Sylvia Blanche Proffitt
Nov 25, 2011
Sylvia Blanche Proffitt, 84, died Nov. 25, 2011. She was born Nov. 8, 1927, in Bluefield, W. Va., the daughter of Thurman and Alice Scarberry Hambrick. She married James Henry Proffitt on Sept. 7, 1945, in Tazwell, Va. He passed away on Oct. 16, 2009. Other survivors include: son, Stephen and his wife Donna of Lane, Kan.; daughters, Brenda Haulman...
Ivalee Horne
Nov 25, 2011
Ivalee Horne, 85, died Nov. 25, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Protection, Kan., the daughter of Delmer S. and Juanita E. (Feger) Rathbun. She was a 1944 graduate of Hutchinson High School. Ivalee worked for Central Bank and Trust and Horne Body Shop. She was a member of Crossroads Christian Church...
Nevaeh Sierradawn Castleberry
Nov 25, 2011
Nevaeh Sierradawn Castleberry, four months, passed away Nov. 25, 2011, at her home. She was born July 12, 2011, in Wichita to Brittany Dunn. Survivors include: her parents, Brittany Dunn and Joseph Koehn, of the home; grandmother, Donna Gail Newburn; brother, Ezra Fell Newburn, both of Pensacola, Fla.; sister, Christina Renae Thomas of Durham, Kan.; uncles, Daniel Earl Newburn and...
Allen Michael Frank
Nov 24, 2011
Allen Michael Frank, 23, went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 24, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born June 18, 1988, in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of John A. and Kimberly M. (Fletchall) Frank. Survivors include: parents, John A. and Kimberly M. Frank of Hutchinson; sister, Stacia Bland and husband Trenton of...
Norma Deane George
Nov 24, 2011
Norma Deane George, 82, died Thursday, November 24, 2011. She was born December 6, 1928, at Waynoka, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jack Simmons and Pearl Furrow Vanderslice. She was a 1947 graduate of Waynoka, Oklahoma High School, received her Bachelors degree from Northwestern State University at Alva, Oklahoma and her Masters degree from Wichita State University. She was a member...
Dorothy M. Lay
Nov 24, 2011
Dorothy M. Lay, 96, of Hutchinson, died November 24, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center. She was born November 21, 1915, at La Crosse, the daughter of John George and Elizabeth Westermeyer Healzer. She graduated from Plainview Academy High School, Redfield, South Dakota in 1934 and from Hinsdale School of Nursing, Hinsdale, Illinois in 1940. She was a homemaker and worked...
Kenneth Gerald Smith
Nov 24, 2011
Kenneth "Ken" Gerald Smith, 69, died peacefully on Nov. 24, 2011, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Kenneth was born on July 31, 1942, in Van Nuys, Calif., to Vincent and Margaret Ogdon Smith. He was raised in San Francisco, Calif., where he attended high school. Kenneth started working in the grocery business at the age of...
Merril F. Durr
Nov 24, 2011
Merril F. Durr, 86, died Nov. 24, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. Merril was born May 17, 1925, in Bushton, Kan., the son of Floyd and Esther Boldt Durr. He was a 1943 graduate of Ransom High School and then served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He received his B.S. in 1950 and his Masters in 1954...
Ray E. Hague
Nov 22, 2011
Ray E. Hague, 58, died Nov. 22, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 9, 1953, in Oberlin, to Jack and Dorothy Everest Hague. Survivors include: son, Nick Hague and mother, Dorothy Hague, both of Hutchinson. He was preceded in death by his father and sister, Sharon. Cremation has taken place. Private family services will be...
Hazel Viola Christiansen
Nov 22, 2011
BUHLER - Hazel Viola Christiansen, 91, died Nov. 22, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 6, 1920, to W.F. and Jessie McCord Rather in Harper County, Okla. Hazel moved to Hutchinson in 1963 to work at Parrott-Hodnett Goodyear Dealership. She was married to I.W. Parrott in 1973. He died in 1977. In March 1998, Hazel moved to...
Belva J. Swain
Nov 22, 2011
Belva J. Swain, 73, of Hutchinson, died November 22, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born December 28, 1937, in McPherson, the daughter of Emery and Margaret Hart Jones. She attended school in Hutchinson. She was a member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson and was a homemaker. She dedicated her life to her family. Belva married...
Patricia Kathryn Johnson
Nov 21, 2011
Patricia Kathryn Johnson, 91, died Nov. 21, 2011, at Dillon Living Center. She was born March 21, 1920, to Edward Charles and Mabel Quirk Newer in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was a 1937 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in El Reno, Okla., and attended Our Lady of the Lakes College in San Antonio, Texas, and Oklahoma City University. On April...
Laveda Lee Moyer
Nov 20, 2011
PARTRIDGE - Laveda Lee Moyer, 86, died Nov. 20, 2011, at her home in Partridge, Kan. She was born Sept. 10, 1925, in Argonia, Kan., the daughter of Willard and Southie Hopson Stephens. She was a teacher of grades 1-6 in a one-room school house, a farm wife and a homemaker. Laveda collected vintage dolls, glassware and antiques. On June...
Loma L Frederick
Nov 18, 2011
Loma L. Frederick, 80, died Nov. 18, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 4, 1931, in Florence, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Hope Koch. Loma graduated from Florence High School in 1949. She retired as an office manager for the Associated Veterinary Services in South Hutchinson. Loma was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She...
Vernon M. Reinke
Nov 18, 2011
Vernon M. Reinke, 88, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. He was born in Nickerson on Sept. 22, 1923, the son of Rudolph E. and Amy Lewis Reinke. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He is survived by: four sisters, Lucille Woods of Lawrence, Violet Wilson of Wichita, Florence Poncin of Lyons, and Irene Dick of Vancouver, Wash....
Bonnie J Tucker
Nov 18, 2011
Bonnie J. Tucker, 70, passed from this life to her eternal rest, on Nov. 18, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 15, 1941, in Coldwater, Kan., the daughter of Glenn and Tressie Attaberry. Bonnie retired from the Kroger Cash Offices after 33 years. She was a member of Crestview Bible Church. Bonnie married Harold D....
Pauline "Meema" Fager
Nov 18, 2011
ELLSWORTH - Wynona Pauline "Meema" Fager, 71, died Nov. 18, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born July 2, 1940, in St. John, the daughter of James and Roberta Krenzel Curtis. She was a homemaker. On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Paul Joseph Fager in Pratt. He died July 29, 1986. Survivors include: a son Joe and Brenda...
Floyd E. Smith
Nov 17, 2011
Floyd E. Smith, 89, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 25, 1922, in Chase, Kan., the son of Jake E. and Martha A. Simpson Smith. Floyd was a WWII veteran serving as a PFC with the Army, receiving a Silver Star. On Feb. 5, 1944, he married Viola Williamson in Wiggins, Miss. She died...
Inez J. Olson
Nov 17, 2011
INMAN - Inez J. Olson, 98, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Dec. 3, 1912, in Inman, to Carl Emil and Emilie Otelia Peterson Olson. Inez taught in several elementary schools in McPherson County. She served as a missionary in Tanzania, Africa, for 25 years. She was a member of Andover Lutheran Church, adult...
Charles Burk
Nov 17, 2011
Charles Burk, 62, died Nov. 17, 2011, at Peabody Care Center. He was born March 27, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Robert Q. and Vera V. (Sward) Burk. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church. Survivors include: a son, Eric Burk and many cousins. He was preceded in death by: his parents and grandparents. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service...
