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...
Velma M. Peoples
Dec 13, 2010
Velma M. Peoples, 90, died Dec. 13, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 6, 1920, at Pretty Prairie. She was a homemaker and former manager of Commerce Gardens Apartments. In 1940, she married Charles W. Peoples at Partridge. He died Jan. 6, 1980. Survivors include: daughters, Nancy Peoples, Haven, and Sylvia Peoples, Lubbock, Texas. She was...
Helen E. Watson
Dec 13, 2010
Helen Watson, 89, passed away Dec. 13, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born Feb. 16, 1921, at Winfield. She was raised in Mulvane and lived in Hutchinson for more than 50 years before moving to Overland Park in 2005. She was a 1939 graduate of Mulvane High School and a 1943 graduate of Kansas State University, taught...
Caroline 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...
Alfred F. Wasinger
Dec 12, 2010
Alfred F. "Al" Wasinger, 81, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 12, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born May 19, 1929, in Ellis, the son of Andrew J. and Dorothy Boos Wasinger. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in Hays and attended both Mississippi State University and Purdue University, completing programs related to labor management issues. He was a...
Louise R. Basore Sherwood
Dec 11, 2010
Louise R. Basore Sherwood, 74, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 11, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1936, in Aurora, Neb., the daughter of Russell and Mildred Christenson Holloway. She attended school in Aurora and graduated from Aurora High School in 1953. She attended the United Methodist Church in Aurora. She owned and managed a furniture...
Gladys Eining
Dec 9, 2010
Gladys Eining, 89, died Dec. 9, 2010, at Elm Grove Estates. She was born Jan. 18, 1921, in Spearville, the daughter of Bernard "Ben" and Martha Marx Schuette. She was a longtime Spearville resident, moving to Dodge City in 1975 and then to Hutchinson in 2003. She was a cook with the Spearville Public Schools and then worked at Gibson's...
Howard Giles
Dec 9, 2010
Howard Giles, Sept. 10, 1934 - Dec. 9, 2010. Father of three children, five stepchildren and Grandpa to several grandchildren. Howard was the 2nd child to a family of 10 brothers and 6 sisters. He is survived by wife Delores, of the home, of 37 years of marriage. He was owner and operator of Howard's Trucking until retirement. After retirement...
Dorothy Ann Elliott
Dec 9, 2010
Dorothy Ann Elliott, 83, died Dec. 9, 2010, at Atria Hearth Stone, Topeka. She was born May 18, 1927, in Hutchinson to Jacob F. and Susie Rempel Richert. She graduated in 1945, from Hutchinson High School and in 1947, she graduated from Hutchinson Junior College. A former resident of Hutchinson, she was employed at Gano Grain before becoming a full...
