Kenneth R. Arnett
Dec 13, 2011
Kenneth R. Arnett, 69, died Dec. 13, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 12, 1942, in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of Ernest Roy and Alberta Katherine Davis Arnett. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1961 and was a retired auto parts man, working for A.D. Rayl Motor Company, Jeff O'Neal Ford and...
Clive N. Cunday
Dec 12, 2011
Clive N. Cunday, 86, of South Hutchinson, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Nov. 5, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Frank B. and Winifred Yaughar Cunday. He attended Yaggy School and Nickerson High School. Clive was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in World War II. Clive farmed at Nickerson and worked at...
Paul J. Hoyer
Dec 12, 2011
Paul J. Hoyer, 87, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born July 30, 1924, in Nashville, Kan., to August and Clara Windler Hoyer. Paul graduated from Nashville High School and was a supervisor for Cessna. On Sept. 19, 1948, he married Ruth A. Kroening in Hutchinson. She died March 5, 1998. Paul then married Wilma...
Eugene W. Powell
Dec 12, 2011
Eugene W. "Gene" Powell, 87, died Dec. 12, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 26, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Theodore S. and Nettie Hamm Powell. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942 and served in the Air Force during World War II. After the war, he attended and graduated from Anderson College in Indiana, taught...
Arlie G. Biles
Dec 11, 2011
Arlie G. Biles, 92, died Sunday in Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1919, in El Dorado, the son of Murray and Walsie Akin Biles. He was a 1937 graduate of El Dorado High School, a 1939 graduate of Salt City Business College, an Army veteran of World War II, a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lions Club, American...
Lorraine Naomi Vokach
Dec 10, 2011
Lorraine Naomi Vokach, 92, died Dec. 10, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1919, in Barneston, Neb., the daughter of Elmer L. and Blanche (Svoboda) Pribyl. She graduated from Barneston High School in 1936. Lorraine was a resident of Hutchinson since 1943 moving from Wichita, and was a lifetime member of the Eagles Auxiliary. On...
Laberda J. Crowell
Dec 8, 2011
Laberda J. Crowell passed away at Promise Regional Medical Center on December 8, 2011. She was born on February 4, 1928, in Inman, Kansas to Heinie and Sarah Friesen-Friesen. An only child, affectionately called 'Babe' she grew up on a farm east of Inman on Arrowhead Road. She graduated from Inman High School in 1946. After graduation she moved to...
Odell Morrow
Dec 8, 2011
Odell Morrow, 81, of Hutchinson, died December 8, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born December 1, 1930, in Ft. worth, Texas, the son of David R. and Elva Starnes Morrow. Odell graduated from Lelia Lake High School in Lelia Lake, Texas in 1948. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the 11th Airborne Division...
Peg Wesley Harney
Dec 7, 2011
Peg Wesley Harney, 92, died Dec. 7, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 27, 1919, in Ashland, Ohio, to Henry Evan and Marguerite Spreng Garden. On April 8, 1939, she married C. Milton Wesley in Hutchinson. He died Feb. 27, 1989. On Sept. 18, 1990, she married Thomas A. Harney in Chicago. He died Jan. 5,...
H. Duane Haltom, Sr.
Dec 6, 2011
H. Duane Haltom Sr., 76, died Dec. 6, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1935, at Sterling, the son of Roscoe and Maxine Hughes Haltom. He was a 1953 graduate of Alden High School, a member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, United Methodist Men, Crimestoppers of Reno County and was in law enforcement for 43...
Donald Cecil Frederick
Dec 5, 2011
Donald Cecil Frederick, 93, died Dec. 5, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 27, 1918, in Burrton, the son of Forrest and Louise Frederick. When he was two, his family moved to a farm near Hutchinson, where he grew up. He attended Kent Grade School and graduated from Hutchinson High School. He married Verla Boyer on May...
Joseph Willard Pisano
Dec 4, 2011
Joseph Willard Pisano, 38, went to sing with the angels and be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 4, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1973, in Wichita, to Joseph John and Dorothy Ann (Reger) Pisano. Joseph earned his GED in 1990 then graduated from Kansas State University in 1994, and Hutchinson Community College...
George A. Foster, Jr.
Dec 3, 2011
George A. Foster, Jr., 84, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 3, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 27, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of George, Sr. and Clara A. Zeigler Foster. George graduated from Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community Junior College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, having served in World War II. He...
Kenneth Eugene Baker
Dec 2, 2011
Kenneth Eugene Baker, 78, died Dec. 2, 2011. He was born Nov. 3, 1933, in Flagg, Texas, the son of Faye and Lila Tipton Baker. He graduated from Arlington High School, Hutchinson Community College and Wichita State University with a teaching degree. He served in the Army during the Korean War, and then taught at Mitchell and North Reno Schools,...
Helen F. Heitschmidt
Dec 2, 2011
Helen F. Heitschmidt, 83, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 2, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center. She was born Oct. 2, 1928, in Elbing, Kan., the daughter of Jesse Franklin and Gladys Arlene Flowers James. Helen was a 1946 graduate of Lorraine, Kansas High School. She was a retired secretary for Farm Bureau Claims Office in South Hutchinson, working there for 25...
Joseph E. "Joe" White
Dec 2, 2011
Joseph E. "Joe" White, 78, died Dec. 2, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 31, 1933, in Wichita, to Joseph Percy and Alice Margaret Kerns White. Joe graduated from St. Mary's Cathedral in 1952. He was a member of the Moose Lodge #982, Knights of Columbus Council #612, Independent Insurance Agents of Kansas, and Central Kansas Post-Polio...
Ottalie A. Case
Dec 1, 2011
Ottalie A. Case, 92, blessed us with her presence until December 1, 2011. She was born Nov. 2, 1919, in Adair, Oklahoma, the daughter of George and Clara Waters Smith. She married Bob R. Case on July 16, 1946, in Pratt, KS. He survives with their daughter, Peggy Case of Overland Park, KS; granddaughter, Alexandra Case-Cohen of Lawrence, KS; three...
William J. Von Ruden
Nov 29, 2011
William J. Von Ruden, M.D., 85, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 29, 2011, at Hester Care Center. He was born Aug. 3, 1926, in Hampton, Minn., the son of Dr. Herman A. and Elizabeth Reemer Von Ruden. William grew up in Pontiac, Ill., where he graduated from Pontiac High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946 during...
Bill D. Carroll
Nov 29, 2011
Bill D. Carroll, 89, died Nov. 29, 2011, in Hutchinson. A veteran of World War II, he was a sergeant in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, U.S. Army. Bill was wounded at Monte Cassino, Italy, and spent six weeks in a hospital in North Africa, after which he returned to the front lines to help liberate Rome, then fought his way...
Donna Irene Chestnut
Nov 28, 2011
Donna Irene Chestnut, 74, died Nov. 28, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 3, 1937, in Agra, Kan., to Lyle Clifton and Bernice Marie Miller Morgan. Donna attended Agra High School. She had worked as a mail route contractor and a CNA. On June 19, 1956, she married Glen Edwin Chestnut in Beloit. He died...
