Richard Lee Plush, Sr.
Jan 4, 2011
TOPEKA - Richard Lee Plush Sr., 87, Topeka, formerly of Hutchinson and Garden Plain, died Jan. 4, 2011, at Aldersgate Village, Topeka. He was born Nov. 23, 1923, in Hutchinson, the son of Clem and Hazel Williams Plush. He was a 1942 graduate of Hutchinson High School and later graduated from Salt City Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident and...
Jimmie D. Pitzer
Jan 4, 2011
Jimmie D. Pitzer, 80, went to be with his Lord, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 3, 1930, at Bartlesville , Okla., the son of James Paul and Bessie Ann Hill Pitzer. He was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School, former member of Loyal Order of the Moose #982, member of Eastwood Church...
Robert E. Kruger
Jan 4, 2011
We lost our beloved father, Robert E. Kruger, 90, of Hutchinson. He went to be with family and friends in heaven on Jan. 4, 2011, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 27, 1920, in Abilene, Kan., to Harry Jacob and Nina Marceline Broughton Kruger. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1946. He was a...
Julia J. "Peggy" Phipps
Jan 3, 2011
Julia Janette "Peggy" Phipps, 80, died Jan. 3, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 2, 1930, in Hutchinson, Ks, the daughter of Albert Harmon and Zetta Mae Cosat Frye. Peggy was a homemaker and a member of Walnut & Campbell Church of Christ. On Sept. 2, 1950, she married Marvin Phipps in Southwest City, Missouri. He survives....
Michael C. Schnabel
Jan 3, 2011
Michael Charles Schnabel, 57, died Jan. 3, 2011, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 13, 1953, in Chamberlain, S.D., the son of Ruben and Inez Lund Schnabel. He graduated high school in South Dakota. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a self-employed contractor. On Nov. 18, 1978, he married Joyce Elaine Schrag in Hutchinson. Survivors include: sons, Jason...
Joanne Deming
Jan 3, 2011
Joanne Deming, 77, of Claremore, Okla., died Jan. 3, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 10, 1933, in Riverside, Calif., to Halbert R. and Anna Myrtle Heflin Duncan. She was a resident of Claremore, Okla., and lived in Hutchinson from 1955 to 1974. In the 1950's, Joanne was a pop/jazz singer with several bands. She was a...
Judith A. "Judi" Christenson
Jan 3, 2011
Judith A. "Judi" Christenson, 75, died January 3, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 16, 1935, in Fargo, North Dakota. On March 5, 1966, she married Marvin Dean "Tuffy" Christenson in Hutchinson. He died April 25, 2010. Survivors include: daughter, Ka Lai and husband Brent Woods of Kansas City, Mo., and children, Brenique and Brent Woods...
Mariette E. "Penny" Shea
Jan 2, 2011
Mariette (Penny) Shea, 88, passed away Sunday Jan. 2, 2011, at Hospice House in Hutchinson, Kan. Penny was born Oct. 11, 1922, in Akron, Ohio, to Martin and Margaret Bell. She served as a WAVE in the Navy from 1944 to 1949. She married LCDR John Shea, USN, on Sept. 30, 1945, in Washington, D.C. He passed away Feb. 3,...
Evelyn Lorene Eckley Shima
Jan 2, 2011
Evelyn Lorene Eckley Shima, 88, of Olathe, formerly of Hutchinson, died Jan. 2, 2011, at Olathe. She was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Grant County, Okla., the daughter of Fred and Clara Oathout Shuster. She graduated from Caldwell High School, Caldwell, on May 21, 1942, and received her registered nursing degree from Mercy School of Nursing in Hutchinson on Dec....
Merylene E. Stewart
Jan 2, 2011
Merylene E. Stewart, 70, of Hutchinson, died January 2, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born September 15, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Herbert B. and Malinda Flaming Bush. She was a lifelong Hutchinson resident, where she attended Hutchinson High School and was a homemaker. She attended South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. Survivors include: a son, Paris Lee...
