Valetta Faye Williams
Mar 12, 2011
Valetta Faye Williams, 54, of Hutchinson died March 12, 2011, at Hutchinson Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 14, 1957, in Ava, Missouri, the daughter of Bill and Lorene J. Volkland Headings. She attended school in Ava, and later Hutchinson. She attended the First Church of the Nazarene in Hutchinson, and she was a devoted Christian and had a...
Manuela "Nellie" Maldonado
Mar 11, 2011
Manuela "Nellie" Maldonado, 90, of Hutchinson, died March 11, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Monterey, Mexico, the daughter of Melliso Vallejo and Guadalupe Espinoza. She was raised from the age of 1 year by her mother and her dad, Joe P. Garcia. She attended Hutchinson schools and was a member of Our...
Carl Robert "Bob" Strand
Mar 11, 2011
Carl Robert "Bob" Strand, 86, passed away on March 11, 2011, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. He was born July 1, 1924, in Hutchinson, to Carl Fred and Lula May (Lee) Strand. Bob was a renowned musician, and after graduating from high school he followed his passion, playing saxophone and clarinet in prominent swing bands in the United States....
Glennis E. Goldsmith
Mar 11, 2011
Glennis E. Goldsmith, 90, died March 11, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Nov. 5, 1920, in Iola, to Lloyd and Bertha Brannum Ayers. She graduated from Iola High School in 1938 and Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia in 1942. A Hutchinson resident since 1954, she and her husband retired to Sun City, Ariz., in...
Marjorie Eileen Snell
Mar 10, 2011
Marjorie Eileen Snell, 90, died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 12, 1921, in Dodge City, the daughter of Gordon Ray and Bessie Bethel Peirce Vance. Marjorie graduated from Dodge City High School in 1938 and Dodge City Business College in 1939, was a member of Johnson United Methodist Church and affiliated member...
Rebecca "Becky" L. Wiebe
Mar 7, 2011
Rebecca L. "Becky" Wiebe died March 7, 2011, after a lengthy illness, at Odyssey Harbor House, Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born March 8, 1958, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Theodore A. and Patricia A. Schibi Wiebe. She graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College, Fort Hays State University and received her master's in educational psychology from Wichita State...
Kenneth "Ken" D. Koop
Mar 6, 2011
Kenneth D. "Ken" Koop, 64, of Hutchinson, died March 6, 2011, at his residence. He was born Oct. 29, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Herman H. and Frances L. Gould Koop. He was a 1963 graduate of Haven High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. He later graduated from Hutchinson Community College....
Glenda M. Wisby
Mar 6, 2011
Glenda M. Wisby, 89, died March 6, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1921, in Turon, the daughter of Glenn and Ruby Hollingshead Smith. She was a retired employee of both Dillon's and Calhoun's, and operated several Hutchinson area restaurants. She belonged to the 10th Avenue United Methodist Church. On June 5, 1940, she...
Hilda Wiens
Mar 6, 2011
Hilda Wiens, 94 died March 6, 2011, at Hester Care, Wesley Towers. She was born July 13, 1916, in Inman, the daughter of Martin and Agnes Vogt Wiens. She was a member of First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, a 1935 graduate of Inman High School and a 1968 graduate of Sterling College. She taught school at South Inman, a two-room schoolhouse...
Richard Scott Hockett
Mar 6, 2011
Richard Scott Hockett, 81, of Hutchinson, died March 6, 2011, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born in Bronson, Kan., the son of Ray and Jessie Hockett. He was retired from Ray Shepherd Motors in Fort Scott, Kan. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the Military Police. He married Grace Miller on June 4,...
Mildred Jean Wynn
Mar 5, 2011
Mildred Jean Gogel Wynn, died March 5, 2011, at Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. Born on July 16, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, she was the daughter of William F. and Helen Gogel. Mildred received a B.S. degree from the University of Toledo in 1946. Majoring in Math and Physics, she was the graduating class president and member of Mortar Board. She...
Della M. Bates
Mar 3, 2011
Della M. Bates, 96, of Hutchinson, died March 3, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born March 21, 1914, at Mooreland, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Jacob and Bessie Vandeventer Hoover. She moved to Hutchinson from Burrton in 1996, having previously lived in El Dorado, Douglass and Atlanta, Kansas. She was a 1932 graduate of Mooreland...
Kathy Sue "Kat" Pratt
Mar 3, 2011
Kathy Sue "Kat" Pratt, 54, passed on Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born January 3, 1957, at Hoisington. She was a homemaker. On April 12, 1979, she married Darrell W. Pratt in Hoisington. He survives. She is also survived by: her children, Becky and her husband Matt Jinright, York, Nebraska, Jay and his wife...
William E. "Bill" Doxon
Mar 3, 2011
William E. "Bill" Doxon, 79, of Hutchinson, died March 3, 2011, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1931, at his family home near Lovewell, Kan., to Everette E. and Golda M. Briles Doxon. He was a graduate of Formoso, Kan., High School, attended Fort Hays State and graduated from Pittsburg State University. He retired in 1994 from Cessna/Eaton...
Viola Christine Shook
Mar 2, 2011
PRATT - Viola Christine Shook, 90, died March 2, 2011, at her daughter's home. She was born July 15, 1920, in Madera, Calif., the daughter of John and Amanda Smith Enos. Viola was a homemaker. On March 25, 1940, Viola married Roscoe Shook. He died April 4, 1998. Survivors include: a son, Jim Shook of Grants Pass, Ore.; daughters, Carolyn...
Esther V. Welty
Mar 1, 2011
Esther V. Welty, 93, died March 1, 2011, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 17, 1917, in Beaver County, Okla., to Abraham and Margaretha Becher Dirks. She worked at the former Broadacres Nursing Home and at the Wiley Tea Room. She was a member of South Hutchinson United Methodist Church, Hutchinson Garden Club, Delos Smith...
Juanita May Warkentine
Mar 1, 2011
Juanita May Warkentine, 90, passed away March 1, 2011, at Bethesda Home, Goessel, Kan. She was born Nov. 11, 1920, in El Dorado, Kan., the daughter of Harold S. and Ethel H. McClellan Morse. Juanita graduated from Buhler High School in 1939. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Psi...
Marna "Nonnie" Lillian Fry
Mar 1, 2011
Marna Lillian Fry, known as Nonnie, 86, died March 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 6, 1924, in Rosedale, Okla., to John T. and Etha Mosely. A Hutchinson resident since 1959, she worked at Hutchinson Hospital for 30 years and the Mental Health Center, before starting her own business working with her daughter and...
Thomas Joseph Rome
Feb 28, 2011
OVERLAND PARK - Thomas Joseph Rome, 47, died Feb. 28, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission. He was born Oct. 10, 1963, in Hutchinson, to Richard Joseph and Marianne Elisabeth Grauers Rome. He was a 1982 graduate from Trinity Catholic High School, and a 1986 graduate from the University of Kansas. He was a Real Estate Salesman. He...
Pearl Amanda Throop
Feb 27, 2011
Pearl Amanda Throop, 90, died Feb. 27, 2011. She was born Sept. 21, 1920, to George and Amanda Wood. She moved to Hutchinson in 1997. She worked for AT&T for 25 years. On Aug. 21, 1965, she married Jerry Throop. He died June 13, 2001. Survivors include: daughters, Joyce Paine, Hutchinson and Sandy Parker (Ron), Lakeland, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Renee,...
