Kenneth Gerald Smith
Nov 24, 2011
Kenneth "Ken" Gerald Smith, 69, died peacefully on Nov. 24, 2011, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Kenneth was born on July 31, 1942, in Van Nuys, Calif., to Vincent and Margaret Ogdon Smith. He was raised in San Francisco, Calif., where he attended high school. Kenneth started working in the grocery business at the age of...
Merril F. Durr
Nov 24, 2011
Merril F. Durr, 86, died Nov. 24, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. Merril was born May 17, 1925, in Bushton, Kan., the son of Floyd and Esther Boldt Durr. He was a 1943 graduate of Ransom High School and then served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He received his B.S. in 1950 and his Masters in 1954...
Ray E. Hague
Nov 22, 2011
Ray E. Hague, 58, died Nov. 22, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 9, 1953, in Oberlin, to Jack and Dorothy Everest Hague. Survivors include: son, Nick Hague and mother, Dorothy Hague, both of Hutchinson. He was preceded in death by his father and sister, Sharon. Cremation has taken place. Private family services will be...
Hazel Viola Christiansen
Nov 22, 2011
BUHLER - Hazel Viola Christiansen, 91, died Nov. 22, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 6, 1920, to W.F. and Jessie McCord Rather in Harper County, Okla. Hazel moved to Hutchinson in 1963 to work at Parrott-Hodnett Goodyear Dealership. She was married to I.W. Parrott in 1973. He died in 1977. In March 1998, Hazel moved to...
Belva J. Swain
Nov 22, 2011
Belva J. Swain, 73, of Hutchinson, died November 22, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born December 28, 1937, in McPherson, the daughter of Emery and Margaret Hart Jones. She attended school in Hutchinson. She was a member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson and was a homemaker. She dedicated her life to her family. Belva married...
Patricia Kathryn Johnson
Nov 21, 2011
Patricia Kathryn Johnson, 91, died Nov. 21, 2011, at Dillon Living Center. She was born March 21, 1920, to Edward Charles and Mabel Quirk Newer in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was a 1937 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in El Reno, Okla., and attended Our Lady of the Lakes College in San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City University. On April...
Laveda Lee Moyer
Nov 20, 2011
PARTRIDGE - Laveda Lee Moyer, 86, died Nov. 20, 2011, at her home in Partridge, Kan. She was born Sept. 10, 1925, in Argonia, Kan., the daughter of Willard and Southie Hopson Stephens. She was a teacher of grades 1-6 in a one-room school house, a farm wife and a homemaker. Laveda collected vintage dolls, glassware and antiques. On June...
Loma L Frederick
Nov 18, 2011
Loma L. Frederick, 80, died Nov. 18, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 4, 1931, in Florence, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Hope Koch. Loma graduated from Florence High School in 1949. She retired as an office manager for the Associated Veterinary Services in South Hutchinson. Loma was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She...
Vernon M. Reinke
Nov 18, 2011
Vernon M. Reinke, 88, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. He was born in Nickerson on Sept. 22, 1923, the son of Rudolph E. and Amy Lewis Reinke. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He is survived by: four sisters, Lucille Woods of Lawrence, Violet Wilson of Wichita, Florence Poncin of Lyons, and Irene Dick of Vancouver, Wash....
Bonnie J Tucker
Nov 18, 2011
Bonnie J. Tucker, 70, passed from this life to her eternal rest, on Nov. 18, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 15, 1941, in Coldwater, Kan., the daughter of Glenn and Tressie Attaberry. Bonnie retired from the Kroger Cash Offices after 33 years. She was a member of Crestview Bible Church. Bonnie married Harold D....
Pauline "Meema" Fager
Nov 18, 2011
ELLSWORTH - Wynona Pauline "Meema" Fager, 71, died Nov. 18, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born July 2, 1940, in St. John, the daughter of James and Roberta Krenzel Curtis. She was a homemaker. On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Paul Joseph Fager in Pratt. He died July 29, 1986. Survivors include: a son Joe and Brenda...
Floyd E. Smith
Nov 17, 2011
Floyd E. Smith, 89, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 25, 1922, in Chase, Kan., the son of Jake E. and Martha A. Simpson Smith. Floyd was a WWII veteran serving as a PFC with the Army, receiving a Silver Star. On Feb. 5, 1944, he married Viola Williamson in Wiggins, Miss. She died...
Inez J. Olson
Nov 17, 2011
INMAN - Inez J. Olson, 98, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Dec. 3, 1912, in Inman, to Carl Emil and Emilie Otelia Peterson Olson. Inez taught in several elementary schools in McPherson County. She served as a missionary in Tanzania, Africa, for 25 years. She was a member of Andover Lutheran Church, adult...
Charles Burk
Nov 17, 2011
Charles Burk, 62, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Peabody Care Center. He was born March 27, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Robert Q. and Vera V. (Sward) Burk. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church. Survivors include: a son, Eric Burk and many cousins. He was preceded in death by: his parents and grandparents. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service...
Dale O. Butler
Nov 12, 2011
Dale O. Butler, 51, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 12, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. Dale was born Oct. 24, 1960, in Hutchinson, the son of Joe and Joyce Morris Butler. Dale was a mechanic and was in the automobile restoration business. He attended Buhler High School. He married Megan Baughman in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons,...
Shirley L. Mann
Nov 12, 2011
Shirley L. Mann, 97, died Nov. 12, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 19, 1914, in Hutchinson, to Walter and Louise Wood Jones. Shirley was very special. She truly cared deeply about people and was accepting and forgiving of everyone. Shirley graduated from KU in journalism, was a Pi Beta Phi sorority member, held a national...
Robert W. Arbuckle
Nov 12, 2011
BUHLER - Robert W. Arbuckle, 82, died Nov. 12, 2011, at Hospice House. Bob was born Jan. 19, 1929, in Hutchinson, the son of Thomas E. Arbuckle, Sr. and Mildred Astle Arbuckle. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946 and the University of Kansas in 1951 with an Architectural Engineering degree. He served with the Navy Seabees during the...
Irene Wilson
Nov 9, 2011
Irene Wilson passed away Nov. 9, 2011, in Stockbridge, Ga., at the age of 98. She was born May 19, 1913, in Hutchinson, to Arthur A. and Beulah Ackerman Schanbacher. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1931 and was active in their reunions until the 60th. A member of Westside Baptist Church, she was a DVBS teacher and Sunday...
Marshall G Dixon
Nov 9, 2011
Marshall G. Dixon, 89, died Nov. 9, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Michigan. He was born June 20, 1922, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Edward and Laura Mary Ann Norton Dixon. He was a Cooley High School, Detroit, Mich., graduate and a carpenter in the health care industry. On July 1, 1947, he married Betty...
Ladonna J. Fredrick
Nov 8, 2011
LaDonna J. Fredrick, 74, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 8, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born June 8, 1937, at Central City, Ky., the daughter of Roy and Virginia Spicer Wilson. LaDonna graduated from Our Lady of Sorrows High School in Cicero, Ill. She was the assistant manager of the G.N.C. Store in Hutchinson. LaDonna attended Emanuel Lutheran...
