Milton Carroll Boyle
Oct 13, 2011
Milton Carroll Boyle, 76, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at Halstead Homestead Assisted Living. He was born July 29, 1935, at Halstead, the son of M. Earnest and Irma Belle Goodman Boyle. He was a 1953 graduate of Burrton High School and had attended Kansas State University and Texas Christian University. Milton was a member of Burrton United Methodist Church,...
Wilbur L. Stotts
Oct 12, 2011
Wilbur L. Stotts, 88, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 12, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born March 6, 1923, in Hutchinson, the son of Walter Leslie and Nellie Rebeka Hood Stotts. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident, a 1941 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College and the Salt City Business College. Wilbur worked for both Gano...
Frank A. Hulet
Oct 12, 2011
Born in Ambridge, Pa., Frank "Bullets" Hulet left the physical world, his beloved family and many friends on Oct. 12, 2011. A WWII veteran of the United States Navy, he served our country flying PBM Mariners in the Pacific Theater. He knew Hutchinson, Kan. would be his home when he met his future wife during pilot training. He married Virginia...
Ronald H Jenisch
Oct 11, 2011
Ronald H. Jenisch, 69, of Hutchinson died October 11, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born October 4, 1942 in Great Bend, the son of Martin F. & Irene Berscheidt Jenisch. He was a flag man for Venture Construction Co. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Jenisch,...
Melvin H. Claphan Sr.
Oct 11, 2011
Melvin H. Claphan Sr., 85, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 11, 2011 at Pleasant View Home, Inman, Kan. He was born Oct. 26, 1925, the son of Dwight and Belle Claphan. He was retired from the pest control business. He served in the Marine Corp during WWII. He is survived by a son: Melvin Jon Claphan of Hutchinson. He was preceded...
Annetta J. Britain
Oct 11, 2011
Annetta Jean Britain, 86, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. She was born Dec. 27, 1924, in Tyro, the daughter of John and Nina Buster Fields. She was a claims examiner for the State of Kansas. On Aug. 18, 1944, she married Donald W. Britain in Hutchinson. He died July 17, 1963. She is survived by: two daughters, Dianne Stracener of...
Margaret Alice Conkling
Oct 11, 2011
PARTRIDGE - Margaret Alice Conkling, 89, died Oct. 11, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 13, 1922, in Arlington, Kan., to Edgar H. and Mary Elizabeth Busch Belt. She was a 1940 graduate of Partridge High School. She was a homemaker, a farm wife and longtime cook at the Partridge Grade School. She attended the...
Helen Blazina
Oct 10, 2011
Helen Blazina, 92, died Oct. 10, 2011, at Lyons Hospital, Lyons, Kan. She was born Aug. 18, 1919, to James and Mary Brant Brozek in Wilson, Kan. She graduated from Lucus High School and later became a LPN for Lyons and Hutchinson Hospitals. She was also a lifetime member of the Ladies V.F.W. Auxiliary Post #3184, Lyons, Kan. She also...
Lyle W. Zahorsky
Oct 10, 2011
NEWTON - Retired Army Sergeant First Class Lyle W. Zahorsky, 43, passed away Oct. 10, 2011, at his home in Newton. He was born June 25, 1968, in El Dorado. Lyle joined the U.S. Army on Feb. 28, 1987, and retired March 3, 2007. During his time in the military he did two tours in Iraq. Those left to remember...
Judy A. Wichert
Oct 9, 2011
Judy A. Wichert, 67, died Oct. 9, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 27, 1944, in Attica, to Harold H. and Mary V. Kaup Countryman. She was an active member of The Corner Stone Baptist Church. Judy graduated from the McPherson School of Practical Nursing. On Sept. 20, 1987, she married Earl Wichert. He survives. Other...
Elmer Lloyd Holmes
Oct 8, 2011
PLEVNA - Elmer Lloyd Holmes, 95, died Oct. 8, 2011. He was born Dec. 28, 1915, in Plevna, the son of Murray and Elizabeth Nusser Holmes. He was a farmer in the Plevna community. He met Vina Hamm at Sterling College and they married Sept. 18, 1948. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Syd and wife Mary, Hutchinson, and...
Ila Fern Martin
Oct 7, 2011
Ila Fern Martin, 95, died Oct. 7, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 24, 1916, in Stamford, Nebraska, the daughter of Claude R. and Ethel (Woodruff) Pittman. She graduated from Stamford High School and later attended a business school in Los Angeles, California. Ila served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II as...
Peggy Joyce Gee Wilson
Oct 6, 2011
Peggy Joyce Gee Wilson, 77, died Oct. 6, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 27, 1933, in Wyandotte, Okla., the daughter of Richard L. and Cecil (Wilson) Gee. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1951. Peggy then enlisted and served in the Air Force. She later worked for Belco and retired from Collins Industries. Peggy married...
Randy Jon Kiser
Oct 6, 2011
Randy J. Kiser, 65, died Thursday, October 6, 2011. He was born January 2, 1946, in Independence, Kansas, the son of Frank and Melba Merrill Kiser. He was a Hutchinson High School graduate and was raised in the First Christian Church. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. Randy had been a correctional officer with the Hutchinson Correctional...
Virgie Margaret Goerl
Oct 5, 2011
Virgie Margaret Goerl, 88, died Oct. 5, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Chase, Kan., the daughter of John Godfried and Mary Elizabeth Hoover Dressel. Virgie was a 1940 graduate of Chase High School. She was a former member of Little River United Methodist Church and Ebenezer Methodist Church of Lyons and was a...
Dora Irene Griggs
Oct 4, 2011
Dora Irene Griggs, 94, died Oct. 4, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 11, 1917, in Plevna, to Clarence and Mabel James Dunham. Dora was a devoted mother, church secretary, former Sunday school teacher, and member of Keystone Sunday school class. She married Warren W. Griggs on Jan. 17, 1941, in Hutchinson. He died April 13,...
Maurietta Jesse Patterson
Oct 4, 2011
Maurietta J. Patterson (Hagaman), 99, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Oct. 4, 2011. She was born June 21, 1912, to Fred and Abbie Hagaman, at Tyrone, Okla. On April 1, 1934, she married Frank Patterson in Ulysses, Kan. While she and Frank lived in Copeland, Kan., Maurietta was active in the Methodist Church, was a leader for Theta Rho Girls Club,...
Carol J. Lemen
Oct 3, 2011
Carol J. Lemen, 69, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 3, 2011, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 14, 1942, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clarence and Virginia Torbett Reid. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, she attended school in Hutchinson and was a member of the Medora Community Bible Church. She was a homemaker. Carol married...
Wanda Lee Cornwell
Oct 1, 2011
Wanda Lee Cornwell, 74, died Oct. 1, 2011, at Asbury Park, Newton. She was born July 7, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William "Bill" and Della Edith (Woods) Lehman. Wanda graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1955. She is survived by two brothers, Kenny Lehman, Caney, KS and Dennis Lehman, Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will be in...
Maxine L. Martin
Sep 30, 2011
Maxine L. Martin, 87, of Hutchinson, died September 30, 2011 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born December 12, 1923 at Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Orville & Matilda Pauline Schuler Starner. Maxine attended school in Eureka, Kansas. She retired from Hutchinson Hospital after 23 years working in the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). Maxine was a member of the...
