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Emanuel T. "Tim" Sauber
Dec 22, 2011
Emanuel T. "Tim" Sauber, 79, died Dec. 22, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 12, 1932, in Raymond, Kan., the son of Peter M. and Frances (Hoffman) Sauber. He was a 1950 graduate of Ellinwood High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was a 2nd class electrician. Emanuel...
Chris F. Breford
Dec 22, 2011
Chris F. Breford, 68, died, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. He was born March 10, 1943, at Holyrood, the son of Chris G. and Nellie Nelson Breford. He was a graduate of Holyrood High School and a machinist at Eaton Corporation retiring in 1991 with 20 years of service. In 1992, he married Sharon J. Collins Jarrett in Hutchinson. She survives....
Donald K. Spaeny
Dec 21, 2011
Donald K. Spaeny, 86, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 21, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 16, 1925, at Lyons, the son of Ernest C. and Ora Kathryn Runkle Spaeny. He graduated from Lyons High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. Donald was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and...
Judy L. Mccool
Dec 21, 2011
Judy lost her valiant battle with ovarian cancer on December 21, 2011, and will be celebrating this Christmas with Our Heavenly Father. Her death occurred at Hospice House here in Hutchinson. Judy, age 66, was born May 15, 1945, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Joe C. and Marjorie Burden Astle. She had been a Hutchinson resident since she was 4...
Harvey Penner
Dec 19, 2011
Harvey Penner, died Dec. 19, 2011, with his loving daughter by his side, at Good Samaritan Center, a loving and caring home. He was born Aug. 27, 1936, in Medora, Kansas, the son of Cornelieus Jacob and Helena Penner. He was a salesman for Guy's Potato Chips and was the maintenance man for Emanuel Lutheran Church. Harvey was a member...
Lorene B. Rowland
Dec 19, 2011
Lorene B. Rowland, 76, died Dec. 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1935, in Stanton, Texas, to Denverd and Alfretta Bogges Willis. Lorene was a member of First Christian Church. Survivors include: children, Ron Stewart and wife Beverly, Newton, Billy Stewart, Hutchinson, Patsy Whiteford and husband Matthew, Hutchinson, Debbie Rowland, Hutchinson, and Randy Rowland and...
Robert Laurence Kuhns
Dec 18, 2011
ARLINGTON - Robert L. Kuhns, 85, died Dec. 18, 2011, at Haven House, Haven. He was born in Reno County, Kansas, May 12, 1926, to John C. and Grace (White) Kuhns. He was the last survivor of 15 children. On May 24, 1946, he married Irena Fay Fulton. She survives, along with their four children, Claudia Kuhns of Denver, Les...
Robert L. Kuhns
Dec 18, 2011
ARLINGTON - Robert Laurence Kuhns, 85, died Dec. 18, 2011, at the Haven Home. Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Arlington United Methodist Church with Pastor Dennis Wallace presiding. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to the church or Hospice Care of...
Lloyd D. Warner
Dec 18, 2011
Lloyd D. Warner, 84, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 18, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born April 1, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Lloyd and Daisy Nirider Warner. He graduated from Roxbury High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Lloyd was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, as well...
Ruth Johnson
Dec 18, 2011
Ruth Cook Johnson was born Oct. 20, 1920, on a farm four miles east of Haven, the youngest child of William Perry and Ida Mae Sullivan Cook. She attended Mt. Hope Grade School and Haven High School, graduating in 1938. On March 15, 1940, she married Ernest Eugene Johnson. He died Aug. 16, 1998. Ruth was a farm wife in...
Alice Kathleen Saiz
Dec 17, 2011
SALINA - Alice Saiz, 70, of Salina, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at suffering many years with illness. She was born June 27, 1941, to Trinidad and Frances Ruelas in Hutchinson, Kan. Alice loved children so very much that she dedicated her life to teaching. She taught for over 30 years in USD #305. Alice touched the...
Ruth Ann Sutton
Dec 15, 2011
Ruth Ann Sutton, 52, died Dec. 15, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 8, 1959, in Hutchinson, to William and Etta Mae Lowrey Hubbard. Ruth graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1977, and was owner and operator of The Back Porch. She also worked at Hanover Gas Measurement in Hutchinson, Beloit Post Office in Beloit and...
Barbara June Pitts
Dec 14, 2011
Barbara June Pitts, 78, died Dec. 14, 2011, at Life Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1933, in Salina, Kan., the daughter of Clarence M. and Mamie J. (Ostland) Lynn. Barbara was a 1951 graduate of Topeka High School. She worked at Hutchinson National Bank and was a secretary for Tech Inc. On March 15, 1968, she married...
Inota M. Gilley-Shuff
Dec 13, 2011
Inota M. Gilley-Shuff, 72, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 13, 2011, at her home. She was born July 14, 1939, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Otis M. and Inez Wagner Gilley. She attended Central Christian High School in Hutchinson. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church. Inota had been a co-owner and operator of Hamburger Palace for 10 years and...
Kenneth R. Arnett
Dec 13, 2011
Kenneth R. Arnett, 69, died Dec. 13, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 12, 1942, in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of Ernest Roy and Alberta Katherine Davis Arnett. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1961 and was a retired auto parts man, working for A.D. Rayl Motor Company, Jeff O'Neal Ford and...
Clive N. Cunday
Dec 12, 2011
Clive N. Cunday, 86, of South Hutchinson, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Nov. 5, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Frank B. and Winifred Yaughar Cunday. He attended Yaggy School and Nickerson High School. Clive was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II. Clive farmed at Nickerson and worked at...
Paul J. Hoyer
Dec 12, 2011
Paul J. Hoyer, 87, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born July 30, 1924, in Nashville, Kan., to August and Clara Windler Hoyer. Paul graduated from Nashville High School and was a supervisor for Cessna. On Sept. 19, 1948, he married Ruth A. Kroening in Hutchinson. She died March 5, 1998. Paul then married Wilma...
Eugene W. Powell
Dec 12, 2011
Eugene W. "Gene" Powell, 87, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 26, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Theodore S. and Nettie Hamm Powell. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942 and served in the Air Force during World War II. After the war, he attended and graduated from Anderson College in Indiana, taught...
Arlie G. Biles
Dec 11, 2011
Arlie G. Biles, 92, died Sunday in Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1919, in El Dorado, the son of Murray and Walsie Akin Biles. He was a 1937 graduate of El Dorado High School, a 1939 graduate of Salt City Business College, an Army veteran of World War II, a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lions Club, American...
Lorraine Naomi Vokach
Dec 10, 2011
Lorraine Naomi Vokach, 92, died Dec. 10, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1919, in Barneston, Neb., the daughter of Elmer L. and Blanche (Svoboda) Pribyl. She graduated from Barneston High School in 1936. Lorraine was a resident of Hutchinson since 1943 moving from Wichita, and was a lifetime member of the Eagles Auxiliary. On...
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