Lenora Laurene Wiens
May 2, 2012
Lenora Laurene Wiens, 94, died May 2, 2012, at Showalter Villa, Hesston. She was born March 16, 1918, in Inman, Kan., the daughter of Martin and Helen Lena (Ratzlaff) Dirksen. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. Lenora was a member of First Christian Church for over 50 years and was a Boy Scout leader. On April 6, 1940,...
Darleen Jean Hasler
May 1, 2012
Darleen Jean Hasler, 74, died May 1, 2012 at Hospice House. She was born August 6, 1937 in Inman to Frank E. and Ann Darlene (Regehr) Schierling. Darleen graduated from Inman Rural High School in 1955. She retired in 1997 from the former Hutchinson National Bank, after 21 years of service as a teller. A member of New Covenant Presbyterian...
Georgia Anne Smith
May 1, 2012
Georgia Anne Smith, 79, of Lawrence, and formerly of Hutchinson, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community in Lawrence. She was born Sept. 17, 1932, in Hutchinson, the youngest daughter of Harold and Hazel House. She was a 1949 graduate of Partridge High School. Georgia married the love of her life,...
Margaret L. Hill
Apr 28, 2012
Margaret L. Hill, 97, died April 28, 2012. She was born Sept. 19, 1914, to John E. and Veronica Miller. She taught school before her marriage at Riverton Rural School and after her marriage at Fairmount Rural School and later substituted at Partridge Grade School. She was a member of Partridge Community Church since the 1940s and very active in...
Kristen E. Jacobs
Apr 27, 2012
Kristen E. Jacobs, 59, died April 27, 2012, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis, Wichita. She was born July 3, 1952, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of William and Vina (Springer) Rhule. She graduated from Holton High School in 1970 and attended Highland Community College and Washburn University. Kristen was a financial planning assistant with Ameriprise Financial,...
Dalton S. Hill
Apr 27, 2012
Dalton S. Hill, 92, died April 27, 2012, at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1920, in rural Reno County, the son of Fred B. and Grace Stanley Hill. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937, and then attended Kansas State University. Dalton was a farmer and longtime member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church....
Norman E. Kightlinger
Apr 26, 2012
Norman E. Kightlinger, 89, died Thursday, April 26, 2012. He was born in Yuma, Arizona November 1, 1922, the son of Fayette and Mamie Centgraf Kightlinger. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College, a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, served during World War II, a member of American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68,...
Charley Joe Bowman
Apr 25, 2012
Charley Joe Bowman, 77, of Hutchinson, died April 25, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Charley was born Dec. 11, 1934, at Garden Plain, the son of Jim and Mazella Bryer Bowman. He attended school in Chase, and for 30 years worked in security and was boiler room manager at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was a former member of...
Patrick "Pat" Hampel
Apr 25, 2012
Patrick "Pat" Hampel, 71, died April 25, 2012, at Dillon Living Center. He was born March 17, 1941, in Garden Plain to Eugene and Marie (Schick) Hampel. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1959. Pat retired in 2008 from J & J Drainage, where he was a truck driver. He enjoyed cooking and gardening. On May 12, 1967,...
Donnie Lee Ahrens
Apr 23, 2012
Donnie L. Ahrens, 76, died April 23, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 20, 1936, in Hugoton, the son of V. Loraine (Seaman) Ahrens. He attended Hutchinson schools, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1955. He attended Hutchinson Community College and the University of Texas at El Paso. He married Shirley M. Lemen in Hutchinson on July...
Wayne Snell
Apr 23, 2012
Wayne Snell, 92, died April 23, 2012, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 16, 1920, in St. John, Kan., the son of Frank Asbury and Flora Evangeline (Cox) Snell. He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1938 and Dodge City JUCO in 1940. Wayne was a World War II Army veteran, serving from 1945-46. He worked...
Verna Yoder
Apr 23, 2012
Verna Yoder, 71, went to be with her Lord on April 23, 2012. She was born to Jacob N and Barbara Edna Nisly Yoder on Jan. 10, l941. Her last days were at the hospital in Sun City West, Ariz. She moved to Phoenix, Ariz. in 1970. She worked as an LPN at Good Samaritan Hospital. She also worked for...
Phyllis K. Ragland
Apr 23, 2012
Phyllis K. Ragland, 90, died April 23, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1921, in rural Stafford County, to Kirby Daniel and Sarah Margaret Cadman Henry. Phyllis worked at Winchester Packing Co. and retired in 1983. Phyllis is survived by: children, Roberta Evans and husband John, Hutchinson, Bruce Taylor and wife Sharon, Hutchinson, and JoAnn Vine,...
Paul Clinton Higdon
Apr 22, 2012
Paul Clinton Higdon passed away April 22, 2012. He was born July 22, 1934, the son of Dave and Edna Mills Higdon in Seminole, Oklahoma. Survivors include: his wife, Darlene, Hutchinson; a son, Philip (Toni), Topeka; a daughter, Tammy Higdon, Little Rock, Arkansas; a stepson, Mark Stark (Megan), Colorado; two brothers, Tom (Jerri), Benton, and David (Chris), Hutchinson; four grandchildren,...
Shirley Crawford Schmidt-Taggart
Apr 19, 2012
Shirley Crawford Schmidt Taggart, 87, died April 19, 2012, at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 2, 1924, in Lyons, daughter of Ansel E. Crawford and Elsie Potwin Crawford. She attended grade school in Lyons and graduated from Lyons High School in 1942. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in...
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
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
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
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
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...
