Verna Arliene Rickett
Aug 25, 2012
Verna Arliene Rickett, 76, of Hutchinson, died August 25, 2012, at Hospice House. Verna was born May 30, 1936, at Arlington, the daughter of James Vern and Geneva R. Feese Sitton. She was a 1954 graduate of Arlington High School and later graduated from the Kansas City Business School of Commerce in 1956. She worked for a short time as...
Donald Dwayne Hoffman
Aug 22, 2012
Donald Dwayne Hoffman, 55, died Aug. 22, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1957, in Moundridge, Kan., the son of Warren Dean and Patricia Elaine (Page) Hoffman. He worked for Showalter Fireworks. On May 11, 1985, he married Mary LaVonne Sisler in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: three children, John Wayne Hoffman, Yvonne Suzette...
Dorothy M. Brooks Nevius
Aug 21, 2012
Dorothy M. Brooks Nevius, 87, died Aug. 21, 2012, in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 19, 1924, in Jefferson, Mo. She worked for Meschke's North Clothing Store, Three Sister's Store, and Dr. Don Miller until she retired at age 75. Dorothy's first husband, Raymond Brooks, preceded her in death. She married Marvin Nevius on April 30, 1985, in Hutchinson. He...
Elsie Marie Halpain
Aug 21, 2012
Elsie Marie Halpain, 75, passed away August 21, 2012 at Hospice House. She was born April 14, 1937 in Winfield. Elsie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1955. She then earned her Bachelors Degree from Wichita State University in 1974, graduating with honors. On October 23, 1955, she married Charles Duane Halpain in Hutchinson. A member of Countryside Baptist Church,...
John Sallabedra
Aug 21, 2012
John Sallabedra, 89, died Aug. 21, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 9, 1922, in Plevna, Kan., the son of Valentin and Valentina (Reyes) Sallabedra. He was a 1941 graduate of Sylvia High School and later graduated from Salt City Business College. John was a WWII Army Air Force veteran, serving as Tech Sgt. from 1943-1945....
Morris "Joe" Joseph Shelley
Aug 20, 2012
Morris "Joe" Shelley, 81, died August 20, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born March 30, 1931, to Doctor Decater and Alice Conelia West Shelley in Randolph, TX. He graduated from Randolph Texas High School in 1949 and went into the Army, where he retired in 1976. Later he went to work at Cargill Salt Company. He married...
Leah Lou Ella Hogan Jones
Aug 20, 2012
TURON - Leah Lou Ella Hogan Jones, 79, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at Southwind Hospice, Pratt. She was born in Carmen, Okla., Aug. 10, 1933, the daughter of Charles A. and Leah Vashti Phinney Hogan. She was a 1950 graduate of Ringwood High School, Ringwood, Okla., a 1954 graduate of Friends University, Wichita, a member of First United Methodist...
Clora Marie Hartnell
Aug 19, 2012
Clora Marie Hartnell, 83, of Hutchinson died Aug. 19, 2012, at Hospice House. Clora was born Nov. 24, 1928, at Kingman, the daughter of Walter F. and Meredith C. Browning Yarberry. She was a 1946 graduate of Kingman High School and graduated from nursing school at Eufaula, Ala. in 1978. She retired as an L.P.N. from Hutchinson Hospital in 1990....
Lawrence S. Sliker
Aug 18, 2012
Lawrence S. Sliker, 74, died August 18, 2012, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born September 25, 1937, in Rochester, New York, the son of Harold Garland and Marion (Caps) Sliker. He graduated in 1955, from Monroe High School, Rochester, NY, attended Clarkson University, Plattsburgh, NY, and received his Bachelor of Science from State University of New York. He was a...
Sharon R. "Shar' Odle
Aug 18, 2012
PLEVNA - Sharon R. "Shar" Odle, 61, of Plevna, died Aug. 18, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Shar was born Aug. 30, 1950, in Ft. Worth, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin and LaVerne Smith Odle. She attended schools in Denver, Colo. and moved to Hutchinson in 1969. She was a restaurant manager and bookkeeper at Holiday Inn. She is...
