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Stefanie I. Gisick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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