Rubie Evelyn Stofer
May 23, 2011
Rubie Evelyn Hatfield Stofer, 86, went to be with our Lord Monday, May 23, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born March 15, 1925, in Kinsley, Kan., the daughter of Charlie Daniel and Glenna Almeda Eslinger Hatfield. She was a 1943 graduate of Kinsley High School and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan. receiving an...
Laverna M. Winchester Fuller
May 22, 2011
LITHONIA, Ga. - LaVerna M. Winchester Fuller was born in Kinsley, June 17, 1913, the daughter of John Walter and Lenora Walker Winchester. She was a graduate of Kinsley High School and was a teacher's aide at Lincoln Elementary School. LaVerna married Maurice Fuller and was married for 30 years until his death in 1977. She was a member of...
Maxine L. Mcmurray
May 20, 2011
Maxine L. McMurray, 92, died May 20, 2011, at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1918, in Windom, Kan., the daughter of Daniel P. and Alma L. Swalander Smyres. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1935, formerly of Dodge City, Minneola and Canton. She worked for F.W. Woolworth's for several years where she met and married her husband, Gerald...
Donald E. Hall
May 20, 2011
Donald E. Hall, 68, of Hutchinson, died May 20, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident on U.S. 50 Highway, southeast of Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 3, 1943, in Pittsburgh, PA., the son of Everette and Nora Arff Hall. His family moved to Milbank, South Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He entered the United States...
Jason R. Whalen
May 19, 2011
Jason R. Whalen, 32, died May 19, 2011, here in Hutchinson. He was born June 9, 1978, in Hutchinson, to Pat and Carolyn R. Polson Whalen. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was a chef at the Rusty Needle restaurant. Survivors include: his parents, Pat and Carolyn Whalen of Hutchinson; brother, Matthew of Hutchinson; sister, Carolyn Prell and husband...
William L. Tolliver
May 17, 2011
William Leonard Tolliver, 85, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 28, 1926, at Stratford, Okla., the son of William and Ethel Cushman Tolliver. He graduated from East Central Oklahoma State University, Pittsburg State University and Wichita State University. William was a Navy veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific...
Camryn Andrew Haney
May 16, 2011
Camryn Andrew Haney, baby boy of Caleb Haney and Sasha Mederos of Hutchinson, was stillborn at Promise Regional Medical Center on May 16, 2011. Survivors are: his parents; grandparents, John and Penny Haney, and Heather Mehl, all of Hutchinson, and Steve Mederos Sr. of Ponca City, Okla.; great-grandparents, Carl and Georgia Green and Donna Gamblin, all of Hutchinson, and James...
Ralph Leroy Lough
May 16, 2011
Ralph Leroy Lough, 76, of Hutchinson, died May 16, 2011, at The Cedars, McPherson. He was born Aug. 12, 1934, to Ralph Milton Lough and Minerva Mable Bryant Lough Ketterman. On April 6, 1953, he married Betty Louise Hill in Columbus, Kan. She survives. Other survivors include: sons, Rick and Robert; daughters, Janet Flanary and Sheryl Cunningham; brothers, Jim and...
Betty J. Rueb
May 15, 2011
Betty J. Rueb, 83, died Sunday, May 15, 2011. She was born May 12, 1928, in Winfield, the daughter of Walter Sr. and Anna Mayo Fuqua. She was a longtime Kingman resident moving from St. Francis, belonged to Order of Eastern Star, St. Francis, a homemaker and beautician. On May 3, 1969, she married Lewis R. Rueb in Garden City....
Gene Franz
May 14, 2011
Gene Franz, 78, died May 14, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born on April 11, 1933, to Cornelius and Kathryn Doerksen Franz in McPherson. He was a graduate from Inman High School in 1952 and worked for Leech Product Inc. Gene was an avid member of the local YMCA for 23 years. On Feb. 27, 1959,...
Harold Ray Showalter
May 14, 2011
Ray Showalter, 89, of Hutchinson, died May 14, 2011, at Russell Regional Hospital, Russell. He was born July 2, 1921, in Larned, the son of Calvin and Florence Rice Showalter. He was a graduate of Partridge High School in 1937, and moved to Hutchinson, when he worked for the Barton Salt Co. He later moved to Lyons and worked for...
Evelyn I. Young
May 14, 2011
Evelyn I. Baumann Young, 86, died May 14, 2011 at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 7, 1924, in Halstead, the daughter of B.H. (Sam) and Irene Keller Baumann. A lifelong Halstead resident, Evelyn was a registered nurse and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Judy K. Stanley of...
Elsie M. Schnider
May 12, 2011
Elsie M. Schnider, 86, of Hutchinson, died May 12, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, to Oliver Lawrence and Alice Mae Lee Beech. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1947. She was a graduate of Lawrence, Kan., High School and the Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. She was a homemaker and sales...
William Walter "Bill" Heim, Jr.
May 10, 2011
BUHLER - William W. "Bill" Heim Jr., 76, of Buhler, died May 10, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 20, 1935, in Turon, Kan., to William Walter and Clare Mae Featherhoff Heim Sr. He was a lifetime Reno County resident. He retired after 22 years from Jackson Ice Cream in 1998 and Bond Bakery in 1976. He...
Margaret L. Franko
May 10, 2011
Margaret L. Franko, 86, of Hutchinson, died May 10, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 17, 1924, in New Market, IA, the daughter of L.W. and Thelma Marsell Pullan. On April 28, 1944, she married Robert Franko. He survives. They lived in Hutchinson, where she was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church and was a...
Corta Daemon Caine
May 9, 2011
Corta Daemon Caine, infant son of Brandi Meyer and Dale Caine, died May 9, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. Survivors include: brother, Daekwon; and five sisters, Cassie, Daleia, Jewel, Tahnee and Acacia. There will be no public services. Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, is in charge of the arrangements.
Marc Allen Moyer
May 7, 2011
Marc Allen Moyer, 64, died May 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 8, 1946, in Wellington, Kan., to Laurence Donald and Laveda Lee Stephens Moyer. After graduation from Partridge High School in 1966, he spent the remainder of his life working as a farmer and stockman. Marc was a kind and giving person who...
Dennis "Bill" W. Hayden
May 6, 2011
Dennis W. "Bill" Hayden, 61, of Hutchinson, died May 6, 2011, at his home. He was born June 11, 1949, in St. Charles, Ill., to Martin William and Leona Schenkel Hayden. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1968, and attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a retired pipeline welder for Hayden Construction, Invalco, and Southwest Associates. He...
Delma J. Pearson
May 6, 2011
PAPILLION, Neb. - Delma J. Pearson, 71, of Papillion, Neb., formerly of Hutchinson, died May 6, 2011, at Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue, Neb. She was born Oct. 10, 1939, at Dodge City, the daughter of Otto Rich and Lola M. Mullen Pearson. She graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1957, Arkansas City Junior College in 1959 and Grace School...
Cleda Irene Strandberg
May 5, 2011
Cleda Irene Strandberg, 72, died Thursday, May 5, 2011. She was born July 19, 1938, at Osawatomie, the daughter of John W. and Blanch E. McKoon Head. She was a graduate of Osawatomie High School in 1956, and Pittsburg State University in 1961, a member of First United Methodist Church in Hutchinson, a farm wife and bank teller for 24...
