David Ahring Waggoner
Jul 16, 2010
David Ahring Waggoner, 56, died July 16, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 28, 1953, in Pratt, to James J. and LaVerna Ahring Waggoner. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1971 and the University of Kansas in 1975. He worked for the Kansas SRS as a case worker prior to the onset of multiple sclerosis. On...
Forrest R. "Bill" "Andy" Andsager
Jul 16, 2010
Forrest R. "Bill" "Andy" Andsager, 84, died July 16, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. The family would like to thank the staff and volunteers at Hospice House for their care and patience in his last days. He was born Oct. 2, 1925, in Plevna, to Everett Lee and Rosa Pauline Nusser Andsager. He graduated from Plevna High School in 1943....
Don E. "Si" Simon
Jul 15, 2010
Don E. "Si" Simon, loving husband, father and grandfather, age 71, died July 15, 2010, at Buhler Sunshine Home. He was born October 15, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Joseph August and Florence Celestine Griem Simon. He was a 1956 graduate of Mulvane High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. Don was a machine technician working for...
Martin Henry "Mike" Boesch
Jul 15, 2010
Martin Henry "Mike" Boesch, of Hutchinson, KS, died Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born August 23, 1929, in Cedar Rapids , Neb. He was united in marriage on June 1, 1973, to Lois M. Spence in Bellflower, California. Martin retired from the U.S. Navy after serving 21 years on various assignments, including the Underwater...
Kennith E. Vanbuskirk
Jul 13, 2010
PARTRIDGE - Kennith E. VanBuskirk, 75, died July 13, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born March 5, 1935, in Gypsum, the son of Cecil and Ueda Everhart VanBuskirk. He was a laborer, musician and had been a salesman and DJ for KWBW and KHUT radio station. He was a 1953 graduate of Abilene High School. On July 7, 1955,...
Kathryn W. "Katie" Sherlock
Jul 13, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Kathryn W. "Katie" Sherlock, the last member of a longtime Hutchinson pharmacy family, died July 13, 2010, at the age of 101. Katie had been a resident of Good Samaritan Center since 2004, when she moved back from Arizona. She was born April 5, 1909, in Hutchinson to Fred and Jessie Groty Weesner. On June 4, 1948, she...
Barbara M. "Bobbie" Kocher
Jul 11, 2010
Barbara M. "Bobbie" Kocher, 64, died July 11, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 23, 1945, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John H. and Frances Anna Kahler Crane. She graduated from Kingman High School in the class of 1963. She was a retired beautician, having owned and operated the Hair House. She was a...
Robert Lee "Bob" Currie, Sr.
Jul 10, 2010
Robert Lee "Bob" Currie Sr., 75, died July 10, 2010, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 26, 1934, in Hutchinson, to John William and Ella May Wells Currie. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-59. He was awarded the Medal of Marksman and the Good Conduct Medal. He then served in the Army Reserves from 1959-63....
Alma Marie Schumacher-Aich
Jul 7, 2010
Alma Marie Schumacher-Aich, 75, died July 7, 2010, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born July 16, 1934, in Munjor, Kan., to Felix and Elizabeth Ann Herrman Schumacher. She graduated from Hays High School in 1952. She was a homemaker, Far Mar Co supervisor, owned and operated a daycare, worked at Hutchinson Community College cafeteria concessions. She belonged...
Gilbert A. "Jr" Shuler
Jul 7, 2010
Gilbert A. "JR" Shuler, 87, died July 7, 2010, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born October 13, 1922, at Grace Hospital, Hutchinson, the son of Gilbert A. and Mary Ruth Lyon Shuler. He was a 1941 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He then served during World War II with the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines. Gilbert returned to farm on...
Lavetta Mcadams
Jul 6, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Lavetta McAdams, 84, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Kansas City, the daughter of George and Mary Barnett Shultz. She was a licensed practical nurse for 26 years at St. Elizabeth and Hutchinson Hospitals. A graduate of Pittsburg High School, McPherson School of Practical Nursing, member...
Delores Crow
Jul 5, 2010
Delores Crow, 71, died July 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, after a brave battle with cancer. She was born August 15, 1938, in Hutchinson to John A. and Ursula Peltzer Dick. Delores graduated from St. Teresa High School, and was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross. Delores devoted her life to...
Albert R. Elliott
Jul 5, 2010
Albert Roland Elliott, 98, died July 5, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, in Hutchinson, Ks. He was born on March 1, 1912, in Blue Rapids, Ks., to Joseph Harry and Rebecca Alfreda Billingsley Elliott. A resident of Kansas most of his life, Roland was an educator and school counselor, having earned degrees from Southwestern College and Wichita State...
Charles Eugene Mcdonald
Jul 4, 2010
Charles E. McDonald passed away on July 4, 2010, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson, KS. He was born on April 19, 1934, in Garden City, KS to Elbert "Jeff" and Lena Mae Harper McDonald. He was the oldest of three children. After graduating from Satanta High School in 1952 he attended Kansas University. He graduated from there in May...
Brenda J. Bobbett
Jul 2, 2010
Brenda J. Bobbett, 60, died July 2, 2010 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 21, 1950 in Jackson, MI to William and Geraldine Beebe Skidmore. A resident of Hutchinson for 6 years, coming from Grand Rapids, MI, Brenda was known as a very hard worker before she became disabled. Survivors include: three children; Amy Olson and husband Randy,...
Norman R. Tucker
Jul 1, 2010
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Norman R. Tucker, 89, died July 1, 2010, at the White Dove Care Home in Glendale. He was born May 17, 1921, in Littleton, C olo., to Clayton H. and Levina Emily Bowen Tucker. Norman opened Tucker Real Estate Agency in 1947. He worked with his two sons, Norman Gene and Gary until he retired. He also...
Lorenzo Alexander Moore, Sr.
Jun 30, 2010
Lorenzo Alexander Moore Sr. joined the choir invisible on Wednesday morning, June 30, 2010. He was born Dec. 30, 1957, into one of the cleverest and most talented families in Washington, D.C. His parents, Charles and Mary Lacy Moore, raised eight children, of whom Lorenzo was undoubtedly the cleverest and most talented of all. Lorenzo was fond of saying that...
Connie Lee Fletcher
Jun 30, 2010
Connie Lee Fletcher, 63, died June 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1946, in Great Bend, Kan., the daughter of Arthur V. and Juanita Glendening Lamb. Connie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965. She was a member of Bethany Church of The Nazarene. On Jan. 16, 1970, she married Robert E. "Bob" Fletcher in...
Stephen A. Ambler
Jun 29, 2010
Stephen A. "Steve" Ambler, 85, of Hutchinson died June 29, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born November 22, 1924 at Marion, the son of Stephen A. & Maggie May Ambler. He was raised at Miltonvale, where he graduated from Miltonvale High School. He entered the U.S. Navy and served during WW II. After the war,...
Loretta J. Edlund
Jun 28, 2010
Loretta June Edlund, 92, died June 28, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born June 2, 1918, in Hutchinson, to Oscar W. and Gertrude E. McDermed Edlund. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936, Hutchinson Junior College in 1938, and Oklahoma State University in 1940. At OSU, she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. A lifetime...
