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Harvey Penner

Harvey Penner

Dec 19, 2011

Harvey Penner, died Dec. 19, 2011, with his loving daughter by his side, at Good Samaritan Center, a loving and caring home. He was born Aug. 27, 1936, in Medora, Kansas, the son of Cornelieus Jacob and Helena Penner. He was a salesman for Guy's Potato Chips and was the maintenance man for Emanuel Lutheran Church. Harvey was a member...

Lorene B. Rowland

Lorene B. Rowland

Dec 19, 2011

Lorene B. Rowland, 76, died Dec. 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1935, in Stanton, Texas, to Denverd and Alfretta Bogges Willis. Lorene was a member of First Christian Church. Survivors include: children, Ron Stewart and wife Beverly, Newton, Billy Stewart, Hutchinson, Patsy Whiteford and husband Matthew, Hutchinson, Debbie Rowland, Hutchinson, and Randy Rowland and...

Robert Laurence Kuhns

Robert Laurence Kuhns

Dec 18, 2011

ARLINGTON - Robert L. Kuhns, 85, died Dec. 18, 2011, at Haven House, Haven. He was born in Reno County, Kansas, May 12, 1926, to John C. and Grace (White) Kuhns. He was the last survivor of 15 children. On May 24, 1946, he married Irena Fay Fulton. She survives, along with their four children, Claudia Kuhns of Denver, Les...

Robert L. Kuhns

Robert L. Kuhns

Dec 18, 2011

ARLINGTON - Robert Laurence Kuhns, 85, died Dec. 18, 2011, at the Haven Home. Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Arlington United Methodist Church with Pastor Dennis Wallace presiding. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to the church or Hospice Care of...

Lloyd D. Warner

Lloyd D. Warner

Dec 18, 2011

Lloyd D. Warner, 84, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 18, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born April 1, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Lloyd and Daisy Nirider Warner. He graduated from Roxbury High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Lloyd was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, as well...

Ruth Johnson

Ruth Johnson

Dec 18, 2011

Ruth Cook Johnson was born Oct. 20, 1920, on a farm four miles east of Haven, the youngest child of William Perry and Ida Mae Sullivan Cook. She attended Mt. Hope Grade School and Haven High School, graduating in 1938. On March 15, 1940, she married Ernest Eugene Johnson. He died Aug. 16, 1998. Ruth was a farm wife in...

Alice Kathleen Saiz

Alice Kathleen Saiz

Dec 17, 2011

SALINA - Alice Saiz, 70, of Salina, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at suffering many years with illness. She was born June 27, 1941, to Trinidad and Frances Ruelas in Hutchinson, Kan. Alice loved children so very much that she dedicated her life to teaching. She taught for over 30 years in USD #305. Alice touched the...

Ruth Ann Sutton

Ruth Ann Sutton

Dec 15, 2011

Ruth Ann Sutton, 52, died Dec. 15, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 8, 1959, in Hutchinson, to William and Etta Mae Lowrey Hubbard. Ruth graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1977, and was owner and operator of The Back Porch. She also worked at Hanover Gas Measurement in Hutchinson, Beloit Post Office in Beloit and...

Barbara June Pitts

Barbara June Pitts

Dec 14, 2011

Barbara June Pitts, 78, died Dec. 14, 2011, at Life Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1933, in Salina, Kan., the daughter of Clarence M. and Mamie J. (Ostland) Lynn. Barbara was a 1951 graduate of Topeka High School. She worked at Hutchinson National Bank and was a secretary for Tech Inc. On March 15, 1968, she married...

Inota M. Gilley-Shuff

Inota M. Gilley-Shuff

Dec 13, 2011

Inota M. Gilley-Shuff, 72, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 13, 2011, at her home. She was born July 14, 1939, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Otis M. and Inez Wagner Gilley. She attended Central Christian High School in Hutchinson. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church. Inota had been a co-owner and operator of Hamburger Palace for 10 years and...

Kenneth R. Arnett

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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