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....
Edward Mark Young
Aug 25, 2011
Edward "Mark" Young, 42, died Aug. 25, 2011, at University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colo. He was born March 26, 1969, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Mark graduated from Rush Springs High School, Rush Springs, Okla., in 1989, and attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Hutchinson Community College. He served in the United States Navy from 1990 to 1993. Mark worked...
Maxine E. Marsh
Aug 23, 2011
Maxine E. Marsh Maxine E. Marsh, 91, died Aug. 23, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 9, 1920, in McPherson, to Leon Stanley and Myrtle Irene Suttergran Lloyd. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. She was a retired cook at Hadley Day Care Center, a member of First United Methodist Church, and VFW Auxiliary....
Clarence E. Biggs
Aug 22, 2011
BOISE, Idaho - Clarence E. Biggs, 69, died Aug. 22, 2011, at his home in Boise, Idaho. He was born April 18, 1942, in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of Edward C. and Frances L. Biggs. He graduated in 1960 from Haven High School. Afterward, he was drafted and served in Korea. He enrolled in Fort Hays State University shortly after...
Chris Freeman
Aug 22, 2011
Chris Freeman, 23, of Hutchinson, died August 22, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. He was born September 1, 1987, in Hutchinson, the son of Rodney Guren and Linda Gore Cooper. He attended schools in Nickerson. Survivors include: a son, Anthony R. Freeman, Newton; his parents, Dennis and Linda Cooper, Burrton, and Rodney Guren, Hutchinson; a...
Pauline B. Stotts
Aug 21, 2011
Pauline B. Stotts, 87, died Aug. 21, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Syracuse, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Velma Leeper. Pauline worked at the Reno County Courthouse under Judge Leigh and Judge Wilson, where she had the honor of being appointed Judge Pro Tem by Judge Leigh, and got to marry...
Edward Joseph Miller
Aug 21, 2011
Edward J. Miller, 72, died Aug. 21, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 26, 1938, in Harper County to Walter and Alice Trentman Miller. He graduated from Zenda High School in 1957. A longtime resident of Ellinwood, Edward was an electrician and owned Miller Electric for many years. He belonged to the Fraternal Order of...
Milda Ida Friesen
Aug 19, 2011
Milda Ida Friesen, 96, died peacefully at her home in Hutchinson on Aug. 19, 2011. She was born May 30, 1915, on the family farm near White City, Kan. Her parents were Charles and Ida Pfingsten Koepsel. She graduated from White City High School in 1932. She married her beloved husband John E. Friesen on Aug. 25, 1938, at St....
Franklin Dale "Frank" Kirk
Aug 17, 2011
Franklin Dale "Frank" Kirk, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away at midnight Aug. 17, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer. Frank was surrounded by his family at the time of his passing. Frank was born on Aug. 11, 1930, to Nels Christensen Kirk and Helen Escher Kirk in Harlan, Iowa. He graduated from Harlan High School in...
