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Ervin J. Miller
Oct 29, 2012
Ervin J. Miller, 94, of Partridge, died Oct. 29, 2012, at his home. Ervin was born July 4, 1918, at Thomas, Okla., the son of Joseph J. and Josephine Miller. He attended schools in Custer County, Okla., and was a retired farmer and seedsman, having established Miller Seed Farms in 1947. Ervin was a member of the Center Amish Mennonite...
Linda L. Jackson
Oct 29, 2012
Linda L. Jackson, 62, passed away Oct. 29, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 10, 1950, in Beggs, Okla., to Artha Lee Adams. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965 and attended Adele Hale Business College and Cronford Business College. Linda was a member of St. John CME Church and involved in many church organizations....
Constance "Connie" Sue Badgett
Oct 28, 2012
Constance "Connie" Sue Badgett, 50, died October 28, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born December 19, 1961, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Avin "Al" and Evelyn Marie Kessler Badgett. Connie was a 1980 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She was involved in TECH, Reins of Hope, Faces of Faith, and was an avid bowler. Connie was a...
Michael "Shane" Phipps
Oct 27, 2012
Michael "Shane" Phipps, 34, died Oct. 27, 2012. He was born Dec. 18, 1977, son of Mike and Denice Phipps. Shane is survived by: his parents; a daughter, Tiera Phipps; a brother, Kurt Phipps; a sister, Kami Andrade; a niece and nephew; grandparents, Leroy Johnson and wife Mary, and Marvin Phipps. He was preceded in death by grandmothers, Doreen Johnson...
Frances Joan Mcguire
Oct 27, 2012
TULSA, Okla. - Frances Joan McGuire, 90, of Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Hutchinson, died Oct. 27, 2012, in Tulsa. Frances was born Nov. 22, 1921, at Coffeyville, the daughter of Elva F. and Blanche Overfield Chambers. Frances was a salesclerk for Wiley's Dept. Store, and later worked as a hostess at Rambler Restaurant. She was a 1939 graduate of Hutchinson...
Mary Kay Stiggins
Oct 26, 2012
MIDLOTHIAN, Texas - Mary Kay (Myers) Stiggins, 67, passed away Oct. 26, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. She was born Aug. 20, 1945, in Garden City, Kan., the daughter of C. Edward and Lois Louise (Hudson) Myers. On Dec. 30, 1965, she married Larry L. Stiggins in Sylvia. She had been a resident of Texas for 38 of the last 43...
Elizabeth Christine Linscheid
Oct 24, 2012
Christine Linscheid, 82, died Oct. 24, 2012, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 10, 1930, in Osborne, Kansas, the daughter of Leo Eugene and Roberta Gertrude Perry Ganoung. She was a 1948 graduate of Alton (Kansas) High School. Christine married Porter McReynolds. His death occurred on Nov. 29, 1956. She then married John F. Linscheid in December of...
Jack Lawrence Reed
Oct 24, 2012
Jack Lawrence Reed, 68, died Oct. 24, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 19, 1944, in Hutchinson, to James Thomas and Chloie Mae Williams Reed. Jack was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and the NRA. He was a manager at Garvey Elevator. Jack is survived by son, Jack Edward Reed of Kellyville, Okla. and...
Thomas Scott Starr
Oct 23, 2012
Thomas Scott Starr, 71, died Oct. 23, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 18, 1941, in Lyons, Kan., the son of Thomas George and Thelma Jean (Scott) Starr. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1960 and attended McPherson College. A Vietnam veteran, he served with the United States Navy from 1961 to 1965. Scott retired...
Waunita Orlean Douglass
Oct 22, 2012
Waunita Orlean Douglass, 87, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 22, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 3, 1925, in Newton, Kan., to Roy and Lucille Gale Corfman. She was a member of Union Valley Bible Church and was a carrier for the Hutchinson News paper. On Jan. 4, 1942, she married Logan Ray Douglass in McPherson, Kan....
