Rachel Leah Durr
Jul 20, 2011
Rachel Leah Durr, 94, died July 20, 2011 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1917 in Trego, Kansas to John Jacob and Elizabeth Fabrizius. Rachel was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. On December 12, 1955, she married Delbert Lee Durr in Wakeeney. He died November 10, 2008. Survivors include daughter, Linda Kerschner, Hutchinson;...
Charles H. Wall
Jul 18, 2011
Charles H. Wall, 65, of Hutchinson, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, in his home, July 18, 2011. Charles was born Feb. 23, 1946, in Amarillo, Texas, to Major Russell and Alta Wall. Recently retired, Charles was the master mason of Charles H. Wall Masonry. He was a skillful craftsman in brick and stone. He was also an avid...
Peter E. Rumback
Jul 16, 2011
Peter E. Rumback, 62, died July 16, 2011, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born March 16, 1949, in Hoxie, Kansas, the son of Walter and Julita Marie Weigel Rumback. He was a 1967 graduate of Trinity High School and he then served in the Army from 1968-1971. Peter loved to cook and worked as a waiter for various restaurants,...
Darryl Bradford Cunningham
Jul 16, 2011
Darryl Bradford Cunningham, 63, died July 16, 2011. He was born May 31, 1948, at Danville, Ill., the son of Ivan "Brad" and Anna Mae Nicely Cunningham. He has been a Hutchinson resident the past six years, had grown up in Danville, Ill. and had graduated from Danville High School and Danville Area Community College, and was a member of...
Bobby Herbert Copeland
Jul 14, 2011
Bobby H. Copeland, 73, of Hutchinson, died July 14, 2011, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1938, at Joplin, Mo., the son of Bert and Zana Chubb Copeland. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1956, and immediately entered the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy, he served on the U.S.S. Manley. He moved to Hutchinson in 1972,...
Edwin D. "Ed" Downard
Jul 11, 2011
Edwin D. "Ed" Downard, 80, died July 11, 2011. He was a laborer at Cargill Salt in Hutchinson. He married Loretta B. Brown on June 20, 1957, in Raton, N.M. She died March 22, 2010. Survivors include: son, Michael R. Downard, Hutchinson; daughter, Kathy Johnson, Hutchinson; brother, Floyd Downard, Hutchinson; and a grandson. Cremation has taken place. Graveside service and...
Elizabeth Rose Hoffman
Jul 11, 2011
Elizabeth Rose Hoffman died July 11, 2011 in Wichita. She was born April 3, 2011 in Wichita to Kristena Constuble and John Hoffman. Survivors include her parents; brother Jaxson, Parsons; grandparents, Donald and Mary Hoffman, South Hutchinson, and Daniel and Venus Constuble, Parsons and great grandparents, Leslie and Marie Gentry, Ardmore, OK. A private family service will be held at...
Kathleen Elizabeth Frank
Jul 10, 2011
Kathleen Elizabeth Frank, 66, went home to be with the Lord on July 10, 2011, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Bartlesville , Okla., the daughter of Samuel M. and Bonnie Maxine Combs McClure. Survivors include: four children, Lorresa Wilson of Oklahoma, Irene Hetrick, and John Frank of Hutchinson, and Raymond Frank of Inman; two brothers,...
Esther A. Clothier
Jul 8, 2011
Esther A. Clothier, 94, of Hutchinson, formerly of Sylvia, died July 8, 2011, at Hospice House. She was born April 13, 1917, at Paradise, Kansas, the daughter of Jonathan C. and Caroline Pauline Kohler Maier. She graduated from Russell High School in 1934, and Brown-Mackie Business College in Salina in 1935. She was a homemaker and had worked as a...
Neva Fay Finney
Jul 8, 2011
Neva Fay Finney, 93, died July 8, 2011, at Hester Care Center. She was born Sept. 3, 1917, in Emporia, to Roy and Grace Stead Gatewood. Neva was a substitute teacher for the Hutchinson elementary schools. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years, and was part of the United Methodist...
J. Harold Ricker
Jul 8, 2011
J. Harold Ricker Sr., 80, died July 8, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1931, at the family farm near Alden, Kan., the son of John L. and Anna R. Miller Ricker. Harold graduated from Alden High School in 1949. He was a farmer and stockman until retiring in 2002, and then he mowed for...
Kevin Mark Crabbs
Jul 7, 2011
Kevin Mark Crabbs, 50, died Thursday, July 7, 2011. He was born April 17, 1961, in Hutchinson, the son of Charles and Rita Garcia Crabbs. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School, member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, and warehouse receiver at Sonoco with over 33 years of service. He is survived by two sons, Timothy Crabbs,...
Oma Jean Hearlson
Jul 7, 2011
Oma Jean Hearlson, 76, died July 7, 2011 in Hutchinson. She was born October 24, 1934 in Offerle, Kansas to Edmund Albert and Laura Amelia Kurth Boehme. Oma graduated from Offerle High School in 1951 and attended Friends University. She retired from Southwestern Bell and worked at Hutchinson Correctional Facility. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and...
Cynthia Joan Beshore
Jul 7, 2011
Cynthia Joan Whitlock Beshore, 60, was born July 18, 1950, in Hutchinson and died July 7, 2011, at Hospice House of Reno County. In October 2008, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She fought for 2 years and 8 months, but peacefully lost her battle. She was a Nickerson resident from 1969 through 2003 working in the community as a...
Grace N. Kincaid
Jul 5, 2011
Grace N. Kincaid, 97, died July 5, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 22, 1913, in Nickerson, to John and Frances Stuart Nininger. A lifetime Reno county resident, she was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church. On May 15, 1937, she...
Alexis Nicole Martin
Jul 5, 2011
Alexis "Lexi" Nicole Martin, 2 months and 21 days, passed away July 5, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 16, 2011 to Chelsey and Patrick Martin Jr. Survivors include her parents, brother, Cameron Stevens, of the home; grandparents, Michele and Daran Slack, Hutchinson, Eska Ward, Hutchinson, Patrick Martin Sr, Eureka, Harry Clayton Jr, Lyons; great...
Donna A. Cartwright
Jul 4, 2011
Donna A. Cartwright, 92, passed away July 4, 2011 at Thorne Care Center. She was born April 12, 1919 in Langdon to Arthur E. and Estella A. Miller Hobbs. She graduated from Langdon High School and Wichita State University. On June 19, 1960, she married Howard B. Cartwright at Arlington. He passed away November 30, 1982. A resident of Arlington...
Mary Marie Mckee
Jul 3, 2011
NICKERSON - Mary Marie McKee went to be with her Lord, Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 2, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John C. and Eleanor Lyon Brown. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School, Sterling College and Emporia State University, a member of Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church, a member...
Everett A. "Duke" Bankey
Jul 3, 2011
STERLING - Everett A. "Duke" Bankey, 92, passed away July 3, 2011, at Presbyterian Manor in Sterling, Kan. He was born April 27, 1919, at El Dorado, Kan., to William and Ruth Doris Bankey. He married Lola M. Davenport on July 28, 1940, in McPherson, Kan. He had been an oil well pumper around Sterling for 26 years and worked...
Betty Mae Ratzlaff
Jul 2, 2011
Betty M. Ratzlaff, 83, of Hutchinson, died July 2, 2011, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born Oct. 1, 1927, at Buhler, the daughter of John and Alice Warkentine Wall. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1945. Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She had worked for 17 years as a secretary...
