Arless Neomi Moser Eilerts
Feb 15, 2012
FORT WORTH, Texas - Arless Neomi Moser Eilerts passed away Feb. 15, 2012, at Baylor All-Saints Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas. She was born Oct. 5, 1933, in Woodward County, Okla., to Guy McClellan and Mabel May Watkins Moser. The family moved from Woodward to Pawnee County in 1943, where Guy was a farmer and Mabel was a schoolteacher and...
Pauline E. Horton
Feb 15, 2012
Pauline E. Horton, 91, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 15, 2012, at Dillon Living Center. Pauline was born Jan. 11, 1921, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Lee C. and Hattie R. Hoag Field. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1939. She worked for a time at Cessna Fluid Power and later moved to Pratt, and then to Cunningham, where she...
Luella Friend
Feb 14, 2012
Luella Friend, 100, died Feb. 14, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 23, 1911, in Belleville, Ill., to William Edward and Rose Dorothy Koch Friend. Luella graduated from Belleville High School in 1929, attended McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill., and attended Washington and St. Louis Universities and the University of Missouri (Columbia Campus). Luella was...
Joseph Lavon Bontrager
Feb 13, 2012
ARLINGTON - J. LaVon Bontrager, 53, died Feb. 13, 2012, at his home in Arlington. He was born Aug. 7, 1958, in Washington, Iowa, to Eldon E. and Mary Ellen Yoder Bontrager. LaVon was a member of the Arlington Amish Mennonite Church and was a co-pastor at the church. He loved his grandchildren and greatly enjoyed the outdoors. He owned...
Viola Beryl Mount
Feb 12, 2012
Viola Beryl Mount, 91, died Feb. 12, 2012, at North Hills Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas. She was born Jan. 5, 1921, in Haven, Kan., the daughter of Asa E. and Nellie A. Rogers Taylor. She was a longtime Haven resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1999 and then to Fort Worth in 2009. She was a 1938 graduate of Haven High...
Guy Leroy Summers, Jr.
Feb 12, 2012
Guy Leroy Summers, Jr., 96, died Feb. 12, 2012, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson, Ks. He was born July 13, 1915, in Republic County, near Mahaska, Ks., the son of Guy Leroy Summers, Sr. and Alta May Coonrod Summers. He graduated from Mahaska High School in 1932. A resident of Hutchinson since 1955, Leroy worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,...
Connie "Ruth" Wilson
Feb 11, 2012
Connie "Ruth" Wilson, 84, a longtime resident of Hutchinson, passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Center in Buhler. Born March 9, 1927, in Sharon, Kan., to Claude and Glenna Newberry Catlin. Connie graduated from Salt City Business College in Hutchinson. Connie worked as a secretary for local attorneys and physicians through the years, and she was...
Nadine Margaret Power Yarbrough
Feb 11, 2012
Nadine Margaret Power Yarbrough, 91, died Feb. 11, 2012, at her home. She was born Feb. 17, 1920, in Coffeyville, to Jonathan David and Lydia C. Satchel Power. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1960. She and her husband owned and operated E & D Worm Farm and with their daughter Nancy, they had The Family Waterbed Center. She retired...
Brian L. Bush
Feb 10, 2012
PLEVNA - Brian L. Bush, 49, died Feb. 10, 2012, in a tragic automobile accident, while trying to save his family. He was born Feb. 25, 1962, in Hutchinson, to Cecil and Nell (Allison) Bush. Brian was a 1980 Hutchinson High School graduate. He later graduated from truck driving school in Dodge City. Brian loved participating in mud runs with...
Ada Martha Darrow
Feb 10, 2012
Ada M. Darrow, 95, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 10, 2012, at Hester Care Center. Ada was born Oct. 13, 1916, in Greensburg, the daughter of Roy and Emma Bowman Little. She attended schools in Reno County. A Hutchinson resident from 1942-1982, she retired as the bookkeeper at Duckwall's Dept. Store. She and her husband then moved to Sleepy Valley Ranch,...
David A. Skinner
Feb 9, 2012
STERLING - David Alfred Skinner, 62, died Feb. 9, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born May 17, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Homer Alfred and Leona Jane Bishop Skinner. David was a ham radio operator, loved woodworking, farming and gardening. He was a Civil War buff who loved history and genealogy. David also enjoyed drawing, drafting and learning....
Lila M. Allen
Feb 9, 2012
Lila M. "Penny" Allen, 75, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Hospice House. She was born at Pratt, July 1, 1936, the daughter of Thomas and Cleo Withers Hatcher. She attended New Life Church of the Nazarene and was a member of Loyal Order of Moose #982. Penny had worked at Pegues, Betts Bakery and retired from Graber Elementary food...
Allen L. Roth
Feb 7, 2012
Allen L. Roth, 75, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. He was born in Hutchinson on Feb. 24, 1936, the son of Albert and Mollie Wagner Roth. He was a lifetime Reno County resident, a graduate of Reno County High School, Nickerson, and Kansas State University and was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ. Allen had been a farmer and...
Charles T. "Chuck" Bowman
Feb 6, 2012
Charles T. "Chuck" Bowman, 72, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 6, 2012, at Pine Village in Moundridge. Chuck was born Dec. 12, 1939, at Great Bend, the son of James Orlin and Myrtle Mae Seaman Bowman. He grew up and attended school in Garden City, but graduated from Dodge City High School in 1957. He was a veteran of the U.S....
Gregory L. Smith
Feb 5, 2012
Greg L. Smith, 54, died Feb. 5, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 5, 1958, in St. Louis, Ill., to James William and Faye Florence Jones Smith. On May 22, 1987, he married Teresa Ford in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: daughters, Cortney Smith and Heather Cornick; brothers, Van Smith and Gary Smith; sisters, Kathy...
Tina M. Brandyberry
Feb 5, 2012
Tina M. Brandyberry, 54, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 5, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 22, 1957, in Pratt, to Laurence and Neva (Burgin) Maphet. Tina was a member of Crossroads Christian Church. She earned her Bachelor's Degree from Friends University in 2008. She was a financial aid secretary at Hutchinson...
Anna M. Schardein
Feb 4, 2012
NICKERSON - Anna May Schardein, 96, died Feb. 4, 2012, at Mille Lacs Health Systems, Onamia, Minn. She was born in Nickerson, Feb. 18, 1915, the daughter of Solomon Otto and Cora Belle Hawver Roth. She was a longtime Nickerson resident, moving to Hutchinson in 2001, then to Wahkon, Minn. in 2007. Anna graduated from Nickerson High School, worked on...
Wayne G. Engler
Feb 2, 2012
Wayne G. Engler, 74, died Feb. 2, 2012, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1937, in Marinette, WI, to George and Esther (Schnell) Engler. He served in the United States Navy for 25 years, retiring in 1983. He also retired from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility and was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross. Wayne married...
Richard "Dick" Junior Wells
Feb 2, 2012
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Richard Junior Wells, 88, died February 2, 2012, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born March 30, 1923, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Richard Ival and Mary Reed Wells. A lifetime area resident, wintering in Texas for 20 years, he was a firefighter with the Hutchinson Fire Department and was Assistant Chief. Along with his...
Albert Henry Van Nest
Feb 1, 2012
Albert H. Van Nest, 79, died Feb. 1, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 29, 1932, in Elk City, to Marvin R. "Bob" and Ruth (Carpenter) Van Nest. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. A retired expert drywaller, he came to Hutchinson from California in the early 1990s. Survivors include: two sons, Jeffrey and...
