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Stefanie I. Gisick
Feb 2, 2011
WICHITA - Stefanie I. Gisick, 33, of Wichita, died Feb. 2, 2011, at her home. She was born Feb. 11, 1977, in Hutchinson, to Thomas M. and Katherine Ann Allen Gisick. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Wichita in 1998. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1995, Hutchinson Community College in 1997 and Wichita State...
Vera Amelia Sumwalt Ray
Feb 2, 2011
Vera Amelia Sumwalt Ray, born April 17, 1923, in Hutchinson, died February 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. Vera was the daughter of Floyd and Viola Sumwalt and a lifelong resident of Reno County. Vera was united in marriage to Cecil Ray on July 16, 1961. Cecil preceded her in death in February, 1975. A longtime member of...
Dorothy F. Graber
Feb 2, 2011
Dorothy F. Graber, 85, of Hutchinson, formerly of Pretty Prairie, died Feb. 3, 2011, at Elm Grove Estates in Hutchinson. She was born March 29, 1925, at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of John J. and Regina Graber Krehbiel. She was a 1943 graduate of Pretty Prairie High School and attended Bethel College summer school. She taught at Savage Country School...
Maurice E. Ramsey
Feb 2, 2011
Maurice E. Ramsey, 90, of South Hutchinson, died Feb. 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Peabody, Kan., the son of Hiram R. and Della M. Mulvaney Ramsey. He attended school in Russell and graduated from Russell High School in 1939. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps. He...
Frances Isbell-Dewald
Feb 2, 2011
Frances Isbell-Dewald, 98, of South Hutchinson, died Feb. 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 2, 1912, at Anadarko, Okla., the daughter of John Franklin and Carolina Saralina Hollis Paul. She attended schools in Anadarko and moved to Hutchinson in 1952. She was a retired waitress and cook at several restaurants in Hutchinson. She was...
Evelyn Jane Meyer
Feb 1, 2011
Evelyn "Jane" Meyer, 82, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 30, 1928, in South Vienna, Ohio, the daughter of Chester and Bernice Lannon Queen. Evelyn was a homemaker and had worked at the B and Main Dillons Store, Jim's Market and most recently was assisting her son at Good Vibrations Auto Sound. On Sept....
Thomas L. Woerz
Feb 1, 2011
Thomas L. Woerz, 54, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 20, 1956, in McPherson, Kan., the son of William W. and Evelyn Beck Woerz. He moved to Hutchinson in 1959 and was a client at T.E.C.H. (Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson). Thomas was a member of Church of the Holy Cross....
Marjorie Withroder
Feb 1, 2011
LINDSAY, Texas - Marjorie Withroder, 89, of Lindsay, Texas, formerly of Hutchinson, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Denton Presbyterian Hospital, Denton , Texas. She was born Jan. 28, 1922, in the Sylvia community, the daughter of Harold and Edith Josephson. On May 18, 1946, she married George E. Withroder at Hutchinson. He died Jan. 14, 1988. Marjorie and George lived...
Frances Geneva Crum
Jan 31, 2011
Frances Geneva Crum, 94, died Jan. 31, 2011. She was born July 4, 1916, the daughter of William A. and Antionette Sterling Brewer. On May 4, 1941, she married Elmo Milton Crum in Arapaho, Okla. He died Dec. 25, 1992. Survivors include: daughters, Marie Short, Hutchinson, and Mary Hanes, Sterling; brother, Floyd Brewer, Hutchinson; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and eight...
Evelyn E. Winkler
Jan 31, 2011
Evelyn E. Winkler, 85, died Jan. 31, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 3, 1925, the daughter of John LeRoy and Sylvia Lucinda Cripe Strohm. A graduate of Little River High School in 1941, she was a homemaker. Evelyn was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ and the EHU. On Sept. 11, 1945, she...
John R. Rimmer
Jan 29, 2011
John Robbins Rimmer, retired Chairman of Hutchinson Bag Company, 93, died on Jan. 29, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. John was born Feb. 2, 1917, in Camden, Mississippi, the eldest son of John Shelby and Nellie Robbins Rimmer. John was a graduate of Millsaps College of Jackson, Mississippi. After college he remained in Jackson for two years working for the...
Cara Jean Nelson Bredfeldt Mark
Jan 29, 2011
Cara Jean Nelson Bredfeldt Mark passed away Jan. 29, 2011. She was born Oct. 7, 1932, the daughter of Vernon Leon and Rose Mary Magyar Nelson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. After raising a family and ending a marriage, she started life over and worked at Dillons Northgate store for the next 30 years. She...
Margaret Raya Vieyra
Jan 28, 2011
Margaret Raya Vieyra, 87, died Jan. 28, 2011, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Hutchinson, to Delfino and Patrocinia Juarez Raya. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson, and the Ladies Altar Society. On Dec. 26, 1943, she married Pete V. Vieyra in Hutchinson....
Lyla M. Mccoy
Jan 28, 2011
Lyla M. McCoy, 88, of South Hutchinson, died Jan. 28, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Castleton, the daughter of William H. and Mary Rose Spillman Pitts. She attended school at Castleton and graduated in 1940 from Castleton High School. A lifelong Reno Co. resident, she worked side by side with her...
Ina L. Terry
Jan 28, 2011
Ina Louise Terry, 92, died January 28, 2011. She was born February 8, 1918, at Danville, the daughter of Harry and Louise Hallman Ayres. She attended Danville schools and was a homemaker, a member of Riverside Baptist Church, Kansas Anthropological Society and owner/operator of The Shoppe antique store. On April 17, 1938, she married Kenneth F. Terry at Wellington. He...
David S. Martinez
Jan 27, 2011
David Steven Martinez, 62, went to rest peacefully with our Lord Jan. 27, 2011, at Harry Hynes Hospice at Via Christi Hospital on the St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Aug. 3, 1948, in Hutchinson, to Jim P. and Santos B. Martinez. He graduated in 1966 from Hutchinson High School. He was the owner and operator of Custom Metal...
Edwin E. Miller
Jan 27, 2011
Edwin E. Miller, 88, died Jan. 27, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 24, 1922, the son of Glen and Mary Humphrey. He was adopted and raised by his grandmother, Mary Kathrine Miller. Edwin graduated from Sterling High School and attended Hutchinson JUCO. He was a WWII veteran serving with the Army as a Private 1st Class...
Ronald R. Tolleson
Jan 26, 2011
Ronald R. Tolleson, 52, died January 26, 2011 at his home in Hutchinson He was born December 13, 1958, the son of Cleve and Atha Lucus Tolleson Private service will be held. Elliott Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth H. Schmidt
Jan 25, 2011
Kenneth H. Schmidt, 78, of South Hutchinson, Kan. died Jan. 25, 2011, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born March 25, 1932, in Greensburg, Kan., the son of Harvey Fred and Beatrice Marguerite Smith Schmidt. He was a 1950 graduate of Greensburg High School, and a graduate of Hesston College, Hesston, and Bethel College, Newton. He resided in Greensburg,...
Edward "Ed" Darin Filbert
Jan 24, 2011
Edward D. "Ed" Filbert, 79, of Hutchinson, died Jan. 24, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 30, 1931, near Brownell, Kan. in Ness County, to Alexander and Katharine Gross Filbert. He was a Hutchinson resident since 1969, moving here from Dighton, where he had coached and taught school. He had previously taught and coached at Bazine High...
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