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Linda Sue Schrag

Linda Sue Schrag

Apr 27, 2011

CHASE - Linda Sue Schrag, 66, died April 27, 2011, at Via Christi St Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born October 29, 1944, to Finis and Mildred Hoefer Woolery, in Wichita. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson, and moved to Chase 14 years ago. Linda was a retired CNA and activities coordinator. Survivors include: children, Debbie Knox, Clive, Iowa,...

Christopher J. Sullivan

Christopher J. Sullivan

Apr 27, 2011

Christopher J. Sullivan, 17, died April 27, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born March 13, 1994, in Wichita. He was a junior at Hutchinson High School. Chris was a member of the HHS soccer, wrestling, and track and field teams. During the summer, he was a lifeguard at the Salt City Splash. He belonged to South Hutchinson...

James S. Hightower

James S. Hightower

Apr 27, 2011

James S. Hightower, 80, of Hutchinson, died April 27, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1930, the son of Mark S. and Dorothy McGraw Hightower. He attended school in Altus, Okla. and was a veteran of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, having served as an M.P. while stationed in Japan. He moved...

Charles E. "Charlie" Frey

Charles E. "Charlie" Frey

Apr 26, 2011

Charles E. "Charlie" Frey, 85, went to be with our Lord, Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Pierce City, Mo., the son of Peter J. and Helen E. Murphy Frey. Charles was a WWII Navy veteran. He retired in 1987 as general sales manager and member of the board of directors...

Carol Rexroad

Carol Rexroad

Apr 26, 2011

Carol Rexroad, 92, died April 26, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 24, 1918, in Ludington, Mich., the daughter of Lawrence A. Rohloff and Lee Schultz Rohloff. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1946. She was a longtime secretary and bookkeeper at the former Valley Federal Savings and Loan Co. She was a volunteer at the...

Maxine Louise "Mac" Hoyle

Maxine Louise "Mac" Hoyle

Apr 26, 2011

Maxine Louise "Mac" Hoyle, 82, of South Hutchinson, died April 26, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center ICU, Hutchinson. She was born May 13, 1928, in Geneseo, Kan., to Bruce Lewis and Fernatta Hattie Yarnell Cronkite. She was a longtime Nickerson resident. She was a 1946 graduate of Nickerson High School and she attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a...

Fern Garnett

Fern Garnett

Apr 25, 2011

Fern Garnett, 84, died April 25, 2011. She was born March 23, 1927, at Rolla, the daughter of Henry and Dorothy Brown Ahrens. She married Gerral "Leo" Garnett on Feb. 16, 1946, in Elkhart. He died Nov. 18, 1962. Survivors include: sons, LeRoy Garnett and wife Karen of Emporia, Dean "Deano" Garnett, and Rick Garnett and wife Tammy, all of...

Sheryl Lynn Bonham

Sheryl Lynn Bonham

Apr 25, 2011

Sheryl L. Bonham, 57, died April 25, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 31, 1953, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Noyce and Shirley Caviness Spillman. Sheryl graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1972. On Aug. 11, 1978, she married Michael L. Bonham, in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: two daughters, Michelle R. Powell and...

Elizabeth D. "Betty" Kopper

Elizabeth D. "Betty" Kopper

Apr 24, 2011

Elizabeth D. "Betty" Kopper, 86, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. She was born Feb. 8, 1925, at Plains, the daughter of Peter B. and Elizabeth Krehbiel Kopper. She had been a Hutchinson resident since 1964 moving from Pretty Prairie, a 1943 graduate of Ingalls High School, a member of First Mennonite Church in Hutchinson, and had been a clerk for...

Joel "J.D." Elwell

Joel "J.D." Elwell

Apr 23, 2011

J.D. Elwell, 73, of Hutchinson, died April 23, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 16, 1937, in Hutchinson, to Joel R. and Irene Dutton Elwell. He was a graduate of Buhler High School in 1955, Hutchinson Community College in 1957, and Kansas State University in 1963. He was an architect. He was a member of Grace...

