Darrin G. Crowe
Apr 13, 2011
Darrin G. Crowe, 49, was born June 10, 1961. He was the third of five siblings born to Ronald Crowe and Judith Snyder Sabus. Growing up, he was loved by his large family of aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. His family was very important to him. Darrin married his wife, Brenda, on Sept. 13, 1977. They shared 33 years together....
Tonya Michelle Zwickl
Apr 12, 2011
Tonya Michelle Zwickl, 39, of Hutchinson, died April 12, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1971, at Neodesha, the daughter of Gary and Carol Maixner Waldron. She moved with her family to Hutchinson when she was 5 years old from Neodesha. She attended Hutchinson schools and was a member of the First United...
Bob R Adams
Apr 11, 2011
Bob Reed Adams, 93, passed away April 11, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan. He was born in Sun City, Barber County, Kan., the third son of Myrtle (Moad) Adams and Ora Adams, on Aug. 25, 1917. He was a graduate of Sun City Rural High School, attended the Wichita Business College and the University of Louisville Southern Police Academy,...
Vera Mae Berry
Apr 10, 2011
Vera Mae Berry, 75, died April 10, 2011. She was born Nov. 16, 1935, to Floyd and Thelma Phipps Millard. She married Charles Berry Oct. 9, 1954. He died in 2003. Survivors include: sons, Chuck of Attica and Tim of Hutchinson; daughters, Joyce Newell of Hutchinson and Susan Rhodes of Brighton, Colo.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial service 11...
Steve Boese
Apr 9, 2011
Steve Boese, 63, died April 9, 2011, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born June 3, 1947, in Halstead, the son of Walter and Amanda Schmidt Boese. He graduated from McPherson High School, Hutchinson JUCO and McPherson College. Steve was a self-employed medical transcriptionist. He was a member of First Church Of God. On Feb. 14, 1976, he married...
Dillard O. Hamby
Apr 8, 2011
Dillard O. Hamby, 86, died Friday, April 8, 2011. He was born Oct. 29, 1924, in Laverne, Okla., the son of Otis Hamby and Sylva Cochran Hamby Johnson. He was a longtime Nickerson resident, a member of First Southern Baptist Church, Hutchinson, and a U.S. Navy Veteran serving in the Pacific Theater. Dillard was a Conoco service station owner and...
Jean Stiles
Apr 8, 2011
Jean Stiles, 86, of South Hutchinson, died April 8, 2011, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harvey H. and Ritta Ann Vetter Alumbaugh. A life-long South Hutchinson resident, she attended school at Nickerson. Jean was a homemaker and elevator operator at the Wolcott Building for over 30 years. She...
Wilma B. French
Apr 7, 2011
Wilma B. French, 92, of Partridge, died April 7, 2011, at Dillon Living Center in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1919, in Poteau, Okla., the daughter of Harvey T. and Bernice Hopkins Coggins. She moved with her family to Hutchinson in 1934. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1935 and attended Hutchinson Junior College from 1935 through 1937....
June Maxine Smith Burns
Apr 7, 2011
June Maxine Smith Burns, 84, of Hutchinson, Kansas, died on April 7, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Nile "Layton" Burns, whom she married on May 6, 1946, in South Hutchinson. They were longtime residents of Hutchinson, and were the owners of Smith's Market from 1965 until...
Judy Ann Ward
Apr 6, 2011
Judy Ann Ward, 67, of Hutchinson, died April 6, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. She was born Dec. 26, 1943, at Oshkosh, Neb. the daughter of Hardy and Olene Whatley Stockman. She was a graduate of Stafford Kansas High School in 1961, and was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Hutchinson. She...
Lila Kay Hodges
Apr 6, 2011
NEWTON - Lila Kay Hodges, 64, died April 6, 2011, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, from complications from a stroke. She was born July 24, 1946, the daughter of Dan Gadberry and Eva B. Darrah. A resident of Newton, she had formerly lived in Haven, Lyons and Sterling. Lila was a homemaker and a member of the Crosspoint Church. On...
Berneice Marie Kimminau
Apr 5, 2011
Berneice Marie Kimminau, 90, died April 5, 2011, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1920, in Mt. Clare, Neb., the daughter of Henry H. and Lena Ilg Rempe. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Hutchinson. Berneice was a farmwife, had worked at Cessna, and had her own housekeeping business. On Jan. 19, 1943,...
Loren E. Smith
Apr 4, 2011
Loren E. "Smitty" Smith, 97, died Monday, April 4, 2011. He was born March 4, 1914, at Selden, the son of Arthur and Zelma Mae Houghton Smith. He had been a crane operator and welder at Hutchinson Foundry and Steel for about 39 years, retiring in 1977. On June 30, 1937, he married Ennis E. Meyers at Hoxie. She died...
Millicent Charlotte Mcleavy
Apr 4, 2011
Millicent Charlotte McLeavy died April 4, 2011, at the Hester Care Center of Wesley Towers Retirement Community at the age of 102. She was one of twin daughters born to Francis L. and Sophia G. Tilberg Aspelin on Sept. 15, 1908, on a farm near Dwight, Kan., in Morris County. She graduated from Dwight Rural High School in 1927, and...
Dave L. Kuhns
Apr 2, 2011
Dave L. Kuhns, 60, died April 2, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Kingman, to Richard Lee and Mary Dona Dimitt Kuhns. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1968. He was a carpenter and foreman for Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Wichita. On March 5, 1976, he married Judy L. Blanton,...
Mildred June Baughman
Apr 1, 2011
Mildred June Baughman, 82, died April 1, 2011, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 18, 1928, in Heavener, Oklahoma, the daughter of Elvin M. and Altha Angle Parker. Mildred graduated from Glendale Union High School, Glendale, Arizona, in 1946. She attended the University of Arizona at Tempe, and Salt City Business College. She married John Baughman in 1948. He...
Paul "Frank" Blea
Mar 31, 2011
Paul F. "Frank" Blea, 66, died March 31, 2011, at Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Tulsa, Okla. He was born Jan. 29, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of Paul Hector and Mary Antonia Aleman Blea. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1964 and attended Hutchinson Community College. A former resident of Hutchinson, he was retired, and had formerly been...
Alfonzo "Al" Cauley
Mar 31, 2011
Alfonzo L. "Al" Cauley, 73, died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born Oct. 23, 1937, in Wichita, the son of Amos and Cecil Thomas Cauley, Sr. Al was a longtime Hutchinson resident, a Buhler and Hutchinson Community College graduate, a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, former member of NAACP, an Army veteran and Army Reserve,...
Luella "Dickie" Fitzgerald
Mar 30, 2011
Luella "Dickie" Fitzgerald, 81, died March 30, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 31, 1930, in Wright, to Julius H. and Gladys G. Schmidt Mueller. She graduated from St. Teresa High School in 1948. She and her family have been the owner/operators of the Pic-Quik Stores. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross, Soroptomist...
Mary Ellen Culbert
Mar 29, 2011
Mary Ellen Culbert, 91, of Hutchinson, died March 29, 2011, at her home. She was born in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Borntrager Headings. She was a member of Victorious Life Church. Mary Ellen is survived by three children, Daryl Gene Stewart and wife Karen of Laguna Beach, Calif., daughter, Donna Rogan and husband Mike of Helena, Mont....
