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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...
Laberda J. Crowell
Dec 8, 2011
Laberda J. Crowell passed away at Promise Regional Medical Center on December 8, 2011. She was born on February 4, 1928, in Inman, Kansas to Heinie and Sarah Friesen-Friesen. An only child, affectionately called 'Babe' she grew up on a farm east of Inman on Arrowhead Road. She graduated from Inman High School in 1946. After graduation she moved to...
Odell Morrow
Dec 8, 2011
Odell Morrow, 81, of Hutchinson, died December 8, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born December 1, 1930, in Ft. worth, Texas, the son of David R. and Elva Starnes Morrow. Odell graduated from Lelia Lake High School in Lelia Lake, Texas in 1948. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the 11th Airborne Division...
Peg Wesley Harney
Dec 7, 2011
Peg Wesley Harney, 92, died Dec. 7, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 27, 1919, in Ashland, Ohio, to Henry Evan and Marguerite Spreng Garden. On April 8, 1939, she married C. Milton Wesley in Hutchinson. He died Feb. 27, 1989. On Sept. 18, 1990, she married Thomas A. Harney in Chicago. He died Jan. 5,...
H. Duane Haltom, Sr.
Dec 6, 2011
H. Duane Haltom Sr., 76, died Dec. 6, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1935, at Sterling, the son of Roscoe and Maxine Hughes Haltom. He was a 1953 graduate of Alden High School, a member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, United Methodist Men, Crimestoppers of Reno County and was in law enforcement for 43...
Donald Cecil Frederick
Dec 5, 2011
Donald Cecil Frederick, 93, died Dec. 5, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 27, 1918, in Burrton, the son of Forrest and Louise Frederick. When he was two, his family moved to a farm near Hutchinson, where he grew up. He attended Kent Grade School and graduated from Hutchinson High School. He married Verla Boyer on May...
Joseph Willard Pisano
Dec 4, 2011
Joseph Willard Pisano, 38, went to sing with the angels and be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 4, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1973, in Wichita, to Joseph John and Dorothy Ann (Reger) Pisano. Joseph earned his GED in 1990 then graduated from Kansas State University in 1994, and Hutchinson Community College...
George A. Foster, Jr.
Dec 3, 2011
George A. Foster, Jr., 84, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 3, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 27, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of George, Sr. and Clara A. Zeigler Foster. George graduated from Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community Junior College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, having served in World War II. He...
Kenneth Eugene Baker
Dec 2, 2011
Kenneth Eugene Baker, 78, died Dec. 2, 2011. He was born Nov. 3, 1933, in Flagg, Texas, the son of Faye and Lila Tipton Baker. He graduated from Arlington High School, Hutchinson Community College and Wichita State University with a teaching degree. He served in the Army during the Korean War, and then taught at Mitchell and North Reno Schools,...
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