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Jesse Benjamin Wade Abbott

Jesse Benjamin Wade Abbott

Feb 10, 2011

Jesse Benjamin Wade Abbott Jesse Benjamin Wade Abbott, 91, died February 10, 2011. He was born December 26, 1919, in South Hutchinson, the son of Jesse V. and Lillian Butler Abbott. He had been a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He returned to Hutchinson for a short time to live and work on the family farm. He also...

Jerry E. Bolte

Jerry E. Bolte

Feb 9, 2011

Jerry E. Bolte, 56, died Feb. 9, 2011, near Kismet, Kansas, as a result of a truck accident. He was born Dec. 1, 1954, in Salina, Kansas, to Max and Patricia Meade Bolte. He graduated from Buhler High School in 1972, and later from Salina Area Vocational-Technical School in Salina, with a Heating and Air Conditioning Certification. He had lived...

Joselin Corae Rainey

Joselin Corae Rainey

Feb 8, 2011

Joselin Corae Rainey, 4 months, infant daughter of Chanc and Shawna Silcott Rainey, died Feb. 8, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 22, 2010, in Fort Sill, Okla. The parents attended Eastwood Church of Christ in Hutchinson. Survivors include: her parents; a brother, Jeradyn Rainey; and a sister, Jelissa Rainey, both of the home;  maternal grandparents,...

Jerry Buxton

Jerry Buxton

Feb 5, 2011

LARNED - Jerry Buxton, 68, died Feb. 5, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 14, 1942, in Ransom, Kan., the son of Richard C. and Esther Johannes Buxton. He was the class Valedictorian at Ransom High School in 1960. He attended KU and graduated from Fort Hays State University. He worked for several Kansas and Oklahoma newspapers...

Debra F. Ward

Debra F. Ward

Feb 4, 2011

Debra F. Ward, 59, died February 4, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, Wichita. She was born May 12, 1951, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edgar H. and Mildred V.Blair Stephens. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1969 and then McPherson School of Nursing. Debra was an LPN for 25 years working for the Hutchinson Correctional...

Steve Keyser

Steve Keyser

Feb 3, 2011

Steve Keyser, 61, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 3, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 14, 1949, in Hutchinson, to John O. and Ethel I. Shinkle Keyser. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1967. He worked for Carey Salt Company and Cessna/Eaton Corporation. He married Marie E. McReynolds...

Stefanie I. Gisick

Stefanie I. Gisick

Feb 2, 2011

WICHITA - Stefanie I. Gisick, 33, of Wichita, died Feb. 2, 2011, at her home. She was born Feb. 11, 1977, in Hutchinson, to Thomas M. and Katherine Ann Allen Gisick. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Wichita in 1998. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1995, Hutchinson Community College in 1997 and Wichita State...

Vera Amelia Sumwalt Ray

Vera Amelia Sumwalt Ray

Feb 2, 2011

Vera Amelia Sumwalt Ray, born April 17, 1923, in Hutchinson, died February 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. Vera was the daughter of Floyd and Viola Sumwalt and a lifelong resident of Reno County. Vera was united in marriage to Cecil Ray on July 16, 1961. Cecil preceded her in death in February, 1975. A longtime member of...

Dorothy F. Graber

Dorothy F. Graber

Feb 2, 2011

Dorothy F. Graber, 85, of Hutchinson, formerly of Pretty Prairie, died Feb. 3, 2011, at Elm Grove Estates in Hutchinson. She was born March 29, 1925, at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of John J. and Regina Graber Krehbiel. She was a 1943 graduate of Pretty Prairie High School and attended Bethel College summer school. She taught at Savage Country School...

Maurice E. Ramsey

Maurice E. Ramsey

Feb 2, 2011

Maurice E. Ramsey, 90, of South Hutchinson, died Feb. 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Peabody, Kan., the son of Hiram R. and Della M. Mulvaney Ramsey. He attended school in Russell and graduated from Russell High School in 1939. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps. He...

