Yolanda Delapaz Castañeda Vasquez
Jan 17, 2011
Yolanda DeLaPaz Castañeda Vasquez, 37, of Hutchinson, died Jan. 17, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 24, 1973, in Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico, to Ines and Martha Zepeda Castañeda. She was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She married Guillermo Vasquez in Dec. of 2005. He survives. Other survivors include:...
William Joseph Montgomery
Jan 17, 2011
William Joseph Montgomery, 90, died Jan. 17, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 16, 1920, in Topeka, Kan., the son of George Gilbert and Emma Evelyn Orr Montgomery. He graduated from Albia High School, Albia, Iowa, in 1939 and Sterling College, Sterling, Kan., in 1946. He served four years in the Army Air Corp during...
Alfred "Al" Martin Bauer
Jan 17, 2011
Alfred "Al" Martin Bauer, 84, of Geneseo, formerly of Hutchinson, died Jan. 17, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 16, 1926, in Wichita, to Cornelius Leo and Mary Gross Kane Bauer. He was a 1944 graduate of Cathedral High School and he attended trade mechanics school in New York. He was a repairman for 35 years for...
Joel Douglass Brown
Jan 16, 2011
Joel Douglass Brown, 49 died January 16, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born November 12, 1961, in Houston, TX, the son of Connie and Elaine Brown. In 1980 he graduated form Pretty Prairie High School, and then graduated from Oklahoma State Tech with a degree of Technology in Diesel and Heavy Equipment Mechanics in 1983...
Ivan E. "I.E." Brunk
Jan 14, 2011
Ivan E. "I. E." Brunk, 97, of South Hutchinson, died Jan. 14, 2011, at the Graber House in South Hutchinson at Mennonite Manor. He was born June 20, 1913, in Windom, the son of Jesse Robert and Sue Yoder Brunk. He graduated from Windom High School in 1932. He was an active member of South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. He was...
Gene Harlan Loeppke
Jan 14, 2011
Gene passed away peacefully in his sleep, Jan 14, 2011. He spent the last week attended by family and friends. In late 2010, he moved to Newport Beach, CA to be closer to his family. Born in Langdon, KS to John and Dorothy Loeppke, Gene spent his childhood on the family farm in Penalosa, Kansas, where he worked in the...
Donald V. Matthews
Jan 13, 2011
Donald V. Matthews, 87, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Boston, Mass., the son of Robert and Ivalene Gubian Matthews. Donald was a 1941 graduate of Jamacia Plain High School, Boston, Mass., a life-long member of the Episcopal Church, belonging to Grace Episcopal Church, Hutchinson, an enlisted World War II...
Elvin Victor Lane
Jan 12, 2011
Elvin Victor Lane, 79, died Jan. 12, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 29, 1931, in Bucklin, Kan., the son of James Thomas and Barbara Louise Eskew Lane. Elvin graduated from Bucklin High School in 1948. He then served in the U.S. Navy. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident, the owner of Fires Out Inc., and Lectro...
William "Bill" Y. Chalfant
Jan 7, 2011
William Y. "Bill" Chalfant, 82, of Hutchinson, died Jan. 7, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Hutchinson, Kan., to Claude Edward and Junia Maurine Young Chalfant. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946, the University of Kansas in 1950, and the University of Michigan Law School in...
Theda Arlene Lee
Jan 7, 2011
Theda Arlene Lee, 87, died Jan. 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1923, in rural Little River, the daughter of Percy Alvin and Hilda Hubenett Lee. She graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutch JUCO, and Adela Hale. She worked for civil services living in Japan for 2 1/2 years. Later in life she...
Eva Jane Williams
Jan 6, 2011
Eva Jane Williams, 82, of Hutchinson died Jan. 6, 2011, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 3, 1928, in Bradford, Pa., the daughter of Harry A. and Sara K. Reed Wenrich. She attended school in Pennsylvania, and later lived for many years in California, where she was a beautician and manicurist. She was a manicurist for...
George "Eddie" Edward O'Neal
Jan 4, 2011
George Edward "Eddie" O'Neal, 77, of Hutchinson, died Jan. 4, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 24, 1933, in Wichita, Kan., to George D. and Maggie L. Barnes O'Neal. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He was a maintenance operator for the City of Hutchinson Waste Water...
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,...
