Fern Garnett
Apr 25, 2011
Fern Garnett, 84, died April 25, 2011. She was born March 23, 1927, at Rolla, the daughter of Henry and Dorothy Brown Ahrens. She married Gerral "Leo" Garnett on Feb. 16, 1946, in Elkhart. He died Nov. 18, 1962. Survivors include: sons, LeRoy Garnett and wife Karen of Emporia, Dean "Deano" Garnett, and Rick Garnett and wife Tammy, all of...
Sheryl Lynn Bonham
Apr 25, 2011
Sheryl L. Bonham, 57, died April 25, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 31, 1953, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Noyce and Shirley Caviness Spillman. Sheryl graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1972. On Aug. 11, 1978, she married Michael L. Bonham, in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: two daughters, Michelle R. Powell and...
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Kopper
Apr 24, 2011
Elizabeth D. "Betty" Kopper, 86, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. She was born Feb. 8, 1925, at Plains, the daughter of Peter B. and Elizabeth Krehbiel Kopper. She had been a Hutchinson resident since 1964 moving from Pretty Prairie, a 1943 graduate of Ingalls High School, a member of First Mennonite Church in Hutchinson, and had been a clerk for...
Joel "J.D." Elwell
Apr 23, 2011
J.D. Elwell, 73, of Hutchinson, died April 23, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 16, 1937, in Hutchinson, to Joel R. and Irene Dutton Elwell. He was a graduate of Buhler High School in 1955, Hutchinson Community College in 1957, and Kansas State University in 1963. He was an architect. He was a member of Grace...
Homer Warren Hankey
Apr 22, 2011
Homer Warren Hankey, 94, died April 22, 2011, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 3, 1917, in Amorita, Oklahoma, the son of John E. and Edna Thompson Hankey. A World War II veteran, he served as a sergeant with the Army Air Corp. He retired from Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company and Stevens County John Deere....
Iola Marie Derr
Apr 22, 2011
Iola Marie Derr, 78, of South Hutchinson, died April 22, 2011, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 13, 1932, in Lakin, the daughter of James and Helen Conn Swank. Iola was a 1951 graduate of Hutchinson High School and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She had worked for several years as a PBX operator...
Beulahmae Simmons Diehl
Apr 19, 2011
Beulahmae Simmons Diehl, 88, died April 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born Jan. 16, 1923, to Marion Wade Simmons and Pearl Archibald Simmons on a farm at Haviland, Kan. She married Fred H. Diehl on Dec. 7, 1941, at Dodge City, Kan. He died March 2006. They operated Diehl's Dairy for over 55 years. She was...
Ralph W. Noyes, Jr.
Apr 18, 2011
Ralph W. "Bud" Noyes, Jr., 78, died Monday, April 18, 2011. He was born April 20, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Ralph W. and Marcelline M. Miller Noyes, Sr. He had been a lifetime Hutchinson resident, graduating Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College, attended Illinois College of Podiatry and Foot Surgery, was a member of Faith United Methodist...
Mary L. Bell
Apr 18, 2011
Mary L. Bell, 61, died April 18, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 22, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Robert E. and Doris Raye Barkman Osborn. She was a homemaker. She attended the Riverside Baptist Church. She married Charles L. Bell on Dec. 6, 1969, in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: sons, Troy, Brian and...
Carl Rank, Jr.
Apr 17, 2011
Carl Rank Jr., 87, died Sunday, April 17, 2011. He was born Feb. 17, 1924, at Abbyville, the son of Carl and Josephine Horton Rank. He was a 1942 graduate of Abbyville High School, a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Crosspoint Baptist Church, Westbrook Campus, and was a machinist for Eaton Corp. for 35 years, retiring in...
Ross Glenn Musselman
Apr 17, 2011
Ross Glenn Musselman, 68, died April 17, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 19, 1942, in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Charles Abraham and Vera White Musselman. He graduated from Ransom High School in 1959, York College in 1961, and received his bachelors from Fort Hays State University in 1964. Ross was a hospital and nursing...
Howard A. Thompson
Apr 17, 2011
Howard A. Thompson, 86, of Hutchinson, died April 17, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 16, 1924, in Coudersport, Pa., the son of Herbert and Mary Bertran Thompson. He graduated from Coudersport High School, Roberts Jr. College and Clarion University. He later received his master's degree from Penn State University. He was a retired superintendent of schools in...
Corbin Dean Edmisson
Apr 16, 2011
STILLWATER, Okla. - Corbin Dean Edmisson, 22, died April 16, 2011, in Stillwater, Okla. He was born in Hutchinson, Kan., April 23, 1988, to Robert Dean Edmisson and Gina Jo Gagnebin Edmisson. He is survived by his sister, Cierra Jo Edmisson of Stillwater, Okla.; grandparents, Russell and Shirley Gagnebin of Abbyville, Kan., Dean and Sherra Brigman of Hutchinson, Kan., and...
Marjorie Sjoberg
Apr 15, 2011
Marjorie I. Sjoberg, 98, died April 15, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 5, 1912, in Artesia, New Mexico, the daughter of Royal Edward and Charlotte Evelyn Spooner Dunham. Marjorie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1930, and Salt City Business College in 1932. On Oct. 10, 1937, Marjorie married John K. Sjoberg in Hutchinson....
Darrin G. Crowe
Apr 13, 2011
Darrin G. Crowe, 49, was born June 10, 1961. He was the third of five siblings born to Ronald Crowe and Judith Snyder Sabus. Growing up, he was loved by his large family of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. His family was very important to him. Darrin married his wife, Brenda, on Sept. 13, 1977. They shared 33 years together....
Tonya Michelle Zwickl
Apr 12, 2011
Tonya Michelle Zwickl, 39, of Hutchinson, died April 12, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1971, at Neodesha, the daughter of Gary and Carol Maixner Waldron. She moved with her family to Hutchinson when she was 5 years old from Neodesha. She attended Hutchinson schools and was a member of the First United...
Bob R Adams
Apr 11, 2011
Bob Reed Adams, 93, passed away April 11, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan. He was born in Sun City, Barber County, Kan., the third son of Myrtle (Moad) Adams and Ora Adams, on Aug. 25, 1917. He was a graduate of Sun City Rural High School, attended the Wichita Business College and the University of Louisville Southern Police Academy,...
Vera Mae Berry
Apr 10, 2011
Vera Mae Berry, 75, died April 10, 2011. She was born Nov. 16, 1935, to Floyd and Thelma Phipps Millard. She married Charles Berry Oct. 9, 1954. He died in 2003. Survivors include: sons, Chuck of Attica and Tim of Hutchinson; daughters, Joyce Newell of Hutchinson and Susan Rhodes of Brighton, Colo.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial service 11...
Steve Boese
Apr 9, 2011
Steve Boese, 63, died April 9, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born June 3, 1947, in Halstead, the son of Walter and Amanda Schmidt Boese. He graduated from McPherson High School, Hutchinson JUCO and McPherson College. Steve was a self-employed medical transcriptionist. He was a member of First Church Of God. On Feb. 14, 1976, he married...
Dillard O. Hamby
Apr 8, 2011
Dillard O. Hamby, 86, died Friday, April 8, 2011. He was born Oct. 29, 1924, in Laverne, Okla., the son of Otis Hamby and Sylva Cochran Hamby Johnson. He was a longtime Nickerson resident, a member of First Southern Baptist Church, Hutchinson, and a U.S. Navy Veteran serving in the Pacific Theater. Dillard was a Conoco service station owner and...
