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Linda Diane Toms
Aug 16, 2010
Linda Diane Toms, 63, died Aug.16, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 16, 1947, in Stafford, the daughter of Curtis D. and Ruby Jean Munden O'Dell. She had been a school teacher, counselor and retired United Methodist Minister. She was a 1965 graduate of St. John High School, Ft. Hays State University, Oklahoma University and St. Paul...
Alvin Lee Schneider
Aug 14, 2010
Alvin Lee Schneider, 88, died Aug. 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born June 19, 1922, at the family farm in rural Rice County, the son of George H. and Bertha Schneider. He attended schools in Nickerson, graduating from high school in 1940. In Nov. of 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy receiving basic training, followed by...
Richard Wayne Walden
Aug 14, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Richard Wayne Walden, 56, died Aug. 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan.7, 1954, at Hutchinson, to Donald David and Amy Marie McQuiston Walden. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He was a former welding inspector at Mega Manufacturing. He married Georgia Kay Smith on Jan. 28, 1972. She survives....
Joaquin Guerrero "John" Santos
Aug 13, 2010
Joaquin G. Santos (John), 93, died Aug. 13, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 17, 1917, in Agana, Guam, the son of Francisco and Rosa Santos. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1939 and retired from active duty in 1958, at which time he transferred to the Fleet Reserve. He served on a number of ships during...
Evelyn Francis Harmon
Aug 13, 2010
Evelyn Francis Harmon, 93, died Aug. 13, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born April 13, 1917, in Wichita, the fourth daughter of Jess R. and Leona Richardson. She attended school in Wichita and graduated from Wichita East High School in 1935. After two years at Wichita University, she worked for the Wichita Beacon Newspaper. She married Vern B. Minor...
Dr. Ross T. Shook
Aug 10, 2010
Dr. Ross T. Shook, 90, died Aug. 10, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born March 14, 1920, in Sterling, the son of Dr. Ross O. and Lota E. Martin Shook. He was a graduate of Sterling High School in 1938 and attended Sterling College for 1 year prior to transferring to and graduating from Kansas State University...
Barbara L. Herl
Aug 9, 2010
Barbara Louise Herl, 63, died Aug. 9, 2010, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, N.Y., after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 30, 1947, at Brooklyn, N.Y., to Lloyd W. Taylor and Margaret G. Nolan. She was an office assistant for Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics. She belonged to New Life Church of the Nazarene. She...
Henry Lawrence "Larry" Tidwell
Aug 7, 2010
Henry Lawrence "Larry" Tidwell, 82, died Aug. 7, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Dec. 29, 1927, in Cherokee, Okla., the son of Harry Minor and Helen Veatch Tidwell. He graduated from Burlington (Okla) High School as Valedictorian in 1945. Larry served as Corporal in the United States Army Air Corps from 1946-1947. Larry was a machinist at...
Ralph V. Jones
Aug 6, 2010
Ralph V. Jones, 85, died Aug. 6, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 9, 1925, in rural Pretty Prairie, the son of John Claude and Nellie Jane White Jones. Ralph graduated from Castleton High School and attended Adela Hale Business College. He was a World War II Navy veteran serving from 1942-1946, as a machinist mate...
Lily Louann Mounce
Aug 3, 2010
Lily LouAnn Mounce was stillborn Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. She was the daughter of Matthew Mounce and Stephanie Tidd. Other survivors include: a brother, Sabastian Tidd; a sister, Natalie McCallister; grandparents, Jina Tidd and Michael Tidd. A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Friday in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with Chaplain Bob Phipps officiating.
Herbert J. Androes
Aug 1, 2010
Herbert J Androes, 92, formerly of Hutchinson, died August 1, 2010 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was born April 25, 1918 in Buhler, Ks, the son of Bernard and Maria Vogt Androes. He was a 1937 graduate of Buhler High School. He was in the Army Air Corp stationed in California from 1943 to 1946. Herbert lived in Hutchinson all...
Jeffrey L. Bechtold
Jul 31, 2010
Jeffrey L. Bechtold, 38, died July 31, 2010, in Hutchinson. He was born July 10, 1972, in Hutchinson, to Dennis L. Bechtold and Cynthia D. Lemen Shears. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was a graduate of Buhler High School. He was a carpenter for A & A Builders. Survivors include: daughters, Alecia and Alexandria Bechtold, Largo, Fla., and...
Inez A. Koch
Jul 27, 2010
Inez A. Connelly Koch died July 27, 2010, in Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Elliott Chapel, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to Hospice House or T.E.C.H. in care of the mortuary. Friends may view the full obituary. Visit www.elliottmortuary.com for Inez's family.
Inez Koch
Jul 27, 2010
Inez Koch, 93, died July 27, 2010 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 25, 1916 to Carl A. and Julia C. Peterson Swanson in Orion, Illinois. On Feb. 17, 1961 she married Willis Koch in Raton, NM. He died November 3, 1982. Inez worked in the deli at Dillons and retired from the Dillons Warehouse in 1962. She...
Harlo V. Regier
Jul 26, 2010
Harlo Virgil Regier, 89, died Monday, July 26, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born November 5, 1929 in Hutchinson, the son of David and Anna Bowen Regier. A 1947, graduate of Buhler High School, his basketball team is in the Kansas High School Basketball Hall of Fame, he was a realtor and owner of Continental Realty,...
Donald David Derr
Jul 26, 2010
Donald David Derr, 52, died July 26, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 14, 1957, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Donald Dale and Iola Marie Swank Derr. He graduated from Atchison High School in 1975 and he then attended Kansas State University where he was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi. He worked as an...
Grace Charlotte Zimon
Jul 25, 2010
Grace Charlotte Zimon, 93, of Wesley Towers, passed away July 25, 2010. Grace was born near Greensburg, Kan., Jan. 31, 1917, to Henry H. and Sena Loesch Hildebrand. The family moved to Fowler in 1925, where she attended school and graduated in 1934. She attended Ft. Hays State College, received her teaching certificate and first taught at Sunny Dale School...
Erma Linscheid
Jul 24, 2010
Erma Linscheid, 72, died July 24, 2010, in Wichita. She was born Nov. 22, 1937, in Alva, Okla., to Glenn and Audrey Moore Corbin. She will be greatly missed by her children, Danny Jones, Janette Smith and Diane Brown, all of Enid, Okla., and Gayle Spradlin, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her...
Darrell Dee Keller
Jul 21, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Darrell "Dee" Keller, 73, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 23, 1936, at Pratt, the son of Edgar and Verma Beach Keller. He was a longtime Arlington resident moving to Hutchinson in 2007, a 1955, graduate of Preston High School, a U.S. Army veteran, a member of the American...
Robert A. Kuehn, Jr.
Jul 17, 2010
Robert A. Kuehn, Jr., 82 died July 17, 2010. He was born June 9, 1928 in Rochester, Minn. Survivors include: a son, Robert A. Kuehn, III; two daughters, Kathleen Taylor and Maxine Powers, all of Hutchinson; and a grandson Brandon Powers. A memorial service will be held Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at South Hutchinson Christian Church with...
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