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Douglas Clair Huffman

Douglas Clair Huffman

Nov 8, 2011

Douglas Clair Huffman, 86, died Nov. 8, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Hutchinson, to Ed and Mary (Miller) Huffman. Doug graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943, and Hutchinson Community College in 1950. A retired postal clerk, he was a member of First Baptist Church. Doug served in the United States Navy during WWII...

Clifford Carson Treaster, Sr.

Clifford Carson Treaster, Sr.

Nov 8, 2011

Clifford Carson Treaster Sr., 89, died Nov. 8, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson, Kan. He was born Nov. 22, 1921, in Hannibal, Mo., to James Frank and Nora Frances Richards Treaster. He worked in construction and was a machinist most of his life. On June 6, 1942, he married Blanche Irene Cates in Hannibal, Mo. She survives. Other...

Marguerite Rose Voss

Marguerite Rose Voss

Nov 8, 2011

Marguerite R. Voss, 83, died Nov. 8, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 1, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clayton and Helen Hildyard Schlatter. Marguerite graduated from Reno County High School in class of 1946, and Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker and had worked as the librarian at Nickerson City Library for 20...

Alice B. Smith

Alice B. Smith

Nov 8, 2011

Alice B. Smith, 91, died Nov. 8, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 2, 1920, in Santa Rosa, NM, to George W. and Grace Roberta Duncan Cox. Alice was a member of South Hutchinson Christian Church, charter member of Wheathearts and NARFE. She graduated from Kinsley High School in 1938. On Aug. 14, 1938, she...

Edwin L. Butterfield

Edwin L. Butterfield

Nov 7, 2011

CLAY CENTER-- Edwin L. Butterfield, 93, Clay Center, Kan. passed away on Nov. 7, 2011 at the Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center. He was born to Bernard and Lila (Walker) Butterfield on Dec. 29, 1917 on the family farm north of Overbrook, Kan. He graduated from Overbrook Rural High School in 1936 and from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia...

Chester R. Brown, Sr.

Chester R. Brown, Sr.

Nov 7, 2011

Chester R. Brown Sr., 81, died Nov. 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 21, 1930, in South Hutchinson. Chester was owner and operator of the Healthy Way and was an electrical contractor. Chester was one of Jehovah's Witnesses and an elder in the west congregation for 45 years. On April 4, 1953, he married...

Marilynn Voth

Marilynn Voth

Nov 7, 2011

Ruth Marilynn (Sandy) Voth, 89, of Hutchinson and formerly of Garden City, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Hutchinson. She was born May 27, 1922, in McPherson, Kan., the daughter of Doretta (Harms) Sandy and Charles H. Sandy. After graduating from McPherson College in the class of 1944, where she was named Homecoming Queen, she taught physical education at East...

Inez Mae "Zic" Soule

Inez Mae "Zic" Soule

Nov 5, 2011

Inez Mae "Zic" Soule, 88, formerly of Hutchinson, died Nov. 5, 2011, in Overbrook, Kan. Zic was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Donora, Pa., the daughter of William Earl and Martha Covert London. She was a 1941 graduate of Punxsutawney, Pa. High School and a 1951 graduate of Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa. On June 30, 1951, Zic married Reverend William...

Lois L. Myers

Lois L. Myers

Nov 5, 2011

SYLVIA - Lois Louise Myers, 90, died Nov. 5, 2011. She was born Feb. 14, 1921, at Sylvia, the daughter of Carl Henry and Hazel Delight Cummings Hudson. She was a lifetime resident of Sylvia, graduating from Sylvia High School in 1939, and a member of the Sylvia United Methodist Church. Lois was a homemaker. On Aug. 12, 1940, she...

Alice L. Kirk

Alice L. Kirk

Nov 5, 2011

Alice L. Kirk, 89, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 5, 2011, at Newton Medical Center in Newton. She was born Dec. 9, 1921, near Inman, the daughter of Frank W. and Elizabeth Regehr Kroeker. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939 and Adela Hale Business College. Alice worked as a bookkeeper at Kress' Department Store, and later as the office...

