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Cecil W. Thomas

Cecil W. Thomas

Nov 25, 2010

Cecil W. Thomas, 101, died November 25, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1909, in Halstead, the son of David and Ida Thomas. Cecil farmed in Halstead until 1968, when he moved to Hutchinson, he then worked for Colladay Hardware. He was a charter member of the Faith United Methodist Church. On August 11, 1936,...

Shirley Adelle Goodman

Shirley Adelle Goodman

Nov 20, 2010

Shirley A. Goodman, 88, died Nov. 20, 2010, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 24, 1922, in Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel and Blanche L. Pearlstein Hootstein. She was a longtime Boston area resident, moving to Hutchinson in June of 2008. Shirley graduated from Brookline High School in Brookline, Mass. She was a homemaker and...

Dale Eugene Sturgeon

Dale Eugene Sturgeon

Nov 20, 2010

Dale Eugene Sturgeon, 71, passed away at his home in Hutchinson, Nov. 20, 2010. He was born June 26, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Lowell Eugene Sturgeon and Wilma Alice Herren Sturgeon. Dale graduated from Nickerson High School in 1957, and received a BS in Business Administration from Kansas State University, where he graduated in 1962 as a member of Alpha...

Lynn Floyd Johnson

Lynn Floyd Johnson

Nov 18, 2010

Lynn Floyd Johnson, 76, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 18, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 5, 1934, in Grand Forks, N.D., to John J. and Ardella Smith Johnson. Lynn moved to Hutchinson in 1963, from Albuquerque, N.M. He was a 1952 graduate of Gilby High School in Gilby, N.D. He worked for Cessna, General Dynamics, and Eaton...

Lincoln D. Goss

Lincoln D. Goss

Nov 18, 2010

Lincoln D. Goss, 85, died November 18, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 8, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Samuel Wesley and Mabel Lillion Cornelius Goss. He was a WWII Navy veteran, serving as a Chief Motor Machinist Mate 1st Class from 42-45. Lincoln worked as a general contractor owning his own business, L.D. Goss Construction....

Sydney Ann Regier

Sydney Ann Regier

Nov 18, 2010

Sydney Ann Regier, 54, died November 18, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1956, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Chester Fay and Emma Eloise Schmidt Regier. Sydney graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1974. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a pharmacist assistant at Fraese Drug for over 30 years. Survivors include; a sister,...

Roger Kevin Kahler

Roger Kevin Kahler

Nov 17, 2010

MOODIE, Ala. - Roger K. Kahler, 48, of Moodie, Alabama, formerly of Hutchinson, died Nov. 17, 2010, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born Nov. 12, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Otto and Lorene H. Radke Kahler. He was a Moodie resident since 2008, moving to Alabama from Ocala, Florida. He was a designer for Kenametal-Tricon, which was a specialty...

John Henry Leach

John Henry Leach

Nov 14, 2010

John Henry Leach, 89, died Nov. 14, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born July 4, 1921, the 6th child of Arthur and Pearl Bundy Leach, in Great Bend, Kan. He lived in Great Bend, until the age of six, when the family moved to Arkansas City, Kan., where he attended grades 1 through 12 and graduated from Arkansas City...

Maxine Gradall

Maxine Gradall

Nov 13, 2010

Maxine Gradall, 92, of Hutchinson died Nov. 13, 2010, at Hutchinson Care Center. She was born September 20, 1918 at Hopewell, the daughter of Henry O. and Edith Poindexter Smith. She attended school at Trousdale and graduated from Trousdale High School in 1937. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, moving here from Pratt, she worked for Bankers Investment and later Kansas...

Wayne Elbert Schaben

Wayne Elbert Schaben

Nov 13, 2010

Wayne Elbert Schaben, 92, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1918, in Ness County, the son of John and Verda Ryersee Schaben. He was a lifetime Ness County resident before moving to Sterling in 1999, a 1936 graduate of Bazine High School, attended Ft. Hays State University, U.S. Army veteran...

