Kenneth "Ken" D. Koop
Mar 6, 2011
Kenneth D. "Ken" Koop, 64, of Hutchinson, died March 6, 2011, at his residence. He was born Oct. 29, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Herman H. and Frances L. Gould Koop. He was a 1963 graduate of Haven High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. He later graduated from Hutchinson Community College....
Glenda M. Wisby
Mar 6, 2011
Glenda M. Wisby, 89, died March 6, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1921, in Turon, the daughter of Glenn and Ruby Hollingshead Smith. She was a retired employee of both Dillon's and Calhoun's, and operated several Hutchinson area restaurants. She belonged to the 10th Avenue United Methodist Church. On June 5, 1940, she...
Hilda Wiens
Mar 6, 2011
Hilda Wiens, 94 died March 6, 2011, at Hester Care, Wesley Towers. She was born July 13, 1916, in Inman, the daughter of Martin and Agnes Vogt Wiens. She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, a 1935 graduate of Inman High School and a 1968 graduate of Sterling College. She taught school at South Inman, a two-room schoolhouse...
Richard Scott Hockett
Mar 6, 2011
Richard Scott Hockett, 81, of Hutchinson, died March 6, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born in Bronson, Kan., the son of Ray and Jessie Hockett. He was retired from Ray Shepherd Motors in Fort Scott, Kan. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the Military Police. He married Grace Miller on June 4,...
Mildred Jean Wynn
Mar 5, 2011
Mildred Jean Gogel Wynn, died March 5, 2011, at Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. Born on July 16, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, she was the daughter of William F. and Helen Gogel. Mildred received a B.S. degree from the University of Toledo in 1946. Majoring in Math and Physics, she was the graduating class president and member of Mortar Board. She...
Della M. Bates
Mar 3, 2011
Della M. Bates, 96, of Hutchinson, died March 3, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born March 21, 1914, at Mooreland, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Jacob and Bessie Vandeventer Hoover. She moved to Hutchinson from Burrton in 1996, having previously lived in El Dorado, Douglass and Atlanta, Kansas. She was a 1932 graduate of Mooreland...
Kathy Sue "Kat" Pratt
Mar 3, 2011
Kathy Sue "Kat" Pratt, 54, passed on Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born January 3, 1957, at Hoisington. She was a homemaker. On April 12, 1979, she married Darrell W. Pratt in Hoisington. He survives. She is also survived by: her children, Becky and her husband Matt Jinright, York, Nebraska, Jay and his wife...
William E. "Bill" Doxon
Mar 3, 2011
William E. "Bill" Doxon, 79, of Hutchinson, died March 3, 2011, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1931, at his family home near Lovewell, Kan., to Everette E. and Golda M. Briles Doxon. He was a graduate of Formoso, Kan., High School, attended Fort Hays State and graduated from Pittsburg State University. He retired in 1994 from Cessna/Eaton...
Viola Christine Shook
Mar 2, 2011
PRATT - Viola Christine Shook, 90, died March 2, 2011, at her daughter's home. She was born July 15, 1920, in Madera, Calif., the daughter of John and Amanda Smith Enos. Viola was a homemaker. On March 25, 1940, Viola married Roscoe Shook. He died April 4, 1998. Survivors include: a son, Jim Shook of Grants Pass, Ore.; daughters, Carolyn...
Esther V. Welty
Mar 1, 2011
Esther V. Welty, 93, died March 1, 2011, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 17, 1917, in Beaver County, Okla., to Abraham and Margaretha Becher Dirks. She worked at the former Broadacres Nursing Home and at the Wiley Tea Room. She was a member of South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, Hutchinson Garden Club, Delos Smith...
Juanita May Warkentine
Mar 1, 2011
Juanita May Warkentine, 90, passed away March 1, 2011, at Bethesda Home, Goessel, Kan. She was born Nov. 11, 1920, in El Dorado, Kan., the daughter of Harold S. and Ethel H. McClellan Morse. Juanita graduated from Buhler High School in 1939. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Psi...
Marna "Nonnie" Lillian Fry
Mar 1, 2011
Marna Lillian Fry, known as Nonnie, 86, died March 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 6, 1924, in Rosedale, Okla., to John T. and Etha Mosely. A Hutchinson resident since 1959, she worked at Hutchinson Hospital for 30 years and the Mental Health Center, before starting her own business working with her daughter and...
Thomas Joseph Rome
Feb 28, 2011
OVERLAND PARK - Thomas Joseph Rome, 47, died Feb. 28, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission. He was born Oct. 10, 1963, in Hutchinson, to Richard Joseph and Marianne Elisabeth Grauers Rome. He was a 1982 graduate from Trinity Catholic High School, and a 1986 graduate from the University of Kansas. He was a Real Estate Salesman. He...
Pearl Amanda Throop
Feb 27, 2011
Pearl Amanda Throop, 90, died Feb. 27, 2011. She was born Sept. 21, 1920, to George and Amanda Wood. She moved to Hutchinson in 1997. She worked for AT&T for 25 years. On Aug. 21, 1965, she married Jerry Throop. He died June 13, 2001. Survivors include: daughters, Joyce Paine, Hutchinson and Sandy Parker (Ron), Lakeland, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Renee,...
John Estrella, Jr.
Feb 27, 2011
John Estrella, Jr., 58, died Feb. 27, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 5, 1952, in Hutchinson, the son of John and Katherine Lieker Estrella. He graduated from Trinity High School, Hutchinson, in 1971. He was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church and the V.F. W. Bob Campbell Post #1361 Men's Auxiliary. A lifetime resident of...
Walter A. Garver
Feb 26, 2011
Walter A. Garver, 85, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 26, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 29, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Abraham and Katie Miller Garver. Walter attended school in Hutchinson and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II. He was a member of the VFW Bob Campbell Post #1361...
Alberta M. Reed
Feb 24, 2011
Alberta M. Reed, 103, of Hutchinson died Feb. 24, 2011 at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 8, 1908 in Great Bend, the daughter of Joseph & Edna Leota Tullis Brada. She was a Hutchinson High School graduate in 1927 and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Hutchinson Horticulture Club,...
Darrell Dwayne Giles
Feb 24, 2011
Darrell Dwayne Giles, went to be with the Lord Feb. 24, 2011, passing away in Liberal, Kan. He was born Dec. 5, 1949, in Hutchinson, Kan., to Alva H. and Margery A. George Giles. Survivors include: brothers, Edward of Oklahoma City and Allen of West Plains, Mo.; sisters, Connie Smith of Burrton, Carolina Lane of Calhoun, Mo., and Anna Belle...
Helen Louise Mullen
Feb 23, 2011
WICHITA - Helen Louise Mooney Mullen, 79, died Feb. 23, 2011, at the Family Health and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita. She was born Jan. 1, 1932, in Hutchinson, Kan., the daughter of Michael John and Margaret Louise Hamilton Mooney. Helen was a member of the Church Of The Holy Cross, Hutchinson. On April 19, 1952, she married Robert "Moon" Mullen...
Elsie Wurm Hayes
Feb 21, 2011
Elsie Wurm Hayes, 94, a homemaker, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born January 30, 1917 on a farm near Traer, Kansas. Elsie married Dorce Hayes on April 12, 1938 in Oberlin, Kansas. They had three children; Jay Dee, Dixie and Rick. The family moved to Hutchinson in 1946 and established Hayes Sight and...
