Genevieve May Oden
May 8, 2012
Genevieve May Oden, 96, died May 8, 2012, at Hospice House. She was born Jan. 22, 1916, in Geneseo, to Edward and Mary (Peters) Asling. She married Roy Daniel Oden on April 21, 1935, in Hutchinson. She was a member of Mitchell United Methodist Chapel and United Methodist Women. A homemaker, Genevieve loved to bake and tend to her flower...
Jerry P. Matlack
May 8, 2012
Jerry P. Matlack, 68, of Hutchinson, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Good Samaritan Center in Hutchinson. Jerry was born May 31, 1943, in Hutchinson, the son of Raymond and Ruth Workman Matlack. He graduated from Burrton High School in 1961, and was a member of the Burrton United Methodist Church. He had attended Hutchinson Community College. Jerry worked at...
Wilma Jean Rohr
May 7, 2012
Wilma Jean Rohr, 83, died May 7, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born December 9, 1928, in WaKeeney, Ks, the daughter of William and Alma (Harger) Bell. Wilma was a graduate of WaKeeney High School. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross, Hutchinson, and the Harvest House. On April 2, 1951, she married Aloysius...
Curtis Ray Blevins
May 6, 2012
Curtis "Curt" Ray Blevins, 51, died May 6, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1960 in Wichita to Floyd and Frances J. (Marlow) Blevins. Curt graduated from Southeast High School in 1978 and Hutchinson Community College in 1980. He was a truss designer, working at Stuckey Lumber and Central Kansas Truss. A member of Park...
Frederick Leo Henks
May 3, 2012
Frederick Leo "Fred" Henks, 83, died Thursday, May 3, 2012. He was born September 21, 1938 to Frederick and Anna Marie Schroeder Henks. Fred retired from Dillons in 1991, after serving the company for 26 years as a truck mechanic. He married Bernita Lee Kelley on August 4, 1951. She died January 16, 1984. He is survived by son Richard...
Lenora Laurene Wiens
May 2, 2012
Lenora Laurene Wiens, 94, died May 2, 2012, at Showalter Villa, Hesston. She was born March 16, 1918, in Inman, Kan., the daughter of Martin and Helen Lena (Ratzlaff) Dirksen. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. Lenora was a member of First Christian Church for over 50 years and was a Boy Scout leader. On April 6, 1940,...
Darleen Jean Hasler
May 1, 2012
Darleen Jean Hasler, 74, died May 1, 2012 at Hospice House. She was born August 6, 1937 in Inman to Frank E. and Ann Darlene (Regehr) Schierling. Darleen graduated from Inman Rural High School in 1955. She retired in 1997 from the former Hutchinson National Bank, after 21 years of service as a teller. A member of New Covenant Presbyterian...
Georgia Anne Smith
May 1, 2012
Georgia Anne Smith, 79, of Lawrence, and formerly of Hutchinson, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence. She was born Sept. 17, 1932, in Hutchinson, the youngest daughter of Harold and Hazel House. She was a 1949 graduate of Partridge High School. Georgia married the love of her life,...
Margaret L. Hill
Apr 28, 2012
Margaret L. Hill, 97, died April 28, 2012. She was born Sept. 19, 1914, to John E. and Veronica Miller. She taught school before her marriage at Riverton Rural School and after her marriage at Fairmount Rural School and later substituted at Partridge Grade School. She was a member of Partridge Community Church since the 1940s and very active in...
Kristen E. Jacobs
Apr 27, 2012
Kristen E. Jacobs, 59, died April 27, 2012, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis, Wichita. She was born July 3, 1952, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of William and Vina (Springer) Rhule. She graduated from Holton High School in 1970 and attended Highland Community College and Washburn University. Kristen was a financial planning assistant with Ameriprise Financial,...
Dalton S. Hill
Apr 27, 2012
Dalton S. Hill, 92, died April 27, 2012, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1920, in rural Reno County, the son of Fred B. and Grace Stanley Hill. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937, and then attended Kansas State University. Dalton was a farmer and longtime member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church....
Norman E. Kightlinger
Apr 26, 2012
Norman E. Kightlinger, 89, died Thursday, April 26, 2012. He was born in Yuma, Arizona November 1, 1922, the son of Fayette and Mamie Centgraf Kightlinger. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College, a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, served during World War II, a member of American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68,...
Charley Joe Bowman
Apr 25, 2012
Charley Joe Bowman, 77, of Hutchinson, died April 25, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Charley was born Dec. 11, 1934, at Garden Plain, the son of Jim and Mazella Bryer Bowman. He attended school in Chase, and for 30 years worked in security and was boiler room manager at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was a former member of...
Patrick "Pat" Hampel
Apr 25, 2012
Patrick "Pat" Hampel, 71, died April 25, 2012, at Dillon Living Center. He was born March 17, 1941, in Garden Plain to Eugene and Marie (Schick) Hampel. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1959. Pat retired in 2008 from J & J Drainage, where he was a truck driver. He enjoyed cooking and gardening. On May 12, 1967,...
Donnie Lee Ahrens
Apr 23, 2012
Donnie L. Ahrens, 76, died April 23, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 20, 1936, in Hugoton, the son of V. Loraine (Seaman) Ahrens. He attended Hutchinson schools, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1955. He attended Hutchinson Community College and the University of Texas at El Paso. He married Shirley M. Lemen in Hutchinson on July...
Wayne Snell
Apr 23, 2012
Wayne Snell, 92, died April 23, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 16, 1920, in St. John, Kan., the son of Frank Asbury and Flora Evangeline (Cox) Snell. He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1938 and Dodge City JUCO in 1940. Wayne was a World War II Army veteran, serving from 1945-46. He worked...
Verna Yoder
Apr 23, 2012
Verna Yoder, 71, went to be with her Lord on April 23, 2012. She was born to Jacob N and Barbara Edna Nisly Yoder on Jan. 10, l941. Her last days were at the hospital in Sun City West, Ariz. She moved to Phoenix, Ariz. in 1970. She worked as an LPN at Good Samaritan Hospital. She also worked for...
Phyllis K. Ragland
Apr 23, 2012
Phyllis K. Ragland, 90, died April 23, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1921, in rural Stafford County, to Kirby Daniel and Sarah Margaret Cadman Henry. Phyllis worked at Winchester Packing Co. and retired in 1983. Phyllis is survived by: children, Roberta Evans and husband John, Hutchinson, Bruce Taylor and wife Sharon, Hutchinson, and JoAnn Vine,...
Paul Clinton Higdon
Apr 22, 2012
Paul Clinton Higdon passed away April 22, 2012. He was born July 22, 1934, the son of Dave and Edna Mills Higdon in Seminole, Oklahoma. Survivors include: his wife, Darlene, Hutchinson; a son, Philip (Toni), Topeka; a daughter, Tammy Higdon, Little Rock, Arkansas; a stepson, Mark Stark (Megan), Colorado; two brothers, Tom (Jerri), Benton, and David (Chris), Hutchinson; four grandchildren,...
Shirley Crawford Schmidt-Taggart
Apr 19, 2012
Shirley Crawford Schmidt Taggart, 87, died April 19, 2012, at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 2, 1924, in Lyons, daughter of Ansel E. Crawford and Elsie Potwin Crawford. She attended grade school in Lyons and graduated from Lyons High School in 1942. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in...
