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Daniel Thomas Allen

Daniel Thomas Allen

Jun 22, 2011

HAVEN - Daniel Thomas Allen, 16, died June 22, 2011, at Cheney Reservoir. He was born July 14, 1994, in Berkeley, Calif. He just completed his junior year at Haven High School. He ran cross-country and was a mechanic. Survivors include: parents, Lanny and Peggy Crupper of Haven; six brothers, Mitchell Mees, Chad Allen, Michael (Mia), David (Emily), Jesse (Lauren)...

Jane Ann Douglas Wiley

Jane Ann Douglas Wiley

Jun 22, 2011

Jane Ann Douglass Wiley, 89, of Hutchinson, died June 22, 2011, at Hospice House after a short illness. She was born Aug. 25, 1921, at the home of her grandmother in Dexter, Kansas, to Charles and Gladys Elliott Douglass. Shortly after her birth, she moved with her family to Wichita, where she attended school and graduated from Wichita North High...

Marjorie "Marj" S. Shafer

Marjorie "Marj" S. Shafer

Jun 22, 2011

Marjorie "Marj" S. Shafer, 85, died June 22, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born January 6, 1926, in Belleville, to the Rev. Charles Henry and Anna Marie Cox Simpson. Marjorie was a homemaker and a bridge instructor. Marjorie was a member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church, the American Contract Bridge League, Sunflower Duplicate Bridge Club, Hutchinson Duplicate Bridge...

Wayne Allen Kaufman

Wayne Allen Kaufman

Jun 21, 2011

Wayne Allen Kaufman, 83, died June 21, 2011, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. He was born June 14, 1928, in Havelock, Iowa, to Joseph and Mattie Kennel Kaufman. He was a 1947 graduate of Havelock High School. He retired from the Railroad in Iowa, and later worked at Rose Motor and other various jobs in Hutchinson. He was also...

Katherine G. Mayes

Katherine G. Mayes

Jun 19, 2011

Katherine G. "Kay" Mayes, 85, died June 19, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 28, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Jeff and Ethel Thomas Lawrence. Kay was a mother and a homemaker. On Oct. 6, 1943, she married John L. Mayes in Hutchinson. He died March 20, 1983. Survivors include: two daughters, Linda Henderson and...

Dallas R. Kimzey

Dallas R. Kimzey

Jun 18, 2011

Dallas Ray Kimzey, 63, died June 18, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965, and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Vietnam War. He was a member of Full Gospel Fellowship Church. He married Clara Barnes Jenks on Nov. 16, 1995, in Hutchinson. She survives. Graveside service will be at...

Richard G. Tinder

Richard G. Tinder

Jun 18, 2011

Richard Tinder, 73, died June 18, 2011, at his home. He was born June 25, 1937, in Danville, Illinois, to William G. and Naomi F. Kiger Tinder. Richard was a carpet layer for 46 years for Dick's Flooring Service. On Oct. 18, 1969, he married Patricia Wenner in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Rebecca Cukjati and husband...

Lucy Faye Bryant

Lucy Faye Bryant

Jun 18, 2011

Lucy Faye Bryant, 88, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, from a head injury after a fall. She was born to Wesley C. Maxwell and Minnie Leona Gee (Cantrell) on April 26, 1923. She married Ralph L. Bryant on Aug. 18, 1947. He survives with children: Darlene Manning (Mark), Lee Summit, Mo., Michael L. Bryant (Monica), Santa Rosa, Calif., and Beverly...

Charles G. "Chuck" Owens, Jr.

Charles G. "Chuck" Owens, Jr.

Jun 18, 2011

PLEVNA - Charles G. "Chuck" Owens, 55, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at his home. He was born Nov. 7, 1955, in Syracuse, N.Y. He married Cecilia "CC" Nedeau (Owens) on May 10, 1988. He was a Master Plumber working in that field for 14 years. He was a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Union of America. He loved his...

Anna Mae Cooper

Anna Mae Cooper

Jun 16, 2011

Anna Mae Cooper, 99, died at Hester Care Center of Wesley Towers on June 16, 2011. She was born November 3, 1911, in Canyon, Texas, to Loucille Coffee Vetesk and Jim Vetesk. She grew up in Canyon, graduating from high school there in 1930. She attended West Texas State Teachers College (now West Texas University), where she graduated in 1934...

Lydia Iola Streeter

Lydia Iola Streeter

Jun 16, 2011

Lydia I. Streeter, 89, of Hutchinson, died June 16, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 26, 1921, in rural Ellinwood, Kan., to Fred Walter and Katie Rae Fuller Hewitt. She was a graduate of Stafford, Kan., High School in 1940, and in 1943 from the St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse from...

Charles Daniel Schmucker

Charles Daniel Schmucker

Jun 16, 2011

Charles Daniel Schmucker, 102, died Thursday, June 16, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born February 8, 1909, at Sterling, the son of Joel E. and Eva Mae Klingman Schmucker. He was a 1927 graduate of Nickerson Rural High School, attended Hutchinson Community College, was a member of Park Place Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, was Vice President of...

Donald Lee Vielbig

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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