Ruby I. Hynes
Feb 22, 2012
Ruby I. Hynes, 97, died Feb. 22, 2012, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 17, 1915, in Arlington, to Louis Melvin and Dessie Irene (Heller) Dunn. A 1933 graduate of Arlington High School, she was a homemaker. Ruby was a member of Arlington United Methodist Church. On Sept. 3, 1938, she married Phillip Glen Hynes in Abilene....
Alec Richard Heironimus
Feb 21, 2012
Alec Richard Heironimus was born Feb. 21, 2012, and died Feb. 21, 2012, at Newton Medical Center. He is survived by: parents, Rob and Kim Heironimus of Hutchinson; siblings, Daniel, Emily and Daiquiri of Hutchinson; grandparents, William and Candy McMurry of Burrton, Carol Heironimus of Hutchinson, Ron and Judi Heironimus of Little River; and honorary grandma, Ann Dossett of Hutchinson....
Robert Wayne "Toby" Darrah
Feb 21, 2012
Robert Wayne "Toby" Darrah, 82, passed peacefully at Good Samaritan Village on Feb. 21, 2012, after a four-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). He was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Lyons, Kan., to Clarence F. and Minnie Darrah. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 17th and Main Street, Hutchinson, with...
David Burchard Merwin
Feb 20, 2012
David Burchard Merwin, 98, passed away at Golden Living Center in Branson, Mo., on Feb. 20, 2012. He was born Feb. 21, 1913, to Elmer Levi and Mary Emily (Bailey) Merwin in Kinsley, Kansas. In Feb. 1940, he married Viola Rose Korte of Kinsley. To this union, three daughters were born. Viola passed away in 1956. In 1957, he married...
Margaret C. Mitchell
Feb 20, 2012
Margaret C. Mitchell, 85, died Feb. 20, 2012, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 22, 1926, in Granite City, Ill., to Walter and Lily May Lawyer Skelton. She is survived by: sons, Lonnie Gault and James Gault; daughter, Donna Jensen and husband Scott; sisters, Alice Waits and Adalene McDonald; brother, Bud Skelton; 5 grandchildren, Tony Ainsworth, Tom...
Charles "Chuck" R Sprinkle
Feb 20, 2012
Charles R. "Chuck" Sprinkle, 76, of Scottsdale, Ariz. passed away Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. He was born in Hutchinson, Kan., on Nov. 10, 1935. He was a loving husband to Joan (Doench), dedicated father to his three sons, Ray, Mike and Steve and their wives, Kim, Colleen and Leslie. He cherished his family, especially his grandchildren, Melissa, Chelsea, Kathryn, Anna,...
Donna Joan 'Jody' King
Feb 19, 2012
Donna Joan 'Jody' King, 69, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. She was born in Ft. Scott, on Oct. 1, 1942, the daughter of Clarence and Emma May Gillham Gardner. She was a homemaker. Her former husbands were Bob Powell and Douglas W. Payne. On Nov. 26, 1984, she married Kenneth K. King in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: her...
Margaret Frances "Marge" Legg
Feb 18, 2012
Margaret Frances "Marge" Legg, 93, passed away February 18, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born October 15, 1918, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Garland (Payne) Goulding. Marge graduated from Garden City High School. She was the Corporate Secretary/Treasurer of General Air Conditioning and Heating Company, Inc., with her husband, Harland C....
John "John T." Briscoe, Jr.
Feb 17, 2012
John "John T." Briscoe Jr., 71, died Feb. 17, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 23, 1940, in rural Rice County, to John Thomas and Bethel I. Reynolds Briscoe. John worked as an engineer for Eaton-Cessna, Centel Electric and Primus Sterilizing. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, American Legion, Clay County Township Board and...
Annette "Annie" Bush
Feb 16, 2012
Annette "Annie" Bush, 50, died at home, February 16, 2012, from a broken heart. She was born August 31, 1961, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold E. and Dorothy L. Lawrence Roberts. Annie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1979. She worked for Tyson Foods, Inc., in the 1st shift slicing department for the last 14 years. She was married...
William J. "Jim" Edgar
Feb 16, 2012
William J. "Jim" Edgar, 56, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 16, 2012, at his home in Hutchinson. Jim was born July 26, 1955, at Eureka, the son of Eldon and Eloise Lynn Edgar. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1973. Jim was an assembler at Cessna Fluid Power and later Eaton Corp. in Hutchinson. Jim...
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...
