Donald Lee Vielbig
Jun 16, 2011
Donald Lee Vielbig passed away June 16, 2011 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 28, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri to Genevea and Joseph Vielbig. He was a member of Wheatland Baptist Church, McPherson. Don was an Army veteran, serving from April 1950 to April 1953. He married Verna Dodson on November 19, 1954. She survives. He is...
Edna D. Yoder
Jun 15, 2011
Edna D. Yoder, 82, died June 15, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 1, 1929, in Thomas, Okla., to Ike and Fannie Gingerich Yoder. On April 16, 1953, Edna married Elmer H. Yoder in Thomas, Okla. He died in December of 2004. Survivors include: sons, Gary Yoder and wife Jewel of Harrisonburg, Va., Duane Yoder...
Jennifer R. Heckel
Jun 14, 2011
Jennifer R. Timmermeyer-Heckel, 27, of Hutchinson, died June 14, 2011, in her home in Hutchinson. She was born July 25, 1983, in Wichita, the daughter of Marc and Carol Oster Timmermeyer. She grew up in Wichita and graduated in 2001 from Wichita Heights High School and later received her Accounting degree from Wichita State University in 2008. She was a...
Barbara Jeannine Schoenhoff
Jun 14, 2011
Barbara Jeannine Schoenhoff, 78, died June 14, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 10, 1932, in Sterling, to William Howard and Minnie Anna Proffitt Diggs. On Feb. 8, 1948, she married John W. Schoenhoff in Wichita Fall s, Texas. He died Aug. 19, 1985. Barbara was retired from Wal-Mart. Survivors include: three sons, Johnny Jr.,...
Frances L. Montgomery Clark
Jun 14, 2011
Frances L. "Fran" Montgomery Clark, 81, died June 14, 2011, at her home. She was born Oct. 29, 1929, in Garden City, to David E. and Kathryn O. Ewy Friesen. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. In 1947, she married Myrle Montgomery in Hutchinson. He died Aug. 27, 1967. She later married W. Dale Clark on Oct. 11, 1968,...
Estaline W. Cockerill
Jun 12, 2011
Estaline W. Cockerill, 87, of Hutchinson, formerly of Scott City, died June 12, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 25, 1923, at Henderson, Neb., the daughter of Peter F. and Marie Wiebe Huebert. She was a homemaker and farm wife, living most of her life near Grant, Neb., where she and her husband farmed. She had...
Ethel Lou Koblitz Forney
Jun 12, 2011
OCEAN SHORES, Wash. - Ethel Lou Forney, of Ocean Shores, Wash., passed away Sunday, June 12, 2011. Lou was born April 3, 1924, in Hugoton, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Ethel Petersen Koblitz. She received her degree from the St. Francis School of Nursing and entered the nursing profession. Lou married Donald Earl Forney in Sterling, Kan., June 20,...
Marvin Leon Ragland
Jun 11, 2011
Major Marvin L. Ragland, 91, died June 11, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born Oct. 11, 1919, in Hutchinson, the son of John W. and Mary Hemphill Ragland. He was a Hutchinson High School graduate and attended Hutchinson Community College. He worked for the United Postal Service. Marvin was an Army veteran and he...
James Warren Strickland
Jun 11, 2011
James Warren Strickland, 86, died June 11, 2011 at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born May 5, 1925 in Winfield, the son of Admiral Dewey and Alma Rena (Warren) Strickland. He served in the United States Army during World War II. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he retired from the Hutchinson Fire Department on May 4, 1975. He...
Terri S. Schletzbaum
Jun 10, 2011
Terri S. Schletzbaum, 60, of Hutchinson, died June 10, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born July 11, 1950 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Eldon M. & Thelma Costello Hawks. She was a school teacher in the Hutchinson Public Schools for many years. Terri was a member of the Church of The Holy Cross and was...
Thomas R. Gilmore
Jun 10, 2011
HAVEN - Thomas R. Gilmore, 59, died June 10, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born Jan. 24, 1952, in Hutchinson, the son of William C. and Irene G. Graber Gilmore. He graduated from Haven Rural High School in 1970 and attended Southwestern College. Tom was a facility maintenance supervisor for the Hutchinson Correctional Facility...
Retha Louise Starnes Graber
Jun 7, 2011
Retha Louise (Starnes) Graber, 73, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011. She was born Nov. 2, 1937, at Galena, the daughter of Otis F. and Winnie M. Elliott Killian. She attended Hutchinson High School and was retired from HUBCO with over 30 years of service. She had been married to Donald B. Starnes. He died Sept. 11, 1990. Then on March...
Y'Vonna Marie Krekel
Jun 6, 2011
CUMMING, Ga. - Y-Vonna Marie Lee Krekel, 52, of Cumming, Ga., passed away on June 6, 2011, at Embracing Hospice in Cumming, Ga. She was predeceased by her son, Daniel Lee Krekel, father and brother. She is survived by: loving husband, David Krekel of Cumming, Ga.; children, Katie Morton and husband David of Charlotte, N.C., Ben of New York and...
Wayne Eldon Newman
Jun 6, 2011
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Wayne E. Newman, 78, died June 6, 2011, at his home. He was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Garden Plain, to Lawrence and Ida Mae Rice Newman. On July 5, 1998, he married Donna Young in Pretty Prairie. She survives. Other survivors include: sons, Jeff, Jerry and Jason Newman; daughter, Jackie MacKinnon; brother, Jimmy; sisters, Betty Wise...
Earl Lee Welch
Jun 5, 2011
Earl Lee Welch, 90, died June 5, 2011, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 25, 1920, in Turon, to William Wesley and Alice Mae Compton Welch. He was a resident since 1967, moving from Turon. He was a 1939 graduate from Turon High School. While in Turon he was a partsman in the farm machinery business, and...
James Arthur Davis
Jun 5, 2011
James A. Davis, 70, died June 5, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 21, 1940, to Wayne G. and Margaret Trussel Davis at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson. Jim attended school in Hutchinson, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1960. He completed basic training in Fort Bragg in 1961, and then joined the Army National Guard, followed...
Doris O. Stewart
Jun 4, 2011
Doris O. Stewart, 93, died June 4, 2011. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, at Tyrone, Okla., the daughter of Lewis and Jessie Grant Landess. Her children fondly remembered her as a wonderful homemaker, fabulous cook, a devoted mother and very dear to her grandchildren. Doris was a graduate of Elkhart High School and PAMC College, Goodwill, Oklahoma. She taught...
John Harman Chastain
Jun 2, 2011
John Harman Chastain, 90, died June 2, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born December 8, 1920, at Judsonia, Arkansas, the son of Wesley E. and Mabel Ann Harman Chastain. He was a 1939 graduate of Fayetteville, Arkansas High School, a member of Park Place Christian Church, was a former member of Brotherhood Railway and Steamship Clerks, a World...
Paula N. Miller
Jun 1, 2011
Paula N. Miller, 87, died June 1, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Darlow, Kan., the daughter of Dennis Paul and Yozelle Leighty Sthole. On Oct. 27, 1943, she married James L. Miller in Hutchinson. He died July 9, 1999. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, Paula was a retired machine operator for Cessna. Survivors include:...
Jimmie O. Nichols
May 31, 2011
Jimmie O. Nichols, 75, died May 31, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Feb. 2, 1936, in Hutchinson, to Elmer and Beulah Nichols. He is survived by his wife, Anita; 11 children, 30 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with Pastor George Hinton presiding....
