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Jonetta Kay Spence

Jonetta Kay Spence

Apr 19, 2012

Jonetta Kay Spence, 50, died April 19, 2012, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Sept. 10, 1961, to Carl Louis and Cleda Irene (Head) Strandberg. She graduated from Haven High School in 1979 and from Hutchinson Junior College in 1981. She was a bank teller and an office clerk. In her earlier years, Jonetta was a member of...

Maxine Ione Wallace

Maxine Ione Wallace

Apr 17, 2012

Maxine Ione Wallace, 88, died April 17, 2012, at Sweet Life Assisted Living, Shawnee, Kan. She was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Roy O. and Dolores Williams Shannon. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1942. Maxine worked at the Nekoma State Bank, Nekoma, Kan., and then for Security Pacific,...

Chuck Sanders

Chuck Sanders

Apr 16, 2012

Chuck Sanders, 44, died April 16, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 18, 1967, in Hawthorne, Calif. He was loved by family and friends. He is survived by his mother, Carolyn Maxfield of the home; a son, Thomas Sanders of Pendleton, Oregon; and an aunt, Kathy Swearingen of Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place. A private family...

Edward D. "Tony" Regier

Edward D. "Tony" Regier

Apr 16, 2012

Edward D. "Tony" Regier, 74, died Monday, April 16, 2012. He was born in Hutchinson March 15, 1938, the son of Edward F. and Helena Neufeld Regier. He was a 1956 graduate of Inman High School, a 1972 graduate of McPherson College, a member of Civitan Club, First Mennonite Church and Kansas Association of Social Workers. Tony was a social...

Donald "Greg" Simmons

Donald "Greg" Simmons

Apr 14, 2012

Donald "Greg" Simmons, 49, died April 14, 2012, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 11, 1962, the son of William and Gloria Simmons. Greg was a diesel mechanic and a truck driver. On Feb. 6, 1994, he married Tracy Ann Jones in Stafford, Virginia. She survives. Other survivors include: seven children, Kelly Boyd, Gregory and Matthew Simmons, all of...

Andrew Deane Peterson

Andrew Deane Peterson

Apr 13, 2012

Andrew Deane Peterson, 80, died April 13, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 2, 1932, in Wichita, to Andrew J. and Edna Hellman Peterson. Andrew graduated from Eureka High School and Pittsburg State University and worked as an electrician for Rural Electric Company in Mankato. He was a Marine, had a great love of music, always willing...

Harold Eugene Miller

Harold Eugene Miller

Apr 9, 2012

Harold Eugene Miller, 63, passed away April 9, 2012, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. He was born July 19, 1948, in Dodge City, to Walter and Bettye (Howland) Miller. Harold retired in 2003 from Kansas Gas Service, where he was a serviceman. He loved restoring and showing classic cars and greatly enjoyed doing yard work. Harold had a great love...

M. Pauline Snyder

M. Pauline Snyder

Apr 9, 2012

Pauline Snyder, 92, died April 9, 2012, at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. She was born May 22, 1919, in Maple City, Kan., the daughter of Perry and Blanche (Pettigrew) Morgan. Pauline graduated from Dexter High School, Dexter, Kan., and later at the age of 53 received her nursing degree in McPherson, Kan. She then worked as a nurse for Halstead...

Jack R. Rucker

Jack R. Rucker

Apr 8, 2012

Jack R. Rucker, 77, of Hutchinson, died April 8, 2012, at Hospice House. Jack was born Nov. 10, 1934, in Hutchinson, the son of Ray and Jeanette (Seitnater) Rucker. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he was a 1952 graduate of St. Teresa's High School and was a member of the National Guard Unit in Hutchinson. Jack was a long-time member of...

Carol R. Ediger

Carol R. Ediger

Apr 5, 2012

Carol R. Ediger, 77, died April 5, 2012, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 21, 1934, in Partridge to Joseph and Caroline Durflinger Weaver. Carol loved to draw and do artwork. She was also a member of CASA and Red Hat Society. On Jan. 14, 1951, she married Clifford Ediger in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include:...

