William E. "Billy" Wille
Jan 10, 2025
William E. "Billy" Wille, 58, of Andale, died January 10, 2025, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita. He was born May 8, 1966, in Kansas City, MO, to Philip M. and Carol J. (Fraser) Wille, Sr.
Billy attended Nickerson High School. He worked as a welder for AGCO, Hesston, for over 15 years and the Excel...
Christi Sue Hutchinson
Jan 9, 2025
Christi Sue Hutchinson, 51, died January 9, 2025, in Goodland. Â She was born September 29, 1973, in Nampa, ID, to Eugene and Marjorie Nevil (Marshall) Hutchinson. Â After her father's death, Christi's mother married Christopher Zink, who helped raise Christi.
Christi graduated from Sterling High School in 1992, earned her bachelor's degree, and was one class shy from...
Sandra "Sandy" M. Wedman
Jan 8, 2025
Sandra Mayree "Sandy" Wedman, 77, died January 8, 2025, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Â She was born July 12, 1947, in Hutchinson, to Keith Fredrick and Barbara Lou (Skellenger) Hobbick.
Sandy graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965. Â She worked for many years at Wells Aircraft as their parts manager. Sandy later worked for the Dillons Corporate Office...
Gary Ronald Mezger
Jan 8, 2025
Gary Ronald Mezger, age 78, of Wichita, passed away January 8, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. He was born August 4, 1946, to Lawrence Walter and Esther Agnes (Malone) Mezger.
Gary grew up in Raymond and Macksville, Kansas. They then relocated to Oklahoma where he graduated from Nowata High School. He earned a BS and MS...
Pamela L. Carey
Jan 6, 2025
Pamela L. Carey, 72, passed away at Hospice House, Hutchinson, on January 6, 2025. Born on January 19, 1952, in Hutchinson, she was the daughter of John M. and Patricia J. (Bosse) Carey.
A longtime resident of Austin, TX from 1966 to 1998, Pamela also lived in Hutchinson and Ellinwood. She lived at TECH in Hutchinson from...
Ismael Cordero
Jan 6, 2025
Ismael Cordero, 79, of Hutchinson, died January 6, 2025, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 15, 1945, in Pozo De Gamboa, Zacatecas, Mexico to Francisco and Angela De Los Angeles Cardona Olivo Cordero.
Ismael came to the United States at the age of 18 and earned his citizenship in 1992 at the age of 47....
Jacob Aich
Jan 4, 2025
Jacob Francis Aich, 36, of Hutchinson, died January 4, 2025. He was born January 20, 1988, in Hutchinson, to Donald Aich and Jeanne Davis.
Jake graduated from Kingman High School in 2006 and received his BSN from Hesston College in 2020. He worked as an OR nurse at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for 4 years. Prior to...
Helen M. Pickerill
Jan 3, 2025
Helen M. Pickerill, 98, died January 3, 2025, at Homestead Assisted Living, Olathe. She was born March 27, 1926, in Salina, to Jim and Esther (Howard) Southworth.
Helen graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1944. She and her husband, Dean, owned and operated F.J. and Sons Block Company, South Hutchinson, for many years. Helen later became a...
Lucas A. Avery
Jan 3, 2025
Lucas Allen Avery, 38, of Hutchinson, died January 3, 2025, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1986, in Hutchinson, to Franklin James Avery and Shauna Lee (Lucas) Eash.
Lucas graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2005. He proudly served in the US Army for 6 years before medically retiring in 2013. Lucas was...
Regina Parsons
Jan 2, 2025
Regina Arleen Oller Parsons passed away peacefully on January 2, 2025, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Born September 13, 1948, she was the second of four children born to the late George W. Oller and Letha Leota (Applegate) Oller.
Regina grew up in Kansas and graduated from Woodston High School. She later attended Brown...
Mildred J. "Minnie" Mcgonigle
Jan 2, 2025
Mildred Janet "Minnie" McGonigle, 93, died January 2, 2025, at Mennonite Friendship Communities. Â She was born June 17, 1931, in rural Nickerson, to Fred and Laura (Stille) Beck.
Mildred graduated from Reno Community High School, currently Nickerson High School, and received her bachelor's degree from McPherson College. Â She started her teaching career by teaching in Larned for...
John D Jones
Jan 1, 2025
John D. Jones, 86, of Hutchinson, died January 1, 2025, at his residence. He was born March 4, 1938, in Burrton to Lloyd and Mabel (Smith) Jones.
John attended Partridge High School and graduated with the class of 1956. He earned his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University. John was an enthusiastic Wildcat fan, especially for basketball...
Russell Hoffman
Dec 30, 2024
Russell Lee Hoffman, 41, of Hutchinson, died December 30, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center, in Wichita, with his family by his side. He was born March 1, 1983, in Wichita, to Thomas E. "Tom" and Marilyn K. (Hermes) Hoffman.
Russell graduated from Pretty Prairie High School and received his associate's degree in Small Business Management / Entrepreneurship...
Greg Teague
Dec 30, 2024
Gregory "Greg" James Teague, 65, of Hutchinson, died December 30, 2024, at his home. He was born February 3, 1959, in Wichita, to Burns Melvin Teague and Leona Omega (Hamilton) Teague.
Greg lived the majority of his life in Hutchinson, attended Hutchinson High School, and later became a master welder and auto body repairman by trade, working...
Shirley Waddle
Dec 29, 2024
Shirley Mae Waddle, 95, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024. She was born at her family home in Washburn, Missouri on November 11, 1929, to Dewey and Aubrey (Schell) Scantlin.
Shirley graduated from Haven High School in 1947. On September 5, 1955, Shirley married Richard Waddle of Abbyville, Kansas. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage...
Debra Lee Keller
Dec 28, 2024
Debra Lee Keller, 68, died December 28, 2024, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born November 12, 1956, in Hays, KS, to Verlin "Red" J. and Virginia "Ginger" L. (Ross) Pfeifer.
Debra graduated from Hill City High School, Hill City, KS. She worked as an office manager for Pfeifer Well Service and later at Executive Promotions...
Carolyn W. Conrad
Dec 28, 2024
Carolyn W. Conrad, 85, died December 28, 2024, at her daughter's home. She was born November 17, 1939, in Creston, NE, to Clinton E. and Neva L. (Henry) Polark.
Carolyn graduated from Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College. She worked at Western Foods, Taco Grande, and was a shelf stocker at Walmart for over 23...
Daniel L. "Danny" Cain
Dec 27, 2024
Daniel L. "Danny" Cain, 72, died December 27, 2024, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 13, 1952, in Sterling, to Marvin E. and Virginia L. (Detwiler) Cain.
Danny graduated from Sterling High School in 1970. He worked as a laborer at Compass Minerals, Lyons, for 49 years, retiring in 2023. Danny enjoyed playing cornhole with...
Margaret "Chris" Zongker
Dec 26, 2024
Margaret Christine "Chris" Zongker, 89, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024, at Homestead Assisted Care facility in Derby. Â She was born April 14, 1935, the youngest of 5, to William and Ida Miller in Hutchinson, Kansas.
After high school, on Dec 26, 1953, Chris married Merle Jo Zongker of Plevna. She promptly settled into the role of...
Kenneth "Ken" Eckrote
Dec 26, 2024
Kenneth R. "Ken" Eckrote, Jr., 90, passed away December 26, 2024, at Hester Care Center- Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, KS. Â He was born February 1, 1934, to Kenneth and Catherine (Connell) Eckrote, Sr., in Darby, PA.
Ken graduated from Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL, in 1952 and from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree...
