Craig A. Schoenhoff
Sep 11, 2011
Craig A. Schoenhoff, 56, died Sept. 11, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 22, 1954, in Hutchinson, to John and Barbara Diggs Schoenhoff. Craig is survived by son, Jason Schoenhoff of Hutchinson; daughters, Halie Petty of Haysville and Andrea Schoenhoff of Little River; grandchildren, Blaine Petty, Tylor Bartlett, Keagun Teeter and Taylor Schoenhoff; and ex-wife, Melinda Couch...
Roger R. Berry
Sep 10, 2011
Roger R. Berry, 71, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. He was born Oct. 10, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Mitchell and Dollie Berry. He was a member of First Christian Church, a veteran of U.S. Air Force and had been a Hutchinson City fireman, Dillon warehouseman and retired in 1986 from the City of Hutchinson's waste water...
Phyllis Y. Greatwood
Sep 10, 2011
Phyllis Y. Greatwood, 88, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 10, 2011, at her home. She was born Nov. 10, 1922, at Little River, the daughter of Percy A. and Brita Sophia Hildegard Hubenett Lee. She graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Junior College, and Salt City Business College. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church. Phyllis retired as supervisor of...
Irmgard B. "Irma" Lemen
Sep 9, 2011
Irmgard "Irma" Lemen, 74, died Sept. 9, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 3, 1937, in Ulm/Donau, Germany, to Max and Elizabeth Diessler Blank. On Aug. 28, 1957, she married Meryl R. Lemen in Budigen, Germany. Irma worked in cosmetics at Wiley's and in the Mezzanine at Pegues. She loved to play bingo and go...
Elred E. Burkhart
Sep 8, 2011
Elred E. Burkhart, 87, of Hutchinson, formerly of Kinsley, died Sept. 8, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 18, 1924, at Kinsley, the son of Isadore and Mary Oster Burkhart. He attended school at Saints Peter and Paul Grade School and graduated from Kinsley High School in 1942. Elred was a retired Registered Grade A dairyman...
Verda Faye Hollar Hicks
Sep 7, 2011
Verda Faye Hollar Hicks, 77, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 18, 1934, the daughter of Henry Frost and Ruby Mae Lytle Hollar. Verda graduated from Medicine Lodge High School in 1951. She was a member of First Southern Baptist Church. Verda was a great cook...
Bronc Lee Kraft
Sep 4, 2011
ABBYVILLE - Bronc Lee Kraft, 28, died Sept. 4, 2011, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. He was born March 4, 1983, at Great Bend, the son of Steven Lewis and Janice Lee Jones Kraft. He was a graduate of Fairfield High School, attended Pratt and Dodge City Community Colleges on rodeo scholarships, member of KHSRA, attended Abbyville Community Church, was...
Vergil V. Spangler
Sep 4, 2011
Vergil V. Spangler, 86, died Sept. 4, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 31, 1925, in Lake Worth, Fla., to Vergil V. and Edna Powers Spangler. Verg was the retired co-owner operator of the former Verg and John's Conoco Service Station, which was located at Fourth and Poplar. He was a member of the First Christian Church,...
Marvin E. Chappel
Sep 3, 2011
Marvin E. Chappel, 87, was born to Clifton and Cecil (Rush) Chappel on March 18, 1924. He went to be with his Lord on Sept. 3, 2011. Marvin graduated from Little River High School and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Navy, serving in World War II and until 1946. He married his high school sweetheart, Florene Voth, on June 1,...
Daniel Kauffman
Sep 3, 2011
Daniel Kauffman, 95, of South Hutchinson, went to be with his blessed Lord in the Hospice Room at Mennonite Manor on Sept. 3, 2011. Daniel was born Aug. 3, 1916, in rural Hutchinson. He loved learning and was self-educated after grade 8, becoming an ordained pastor in August of 1946 and bishop in 1951. He served 35 years in Cherry...
Sergio Reza
Sep 3, 2011
Sergio Reza, 48, died Sept. 3, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born May 18, 1963, in Chihuahua, Chih Mexico. He attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and was a construction worker for APAC. Survivors include: a son, Jorge Sergio Reza, Chihuahua, Chih Mexico; four brothers, Crisoforo Reza and Francisco Javier Reza, both of Chihuahua, Chih Mexico, and Miguel...
Norman C. Bos, M.D.
Sep 3, 2011
Norman C. Bos, M.D., 86, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 3, 2011, at the Hospice House. He had suffered from severe pulmonary fibrosis for many months. He was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Chicago, Ill., the only surviving child of Nonna C. and Jean Adams Bos. Dr. Bos had lived in Hutchinson since 1960, practicing orthopaedic surgery at the Hutchinson Orthopaedic...
Opal E. Rayl
Sep 2, 2011
Opal E. Rayl, 90, died Sept. 2, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1920, in Hutchinson, to Earl Thomas and Letha Holt. She graduated from Salt City Business College. Opal was a member of First United Methodist Church, UMW, EHU and was a leader in youth 4-H for many years. She sponsored many high...
Jimmie L. Beltz Sr.
Aug 31, 2011
Jimmie L. Beltz, Sr., 78, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 31, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Hutchinson, the son of Henry Levi and Alvera Marie Moore Beltz. He attended school in Hutchinson and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had owned and operated a mechanic shop in Enders, Neb. for...
Eugene "Gene" Vater
Aug 31, 2011
Eugene H. "Gene" Vater, 90, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. He was born Sept. 16, 1920, in Hutchinson, the son of Herman and Irene Vater. He was a U.S. Army veteran, a member of V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post #1361, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68, Hutchinson-Reno Masonic Lodge #124 A.F. & A.M. and had worked at Cessna for 33 years,...
Donald W. Clark
Aug 31, 2011
Don W. Clark, 91, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 31, 2011, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 16, 1919, in Opine, Montana, the son of Joseph and Sylvia Field Clark. Don's family moved back to Reno Co. from Montana when Don was 10 years old, and Don grew up on the family farm near Kingman. Don attended...
Richard Lee Jerde
Aug 31, 2011
Richard L. "Dick" Jerde, 65, died Aug. 31, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born April 14, 1946, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to Palmer E. and Eula A. Shropshire Jerde. He retired from Eaton Corporation after 35 years. On Nov. 23, 1967, he married Doris Thompson in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: son, Rick Jerde of...
Joshua Grant Nienke "Nitro"
Aug 29, 2011
Joshua Grant Nienke "Nitro," beloved husband and daddy, age 32, went to be with his Father in heaven on Aug. 29, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital,St. Francis, Wichita. He was born April 14, 1979, in Hutchinson, the son of Richard Allen and Margaret Jean Penny Nienke. Josh was an Iraq War veteran serving with the United States Army from 2006...
Geneve Adline "Bobbie" Mauck
Aug 28, 2011
Geneve "Bobbie" C. Mauck, 96, passed away Aug. 28, 2011. She was born May 31, 1915, in the Fair Oaks community of rural Jasper County, Ind., to Earnest L. and Pearl (Lilves) Comer. She moved to Harlingen, Texas in 1949, to Noel, Mo. in 1963, and then to Kansas in 2005. She married Harold Mauck Sr. on Sept. 14, 1936,...
Milton W. Friesen
Aug 25, 2011
Milton W. Friesen, 88, died August 25, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 25, 1923, in Buhler to Henry and Helena Dyke Friesen. Milton was a WWII veteran and retired from the National Guard, a member of First Baptist Church, and was part of Mid-America Detector Club. On November 16, 1947, he married Carmen Talbott, in Hutchinson....