Howard Calvin Warner

Howard Calvin Warner

Nov 5, 2011

Howard Calvin Warner, 89, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. He was born May 17, 1922, at Arlington, the son of Donald Carrol and Cleda Geneva Taylor Warner. He was a 1938 graduate of Arlington High School, a Navy Air Corps veteran, member of Apostolic Christian Church, Wichita, in which he served as song leader, Sunday school teacher and superintendent for...

Kenneth L. Siefkes

Kenneth L. Siefkes

Nov 4, 2011

Kenneth L. Siefkes went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Ken was born on July 19, 1927, in Hudson, Kan., to Johnathan and Martha Mettscher Siefkes. Ken married Joyce Metz on March 23, 1949, in Rolla, Mo. She preceded him in death on May 12, 1997. After serving in the United States...

William Howard Tipton, Sr.

William Howard Tipton, Sr.

Nov 3, 2011

William Howard Tipton, Sr., died November 3, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 19, 1947, the son of Everett L. Tipton, Sr. and Jean Faye Perryman Tipton. He graduated from Newton High School in 1965, and then enlisted in the Navy serving in Vietnam. He retired as a cook for Bernard's Restaurant and was a member...

Jack L. Polley

Jack L. Polley

Nov 2, 2011

Jack L. Polley, 75, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Nov. 2, 2011. He was born on Oct. 9, 1936, in Marshall, Okla., the son of Ora Joseph and Dorothy (Reed) Polley. He graduated from Preston High School, Preston, Kan., in 1954, and then Pratt Junior College in 1956. Jack served with the United...

Floyd A. "Bub" Dean

Floyd A. "Bub" Dean

Nov 1, 2011

Floyd A. "Bub" Dean, 84, died Nov. 1, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 27, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Floyd L. and Emma Schrader Dean. He was a lifetime Hutchinson area resident, attended Hutchinson High School and was a member of the class of 1945. He was a retired farmer, was a member of Kansas...

Lola Marie Bankey

Lola Marie Bankey

Nov 1, 2011

STERLING - Lola Marie Bankey, 89, passed away Nov. 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 6, 1922, at South Hutchinson, the daughter of Leo and Lola Garrison Davenport. She attended school in South Hutchinson. Lola worked as a machinist at Cessna Fluid Power, retiring in 1984. Lola married Everett A. "Duke" Bankey on...

Adahir De Jesus Juan

Adahir De Jesus Juan

Oct 30, 2011

Adahir De Jesus Juan, 15, died Oct. 30, 2011, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 8, 1996, in Oxaca, Mexico, the son of Benito Juan and Elizabeth Ronquillo. Adahir was a freshman at Hutchinson High School and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. He is survived by his parents, Benito and Elizabeth, an older sister,...

Mary E. Colvard

Mary E. Colvard

Oct 30, 2011

Mary E. Colvard, 78, died Oct. 30, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 28, 1933, in Hutchinson, to Patrick J. and Mary C. Smith Frank. On Dec. 22, 1962, she married Vernen Colvard in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: daughters, Catherine Jackson, Berthoud, Colo., Joyce Thompson and husband Jeff, Wichita; a son, Richard Colvard and companion...

Martha Delia Horton

Martha Delia Horton

Oct 29, 2011

PLEVNA - Martha Delia Horton, 78, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. She was born Sept. 9, 1933, in Scott County, the daughter of Ralph and Eleanor Harkness McReynolds. She was a graduate of Scott County High School, Kansas State University and Sterling College, a member of Plevna Community Bible Church in which she was involved in BARACAS, Womens Fellowship, committees,...

Jo Ann Ashby

Jo Ann Ashby

Oct 28, 2011

Jo Ann Ashby, 80, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 28, 2011, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 15, 1930, at Los Angeles, Calif., the daughter of Joe and Mary Redford Turnbow. She moved to Hutchinson from California 10 years ago. She married Samuel N. Ashby on Dec. 2, 1950, in Las Vegas, Nev. He survives with son, Sam S. Ashby...

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