Verna L. Schroder
Dec 1, 2010
Verna L. Schroder (Siegrist), 90, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, passed away peacefully Dec. 1, 2010. Verna was born Jan. 10, 1920, to Alpha and Hazel Siegrist. She grew up in Hutchinson, Kan., graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1936. On Nov. 5, 1939, she married R. Eugene "Gene" Schroder. Following a union of 69 years, he preceeded her...
Earl Eugene Dunbar
Nov 30, 2010
Earl Eugene Dunbar, 80, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 30, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 28, 1930, in Lafayette, Ind., to Lon and Elizabeth Lovelace Dunbar. He graduated from Military School in Enid, Okla. He had a career in the military retiring from the Air Force in 1966. He went on to work for Vendo Company...
David S. Lenz
Nov 30, 2010
David S. Lenz, 37, of Hutchinson died Nov. 30, 2010, at his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1973, in Hutchinson the son of Donald C. and Verona "Roni" Hirst Lenz. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he was a property manager for Lenz Investments. He previously was a security guard at T.E.C.H., Hutchinson Community College, and most recently Hutchinson Mall. He...
Opal Stone
Nov 28, 2010
Opal Stone, 96, of Hutchinson died Nov. 28, 2010, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 13, 1913, at Lamar, Mo., the daughter of Floyd B. and Pearl Hall Fulps. She attended school in Lamar, Mo. She was a homemaker. She and her husband lived in Chanute from 1931-1955 where he farmed and later worked...
Virginia "Ginny" Marie Woods
Nov 28, 2010
Virginia Marie "Ginny" Woods, 92, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 28, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 4, 1918, in Rice County, Kan., to Ernest and Clara Edith Hardy Knackstedt. She was a 1935 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker and a retired clerk for the City Utility Offices....
Betty Ebeling
Nov 27, 2010
Betty Ebeling, 69, died Nov. 27, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 19, 1941, in Dodge City, Kan., the daughter of Harold and Eleanora Steffan Blackwell. Betty attended St. Teresa's Catholic High School, Salt City Business College and Hutchinson Junior College. She co-founded Ebeling Construction with her husband Charles and retired from Bank of America...
Marilyn Kay Willbanks
Nov 26, 2010
Marilyn Kay Willbanks, 70, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 26, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 11, 1940, in Langdon, Kan., to Everett and Marsha Bartlett Cunningham. She was a retired hostess and waitress. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include: a son, Richard Willbanks of South Hutchinson; three daughters, Robin Roth of...
Rodney "Rod" J. Schroeder
Nov 26, 2010
Rodney J. "Rod" Schroeder, 75, died Nov. 26, 2010. He was born Feb. 21, 1935, the son of William and Helen Schroeder. He served in the Army from 1953-56. Rod retired from Boeing and then moved to Hutchinson. He was a member of the YMCA. Survivors include; sister, Vivian A. Phelps of Hutchinson and many nieces and nephews. He was...
Laverne Wolfer
Nov 25, 2010
LaVerne Wolfer, 82, of Hutchinson died Nov. 25, 2010, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born March 15, 1928, in Harrisonville, Mo., the daughter of Jesse D. and Ada P. Schrock Hartzler. She was an Assistant Librarian at Central Junior High and later Liberty Junior High Schools in Hutchinson. A Hutchinson resident since 1964, she was a member...
Cecil W. Thomas
Nov 25, 2010
Cecil W. Thomas, 101, died November 25, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1909, in Halstead, the son of David and Ida Thomas. Cecil farmed in Halstead until 1968, when he moved to Hutchinson, he then worked for Colladay Hardware. He was a charter member of the Faith United Methodist Church. On August 11, 1936,...
Shirley Adelle Goodman
Nov 20, 2010
Shirley A. Goodman, 88, died Nov. 20, 2010, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 24, 1922, in Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel and Blanche L. Pearlstein Hootstein. She was a longtime Boston area resident, moving to Hutchinson in June of 2008. Shirley graduated from Brookline High School in Brookline, Mass. She was a homemaker and...
Dale Eugene Sturgeon
Nov 20, 2010
Dale Eugene Sturgeon, 71, passed away at his home in Hutchinson, Nov. 20, 2010. He was born June 26, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Lowell Eugene Sturgeon and Wilma Alice Herren Sturgeon. Dale graduated from Nickerson High School in 1957, and received a BS in Business Administration from Kansas State University, where he graduated in 1962 as a member of Alpha...
Lynn Floyd Johnson
Nov 18, 2010
Lynn Floyd Johnson, 76, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 18, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 5, 1934, in Grand Forks, N.D., to John J. and Ardella Smith Johnson. Lynn moved to Hutchinson in 1963, from Albuquerque, N.M. He was a 1952 graduate of Gilby High School in Gilby, N.D. He worked for Cessna, General Dynamics, and Eaton...
Lincoln D. Goss
Nov 18, 2010
Lincoln D. Goss, 85, died November 18, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 8, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Samuel Wesley and Mabel Lillion Cornelius Goss. He was a WWII Navy veteran, serving as a Chief Motor Machinist Mate 1st Class from 42-45. Lincoln worked as a general contractor owning his own business, L.D. Goss Construction....
Sydney Ann Regier
Nov 18, 2010
Sydney Ann Regier, 54, died November 18, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1956, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Chester Fay and Emma Eloise Schmidt Regier. Sydney graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1974. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a pharmacist assistant at Fraese Drug for over 30 years. Survivors include; a sister,...
Roger Kevin Kahler
Nov 17, 2010
MOODIE, Ala. - Roger K. Kahler, 48, of Moodie, Alabama, formerly of Hutchinson, died Nov. 17, 2010, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born Nov. 12, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Otto and Lorene H. Radke Kahler. He was a Moodie resident since 2008, moving to Alabama from Ocala, Florida. He was a designer for Kenametal-Tricon, which was a specialty...
John Henry Leach
Nov 14, 2010
John Henry Leach, 89, died Nov. 14, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born July 4, 1921, the 6th child of Arthur and Pearl Bundy Leach, in Great Bend, Kan. He lived in Great Bend, until the age of six, when the family moved to Arkansas City, Kan., where he attended grades 1 through 12 and graduated from Arkansas City...
Maxine Gradall
Nov 13, 2010
Maxine Gradall, 92, of Hutchinson died Nov. 13, 2010, at Hutchinson Care Center. She was born September 20, 1918 at Hopewell, the daughter of Henry O. and Edith Poindexter Smith. She attended school at Trousdale and graduated from Trousdale High School in 1937. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, moving here from Pratt, she worked for Bankers Investment and later Kansas...
Wayne Elbert Schaben
Nov 13, 2010
Wayne Elbert Schaben, 92, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1918, in Ness County, the son of John and Verda Ryersee Schaben. He was a lifetime Ness County resident before moving to Sterling in 1999, a 1936 graduate of Bazine High School, attended Ft. Hays State University, U.S. Army veteran...
Robert "Bob" Ray Taylor
Nov 10, 2010
Our country is in mourning, for a soldier died today. Robert R. "Bob" Taylor, 87, died November 10, 2010 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born April 28, 1923, in Ellinwood, to Joseph W. and Wilma Strong Taylor. He was a member of Walnut and Campbell Church of Christ. Bob served in the United...
