Dolly Ruth Fowler
Sep 7, 2012
Dolly Ruth Fowler, 86, peacefully passed into the Lord's hands surrounded by her loving family, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, on September 7, 2012. She was born December 29, 1925, in Logan County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Unie Isaac and Cora Fay (Nelson) Clymer. She was a member of the Church of God. On March 31, 1946, she married George...
Carolyn Jean Bloesser
Sep 7, 2012
Carolyn Jean Bloesser, 75, peacefully passed into the Lord's hands surrounded by her loving family, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, on Sept. 7, 2012. She was born July 12, 1937, in Kingman County, to Alvin and Cora Voran Krehbiel. Carolyn retired from Dillons accounting department. Prior to her years at Dillon Company, she worked for many years at Central State...
Janice Marie Strickler
Sep 5, 2012
Janice Marie Strickler, 71, died Sept. 5, 2012, in Hutchinson, Kan. She was born July 23, 1941, in Hutchinson, to Thomas Virgil and Violet Marie Waggoner Murphy. She was a 1959 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She married Robert David Strickler on Nov. 5, 1960, in Hutchinson. He died Aug. 6, 1979. She retired on Jan. 13, 2005, from the...
Richard K. "Dick" Smith
Sep 4, 2012
LAWRENCE - Richard K. "Dick" Smith, 84, of Lawrence, formerly of Hutchinson, died peacefully, with family by his side, Sept. 4, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dick was born Mar. 22, 1928, at Larned, the son of Arthur K. and Kendel Cade Smith. He graduated from Johnson High School in 1946, and also graduated from Garden City Junior College in...
Leah N. Currie
Sep 3, 2012
Leah N. Currie, 75, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Thorne Care Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1936, in Garfield, Kan. to Merle and Doris (Bishop) Thompson. She retired as Officer and Branch Manager for First National Bank after 32 years of loyal, loving service. Leah was a past member of Altrusa, a member of the former Hutchinson Women's Bowling...
Zella I. Arndt
Sep 3, 2012
BUHLER - Zella Arndt, 78, died Sept. 3, 2012, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Dec. 27, 1933, to Howard and Alice Hoskinson Bridgman on the family farm six miles south of Burrton, Kan. Zella and her sister, Gynetha, attended Star School and graduated from Burrton High School together, in 1951. On Dec. 19, 1954, Zella married John Kirkpatrick....
Clinton Lee Hendershot
Sep 3, 2012
Clinton Lee Hendershot, 58, died Sept. 3, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born March 18, 1954, in Hutchinson, the son of Donald Eugene and Beverly Ann Dauber Hendershot. Clinton was a 1972 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. On Sept. 26, 1969, he married Lorali Marie Paschall in Hutchinson. She survives. Clinton was...
Sondra Jean Sloyer
Sep 3, 2012
Sondra Jean Sloyer, 75, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, in the presence of family. She was born in Topeka, Kan., May 7, 1937, the daughter of Eugene and Beulah Ransom Battey. She was a 1955 graduate of Topeka High School, a member of Park Place Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, had worked for USD #308, was the owner of Papa's...
G. Janet Austin
Sep 2, 2012
Janet Austin, Hutchinson, died Sept. 2, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 13, 1937, in Abbyville, the daughter of Albert M. and Susie M. Abbott Yust. She graduated from Sylvia High School, and attended Hutchinson Junior College and Emporia State University. She was a lifetime resident of Reno County, living in Hutchinson since 1958. She worked...
Rachel Elizabeth Clark
Sep 1, 2012
Rachel Elizabeth Clark, 95, died Sept. 1, 2012, at Indian Creek Healthcare Center, Overland Park, Kan. She was born Feb. 27, 1917, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harry A. and Elizabeth Hoerr Hyter. Rachel was raised in Hutchinson and was a longtime Kansas City area resident. She was preceded in death by husbands, William C. Anderson and Clifford Clark; her...
