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...
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
