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...
Tatiana L. Liebst
Jul 1, 2011
Tatiana L. Liebst, 41, died July 1, 2011, in Jacksonville, Fla. She was born Sept. 5, 1969, in Atlanta, Ga., to Brien A. and Ardith Hammar Liebst. She was a lifetime Orange Park resident. She graduated in 1987 from the St. Johns Country Day School and in 1991 from Rollins College. She was employed at the Cummer Gallery in Jacksonville,...
Jim Stelzing
Jul 1, 2011
Jim Stoelzing, 60, died July 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born April 23, 1951, in San Antonio, Texas. He was an avid fisherman, cook, hunter and photographer. He was retired from Collins in Wichita. Jim is survived by: a sister, Karen Sutton of Manistee, Mich.; a niece, Melanie Piccin of Olympia, Wash.; three nephews, Joe...
Sanford Headings
Jun 28, 2011
Sanford Headings, 73, died June 28, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 12, 1938, the son of Levi and Mary Miller Headings. He graduated from Central Christian High School in 1956, Hesston College in 1958, and in 1961 he received his bachelors in music education from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind. Sanford taught music at Central Christian High...
Pauline Blackburn
Jun 27, 2011
ARLINGTON - Pauline Blackburn, 82, of Arlington, died June 27, 2011, at Prairie Sunset Home in Pretty Prairie. She was born Nov. 20, 1928, at Galena, Kan., the daughter of Otis and Winnie Elliott Killian. She attended school in Columbus, Kan. before moving to Hutchinson. She was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church. Pauline worked for many years...
Irma L. Schrader
Jun 26, 2011
Irma L. Bruner Schrader, 92, died June 26, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 8, 1919, in Woods County, Okla., the daughter of Wilbert Delano and Ann Eliza Ford Bruner. She graduated from Horace Mann High School in Alva, Okla., she then received her Bachelors in Music from Northwestern State University in Alva, Okla., and in 1964,...
Christine M. Haynes
Jun 25, 2011
Christine M. Haynes, 83, died June 25, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 9, 1927, in Hutchinson to Willard Sutton and Helen White Bell. On May 29, 1944, she married Charles R. Haynes in Pocahontas, Ark. He died Sept. 24, 1997. Christine owned Jayhawk Ceramics and worked at Wiley's for many years. Survivors include: a...
Aaron M. Decker
Jun 25, 2011
Aaron M. Decker, 19, of Hutchinson, died June 25, 2011, in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 19, 1991, in Wichita, Kan., to Mitch and Brenda Gingerich Decker. He was an employee at the East 30th Spangles Restaurant. Survivors include: companion, Sadie Ward of Hutchinson; son, Malachi Ward of Hutchinson; parents, Mitch and Nikki Decker of Wichita and step father, John...
Ralph Richey Kopper
Jun 24, 2011
Ralph Richey Kopper, 59, died June 24, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 24, 1951, in Hutchinson, the son of A. Boyd and Helen B. Richey Kopper. He was a 1970 graduate of Hutchinson High School and took several courses at Hutchinson Community College. Richey started working for his family business Kopper Supply and continued working there...
