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...
Henry Nisly
Feb 21, 2011
Henry Nisly, 91, died Feb. 21, 2011, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born March 5, 1919, in Hutchinson, to Levi and Mary Bontrager Nisly. He was a lifetime Hutchinson area resident. He was a retired farmer and stockman and very involved in his church missions. He was a member of Maranatha Mennonite Church. On Oct. 3, 1940, he...
Thora "Jean" M. Olson
Feb 20, 2011
HAYSVILLE - Thora M. "Jean" Olson, 81, of Haysville, died Feb. 20, 2011. Born Jan. 16, 1930, in Hutchinson, daughter of William Lee and Elizabeth Cain VanZandt. She attended school in Partridge and lived most of her life in Wichita. She was a florist for Mueller's Flowers and a member of V.F.W. Post #112 Auxiliary in Wichita. Survivors include: sons,...
Leota May Palmer
Feb 20, 2011
Leota May Palmer, 76, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1935, near Natoma in Osborne County, the daughter of Eugene Sylvester and Elsie Mary Casper Palmer. She was a graduate of Woodston High School in 1953. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she raised four children as a single-parent mom...
George Franklin Trimmer Iii
Feb 19, 2011
George Franklin Trimmer III, 63, of Great Bend died Feb. 19 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 22, 1948, in Council Bluffs, Ia. he was the son of George and Edna Law Trimmer. He served in the Navy from November 1965 to February 1968 with honorable discharge. He was stationed on the recovery ship, the Gemini Ten, and picked...
Elsie Martha Dirks
Feb 19, 2011
Elsie Martha Dirks, 97, died February 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born February 23, 1913, at Buhler, the daughter of John S. and Lizzie Esau Schroeder. Elsie was a member of the South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, where she was a former district president for the United Methodist Women, a member of the Naomi Circle and the...
Marie E. Scroope
Feb 18, 2011
BALLINA, NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia - Marie E. Scroope, 89, sister of Doris Johnston, passed away Feb. 18, 2011, in Ballina, N.S.W., Australia. Marie was the aunt of Randy Johnston, Carol Conlon, Pat Langston, and Doris Stultz. Burial will be in Ballina. Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, is assisting the family locally.
Rudolph "Stanley" Unruh
Feb 18, 2011
Rudolph "Stanley" Unruh, 89, died Feb. 18, 2011, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 15, 1922, the son of David Herbert and Esther Koehn Unruh. He was a World War II veteran, serving as a private, in the U.S. Army Air Corp. from 1942-43. He was a master molder working at Hartman's Foundry. On Dec. 24, 1944,...
Daisy E. Peirce
Feb 18, 2011
Daisy E. Peirce, 97, died Feb. 18, 2011, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 3, 1913, in Reno County, the daughter of Harry and Eva C. Hensley Hill. A lifetime resident of Reno County, she was an active and excellent homemaker and also was employed as a secretary at Cessna for more than 25...
