honorable man,...
Bertha E. Troyer
Nov 11, 2012
Bertha E. Troyer, 99, died Nov. 11, 2012, at Haven House, Haven. She was born Feb. 23, 1913, in rural Reno County, to Jacob S. and Sarah Ann (Schrock) Troyer. Bertha was a retired LPN, having worked at Grace Hospital and St. Elizabeth Hospital. She was a member of Yoder Mennonite Church. Survivors include: two brothers, Ray Troyer and wife...
Marvin Dean Voeltz
Nov 10, 2012
Marvin Dean Voeltz, 67, died November 10, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 18, 1945, in Ellsworth, to Hubert and Roberta Webb Voeltz. Marvin served in the United States Army and worked as a service technician at Combustion Control Company. On July 28, 1967, he married Judy Roberts, in Hutchinson. Marvin is survived by: his wife...
Randall "Randy" William Geiser
Nov 9, 2012
Randall William "Randy" Geiser, 39, of Hutchinson, died November 9, 2012, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born April 6, 1973, in Orville, Ohio, the son of Harold William and Bonnie Louise Sattler Geiser. He graduated in 1991 from Smithville High School, Smithville, Ohio. He was a hydraulic technician for B&B Hydraulics. On...
Clem L. Mahoney
Nov 9, 2012
Clem Mahoney, age 73, retired Reno County Public Works employee, died November 9, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 31, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Jess Louis and Margaret Bart Mahoney. Clem served 17 years in the Kansas Army National Guard, retiring as a Sergeant in 1974. Survivors include: his daughter, Cindy L. Wenner, of...
Vernon E. "Skip" Jenkins Ii
Nov 8, 2012
Vernon E. "Skip" Jenkins II, 67, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 8, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 22, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of Vernon E. and Elsie Graham Jenkins. Skip graduated from Lake Hamilton (Arkansas) High School in 1963, and was a guide for outdoorsman on fishing trips and an independent trucker. Skip was a member of...
Julia Ann Stutzman
Nov 6, 2012
PLEASANT VIEW - Julia Ann Stutzman, 40, died at her home, Nov. 6, 2012. She was born to Perry Lee and Judith Nisly Stutzman on Oct. 27, 1972, in Hutchinson. She was a member of Center Amish Mennonite Church. Julia Ann loved her church and the many friends she worshiped with and greatly appreciated the support that she felt from...
Joyce E. (Detter) Berner
Nov 3, 2012
Joyce E. (Detter) Berner, 85, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died November 3, 2012, at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born February 13, 1927, in Nickerson, Kansas, the daughter of Rufus J. and Elva M. (Snodgrass) Detter. Joyce graduated from Nickerson High School in 1945. She retired from Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Survivors include: four children,...
Doris J. Sloan
Nov 2, 2012
Doris J. Sloan, 90, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 2, 2012, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. Doris was born Oct. 24, 1922, at Conway, in McPherson County, the daughter of Milo and Minnie Burton Sitts. Doris moved with her family to near Rago when she was in high school and she graduated from Kingman High School. Doris married Wilbur Sloan...
Vernon Gene Bogner, Sr.
Oct 31, 2012
Vernon G. Bogner Sr., 82, died Oct. 31, 2012, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1930, in Bent County, Colo., the son of Harry Ray and Esther (Sara) Bogner. On Sept. 14, 1951, he married his high school sweetheart, Donna Jean Block in Hutchinson. She passed on March 12, 2012. He graduated from Haven High School and Hutchinson...
Darrell D. Henderson
Oct 31, 2012
WICHITA - Darrell D. Henderson, 56, died Oct. 31, 2012, at Via Christi on St. Francis in Wichita. He was born Nov. 9, 1955, in Hutchinson to Orville D. and Eula M. Thomas Henderson. Darrell graduated from Fairfield High School in 1974. He was self-employed in the security industry and installed draperies. Darrell also achieved a childhood dream by building...
Roszella Ruth Engel
Oct 30, 2012
Roszella Ruth Mishler Engel, 93, died on October 30, 2012 in Halstead, KS. She was born on June 2, 1919, in Palmer, Iowa and lived her first 81 years in that state, moving to Cheney in 2000 to be near family, after losing her vision in one eye due to glaucoma. She married Arthur C. Engel on February 18, 1940....
Mildred "Millie" R. Rudd
Oct 29, 2012
Mildred R. "Millie" Rudd, 86, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 29, 2012, at her home. She was born March 23, 1926, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Richard A. and Blanche R. Kelly McManus. She was a 1943 graduate of Capital Catholic High School and attended Washburn University, both in Topeka. Millie married Jack M. Rudd, DDS in May of 1975,...
