Vittorio R. Pina
Dec 26, 2010
Vittorio R. Piná, 37, died December 26, 2010, in Huntington Beach, California. He was born July 31, 1973, in Hutchinson, the son of Vittorio G. and Stella M. Hoskinson Piná. Vittorio graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1991 and then received a degree in specialized mechanics for diesel and Mercedes Benz, from UTI in Phoenix. He then worked for Saia...
Peggy Susan Childs
Dec 26, 2010
Peggy Susan Childs, 61, died Dec. 26, 2010, from ALS. She was born April 22, 1949, at Cedar Vale, the daughter of Ralph and E. Emogene Williams Thorne. Peggy was a 1967 graduate of Hutchinson High School, a 1971 graduate of University of Kansas, then taught 6th grade in the Topeka Public Schools while her husband attended Washburn Law School....
Florence Nell Vanriper
Dec 24, 2010
Florence VanRiper, 93, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Thorne Care Center in Florence Nell VanRiper, 93, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 18, 1917, in Inwood, Iowa, to Harry Ross and Minnie May Azbill Gardiner. She graduated from Bresee College Academy in 1935. As a homemaker, she pursued...
Lus Flores
Dec 24, 2010
Lus Flores, 92, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, the daughter of Antonio and Luisa Pena Perez. Lus was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was a mother, homemaker and the last surviving co-founder of the Anchor Inn Mexican Restaurant. On March 15, 1932, she married Antonio...
J. Dwain Meisenheimer
Dec 24, 2010
WICHITA - J. Dwain Meisenheimer, 93, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Feb. 27, 1917, in Arlington, to Paul and Audra Cheatum Meisenheimer. He and his wife lived and farmed in Wichita County for 38 years. They moved to Hutchinson in 1980 and then to Wichita in 2007. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High...
Freda M. Werner
Dec 23, 2010
Freda M. Werner, 98, died Dec. 23, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 15, 1912, in Sylvia, the daughter of Wiley A. and Carrie F. Haskins Clothier. She graduated from Sylvia High School in 1930. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired secretary for McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita. She belonged to First Christian Church,...
Russell M. Fischer
Dec 21, 2010
Russell M. "Russ" Fischer, 67, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 21, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 31, 1943, in Waterloo, Ill., the son of Oliver and Edrie Vivian Gariepy Fischer. He attended schools in Waterloo and was an oil field service worker. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Germany. He married...
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart
Dec 21, 2010
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart, 33, of Goldendale, Wash., died Dec. 21, 2010, in Goldendale, Wash. He was born March 27, 1977, in Rupert, Idaho, to Ronald Wayne and Deborah Kay Owens-Chavez Stewart. He attended Buhler High School. He was a welder for Borton Construction and formerly of Green Drywall. He married Kristi Jo Kraisinger on Jan. 1, 2009, in Inman....
John F. Ojeda
Dec 20, 2010
John Francis Ojeda, 98, died Dec. 20, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 14, 1912, in Greensburg, to Arnulfo and Francisca Ojeda. He was a retired supervisor for H&N Railroad. On Oct. 10, 1937, he married Elizabeth C. Caudillo in Hutchinson. She died Oct. 12, 2006. Survivors include: sons, George, Hutchinson, Rick, Wichita and Joseph "Tony," Hutchinson;...
Verna M. Prickett
Dec 19, 2010
ARLINGTON - Verna Mae Prickett, 67, died Dec. 19, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 2, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Walter Stapleton (Jack) and Verna Canal Shipper Price. In 1950 the family moved to Tulsa, Okla. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1962. On Feb. 13, 1964, she married Jim Prickett in Miami,...
Diana P. Neumayer
Dec 19, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Diana Pesina Neumayer, 46, died Dec. 19, 2010. She was born Feb. 13, 1964, in Brownsville, Texas, the daughter of Juan and Candelaria Pesina. She was a 1982 graduate of Homestead High School, Florida, and was employed at Nordam Group, Aircraft Industry, Wichita. She was raised in the Catholic faith and had attended Pretty Prairie United Methodist...
Dustin Dean Porter
Dec 18, 2010
Dustin Dean Porter, 32, died Dec. 18, 2010. He was born July 5, 1978, in Hutchinson, the son of Ronald and Dianna Green Porter. He was a 1996 graduate of Haven High School, member of Haven Baptist Church and had been an assembler at Krause for the last 6 years. On May 24, 1997, he married Amy Renea Borders in...
Ella B. Brown
Dec 17, 2010
Ella B. Brown, 91, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 17, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 21, 1919, on a farm near Buhler, the daughter of Peter W. and Anna Siemens Balzer. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1938 and attended Bethel College for two years, obtaining her teaching certificate. She taught school for one year...
Lavern A. Burns
Dec 17, 2010
LaVern A. Burns, 90, of Hutchinson, died December 17, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1920, in Stafford, KS, the son of Joseph William and Inez Anderson Burns. He was a 1939 graduate of Partridge High School, Partridge. Upon graduation, LaVern worked at C.O. Mammels Grocery with his older brother, Calvin. He also worked for Dillons...
Nola May Rumsey
Dec 16, 2010
Nola May Rumsey, 73, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 16, 2010, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born July 14, 1937, in Hutchinson, Kan., to John William and Ella May Wells Currie. She was a 1955 graduate of Buhler High School. She was CNA certified. She was a retired E.R. Clerk for Hutchinson Hospital, a...
Gene Capps
Dec 16, 2010
Gene Capps, 60, died Dec. 16, 2010. He was born June 22, 1950, in Hutchinson, the son of Hadley and Rose Capp He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1969. He was a construction superintendent by trade with Capps and Sons Construction, including working for HIEB, Cottonwood Hills Golf Course, and trustee for Reno Township. On Oct. 31, 1970, he...
John T. Swanson
Dec 14, 2010
John T. Swanson, 85, died Dec. 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 13, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Eskel Herbert and Hannah Anderson Swanson. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, he graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943. He was a very well respected farmer and stockman. He belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include:...
Izetta L. Schinstock
Dec 14, 2010
NICKERSON - Izetta L. Schriner Schinstock, 70, died Dec. 14, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born at home on Feb. 15, 1940, in Woods County , Okla., the daughter of Hurchel M. and H. Irene Reihm Smith. Izetta graduated from Cleo Springs, Okla., in 1958, and then attended Northwestern State College, Okla. Izetta was a housewife and farmwife. She...
Caroline E. Knerr
Dec 13, 2010
Caroline E. Knerr, 85, of Hutchinson died Dec. 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Emmett A. and Grace Lay Eagan. She was a retired Registered Nurse, who had worked at the Medical Center for 32 years in pediatrics. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942...
Roger G. Freeland
Dec 13, 2010
Roger Freeland, 60, died Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. He was born July 27, 1950, at Topeka, the son of Glenn and Mildred Green Freeland. He was a 1968 graduate of Geneseo High School and a 1974 graduate of Ft. Hays State University, a U.S. Navy veteran serving during the Vietnam War, a retired USD #309 Nickerson-South Hutchinson teacher and was...