Homer Warren Hankey

Homer Warren Hankey

Apr 22, 2011

Homer Warren Hankey, 94, died April 22, 2011, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 3, 1917, in Amorita, Oklahoma, the son of John E. and Edna Thompson Hankey. A World War II veteran, he served as a sergeant with the Army Air Corp. He retired from Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company and Stevens County John Deere....

Iola Marie Derr

Iola Marie Derr

Apr 22, 2011

Iola Marie Derr, 78, of South Hutchinson, died April 22, 2011, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 13, 1932, in Lakin, the daughter of James and Helen Conn Swank. Iola was a 1951 graduate of Hutchinson High School and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She had worked for several years as a PBX operator...

Beulahmae Simmons Diehl

Beulahmae Simmons Diehl

Apr 19, 2011

Beulahmae Simmons Diehl, 88, died April 19, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born Jan. 16, 1923, to Marion Wade Simmons and Pearl Archibald Simmons on a farm at Haviland, Kan. She married Fred H. Diehl on Dec. 7, 1941, at Dodge City, Kan. He died March 2006. They operated Diehl's Dairy for over 55 years. She was...

Ralph W. Noyes, Jr.

Ralph W. Noyes, Jr.

Apr 18, 2011

Ralph W. "Bud" Noyes, Jr., 78, died Monday, April 18, 2011. He was born April 20, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Ralph W. and Marcelline M. Miller Noyes, Sr. He had been a lifetime Hutchinson resident, graduating Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College, attended Illinois College of Podiatry and Foot Surgery, was a member of Faith United Methodist...

Mary L. Bell

Mary L. Bell

Apr 18, 2011

Mary L. Bell, 61, died April 18, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 22, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Robert E. and Doris Raye Barkman Osborn. She was a homemaker. She attended the Riverside Baptist Church. She married Charles L. Bell on Dec. 6, 1969, in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: sons, Troy, Brian and...

Carl Rank, Jr.

Carl Rank, Jr.

Apr 17, 2011

Carl Rank Jr., 87, died Sunday, April 17, 2011. He was born Feb. 17, 1924, at Abbyville, the son of Carl and Josephine Horton Rank. He was a 1942 graduate of Abbyville High School, a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Crosspoint Baptist Church, Westbrook Campus, and was a machinist for Eaton Corp. for 35 years, retiring in...

Ross Glenn Musselman

Ross Glenn Musselman

Apr 17, 2011

Ross Glenn Musselman, 68, died April 17, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 19, 1942, in Ransom, Kansas, the son of Charles Abraham and Vera White Musselman. He graduated from Ransom High School in 1959, York College in 1961, and received his bachelors from Fort Hays State University in 1964. Ross was a hospital and nursing...

Howard A. Thompson

Howard A. Thompson

Apr 17, 2011

Howard A. Thompson, 86, of Hutchinson, died April 17, 2011, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 16, 1924, in Coudersport, Pa., the son of Herbert and Mary Bertran Thompson. He graduated from Coudersport High School, Roberts Jr. College and Clarion University. He later received his master's degree from Penn State University. He was a retired superintendent of schools in...

Corbin Dean Edmisson

Corbin Dean Edmisson

Apr 16, 2011

STILLWATER, Okla. - Corbin Dean Edmisson, 22, died April 16, 2011, in Stillwater, Okla. He was born in Hutchinson, Kan., April 23, 1988, to Robert Dean Edmisson and Gina Jo Gagnebin Edmisson. He is survived by his sister, Cierra Jo Edmisson of Stillwater, Okla.; grandparents, Russell and Shirley Gagnebin of Abbyville, Kan., Dean and Sherra Brigman of Hutchinson, Kan., and...

Marjorie Sjoberg

Marjorie Sjoberg

Apr 15, 2011

Marjorie I. Sjoberg, 98, died April 15, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 5, 1912, in Artesia, New Mexico, the daughter of Royal Edward and Charlotte Evelyn Spooner Dunham. Marjorie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1930, and Salt City Business College in 1932. On Oct. 10, 1937, Marjorie married John K. Sjoberg in Hutchinson....

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