Alice Maxine Anderson
Dec 6, 2010
Alice Maxine Anderson, 76, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. She was born May 6, 1934, in Raymond, and was raised by her Aunt Edith and Uncle Ray White. She attended school in Raymond and was of Baptist faith. She was a floral designer for many mortuaries and department stores in Fort Worth, Texas and Denver, Colo....
Lois Jeanette Beard
Dec 6, 2010
Lois Jeanette Beard, 89, died Dec. 6, 2010, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1921, in Minneola, the daughter of William Wallace and Iva Jane Lathan Beard. She graduated from Fowler High School, Sterling College in 1944 and in 1956 she received her Master's Degree from Northern University of Colorado, Greeley, Colo. A resident...
Arlis L. Crenshaw
Dec 6, 2010
Arlis L. "Joe" Crenshaw, 65, died Dec. 6, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 29, 1945, in Wild Cherry, Ark., the son of Claude Hanford and Elsie Z. Anderson Crenshaw. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired truck driver. He was a member of The Father's House and Lakeside Recreation and Boat Club of...
Charles E. Fesler
Dec 6, 2010
Charles E. Fesler, 85, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 6, 1925, at Plevna, the son of Warren and Ruby Rush Fesler. He was a 1944 graduate of Plevna Rural High School. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, District #310 Fairfield School Board member, Westminister Township Trustee, a...
Robert A. Duren
Dec 5, 2010
Robert A. Duren, 88, died Dec. 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Hutchinson, the son of Elie and Martha Irene Davies Duren. Robert was the headway master for the Kansas State grain department. He was a member of Crosspoint Baptist Church, formerly known as Westbrook. On June 2, 1946, he married Rayma Mae...
Dorothy Lea Dirksen
Dec 4, 2010
Dorothy Lea Dirksen, 94, of Hutchinson, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born June 30, 1916, in Walker, Minn., the daughter of John and Rosa Frances Emberton Harrison. She attended school in Harrison and Springdale, Ark. She was a homemaker and housekeeper. She belonged to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hutchinson. On...
Linda Sue Parsons
Dec 3, 2010
Linda Sue Parsons, 64, of Hutchinson, was called to her Heavenly home on Dec. 3, 2010. She was born Aug. 21, 1946, in Coffeyville, Kan., to K.Y. and Evelyn Irene Crum Cole. She attended school in Lenapaa, Okla. and moved to Hutchinson with her family in 1957. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Church of...
Jesus Velasquez Vieyra
Dec 3, 2010
WICHITA - Jesus Velasquez "Chickey" Vieyra, 88, of Wichita, died Dec. 3, 2010, at Via Christi Hospital-St. Francis in Wichita. He was born Jan. 23, 1922, in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, to Louis Chavando and Bibiana Velasquez Vieyra. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson; moving to Watsonville, Calif. Following his retirement from the Santa Fe Railroad; until 2008 when he...
Stephen "Steve" Eugene Thompson
Dec 2, 2010
Stephen "Steve" Eugene Thompson, 74, passed away December 2, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born March 1, 1936 at Cumberland, Maryland, the son of Randal Oliver and Pearl McDonald Thompson. He graduated in 1955, from Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, Maryland, arrived in Hutchinson in 1959 while serving in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at the Naval...
Maxine Leonora Brooks
Dec 1, 2010
Maxine Leonora (Harris) Brooks died December 1, 2010. She was born April 26, 1928, at Eureka, the daughter of Delbert M. and Florence McCaffree Harris. She was in the first grade when her family moved to Cheney, Kansas. She graduated from Cheney High School in 1946 and from Friends University, Wichita in 1950. She was a home economics teacher. She...
Arlene Harney
Dec 1, 2010
Arlene Harney, 98, died Dec. 1, 2010, at the Wheaton House, Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born March 26, 1912, in St. John, Kan., the daughter of Ray E. and Pearl Ward Cotton. Arlene graduated from St. John High School and Salt City Business College. She retired from Crossroads Bookstore after 18 years. Arlene was a member of First...
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...
