Jean Stiles
Apr 8, 2011
Jean Stiles, 86, of South Hutchinson, died April 8, 2011, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harvey H. and Ritta Ann Vetter Alumbaugh. A life-long South Hutchinson resident, she attended school at Nickerson. Jean was a homemaker and elevator operator at the Wolcott Building for over 30 years. She...
Wilma B. French
Apr 7, 2011
Wilma B. French, 92, of Partridge, died April 7, 2011, at Dillon Living Center in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1919, in Poteau, Okla., the daughter of Harvey T. and Bernice Hopkins Coggins. She moved with her family to Hutchinson in 1934. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1935 and attended Hutchinson Junior College from 1935 through 1937....
June Maxine Smith Burns
Apr 7, 2011
June Maxine Smith Burns, 84, of Hutchinson, Kansas, died on April 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Nile "Layton" Burns, whom she married on May 6, 1946, in South Hutchinson. They were longtime residents of Hutchinson, and were the owners of Smith's Market from 1965 until...
Judy Ann Ward
Apr 6, 2011
Judy Ann Ward, 67, of Hutchinson, died April 6, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. She was born Dec. 26, 1943, at Oshkosh, Neb. the daughter of Hardy and Olene Whatley Stockman. She was a graduate of Stafford Kansas High School in 1961, and was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Hutchinson. She...
Lila Kay Hodges
Apr 6, 2011
NEWTON - Lila Kay Hodges, 64, died April 6, 2011, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, from complications from a stroke. She was born July 24, 1946, the daughter of Dan Gadberry and Eva B. Darrah. A resident of Newton, she had formerly lived in Haven, Lyons and Sterling. Lila was a homemaker and a member of the Crosspoint Church. On...
Berneice Marie Kimminau
Apr 5, 2011
Berneice Marie Kimminau, 90, died April 5, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1920, in Mt. Clare, Neb., the daughter of Henry H. and Lena Ilg Rempe. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Hutchinson. Berneice was a farmwife, had worked at Cessna, and had her own housekeeping business. On Jan. 19, 1943,...
Loren E. Smith
Apr 4, 2011
Loren E. "Smitty" Smith, 97, died Monday, April 4, 2011. He was born March 4, 1914, at Selden, the son of Arthur and Zelma Mae Houghton Smith. He had been a crane operator and welder at Hutchinson Foundry and Steel for about 39 years, retiring in 1977. On June 30, 1937, he married Ennis E. Meyers at Hoxie. She died...
Millicent Charlotte Mcleavy
Apr 4, 2011
Millicent Charlotte McLeavy died April 4, 2011, at the Hester Care Center of Wesley Towers Retirement Community at the age of 102. She was one of twin daughters born to Francis L. and Sophia G. Tilberg Aspelin on Sept. 15, 1908, on a farm near Dwight, Kan., in Morris County. She graduated from Dwight Rural High School in 1927, and...
Dave L. Kuhns
Apr 2, 2011
Dave L. Kuhns, 60, died April 2, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Kingman, to Richard Lee and Mary Dona Dimitt Kuhns. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1968. He was a carpenter and foreman for Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Wichita. On March 5, 1976, he married Judy L. Blanton,...
Mildred June Baughman
Apr 1, 2011
Mildred June Baughman, 82, died April 1, 2011, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 18, 1928, in Heavener, Oklahoma, the daughter of Elvin M. and Altha Angle Parker. Mildred graduated from Glendale Union High School, Glendale, Arizona, in 1946. She attended the University of Arizona at Tempe, and Salt City Business College. She married John Baughman in 1948. He...
Paul "Frank" Blea
Mar 31, 2011
Paul F. "Frank" Blea, 66, died March 31, 2011, at Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Tulsa, Okla. He was born Jan. 29, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of Paul Hector and Mary Antonia Aleman Blea. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1964 and attended Hutchinson Community College. A former resident of Hutchinson, he was retired, and had formerly been...
Alfonzo "Al" Cauley
Mar 31, 2011
Alfonzo L. "Al" Cauley, 73, died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born Oct. 23, 1937, in Wichita, the son of Amos and Cecil Thomas Cauley, Sr. Al was a longtime Hutchinson resident, a Buhler and Hutchinson Community College graduate, a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, former member of NAACP, an Army veteran and Army Reserve,...
Luella "Dickie" Fitzgerald
Mar 30, 2011
Luella "Dickie" Fitzgerald, 81, died March 30, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 31, 1930, in Wright, to Julius H. and Gladys G. Schmidt Mueller. She graduated from St. Teresa High School in 1948. She and her family have been the owner/operators of the Pic-Quik Stores. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross, Soroptomist...
Mary Ellen Culbert
Mar 29, 2011
Mary Ellen Culbert, 91, of Hutchinson, died March 29, 2011, at her home. She was born in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Borntrager Headings. She was a member of Victorious Life Church. Mary Ellen is survived by three children, Daryl Gene Stewart and wife Karen of Laguna Beach, Calif., daughter, Donna Rogan and husband Mike of Helena, Mont....
Mark Allan Christmann, Sr.
Mar 29, 2011
Mark Allan Christmann Sr., 55, died March 29, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born on June 6, 1955, in Pratt, Kan., raised in Wichita and graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with honors and a degree in Computer Science. Mark was a system software engineer and worked in this field for more...
Elaine Margaret Lockwood
Mar 28, 2011
Elaine Margaret Fossey Lockwood, 67, died Monday, March 28, 2011. She was born June 25, 1943, in Great Bend, the daughter of Charles and Blanche Reed Fossey. Her adoptive parents were Francis and Helen Reed. She had been a Hutchinson resident since 1965, moving from McPherson. Elaine was a 1961 graduate of Little River High School, a 1979 graduate of...
Lorene Eleanor Jenkins
Mar 27, 2011
Lorene E. Jenkins, 98, died at Wesley Towers Retirement Community on Sunday March 27, 2011. Lorene was born in St. Louis, Mo., on October 25, 1912, the daughter of Grover and Jennie Hodge Shinall. She grew up in Danville, Ill., where she met and married Al Jenkins. They lived in several states as he served in management with the JCPenney...
Doris V. Osborn
Mar 26, 2011
NICKERSON - Doris V. Osborn, 90, of Nickerson, died March 26, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 10, 1920, at Nickerson, the daughter of Virgil T. and Lola Dixon Slifer. She was a life-long Reno County resident and was a 1938 graduate of Nickerson High School. She was a homemaker and during World War II...
Patricia Ruth (Pudden) Potucek
Mar 26, 2011
Working on a painting even the week before her death, vivacious Kansas artist Patricia Ruth (Pudden) Potucek, Hutchinson, 86, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Promise Medical Center from complications from cardiac arrest. Pat was born in rural Cowley County, Kansas, on February 13, 1925, the daughter of Leo and Ruth (Clark) Pudden. She graduated from Arkansas City High School...
Virginia L. Livengood
Mar 21, 2011
Virginia L. Livengood, 83, Wichita, formerly of Hutchinson, died March 21, 2011, at Sandpiper Bay Health Care Center, Wichita. She was born Dec. 31, 1927, in Diggins, Mo., the daughter of Harry Caldwell and Lenora Jane Cotton Rea. She was a homemaker and worked many years with the Reno County Election Board and was a former cook at Union Valley...
