Esther Opal Harrah
Sep 1, 2010
Esther Opal Harrah, 87, died Sept. 1, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born May 1, 1923, in Moundridge to Silvanus and Anna Schrag Stucky. She married Lee Harrah on June 1, 1963 in Moundridge. Esther was an L.P.N. at Grace Hospital, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson, and Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton. She was a teacher's aide at Friendship Daycare. A...
Dorothy P. "Dot" Freeman
Sep 1, 2010
Dorothy P. "Dot" Freeman, 91, of South Hutchinson, died Sept. 1, 2010, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Oct. 5, 1918, at Arlington, the daughter of Earnest and Ruth Esther Schillinger Massow. She was a graduate of Arlington High School in the class of 1935. During World War II, she lived in California and worked at Lockheed Aircraft and was...
Patti Jean Kirk Watts
Aug 31, 2010
Patti Jean Kirk Watts, 52, died Aug. 31, 2010, Hutchinson. She was born March 18, 1958, Plainville, to Frank and Karrol Turnbull Kirk. She was a 1977 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She was employed at Larry Mallory-State Farm Insurance for 25 years. She married Bill Watts Feb. 8, 1992, McPherson. He survives along with two sons, Thomas and wife...
Maynard A. Bontrager
Aug 31, 2010
Maynard A. Bontrager, 74, of South Hutchinson, died Aug. 31, 2010, at Byers, Colo., as a result of a tractor-trailer accident. He was born Dec. 26, 1935, at Hutchinson, the son of Andrew A. and Nora Yutzy Bontrager. He attended Haven schools and graduated from Central Christian High School in 1954. He was owner and operator of his own tractor-trailer...
Margie Louise Kitson
Aug 31, 2010
Margie Louise Kitson, 85, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born September 27, 1924 at Turon, the daughter of Clarence and Maude Lewis Copeland. She was a 1942 graduate of Turon High School, an office clerk at Turon State Bank and Grace Hospital, Hutchinson. On January 30, 1944, she married Henry F. Kitson in Hutchinson....
Jerry Dean Clark
Aug 30, 2010
Jerry Dean Clark, 59, died Aug. 30, 2010, at his home. He was born July 28, 1951, Hutchinson, to Frank and JoAnn Graham Clark. He was a 1969 graduate of Hutchinson High School and a 1971 graduate of Hutchinson Community College. He was the owner and operator of Hutchinson Vacuum Cleaner. He was a judge with Kansas/Oklahoma Golden Gloves for...
Reba I. Harmon
Aug 29, 2010
Reba I. Harmon Reba I. Harmon, 83, died Aug. 29, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus. She was born Dec. 7, 1926, in Loveland, CO to Albert Russell and Beulah Edna Curtis Thompson. On June 3, 1945, she married Ned G. Harmon in Baca County, Colorado. They were residents of Haviland from 1958 until they moved...
Elza Louise Collins
Aug 27, 2010
Elza Louise Collins Elza Louise Collins, 89, died Aug. 27, 2010, at Golden Living Nursing Home Frederick, Maryland. She was born April 4, 1921, in Bono, Arkansas, the daughter of Sella Cleveland and Elza Octavia Tooley. She married Junior "Ray" Collins on Sep. 25, 1942, in Delaplaine, Ark. He passed away March 16, 2003. Louise became a Christian at an...
Fermin Montiel Ortiz
Aug 27, 2010
Fermin Montiel Ortiz, 63, died Aug. 27, 2010, Wichita. He was born July 7, 1947, in Mexico, to Javier and Alicia Ortiz Montiel. He was a laborer. He married Maria Veronica Reyes March 20, 1998, Mexico. She survives along with a son, Angel Daniel Montiel; and a stepdaughter, Alma Delia Reyes Sandoval, all of Hutchinson. Cremation will take place. No...
Robert C. "Bob" Black
Aug 26, 2010
Robert "Bob" Cleland Black, 84, died August 26, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. He was born January 5, 1926, in Lewis, to Harold Frank and Syvilla Anna Strawn Black. On July 5, 1951, he married Junivee Leota Unruh in Pretty Prairie. She died June 17, 2008. Bob served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as corporal from 1944 to 1947....
Reta Fern Grandon
Aug 23, 2010
BURRTON - Reta Fern Grandon, 76, died Aug. 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1933, in Burrton, to Melvin L. and Ida Faye Cavin Edwards. She graduated in 1951, from Burrton High School. She had been a night clerk at Halstead Hospital for 20 years. She belonged to Burrton United Methodist Church, was...
Albert Dwayne "Butch Pike
Aug 23, 2010
Albert Dwayne "Butch" Pike, 51, died Monday, August 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 14, 1959, in Kingman, the son of Fred and Myrna Wynn Pike. He fought an almost two year battle with cancer; stubbornly striving to overcome it. On May 13th, he married Loretta "Lori" Hall in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors...
Patricia F. Fischer
Aug 23, 2010
Patricia F. Fischer, 70, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 23, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center in Hutchinson. She was born January 1, 1940, Kingman, the daughter of John Francis & Cynthia Faye Spradlin Hodges. She attended school in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School in 1958. She was a caretaker at T.E.C.H. She married Russell Fischer in Hutchinson. He survives....
Dorothy O. Ballard
Aug 22, 2010
Dorothy Owsley Ballard, 93, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Aug. 22, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 25, 1916, in North Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Charles Thistlethwaite and Carolyn Thompson Owsley. She married V. Bryce Ballard, M.D., Feb. 3, 1940, in North Kansas City, Mo. He died March 4, 1998. Raised in Kansas City, Dorothy...
Milburn "Mel" J. Chestnut
Aug 20, 2010
Milburn "Mel" J. Chestnut, 87, died August 20, 2010 at Hospice House. He was born September 5, 1922 in Billings, Okla to James T. and Cora Mable Lucas Chestnut. A resident of Hutchinson since 1950, coming from Stafford, Mel was in the maintenance department at J & J Drainage. He retired in 1986. Mel was a member of the Antique...
Betty L. Crane
Aug 20, 2010
Betty L. Crane, 75, died Aug. 20, 2010, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 25, 1935, in Little River, the daughter of Ernest and Mable L. Corwin. Betty graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1953. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident and a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church and Altar Society. On Aug. 1, 1953, she...
Harold R. Kelley, Jr.
Aug 19, 2010
Harold Ray Kelley Jr., 77, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Iola, the son of Harold Ray Sr. and Mary Ellen Burns Kelley. He was a 1951 graduate of Iola High School, attended Iola Junior College and was a 1955 graduate of Pittsburg State University. Harold was a...
Clarence Thomas "C.T." Thayer, Jr.
Aug 19, 2010
Clarence Thomas "C.T." Thayer Jr., 80, South Hutchinson, died Aug. 19, 2010, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Hutchinson, the son of Clarence T., Sr. and Helen Marie Breidenstein Thayer. He grew up in Arlington and graduated from Arlington High School in 1947. He was a self-employed plumbing, air-conditioning and heating technician and...
Velma P. Davidson
Aug 17, 2010
PLEVNA - Velma P. Davidson, 88, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 22, 1921, at Plevna, the daughter of William and Addie Towse Baughman. She was a graduate of Plevna High School, a member of Plevna Community Bible Church, very active in their women's fellowship, served on numerous committees and was...
Earl Leon Bontrager
Aug 16, 2010
Earl Leon Bontrager, 81, died Aug. 16, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Jan. 25, 1929, in Yoder, to William Edward and Polly Suzanne Yoder Bontrager. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1952-1954. He was a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68 and VFW Bob Campbell Post #1361, both o f Hutchinson. Earl...