Robert D. "Bob" Huffman
Jan 2, 2011
NICKERSON - Robert Darrell "Bob" Huffman, 90, died Jan. 2, 2011. He was born Jan. 29, 1920, in Larned, the son of Milo R. and Gertrude Mae Rainey Huffman. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalman and had been a Santa Fe Railroad signalman for 35 years, retiring in 1985. On May 1, 1944, he married Elizabeth...
David Kurt Hughes
Dec 31, 2010
David Kurt Hughes, 43, died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born June 28, 1967, in Washington, D.C., the son of Clarence and Gisela Schuon Hughes. He was a 1985 graduate of Eisenhower High School and a 1989 graduate of Cameron University, both of Lawton, Okla. He had been an accountant. On July 9, 1994, he...
Ray Bickel
Dec 30, 2010
Ray Bickel died Dec. 30, 2010, at Promise Regional Hospital, Hutchinson. He was born March 25, 1940, in Hutchinson to Virgil H. and Mildred Trickey Bickel. He was a 1958 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He worked for over 40 years in the auto parts industry starting with Rose Motor Supply, Hutchinson, and Woolwine Supply and later went on to...
Judy Ann Green
Dec 30, 2010
Judy Ann Green, 60, died December 30, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born September 16, 1950, in Ft. Worth, Texas, the daughter of August Louis Stunkel and Alice Marie Heathcott Stunkel Adams. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1968. She was a homemaker, secretary and worked in medical records. On June 19, 1993, she married Alan Paul Green...
Donald R. "Don" Wright
Dec 30, 2010
Donald R. "Don" Wright, 83, died Dec. 30, 2010, at University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, N.M. He was born June 30, 1927, in Walton, to Harvey J. and Elsie Worthington Wright. Don was raised in Walton and Marion. He lived in Sterling from 1950-1955, lived in Hutchinson since 1955 and he and his wife lived part-time in Taos, N.M....
Frances "Hazaell" Heironimus
Dec 29, 2010
Frances "Hazaell" (pronounced Hay-zale) Heironimus, 88, was born on Oct. 21, 1922, to Elmer and Alma James Douglas, in Hutchinson, Kansas. The family lived in Nickerson and later moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas, and then back to Hutchinson, where she graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. After high school she married Robert "Bob" Dale Heironimus on May 27, 1942. She...
Ruth Hatfield
Dec 28, 2010
Ruth Hatfield, 86, died December 28, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 20, 1924, in Madison, Ill., the daughter of John and Della Delova Mircheff. Ruth was christened in Holy Trinity Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church, Madison, Ill.; she was a 1943 graduate of Madison High School, Madison, Ill. Ruth and Kent raised their three daughters...
Bessie Ida Burling
Dec 26, 2010
INMAN - Bessie Ida Burling, 100, died Dec. 26, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 24, 1910, on a farm south of Nickerson, to Harry Charles and Tina Emma Downs Reed. She was a longtime Arlington resident, moved to Hutchinson in 2005, and then to Inman. She was a graduate of Partridge High School. She was...
James "Butch" William Dunsworth, Jr.
Dec 26, 2010
James W. "Butch" Dunsworth Jr. passed away Dec. 26, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, due to congestive heart failure. Jim was born April 2, 1946, in Deerfield, Ks, to Celia and Jim Dunsworth. He attended Holcomb Grade School and graduated from Holcomb High School in 1964. He served in the National Guard from 1965 to 1971. He was...
Evelyn Mae Summers
Dec 26, 2010
Evelyn Mae Summers, 91, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. She was born April 30, 1919, in La Cygne, Kan., to Charles Edwin and Ruby Eileen FitzSimmons Evey. She was a 1936 graduate of La Cygne High School and then took post graduate classes in Anthony, Kan. She married Guy Leroy Summers, Jr. on July 3, 1941,...
