Leon J. Eikleberry
Sep 29, 2011
Leon J. Eikleberry, 94, died September 29, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 30, 1917, in Arlington, Ks, the son of Jesse Lee and Beulah Mae Shackelford Eikleberry. He attended Arlington and Hutchinson Schools. Leon was the former co-owner of A-1 Camper Sales of Wichita and a retired leadman in the Anodizing Department at Boeing. He...
Danielle Dawn Mathis
Sep 29, 2011
Danielle Dawn Mathis, 36, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sept. 29, 2011. She was born Dec. 9, 1974, in Wichita, to Don and Jenny Helm Scott. She graduated from Haven High School in 1993. A resident of Hutchinson for a year, coming from Belle Plaine, she was a home health aide. Danielle attended...
George Allen Wetzel
Sep 28, 2011
George Allen Wetzel, 97, passed away Sept. 28, 2011, after an extended illness at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. George was born July 16, 1914, in Canton, Ill., to George M. and Daisy Wetzel. He spent his youth living in Chicago. George graduated from the University of Illinois in 1939, earning a Bachelor Degree in Education. He also had great...
Betty J. Finch-Solida
Sep 28, 2011
Betty J. Finch-Solida, 82, died September 28, 2011, at her home. She was born August 9, 1929, to Ralph Leland and Agnes Lucile Herman Allphin in Wichita, KS. She attended school at Salt City Business College and some at Adela Hale Business College to become a bookkeeper. She married Art Finch. He died Dec. 24, 1965. Later she married John...
Donna D. Ballinger
Sep 27, 2011
Donna D. Ballinger, 63, died Sept. 27, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1948, in Fairbury, Neb., to Herbert O. and Helen M. Henthorne Graves. She graduated from Fairbury High School and attended Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Donna was a member of Nazarene Missions International Council at First Church of The Nazarene, recipient of...
Harold Devere Conrad
Sep 26, 2011
Harold D. Conrad, 89, died Sept. 26, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. He was born May 24, 1922, in Windom, Kan., to Carl Werner and Sadie Elizabeth (Rainey) Conrad. Harold graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941, and the School of Hard Knocks in 2011. He was a farmer and cattleman. Harold was a lifelong Reno county resident until November 2007,...
Norma L. Barnett
Sep 25, 2011
RESTON, Va. - Norma L. Barnett, 66, of Reston, Virginia, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sept. 25, 2011, in Reston, Virginia. She was born Jan. 16, 1945, in Arlington, the daughter of Ralph and Louise Delventhal Barnett. Norma graduated from Arlington High School and started her career in Law Enforcement as a Deputy Sheriff...
Daniel Craig Gilliam
Sep 25, 2011
Daniel Craig Gilliam, 34, died Sept. 25, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 6, 1977, in Wichita, the son of Clay and Sandy (Lickey) Gilliam. Daniel was raised in the Haven Church of Christ. He graduated from Haven High School in 1996, and received his Bachelors from Friends University. He was a purchasing and materials manager...
Zeph Fisher
Sep 22, 2011
Zeph Fisher, 93, died in peace at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born into this earthly life on March 9, 1918, and graduated to his eternal life in Heaven on Sept. 22, 2011. Zeph, the son of Adlai Euclid Fisher and Mabel Clare Moore Fisher, was born in Haven, Kan. He graduated from Haven High School in 1936 and then...
Lorna Isabel Yadon Proctor
Sep 22, 2011
Lorna Isabel Yadon Proctor, 88, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 22, 1923, the daughter of Percy and Alice Bowman, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a homemaker. Lorna is survived by her children and their spouses, Richard and Mary Yadon of Arvada, Colo., Estelle and Terry Renberger of McPherson, Kathy and Bob Helfrich...
Amanda Dale Brown
Sep 22, 2011
Amanda Dale Brown, 21, died Sept. 21, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Dec. 12, 1989, in Quincy, Ill., to Dale Alan and Elizabeth Gaus Brown. A resident of Hutchinson for two and a half years, coming from Canton, Mo., she was a nursing student at Hutchinson Community College. Survivors include: her mother, Beth Thomas and husband...
Brenda S. "Bj" Johnson
Sep 22, 2011
Brenda S. 'BJ' Johnson, 62, of Nickerson, died September 22, 2011, at Hospice House, in Hutchinson. She was born December 17, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Virgil and Fern Krauter Nelson. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1966. She later graduated from Sidney's Hairdressing College. Brenda lived in Great Bend for 20 years where she taught cosmetology at...
Mckenzie Arbila Rae Almanza
Sep 21, 2011
McKenzie Arbila Rae Almanza was stillborn Sept. 21, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. Survivors include: her father, Anthony Almanza; siblings, Marianna, AJ and Ava Almanza of Hutchinson; grandparents, Beth Thomas and husband Lee of Knob Noster, Mo., Dale Brown and wife Lini of Monticello, Mo., Vincent Almanza and wife Mavis of Hutchinson and Debora Crowley of Las Vegas, Nev....
Stephen Joe "Steve" Bowman
Sep 19, 2011
Stephen Joe "Steve" Bowman, 50, died Sept. 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 29, 1961, in Okemah, Okla., to Willie V. and Leona Elvina Ingram Bowman. Steve attended school in Great Bend and Hoisington. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include: a daughter, Makayla Bowman, Hutchinson; son, Spencer Rubel, Kearney, Neb.; brother, Michael...
Aline L. Yoder
Sep 17, 2011
Aline L. Yoder, 90, died Sept. 17, 2011, at her home in South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 28, 1921, in Leroy, Kansas, to Charles and Hazel (Chitwood) Rampenthal. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940. Aline was retired from the bookkeeping department at Montgomery Ward and was a past member of the American Business Women. She was a...
Charles D. "Charlie" Reimer
Sep 17, 2011
Charles D. "Charlie" Reimer, 63, died Sept. 17, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 8, 1948, in Hutchinson, to Ernest M. and Mary E. Miller Reimer. Charlie was an Army veteran serving in Vietnam. He was a volunteer firefighter for the City of South Hutchinson and a member of the Sons of the American Legion....
Anita Marie Keast Behnke
Sep 16, 2011
Anita Marie Keast Behnke, 56, died Sept. 16, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 15, 1955, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Kenneth and Verna Mae Graber Keast. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1973, and attended Hutchinson Community College. She had been a medical professional, CNA, CMA and Home...
John R. "Wink" Winkley
Sep 16, 2011
John R. "Wink" Winkley, 84, died Sept. 16, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 17, 1926. John worked for Boeing Aircraft Company for 18 years. He retired as a Reno County Warrant Officer, and then worked for the District Attorney's Office until he was 80. John was a 32nd degree Mason, was a past grandmaster,...
Margaret J. Much
Sep 16, 2011
Margaret J. Much, 92, died Sept. 16, 2011, at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center, Enterprise, Kan. She was born Nov. 18, 1918, in Wanoka, Okla., the daughter of William J. and Mildred Foster Bellew. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson, and had been a member of the Presbyterian Women's Circle. Margaret was a secretary for Consolidated Rebuilders for...
Wilma Jean Graham
Sep 15, 2011
Wilma J. Graham, 91, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 2, 1920, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William and Winnie Ballard Lasure. Wilma was a lifetime Hutchinson resident, graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938, a member of Mitchell Chapel, United Methodist Church, had been a USD #308 cook and food service secretary....