Wilma June Bachus
Aug 18, 2012
Wilma June Bachus, 89, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. She was born at Sterling, Jan. 29, 1923, the daughter of Simon and Sybil Josephson Schmucker. She was a graduate of Abbyville High School, Sterling College and Emporia State University. June was an educator, teaching in Abbyville, Sylvia and Graber Elementary, then was principal at McCandless and Winans, a member of...
John I. Brewer
Aug 15, 2012
WINDSOR, Va. - John Ingram Brewer, 82, of Windsor, Va., passed away Aug. 15, 2012. He was born May 26, 1930, in Norton, Kan., the son of the late Maurine Sands Brewer and John Willard Brewer. He was predeceased by his first wife, Beverly Brewer. John was a veteran having served in the National Guard during the Korean War. He...
Lawrence Matthew Forney
Aug 14, 2012
Lawrence Matthew Forney, 100, died Aug. 14, 2012, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. He was born Aug. 4, 1912, in Mitchell County, Kan., to Henry Harrison and Bessie Blossom Rounkles Forney. He married Letha Delores Leaf in 1934. She died March 21, 2004. He later married Amy Anne Corns on Dec. 31, 1942. She died July 20, 1975. Then he married...
Bert L. Stockton
Aug 14, 2012
Bert L. Stockton, 82, of Hutchinson, died August 14, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Bert was born Nov. 5, 1929, at Prague, Okla., the son of Lewis and Ola Foster Stockton. He graduated from Prague High School. He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 2550, both of Hutchinson....
Lowell D. Showalter, Sr.
Aug 13, 2012
Lowell D. Showalter Sr., 87, died Aug. 13, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 2, 1924, in Larned, to Calvin and Florence Rice Showalter. Lowell graduated from Hutchinson High School, was a member of the Sand Hills Saddle Club and Teamsters Union. On Oct. 17, 1955, he married Betty L. Lewis in New Mexico. She died...
Charlene F. Walters
Aug 12, 2012
Charlene F. Walters, 88, died Aug. 12, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla. She was born March 25, 1924, in Chase, Kan., to Charles Jr. and Lydia (Berkemeyer) Heckel. A 1942 graduate of Chase High School, she was a homemaker. On Nov. 25, 1945, she married Clarence Ray Walters in Chase. He died March 27, 1999. A sister, Rubyanna Boldt preceded her...
Imogene Garard Sechrest
Aug 12, 2012
Imogene Garard Sechrest, 87, died Aug. 12, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Butler, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Thelma (DeBow) Garard. Imogene graduated from Butler High School and then went on to be a Registered Nurse. She was a resident of Kansas City, Mo. until moving to Hutchinson in...
Mayme Ferguson Mcateer Mead
Aug 12, 2012
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. - Mayme Ferguson McAteer Mead, 99, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at a local hospital. She was born April 9, 1913 in Townley, Ala., a daughter of the late Charlie and Gracie Ferguson of Norphlet, Ark. Mayme loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and her family and was a member...
Shirley Anne Hoyt Von Ruden
Aug 11, 2012
Shirley Anne Hoyt Von Ruden of Hutchinson, Kansas, passed away on August 11, 2012, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Shirley was born August 27, 1926, in Iola, Kansas, and was one of three children of Carroll and Ruth Hoyt. She graduated from Iola High School and the University of Kansas in 1949, with a degree in Dietetics and Nutrition. She moved to...
Sandra Coffman Schenkel
Aug 10, 2012
MESQUITE, Nev. - Sandra Coffman Schenkel, 75, of Mesquite, Nev., died Aug. 10, 2012, at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born Nov. 24, 1936, in Hartford, Kan., the daughter of Allen and Louise Smith Coffman. Sandra graduated from Emporia High School in 1954. Following school she worked for 18 years for TWA as an International...
