Leonard C. Warren
Jul 26, 2011
Leonard C. Warren, 89, died July 26, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born June 2, 1922, to Lemual and Katie Evans Warren in Hutchinson. Leonard was an Army veteran and fought in World War II. Leonard was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Milton Warren. Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday,...
Earl N. Ditgen
Jul 26, 2011
Earl N. Ditgen, 91, died July 26, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 28, 1919, in Nickerson, the son of Joseph Clarence and Bessie Louise Stephens Ditgen. He was a 1938 graduate of Nickerson High School. Earl was a farmer and a real estate agent. He was a member of the Crosspoint Church, Westbrook Campus and he...
David L Faulkner
Jul 26, 2011
David L. Faulkner died July 26, 2011, at Hospice House of Reno County after a long and courageous battle with a chronic illness. He was born Dec. 11, 1949, the son of Helen E. and Clifford R. Faulkner. He was of independent faith. On Sept. 14, 1973, he married Shirley A. Casad. The couple divorced in 1990 and remained close....
Sylvia K. Newlin
Jul 25, 2011
Sylvia K. Newlin, 85, of Hutchinson, died July 25, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 31, 1925, in Hutchinson, to Laurence A. and Florence E. Watson Spears. She was a resident of Hutchinson and attended Hutchinson schools and Adela Hale Business College. She was the owner of Spears Gun and Lock in Hutchinson. She married...
John Harold Randall
Jul 21, 2011
John H. Randall, 87, died July 21, 2011 at his home, Hutchinson. He was born November 24, 1923, in Danville, Illinois, the son of Harold and Lucille Wilson Randall. John graduated from Henning High School, Henning, IL in 1941. He was a WWII Veteran serving in the Army from 43-46. John worked for his dad at Randall Paint Shop, then...
Abraham "Abe" Bontrager
Jul 20, 2011
PARTRIDGE - Abe Bontrager, 95, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011. He was born Sept. 9, 1915, at rural Haven, the son of Daniel Y. and Susan Nissley Bontrager. He grew up farming and painting, was a member of Partridge Community Church, Odd Fellows, Partridge Gun Club, and farming with Viola until 1957, when he moved his family into the home...
Rachel Leah Durr
Jul 20, 2011
Rachel Leah Durr, 94, died July 20, 2011 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1917 in Trego, Kansas to John Jacob and Elizabeth Fabrizius. Rachel was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. On December 12, 1955, she married Delbert Lee Durr in Wakeeney. He died November 10, 2008. Survivors include daughter, Linda Kerschner, Hutchinson;...
Charles H. Wall
Jul 18, 2011
Charles H. Wall, 65, of Hutchinson, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus, in his home, July 18, 2011. Charles was born Feb. 23, 1946, in Amarillo, Texas, to Major Russell and Alta Wall. Recently retired, Charles was the master mason of Charles H. Wall Masonry. He was a skillful craftsman in brick and stone. He was also an avid...
Peter E. Rumback
Jul 16, 2011
Peter E. Rumback, 62, died July 16, 2011, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born March 16, 1949, in Hoxie, Kansas, the son of Walter and Julita Marie Weigel Rumback. He was a 1967 graduate of Trinity High School and he then served in the Army from 1968-1971. Peter loved to cook and worked as a waiter for various restaurants,...
Darryl Bradford Cunningham
Jul 16, 2011
Darryl Bradford Cunningham, 63, died July 16, 2011. He was born May 31, 1948, at Danville, Ill., the son of Ivan "Brad" and Anna Mae Nicely Cunningham. He has been a Hutchinson resident the past six years, had grown up in Danville, Ill. and had graduated from Danville High School and Danville Area Community College, and was a member of...
Bobby Herbert Copeland
Jul 14, 2011
Bobby H. Copeland, 73, of Hutchinson, died July 14, 2011, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1938, at Joplin, Mo., the son of Bert and Zana Chubb Copeland. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1956, and immediately entered the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy, he served on the U.S.S. Manley. He moved to Hutchinson in 1972,...
Edwin D. "Ed" Downard
Jul 11, 2011
Edwin D. "Ed" Downard, 80, died July 11, 2011. He was a laborer at Cargill Salt in Hutchinson. He married Loretta B. Brown on June 20, 1957, in Raton, N.M. She died March 22, 2010. Survivors include: son, Michael R. Downard, Hutchinson; daughter, Kathy Johnson, Hutchinson; brother, Floyd Downard, Hutchinson; and a grandson. Cremation has taken place. Graveside service and...
Elizabeth Rose Hoffman
Jul 11, 2011
Elizabeth Rose Hoffman died July 11, 2011 in Wichita. She was born April 3, 2011 in Wichita to Kristena Constuble and John Hoffman. Survivors include her parents; brother Jaxson, Parsons; grandparents, Donald and Mary Hoffman, South Hutchinson, and Daniel and Venus Constuble, Parsons and great grandparents, Leslie and Marie Gentry, Ardmore, OK. A private family service will be held at...
Kathleen Elizabeth Frank
Jul 10, 2011
Kathleen Elizabeth Frank, 66, went home to be with the Lord on July 10, 2011, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Bartlesville , Okla., the daughter of Samuel M. and Bonnie Maxine Combs McClure. Survivors include: four children, Lorresa Wilson of Oklahoma, Irene Hetrick, and John Frank of Hutchinson, and Raymond Frank of Inman; two brothers,...
Esther A. Clothier
Jul 8, 2011
Esther A. Clothier, 94, of Hutchinson, formerly of Sylvia, died July 8, 2011, at Hospice House. She was born April 13, 1917, at Paradise, Kansas, the daughter of Jonathan C. and Caroline Pauline Kohler Maier. She graduated from Russell High School in 1934, and Brown-Mackie Business College in Salina in 1935. She was a homemaker and had worked as a...
Neva Fay Finney
Jul 8, 2011
Neva Fay Finney, 93, died July 8, 2011, at Hester Care Center. She was born Sept. 3, 1917, in Emporia, to Roy and Grace Stead Gatewood. Neva was a substitute teacher for the Hutchinson elementary schools. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years, and was part of the United Methodist...
J. Harold Ricker
Jul 8, 2011
J. Harold Ricker Sr., 80, died July 8, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1931, at the family farm near Alden, Kan., the son of John L. and Anna R. Miller Ricker. Harold graduated from Alden High School in 1949. He was a farmer and stockman until retiring in 2002, and then he mowed for...
Kevin Mark Crabbs
Jul 7, 2011
Kevin Mark Crabbs, 50, died Thursday, July 7, 2011. He was born April 17, 1961, in Hutchinson, the son of Charles and Rita Garcia Crabbs. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School, member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, and warehouse receiver at Sonoco with over 33 years of service. He is survived by two sons, Timothy Crabbs,...
Oma Jean Hearlson
Jul 7, 2011
Oma Jean Hearlson, 76, died July 7, 2011 in Hutchinson. She was born October 24, 1934 in Offerle, Kansas to Edmund Albert and Laura Amelia Kurth Boehme. Oma graduated from Offerle High School in 1951 and attended Friends University. She retired from Southwestern Bell and worked at Hutchinson Correctional Facility. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and...
Cynthia Joan Beshore
Jul 7, 2011
Cynthia Joan Whitlock Beshore, 60, was born July 18, 1950, in Hutchinson and died July 7, 2011, at Hospice House of Reno County. In October 2008, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She fought for 2 years and 8 months, but peacefully lost her battle. She was a Nickerson resident from 1969 through 2003 working in the community as a...
