Earl Lee Welch
Jun 5, 2011
Earl Lee Welch, 90, died June 5, 2011, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 25, 1920, in Turon, to William Wesley and Alice Mae Compton Welch. He was a resident since 1967, moving from Turon. He was a 1939 graduate from Turon High School. While in Turon he was a partsman in the farm machinery business, and...
James Arthur Davis
Jun 5, 2011
James A. Davis, 70, died June 5, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 21, 1940, to Wayne G. and Margaret Trussel Davis at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson. Jim attended school in Hutchinson, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1960. He completed basic training in Fort Bragg in 1961, and then joined the Army National Guard, followed...
Doris O. Stewart
Jun 4, 2011
Doris O. Stewart, 93, died June 4, 2011. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, at Tyrone, Okla., the daughter of Lewis and Jessie Grant Landess. Her children fondly remembered her as a wonderful homemaker, fabulous cook, a devoted mother and very dear to her grandchildren. Doris was a graduate of Elkhart High School and PAMC College, Goodwill, Oklahoma. She taught...
John Harman Chastain
Jun 2, 2011
John Harman Chastain, 90, died June 2, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born December 8, 1920, at Judsonia, Arkansas, the son of Wesley E. and Mabel Ann Harman Chastain. He was a 1939 graduate of Fayetteville, Arkansas High School, a member of Park Place Christian Church, was a former member of Brotherhood Railway and Steamship Clerks, a World...
Paula N. Miller
Jun 1, 2011
Paula N. Miller, 87, died June 1, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Darlow, Kan., the daughter of Dennis Paul and Yozelle Leighty Sthole. On Oct. 27, 1943, she married James L. Miller in Hutchinson. He died July 9, 1999. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, Paula was a retired machine operator for Cessna. Survivors include:...
Jimmie O. Nichols
May 31, 2011
Jimmie O. Nichols, 75, died May 31, 2011, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Feb. 2, 1936, in Hutchinson, to Elmer and Beulah Nichols. He is survived by his wife, Anita; 11 children, 30 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, with Pastor George Hinton presiding....
Calvin P. Hall
May 31, 2011
Calvin P. Hall, 75, of Hutchinson, died May 31, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born April 12, 1936, at Eureka, the son of Emmett L. and Masil I. McDaniel Hall. He attended schools in Langdon and had worked at Cessna Hydraulics and later Eaton Corporation for 40 years. He married Barbara Kay Vance on June 15, 1963,...
Geneva R. Sitton
May 30, 2011
Geneva R. Sitton, 95, of Hutchinson, formerly of Arlington, died May 30, 2011, at her home. She was born Aug. 25, 1915, at Abbyville, the daughter of Chester E. and Rosa E. Wingo Feese. She attended school at Abbyville and was a member of the Arlington Un ited Methodist Church. Geneva was a longtime resident of Arlington, moving to Hutchinson...
Wayne L. Huntsman, Jr.
May 29, 2011
Wayne L. Huntsman Jr., 74, died May 29, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 20, 1936, in Hutchinson, the son of Wayne L. Huntsman Sr. and Opal Louise McMullen Huntsman. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1954, and attended Kansas State University. Wayne started his career at Cessna and then worked for Woodworking Manufacturing. In...
Mary Elizabeth Bruegger
May 29, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Bruegger, 87, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Olathe. She was born Feb. 28, 1924, at Whiting, Ind., the daughter of Lester and Viola Beck Chansler. A longtime Hutchinson resident moving to the Kansas City area in 2010, she had worked for Beech Aircraft and was quality controller operator for Consolidated Rebuilders retiring in 1986. Mary was a...
Donald L. Berger
May 27, 2011
Donald L. Berger, 73, died May 27, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Conway Springs, Kansas, to Guy and Edith (Small) Berger. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1956. Donald was a retired Battalion Chief of Hutchinson Fire Department and founder and President of Ace Fire Extinguisher Company. He was a...
Evelyn Irene Lininger
May 26, 2011
Evelyn I. Lininger, 86, died May 26, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born March 14, 1925, in Pratt, Ks, the daughter of Ferman L. and Hulga M. Baker Young. Evelyn attended grade school in Byers, KS, then high school in Elk Falls, KS. She graduated from Lyons High School in 1943. She worked for Hutchinson...
Wallace Schlumbohm
May 24, 2011
Wallace Schlumbohm, 82, died May 24, 2011, at his home, Burrton. He was born July 8, 1928, in Alvord, Iowa, the son of Herman F. and Marie C. Moeller Schlumbohm. Wallace was a longtime resident of Cullison, living in Hutchinson for a period before moving to Burrton 10 years ago. He was a retired farmer and driver for Wittig Trucking....
Charlie "Gene" Mitzner
May 24, 2011
STERLING - Charlie E. "Gene" Mitzner, 75, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Wichita. He was born Dec. 8, 1935, at Abbyville, the son of Charlie L. and Edith Detter Mitzner. He was a 1953 graduate of Abbyville High School, a member of Fairview United Methodist Church, Nickerson, an Army Veteran serving mainly in Germany, a lifetime area farmer, and...
Rubie Evelyn Stofer
May 23, 2011
Rubie Evelyn Hatfield Stofer, 86, went to be with our Lord Monday, May 23, 2011, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born March 15, 1925, in Kinsley, Kan., the daughter of Charlie Daniel and Glenna Almeda Eslinger Hatfield. She was a 1943 graduate of Kinsley High School and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan. receiving an...
Laverna M. Winchester Fuller
May 22, 2011
LITHONIA, Ga. - LaVerna M. Winchester Fuller was born in Kinsley, June 17, 1913, the daughter of John Walter and Lenora Walker Winchester. She was a graduate of Kinsley High School and was a teacher's aide at Lincoln Elementary School. LaVerna married Maurice Fuller and was married for 30 years until his death in 1977. She was a member of...
Maxine L. Mcmurray
May 20, 2011
Maxine L. McMurray, 92, died May 20, 2011, at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1918, in Windom, Kan., the daughter of Daniel P. and Alma L. Swalander Smyres. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1935, formerly of Dodge City, Minneola and Canton. She worked for F.W. Woolworth's for several years where she met and married her husband, Gerald...
Donald E. Hall
May 20, 2011
Donald E. Hall, 68, of Hutchinson, died May 20, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident on U.S. 50 Highway, southeast of Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 3, 1943, in Pittsburgh, PA., the son of Everette and Nora Arff Hall. His family moved to Milbank, South Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He entered the United States...
Jason R. Whalen
May 19, 2011
Jason R. Whalen, 32, died May 19, 2011, here in Hutchinson. He was born June 9, 1978, in Hutchinson, to Pat and Carolyn R. Polson Whalen. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was a chef at the Rusty Needle restaurant. Survivors include: his parents, Pat and Carolyn Whalen of Hutchinson; brother, Matthew of Hutchinson; sister, Carolyn Prell and husband...
William L. Tolliver
May 17, 2011
William Leonard Tolliver, 85, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 28, 1926, at Stratford, Okla., the son of William and Ethel Cushman Tolliver. He graduated from East Central Oklahoma State University, Pittsburg State University and Wichita State University. William was a Navy veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific...