Frances Isbell-Dewald

Frances Isbell-Dewald

Feb 2, 2011

Frances Isbell-Dewald, 98, of South Hutchinson, died Feb. 2, 2011, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 2, 1912, at Anadarko, Okla., the daughter of John Franklin and Carolina Saralina Hollis Paul. She attended schools in Anadarko and moved to Hutchinson in 1952. She was a retired waitress and cook at several restaurants in Hutchinson. She was...

Evelyn Jane Meyer

Evelyn Jane Meyer

Feb 1, 2011

Evelyn "Jane" Meyer, 82, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 30, 1928, in South Vienna, Ohio, the daughter of Chester and Bernice Lannon Queen. Evelyn was a homemaker and had worked at the B and Main Dillons Store, Jim's Market and most recently was assisting her son at Good Vibrations Auto Sound. On Sept....

Thomas L. Woerz

Thomas L. Woerz

Feb 1, 2011

Thomas L. Woerz, 54, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 20, 1956, in McPherson, Kan., the son of William W. and Evelyn Beck Woerz. He moved to Hutchinson in 1959 and was a client at T.E.C.H. (Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson). Thomas was a member of Church of the Holy Cross....

Marjorie Withroder

Marjorie Withroder

Feb 1, 2011

LINDSAY, Texas - Marjorie Withroder, 89, of Lindsay, Texas, formerly of Hutchinson, died Feb. 1, 2011, at Denton Presbyterian Hospital, Denton , Texas. She was born Jan. 28, 1922, in the Sylvia community, the daughter of Harold and Edith Josephson. On May 18, 1946, she married George E. Withroder at Hutchinson. He died Jan. 14, 1988. Marjorie and George lived...

Frances Geneva Crum

Frances Geneva Crum

Jan 31, 2011

Frances Geneva Crum, 94, died Jan. 31, 2011. She was born July 4, 1916, the daughter of William A. and Antionette Sterling Brewer. On May 4, 1941, she married Elmo Milton Crum in Arapaho, Okla. He died Dec. 25, 1992. Survivors include: daughters, Marie Short, Hutchinson, and Mary Hanes, Sterling; brother, Floyd Brewer, Hutchinson; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and eight...

Evelyn E. Winkler

Evelyn E. Winkler

Jan 31, 2011

Evelyn E. Winkler, 85, died Jan. 31, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 3, 1925, the daughter of John LeRoy and Sylvia Lucinda Cripe Strohm. A graduate of Little River High School in 1941, she was a homemaker. Evelyn was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ and the EHU. On Sept. 11, 1945, she...

John R. Rimmer

John R. Rimmer

Jan 29, 2011

John Robbins Rimmer, retired Chairman of Hutchinson Bag Company, 93, died on Jan. 29, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. John was born Feb. 2, 1917, in Camden, Mississippi, the eldest son of John Shelby and Nellie Robbins Rimmer. John was a graduate of Millsaps College of Jackson, Mississippi. After college he remained in Jackson for two years working for the...

Cara Jean Nelson Bredfeldt Mark

Cara Jean Nelson Bredfeldt Mark

Jan 29, 2011

Cara Jean Nelson Bredfeldt Mark passed away Jan. 29, 2011. She was born Oct. 7, 1932, the daughter of Vernon Leon and Rose Mary Magyar Nelson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. After raising a family and ending a marriage, she started life over and worked at Dillons Northgate store for the next 30 years. She...

Margaret Raya Vieyra

Margaret Raya Vieyra

Jan 28, 2011

Margaret Raya Vieyra, 87, died Jan. 28, 2011, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Hutchinson, to Delfino and Patrocinia Juarez Raya. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson, and the Ladies Altar Society. On Dec. 26, 1943, she married Pete V. Vieyra in Hutchinson....

Lyla M. Mccoy

Lyla M. Mccoy

Jan 28, 2011

Lyla M. McCoy, 88, of South Hutchinson, died Jan. 28, 2011, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Castleton, the daughter of William H. and Mary Rose Spillman Pitts. She attended school at Castleton and graduated in 1940 from Castleton High School. A lifelong Reno Co. resident, she worked side by side with her...

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