Johnnie D. Vincent
Sep 1, 2012
Johnnie D. Vincent, 55, died Sept. 1, 2012, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. He was born March 30, 1957, to J.D. and Bettie L. Vincent. Johnnie is survived by his companion, Sharon Roddy, Hutchinson; son, Michael Wages; siblings, Darrell Vincent of Leavenworth, Gary Vincent of Hutchinson, Dana Harden of Hutchinson, LaVona Quins of Louviers, CO, Bill Hirst of Hutchinson,...
"Wally" Wallace Smith
Sep 1, 2012
"Wally" Wallace Smith, 86, died Sept. 1, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born June 9, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of Reed Q. and Ida Maye Coberly Smith. He attended Ave A, Sherman Jr. High and Hutchinson Sr. High schools. On Aug. 24, 1944, he entered Army basic training camp at Fannin, Texas. He went overseas in...
Willard Leroy Shupe
Aug 28, 2012
Willard LeRoy Shupe passed away quietly at his home August 28, 2012, due to natural causes. He was attended by his wife of 55 years, Anna Marie Shupe, his eldest daughter, Teresa K. Chain, and son, Albert W. Shupe. Willard was born Nov. 15, 1934, in Enid, Oklahoma, to A.W. and Doris Shupe. He was preceded in death by his...
Thelma Florence Marsh
Aug 27, 2012
Thelma Florence Marsh, 91, died August 27, 2012 at Mennonite Friendship Communities. She was born February 7, 1921 to Richard Nels and Louise Sophia Oleson Pearson in Fostoria, Clay County, Iowa. She married Orville D. Marsh on February 17, 1939 in Lakefield Min. He died December 21, 2004. Thelma was a homemaker and a beautician, graduating from Sidney's hairdressing school....
Shelia G. Doxon
Aug 27, 2012
Shelia G. Doxon, 81, died Aug. 27, 2012, at her home. She was born Aug. 11, 1931, in Hutchinson, to William Houston and Helen America (Crow) Smith. A graduate of Hutchinson High School, Shelia's first job was a telephone operator at Bell Telephone. Later she was a machinist at Cessna, then a hostess at Village Inn. On June 29, 1953,...
Elva W. Wiles
Aug 27, 2012
Elva Winifred Wiles, 87, passed away August 27, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV after an extended illness. She was born on March 10, 1925 in Seward, KS to Charles Emil and Julia Connor Dralle. She graduated high school in 1942 from Radium High School and attended Fort Hays State for one year. She married Chester Wiles on October 19, 1946....
Betty Lou Killingsworth
Aug 26, 2012
Betty Lou Killingsworth, 77, passed away August 26, 2012, at her home after a courageous battle with a short illness. She was born on Aug. 19, 1935, in Independence , Kan., the daughter of Paul LeRoy and Bertha Spaulding (Dillon) Holmes. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1953. Betty had worked for IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union, East Moline,...
Reverend Thomas B. Mendenhall
Aug 26, 2012
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done through His servant, Reverend Thomas Mendenhall, who God called home to heaven on August 26, 2012. Thomas Burl Mendenhall was born to Burl and Marjorie Mendenhall on December 24, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas and...
Paulena "Fern" Gilbert
Aug 25, 2012
Paulena "Fern" Gilbert passed away in Hutchinson on Aug. 25, 2012. She was born at Great Bend, the youngest of three children, on June 3, 1918, to Arthur and Nora Depew Suedekum. They moved to Stafford when she was two years old. She attended Stafford schools and graduated from Stafford High School with the class of 1936. On July 14,...
Deloris Mae Schreiber
Aug 25, 2012
NICKERSON - Deloris Mae Schreiber, 90, died Saturday, August 25, 2012. She was born in Little River, March 13, 1922, the daughter of Herbert and Lula Crider Briscoe. She was a 1939 graduate of Ness City High School, a member of Nickerson United Methodist Church and was a retired certified Elementary and High School paraprofessional for the USD 308 and...
