Joyce L. Wolcott
Oct 8, 2010
Joyce L. Wolcott, 63, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 8, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born Feb. 7, 1947, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Melvin J.H. and Irma Petracek Abrahams. A Hutchinson resident since 1961, she was a bank teller at Peoples Bank & Trust. She was a 1965 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College....
Bobbie R. "Bob" Jones
Oct 7, 2010
ABBYVILLE - Bobbie Ray Jones, 83, died October 7, 2010. He was born December 2, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of Joseph and Olive McLean Jones. Bobbie was raised by George and Mayree Cade. He was a 1946 graduate of Abbyville High School, member of Abbyville Community Church, Navy veteran, farmer, rancher and heavy equipment operator. Rodeoing was his favorite...
Robert William Stivers
Oct 5, 2010
Robert William Stivers, 56, died Oct. 5, 2010, from complications of Frontotemporal Dementia, at Hospice House of Reno County. He was born Sept. 22, 1954, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Dr. Tom and Zoe Stivers. He graduated from Hutchinson High School and McPherson College. He was Vice President of Materials for APAC-Kansas, Shears Division. People will remember Bob for...
Carla Mcconnelee
Oct 4, 2010
Carla McConnelee, 71, died Oct. 4, 2010, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kan. She was born June 25, 1939, to Carl and Adelaide Carver Mershon. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1957 and from Sterling College in 1961. She was a retired teacher and enjoyed music and travel. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and...
Katherine Ruth Yager
Oct 4, 2010
Kathrine Ruth Yager, beloved wife, mom and friend, 60, died Oct. 4, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 7, 1949, to Albert Gerald and Lucille June Knapp Breitung. She worked for Reno County Youth Shelter for eight years. She graduated from Pepin High School in 1968. She was a member of the Hutchinson Kennel Club since March...
William Oliver "Billy" Kochase
Oct 3, 2010
William "Billy" Oliver Kochase, 17, died Oct. 3, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born in Wichita, Nov. 21, 1992. Foster parents are Sam Hockman and Annie Upton. He was a senior at Hutchinson High School. He enjoyed carpentry work with Sam, they just refinished the kitchen, and enjoyed cooking with Annie. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved...
Howard "Clint" Clinton Peacock
Oct 2, 2010
Howard Clinton "Clint" Peacock, 83, died Oct. 2, 2010, at Stafford County Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1926, in Lyons, to Howard P. and Martha Jane Miller Peacock. He attended Mitchell schools. On Oct. 31, 1944, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving until honorably discharged on July 5, 1946. He was a member of the V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post...
Wanda M. Kindhart
Sep 29, 2010
Wanda M. Kindhart, 80, died Sept. 29, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1930, in Healy, Kan., the daughter of Ray and Crcil Fitzgerald. She graduated from Scott City High School in 1948. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church of Hutchinson and Highlands Golf Course Club. She married Robert Vantuyl in May 1951. She...
Fern M. Nelson
Sep 28, 2010
NICKERSON - Fern M. Nelson, 83, of Nickerson, Kan., died Sept. 28, 2010, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 19, 1926, in Abbyville, Kan., to Wilbert A. and Edith M. Wiley Krauter. She was a lifetime resident of Nickerson and a graduate of Nickerson High School. She was a retired food service employee with the Nickerson Public...
Maurice Shannon "Mose" Chandley
Sep 28, 2010
Maurice Shannon "Mose" Chandley, 63, died Sept. 28, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 8, 1947, in Kansas City, Kan., to Stuart Lynn and Florence Marie Bauer Chandley. Maurice graduated from Bonner Springs High School in 1965 and attended Emporia State University. He was a board director at Alden State Bank in Sterling. Maurice received a heart...
Kenneth C "Ken" Graber
Sep 27, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Kenneth C "Ken" Graber, 67, of Pretty Prairie died Monday, Sept. 27 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 25, 1942 at Pretty Prairie, the son of Jake C. and Opal Krehbiel Graber. He was a school teacher and coach. He currently taught at Hutchinson Community College. He was a track and field official, and...
Clare Ward
Sep 26, 2010
Clare Ward, 81, died Sept. 26, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, in Wichita, to King Clare and Edna Queen Porter Stanley. She graduated from Guthrie High School in 1947, and attended Lindwood College, St. Charles, Mo., and Northwestern College, Alva, Okla. Clare was a den mother for Cub Scouts and an assistant Girl...
Delores Leona Ehly Moore
Sep 24, 2010
Delores Leona Ehly Moore was born July 29, 1921 at RR#1, Frederick, KS, the daughter of Leo P. Ehly and Frances Lena Novotny Ehly Charter. She attended grade school at Union Four in Rice County and graduated from Lyons High School in 1939. Delores resided 8 years in the San Francisco Bay Area; since 1954 (55 years) she had lived...
Ida Mae Frick
Sep 23, 2010
Ida Mae Frick, 93, died Sept. 23, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 13, 1917, in Wilson, KS to Joe and Emma Haska Purma. She graduated from Salt City Business College. On Dec. 13, 1941, she married Norval Frick. He died Jan. 6, 1963. Ida Mae taught country school in Ellsworth County, then was a reporter...
Janice C. Wesley
Sep 23, 2010
Janice C. Wesley, 72, died Sept. 23, 2010, at her home. She was born May 13, 1938, in Cunningham, the daughter of Wilbur James and Marion Stanton Spain. A graduate of Cunningham High School, she was a waitress for 50 years, working at many area restaurants, including Hickory Gables and Brenda's Caf. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a member...
Harvey Allen Krenzin
Sep 22, 2010
Harvey Allen Krenzin passed away at the age of 94 on Sept. 22, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. He was born March 24, 1916, to Fred and Lydia Brecheisen Krenzin in Edwards County, Kansas, about equal distance between Kinsley and Offerle. A 1934 graduate of Offerle High School, Harvey moved with his parents to Reno County in 1936, where they...
Carl J. Degroot
Sep 22, 2010
Carl J. DeGroot, 79, died Sept. 22, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Survivors include: son, Francis "Frank" DeGroot and wife Gale of Hutchinson; two daughters, Nancy Graves and husband Harold of Marquette, Mich., and Julie DeGroot and Shelly Bohm of OshKosh, Wis.; a sister, Carol Nelson of Green Bay, Wis.; 9 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death...
A. Pat Harden
Sep 21, 2010
Pat Harden, 62, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, after a sudden illness. She was born May 24, 1948, at Syracuse, the daughter of James L. and Wilma Jean Mishler Armer. She was a 1966 graduate of Windom High School, had attended Adela Hale Business College, was with the Reno County Farm Bureau Insurance industry...
Mary Sue Hiebert
Sep 21, 2010
Mary Sue Hiebert died Sept. 21, 2010. She was born Sept. 20, 1938, to Bill and Ruth Goodale. On March 14, 1956 she married Richard L. Hiebert. Survivors include: husband, Richard L. Hiebert; son, Robert Hiebert and wife Denise; grandsons, Christopher and wife Bernadette, and Michael Hiebert; brother, Bill Goodale, Woodward, Okla.; sister, Marsha Goodale, Garden City, Kan.; and great...
Howard E. Bush
Sep 21, 2010
Howard E. Bush, 92, died Sept. 21, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 9, 1917, in Hutchinson, to Edward and Lovena Humphrey Bush. Howard was a member of the Mitchell United Methodist Chapel, Hutchinson. He was a truck driver, owned a radiator repair shop, and a service station. He then was a vocational automotive teacher at...