Alden J. "Jim" Lang
Oct 21, 2012
Alden J. "Jim" Lang, 74, died Oct. 21, 2012, at Hospice House. He was born April 13, 1938, in Ness City to Adam and Catherine (Mies) Lang. Alden graduated from Buhler High School in 1957. On Aug. 29, 1959, he married Carolyn Snyder in Hutchinson. He was a member of Church of the Holy Cross, Knights of Columbus Council #612,...
Jeremy "Jerm" Todd Ellis
Oct 19, 2012
Jeremy Todd 'Jerm' Ellis, 28, died Friday, October 19, 2012. He was born July 6, 1984, in Hutchinson, the son of Michael Dean and Tina Louise Schrock Ellis. He had attended Hutchinson schools and was a server at the Airport Steak House. He is survived by: his mother, Tina Howell; a sister, Melissa Ellis and Cal Bofink; a niece and...
Josephine "Josie" L. Hancock
Oct 18, 2012
Josephine L. "Josie" Hancock, 81, of South Hutchinson, died Oct. 18, 2012, at Mennonite Manor. Josie was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Lipscomb, Texas, the daughter of George and Martha Herber. She graduated from Darrouzett (Texas) High School in 1948. Josie worked as a dispatcher for Halliburton Oil Co. in Elkhart, and later was owner and operator of Dairy Kreem...
Paul Dungan
Oct 17, 2012
Paul Dungan, 89, died Oct. 17, 2012, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born July 23, 1923, in Sherman, Kan., to Carl Dallas and Goldie Leah (Hoover) Dungan. He graduated from Oswego High School in 1943 and from Kansas State University in 1950. Paul was a mechanical engineer for Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma for 15 years then...
Robert R. Stringfellow
Oct 17, 2012
Robert R. Stringfellow, 55, died Oct. 17, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 20, 1957, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Floyd R. and Lavina (Rausch) Stringfellow. He graduated from Pratt High School in 1976, Pratt Community College in 1982 and 2004 in Colorado for his Drug and Alcohol Counseling degree. He was a Drug and...
Loren William Arnold
Oct 15, 2012
Loren William Arnold, 71, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Nov. 7, 1940, to Charles Monroe and Mary Christine Gum Arnold in Great Bend, Barton County, Kan. He graduated in 1959 from Rozel High School and attended Fort Hays State University. Loren was a dispatcher with a moving company...
Douglas M. Mitchell
Oct 15, 2012
Douglas M. Mitchell, 70, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 15, 2012, at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Douglas was born Mar. 14, 1942, in Lemmon, SD, the son of Edward and Irene Zimmerman Mitchell. His family moved to Hutchinson in 1944, and he graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1960, and Hutchinson Junior College in 1962. He went on...
Brian Joseph Henning
Oct 15, 2012
Brian Joseph Henning, 47, died Oct. 15, 2012, at his home. He was born May 15, 1965, in Garden City to Marvin W. and Shirley LuAnn (Boepple) Henning. On Aug. 25, 1990, he married Deanna Lyn Sorensen. Brian was a farmer and worked at Cargill Salt for 14 years and for Morton Salt for 10 years. He attended Sterling Evangelical...
Erma June Matzen Hirst
Oct 13, 2012
PARTRIDGE - Erna June Matzen Hirst, 83, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born June 29, 1929, at Buffalo, Wyo., the daughter of Christian and Florence McDaniel Matzen. She was a member of the VFW, St. Helen's, Oregon, Myrtle Rebekah Lodge #28, PNG and PDDP Reno #32, L.E.A., P.E.M. and P.T., Central Kansas #211...
Robert William Bob "Mac" Mcfadden
Oct 12, 2012
Robert William Bob "Mac" McFadden, 85, died October 12, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born October 14, 1926, in Nickerson, to William Joseph and Alice Mae Dodd McFadden. Bob graduated from Nickerson High School in 1944, and worked for Consolidated Manufacturing as a plant manager and consultant for 55 years. He was a Merchant Marine, a member of...
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