Donald Lee Devault

Donald Lee Devault

Apr 3, 2012

Donald Lee DeVault, 77, died April 3, 2012, at Sunshine Meadows Nursing Home, Buhler, Kan. He was born Dec. 16, 1934, to Leland T. and Ona Mae Wiard DeVault in Hutchinson, Kan. He was a 1953 graduate from Buhler High School. On Jan. 29, 1960, he married Carol Jean Moore in Albert, Kan. She died March 17, 1999. He worked...

G. Merl Caldwell

G. Merl Caldwell

Apr 3, 2012

G. Merl Caldwell, 87, of Hutchinson, died April 3, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Merl was born March 4, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Lester and Florence Smith Caldwell. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he was a 1942 graduate of Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Junior College, and after his military service, attended the University of Kansas. He was...

Francis E. Stambaugh

Francis E. Stambaugh

Apr 3, 2012

Francis E. 'Gene' Stambaugh, 83, died April 3, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 7, 1928, on a farm in Clear Creek Township, Stafford County, the son of Victor and Gladys Glaze Stambaugh. He married Carol Tidwell on July 13, 1957. He became a Christian when he was baptized into Christ along with his wife Carol...

Nadine Redinger

Nadine Redinger

Apr 1, 2012

Nadine Redinger, 91, of Hutchinson, died April 1, 2012, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Nadine was born Dec. 7, 1920, in Holdenville, Okla., the daughter of William DeOlna and Harriet Elizabeth Martin Norris. She grew up in and attended school in Liberal, where she graduated from Liberal High School in 1938. She graduated from Salt City Business College in 1939....

Marjorie Mae Baerg

Marjorie Mae Baerg

Mar 31, 2012

BUHLER - Marjorie Mae Baerg, 82, died March 31, 2012, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Leland Tasaway and Ona Mae (Wiard) DeVault. Marjorie married Royce D. Baerg on Nov. 18, 1949, in Inman. He died Sept. 22, 2002. She was the registrar at Manhattan High School for 20 years and belonged to...

Esther Marie Current

Esther Marie Current

Mar 30, 2012

Esther Marie Current, 73, died March 30, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 6, 1938, in Griggs, Okla., to George and Swanny Twombly. On May 1, 1959, she married Raymon Bencil Current in Clayton, NM. She retired in 2003 from LR Foy Construction as secretary and payroll clerk. Survivors include: her husband, Ray of the home;...

Charlie E. Sallee

Charlie E. Sallee

Mar 29, 2012

Charlie E. Sallee, 70, died March 29, 2012, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born July 2, 1941, in Chadwick, Mo., the son of Herman and Viola (Pruitt) Sallee. He was a machinist, working for Cessna and Eaton Corps., retiring after 32 years. Charlie was a member of Temple Baptist Church, where he served as a...

Michael Eugene Meyer

Michael Eugene Meyer

Mar 29, 2012

Michael Eugene "Mike" Meyer, 50, a resident of Disability Supports of the Great Plains, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012. He was born in Wichita on January 2, 1962, the son of Gene and Judy Cantrell Meyer. He graduated from West High Special Education, Wichita, in 1983. He was dearly loved by the staff and residents of Disability Supports for...

Hilda Elizabeth Eibert

Hilda Elizabeth Eibert

Mar 28, 2012

Hilda Elizabeth Eibert, 83, of Hutchinson, died March 28, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. Hilda was born Aug. 29, 1928, in Cordell, Okla., the daughter of Isaac and Marie Duerksen Frey. She graduated from Newton High School in 1947. Hilda worked for many years at Dillons Bakery and co-owned and operated Econowash Laundromat along with her husband. She attended...

Betty Gene Gore

Betty Gene Gore

Mar 28, 2012

Betty Gene Gore, 77, died March 28, 2012, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 20, 1934, Ginger Blue, Mo., to Bruce and Mary Ellen Burrow Woodworth. On June 20, 1951, she married Gene Gore in Hutchinson. She worked in the Cessna Cafeteria and then was a CNA at Grace Hospital and Hutchinson Hospital. Betty was a member...

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