Margaret Alice Conkling
Oct 11, 2011
PARTRIDGE - Margaret Alice Conkling, 89, died Oct. 11, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 13, 1922, in Arlington, Kan., to Edgar H. and Mary Elizabeth Busch Belt. She was a 1940 graduate of Partridge High School. She was a homemaker, a farm wife and longtime cook at the Partridge Grade School. She attended the...
Helen Blazina
Oct 10, 2011
Helen Blazina, 92, died Oct. 10, 2011, at Lyons Hospital, Lyons, Kan. She was born Aug. 18, 1919, to James and Mary Brant Brozek in Wilson, Kan. She graduated from Lucus High School and later became a LPN for Lyons and Hutchinson Hospitals. She was also a lifetime member of the Ladies V.F.W. Auxiliary Post #3184, Lyons, Kan. She also...
Lyle W. Zahorsky
Oct 10, 2011
NEWTON - Retired Army Sergeant First Class Lyle W. Zahorsky, 43, passed away Oct. 10, 2011, at his home in Newton. He was born June 25, 1968, in El Dorado. Lyle joined the U.S. Army on Feb. 28, 1987, and retired March 3, 2007. During his time in the military he did two tours in Iraq. Those left to remember...
Judy A. Wichert
Oct 9, 2011
Judy A. Wichert, 67, died Oct. 9, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 27, 1944, in Attica, to Harold H. and Mary V. Kaup Countryman. She was an active member of The Corner Stone Baptist Church. Judy graduated from the McPherson School of Practical Nursing. On Sept. 20, 1987, she married Earl Wichert. He survives. Other...
Elmer Lloyd Holmes
Oct 8, 2011
PLEVNA - Elmer Lloyd Holmes, 95, died Oct. 8, 2011. He was born Dec. 28, 1915, in Plevna, the son of Murray and Elizabeth Nusser Holmes. He was a farmer in the Plevna community. He met Vina Hamm at Sterling College and they married Sept. 18, 1948. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Syd and wife Mary, Hutchinson, and...
Ila Fern Martin
Oct 7, 2011
Ila Fern Martin, 95, died Oct. 7, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 24, 1916, in Stamford, Nebraska, the daughter of Claude R. and Ethel (Woodruff) Pittman. She graduated from Stamford High School and later attended a business school in Los Angeles, California. Ila served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II as...
Peggy Joyce Gee Wilson
Oct 6, 2011
Peggy Joyce Gee Wilson, 77, died Oct. 6, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 27, 1933, in Wyandotte, Okla., the daughter of Richard L. and Cecil (Wilson) Gee. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1951. Peggy then enlisted and served in the Air Force. She later worked for Belco and retired from Collins Industries. Peggy married...
Randy Jon Kiser
Oct 6, 2011
Randy J. Kiser, 65, died Thursday, October 6, 2011. He was born January 2, 1946, in Independence, Kansas, the son of Frank and Melba Merrill Kiser. He was a Hutchinson High School graduate and was raised in the First Christian Church. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. Randy had been a correctional officer with the Hutchinson Correctional...
Virgie Margaret Goerl
Oct 5, 2011
Virgie Margaret Goerl, 88, died Oct. 5, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Chase, Kan., the daughter of John Godfried and Mary Elizabeth Hoover Dressel. Virgie was a 1940 graduate of Chase High School. She was a former member of Little River United Methodist Church and Ebenezer Methodist Church of Lyons and was a...
Dora Irene Griggs
Oct 4, 2011
Dora Irene Griggs, 94, died Oct. 4, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 11, 1917, in Plevna, to Clarence and Mabel James Dunham. Dora was a devoted mother, church secretary, former Sunday school teacher, and member of Keystone Sunday school class. She married Warren W. Griggs on Jan. 17, 1941, in Hutchinson. He died April 13,...
Maurietta Jesse Patterson
Oct 4, 2011
Maurietta J. Patterson (Hagaman), 99, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Oct. 4, 2011. She was born June 21, 1912, to Fred and Abbie Hagaman, at Tyrone, Okla. On April 1, 1934, she married Frank Patterson in Ulysses, Kan. While she and Frank lived in Copeland, Kan., Maurietta was active in the Methodist Church, was a leader for Theta Rho Girls Club,...
Carol J. Lemen
Oct 3, 2011
Carol J. Lemen, 69, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 3, 2011, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 14, 1942, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clarence and Virginia Torbett Reid. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, she attended school in Hutchinson and was a member of the Medora Community Bible Church. She was a homemaker. Carol married...
Wanda Lee Cornwell
Oct 1, 2011
Wanda Lee Cornwell, 74, died Oct. 1, 2011, at Asbury Park, Newton. She was born July 7, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William "Bill" and Della Edith (Woods) Lehman. Wanda graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1955. She is survived by two brothers, Kenny Lehman, Caney, KS and Dennis Lehman, Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will be in...
Maxine L. Martin
Sep 30, 2011
Maxine L. Martin, 87, of Hutchinson, died September 30, 2011 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born December 12, 1923 at Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Orville & Matilda Pauline Schuler Starner. Maxine attended school in Eureka, Kansas. She retired from Hutchinson Hospital after 23 years working in the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). Maxine was a member of the...
Leon J. Eikleberry
Sep 29, 2011
Leon J. Eikleberry, 94, died September 29, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 30, 1917, in Arlington, Ks, the son of Jesse Lee and Beulah Mae Shackelford Eikleberry. He attended Arlington and Hutchinson Schools. Leon was the former co-owner of A-1 Camper Sales of Wichita and a retired leadman in the Anodizing Department at Boeing. He...
Danielle Dawn Mathis
Sep 29, 2011
Danielle Dawn Mathis, 36, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sept. 29, 2011. She was born Dec. 9, 1974, in Wichita, to Don and Jenny Helm Scott. She graduated from Haven High School in 1993. A resident of Hutchinson for a year, coming from Belle Plaine, she was a home health aide. Danielle attended...
George Allen Wetzel
Sep 28, 2011
George Allen Wetzel, 97, passed away Sept. 28, 2011, after an extended illness at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. George was born July 16, 1914, in Canton, Ill., to George M. and Daisy Wetzel. He spent his youth living in Chicago. George graduated from the University of Illinois in 1939, earning a Bachelor Degree in Education. He also had great...
Betty J. Finch-Solida
Sep 28, 2011
Betty J. Finch-Solida, 82, died September 28, 2011, at her home. She was born August 9, 1929, to Ralph Leland and Agnes Lucile Herman Allphin in Wichita, KS. She attended school at Salt City Business College and some at Adela Hale Business College to become a bookkeeper. She married Art Finch. He died Dec. 24, 1965. Later she married John...
Donna D. Ballinger
Sep 27, 2011
Donna D. Ballinger, 63, died Sept. 27, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1948, in Fairbury, Neb., to Herbert O. and Helen M. Henthorne Graves. She graduated from Fairbury High School and attended Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Donna was a member of Nazarene Missions International Council at First Church of The Nazarene, recipient of...
Harold Devere Conrad
Sep 26, 2011
Harold D. Conrad, 89, died Sept. 26, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. He was born May 24, 1922, in Windom, Kan., to Carl Werner and Sadie Elizabeth (Rainey) Conrad. Harold graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941, and the School of Hard Knocks in 2011. He was a farmer and cattleman. Harold was a lifelong Reno county resident until November 2007,...