Robert "Bob" Ray Taylor

Robert "Bob" Ray Taylor

Nov 10, 2010

Our country is in mourning, for a soldier died today. Robert R. "Bob" Taylor, 87, died November 10, 2010 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born April 28, 1923, in Ellinwood, to Joseph W. and Wilma Strong Taylor. He was a member of Walnut and Campbell Church of Christ. Bob served in the United...

Vincent C. White

Vincent C. White

Nov 9, 2010

Vincent C. White, 56, died Nov. 10, 2010, in Hollywood, Md. He was born Nov. 15, 1953, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Lucy T. White. Vincent was a machinist at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. Survivors include: partner, Doris Williams, Hutchinson; mother, Lucy White; sister, Patricia White, both of Harrisburg, Conn.; daughter, Tosha Howard, Conn.; niece Tasia White, Harrisburg, Conn.; three grandchildren;...

Edythe Evalyn Gould

Edythe Evalyn Gould

Nov 9, 2010

Edythe E. Gould of Hutchinson died Nov. 9, 2010, at Buhler Sunshine Home in Buhler at the age of 94 years, 11 months, 16 days. She was born at home on the farm in Harper County, the daughter of George W. and Ida Pearl Parker Kimmel. She attended school in Zenda. She married Elmer L. Gould on June 12, 1936,...

Maxine L. Hippen

Maxine L. Hippen

Nov 9, 2010

Maxine L. Hippen, 92, died Nov. 9, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 14, 1918, in Neola, to William R. and Cora M. Marcum Smith. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1937, moving here from Neola. She was retired from Carey Salt Company. She was a member of First Christian Church and Women of the Moose...

Dorothy Lee Keller

Dorothy Lee Keller

Nov 8, 2010

Dorothy Lee (Stauffer) Keller, 86, died Nov. 8, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 8, 1924, in Beauregard Parish, Carson, La., to Clyde and Velma Stauffer. A homemaker, she was a member of the Corner Stone Baptist Church in Hutchinson. While living in New Iberia, Dorothy volunteered at the St. Francis Diner in New Iberia, La.,...

Clifford D. Rice

Clifford D. Rice

Nov 7, 2010

Clifford D. Rice, 86, died Nov. 7, 2010, at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Clear Lake, Iowa, the son of Clifford Dewey and Weenonah Garlock Rice. His biological father died when he was still very young and he was raised by his stepfather, Earl C. Westcott. He graduated from Mason City...

Donald E. Ritcha

Donald E. Ritcha

Nov 7, 2010

Donald E. Ritcha, 77, died Nov. 7, 2010, at his home. He was born June 30, 1933, in Nickerson, the son of Olin Earl and Pearl Louise Boyer Ritcha. He attended Nickerson Schools and was baptized at the Nickerson United Methodist Church. Donald worked as a mechanic's assistant at the Jack Wall Chevrolet Dealership in Pasadena, Calif., and then at...

Joyce Marie Roberson

Joyce Marie Roberson

Nov 7, 2010

Joyce Marie Roberson, 82, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at Hester Care Center. She was born May 11, 1928, at Medicine Lodge, the daughter of Roland and Gladys Strickland Hewitt. She was a 1946 graduate of Medicine Lodge High School, attended Fort Hays State University, had been a Faris Elementary PTA president, member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an...

Eunice Lee Bartcher

Eunice Lee Bartcher

Nov 4, 2010

Eunice Lee Bartcher, 89, died Nov. 4, 2010, at her home. She was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Nickerson to Roy Elmer and Opal Virginia Mummey Hoffman. Eunice graduated from Nickerson High School in 1939 and later from Adela Hale Business College. She was a member of American Legion Women's Auxiliary Unit #68 and Women of the Moose Hutchinson Chapter...

Bobbie Jo Cheely

Bobbie Jo Cheely

Nov 3, 2010

Bobbie Jo Cheely, 66, died Nov. 3, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 11, 1944, in Long Beach, California, the daughter of George W. Harrell Jr. and Hazel Langford Harrell. Bobbie Jo graduated from Blackstone High School, Blackstone, Virginia in 1963 and was Miss Nottoway County that same year. She, together with former husband Ernie...

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