Elmer H. Mohr
Jun 28, 2010
Elmer H. Mohr, 87, died June 28, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 12, 1922, in Nekoma, the son of Jake J. and Elizabeth Schlagel Mohr. He was a machinist for Master Machine retiring in Oct. 1987. He attended First Baptist Church. He was a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68, VFW Bob Campbell Post...
Margaret Louise Childs
Jun 27, 2010
Margaret Louise Childs, 84, died June 27, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Oklarado, Colo., the daughter of John Albert and Lydia Mildred Jenkins Baldwin. She was a 1942 graduate of Yuma County High School, Yuma County, Colo., and a 1946 graduate of Friends University, Wichita. She was resident of Nickerson from 1951 until...
Lawrence Daniel Sidebottom
Jun 26, 2010
Lawrence Daniel Sidebottom, 98, died June 26, 2010, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born May 2, 1912, in Sharon, Kan., the son of Daniel W. and Nellie E. Brodbeck Sidebottom. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, he retired from the Tinico Paper in 1974. Lawrence was a founding member of Abundant Life Community Church, now called...
Marion M. "Bill" Greenfield
Jun 25, 2010
Marion M. "Bill" Greenfield, 90, died June 25, 2010 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 2, 1919 in Hutchinson to Warnie and Daisy Chadwick Greenfield. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, Bill worked at Carey Salt for 40 years. He belonged to the United Mine Workers Union and the Carey Salt Retirees Breakfast Club. On Sept. 2, 1938,...
Archie P. Kittle
Jun 25, 2010
Archie P. Kittle, 93, died June 25, 2010, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 23, 1916, in Abbyville, to Wiley Washington and Nannie Olivia Knotts Kittle. A lifetime Abbyville and Hutchinson area resident, he was a retired farmer. He belonged to Salem Community Church of the Brethren, Nickerson. He served on the Nickerson Co-op Board....
Norma "Jean" Sheppard
Jun 24, 2010
Norma "Jean" Kirby Sheppard, 78, passed away June 24, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. Jean was born September 19, 1931, in Leavenworth. She was the daughter of George and Edna Tetlinski Garnett. In 1951, she married William L. "Bill" Sheppard in Leavenworth. They celebrated 47 years of marriage before his passing in 1999. She was also preceded...
James C. Kennedy
Jun 23, 2010
James C. "J.C." Kennedy, 75, of Hutchinson, died June 23, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 22, 1934, in Lake City, S.C., the son of Robert B. and Corrine Stone Kennedy. He attended schools in South Carolina and came to Hutchinson after his military service in 1959. He was a machinist and section foreman at Cessna...
Richard Lee "Dick" Sterling
Jun 22, 2010
Richard Lee "Dick" Sterling, 75, died June 22, 2010. He was born June 19, 1935. Survivors include: brothers, Donald and Earnest (Shirley); sisters, Joyce Elliott and Jan Jensen (Rick); aunt, Annabell Chestnut; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mitchell United Methodist Chapel, Hutchinson. Visitation 1 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to...
Dennis Dale Smith-Thomas
Jun 21, 2010
Dennis D. Smith-Thomas, 69, died June 19, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 20, 1941, in Hutchinson to Marten Dale and Wilma Faye Hester Smith. Dennis was in the wholesale/retail record business. He served in the United States Navy from 1963-67. Survivors include: son, Darin Rodriquez Thomas, Wichita; daughter, Marla Thomas, Topeka; six grandchildren, Jordan Thomas, Andria...
Harold E. Tissue
Jun 21, 2010
Harold E. Tissue, 70, died June 21, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 10, 1939, in Hutchinson to William R. and Edna-Mae Harris Tissue. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident who had previously lived in Sterling and Partridge. He graduated from Sterling High School in 1957. He was a retired foreman with Gruver Construction Co. He...
Lawrence G. "Larry" Mcclure
Jun 20, 2010
Lawrence G. "Larry" McClure, 84, died June 20, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 13, 1925, in Marion County, Kansas to Benjamin Harrison and Maggie Julian Larsen McClure. He served in the United States Army during World War II, stationed in Korea and the Philippines. He was a lifetime member of American Legion Post #440 and...
Lawrence Alton Lambert, Sr.
Jun 16, 2010
HUTCHINSON – Lawrence Alton Lambert, Sr, 91, died June 16, 2010 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born August 1, 1918 in Pretty Prairie to Oscar and Lulu Miller Lambert. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1935. Lawrence was a member of Forest Park Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson and was an Elder for many years at the Leoti Presbyterian...
Ruthail Sharp Hunt
Jun 14, 2010
Ruthail Sharp Hunt, 88, died June 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 18, 1921, in Hutchinson, to Clyde Walker and Jessie Foster Sharp. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941. She was a homemaker and worked at Hutchinson Bag Company and the former Bond Bakery. She attended the South...
Betty Jo "Bj" Luman Schmickle
Jun 14, 2010
Betty Jo "BJ" Luman Schmickle, 60, died June 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 20, 1949, in Hutchinson, to Robert Eugene Luman and Clara Cathrine Nusser-Luman. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1967 and Hutchinson Community College in 1991. She retired from Hutchinson Hospital as a...
Betty Ann Moss
Jun 14, 2010
Betty Moss died June 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 8, 1933, in Russell, the daughter of Henry and Theresa Ehrlich Bender. She moved to Hutchinson to attend nurses' training and worked as a nurse's aide. She worked many years at Doskocil as food service manager. On July 7, 1952, she married George Moss...
Larry "Kansaskid" Eugene Schwiethale
Jun 13, 2010
Larry "Kansaskid" E. Schwiethale, 69, died June 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born July 4, 1940, in Stafford, the son of Lawrence and Elsie Marie Hofen Schwiethale. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1958. He began working for Betts Baking Company and later was a businessman and restaurant owner and operator in Swift...
Delila M. "Dee" Freer
Jun 13, 2010
Delila M. "Dee" Freer, 67, died June 13, 2010, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 19, 1942, in Pratt, the daughter of Herman B. and Dorotha Mae Donner McDowell. She attended high school in Hutchinson and Great Bend, attended Hutchison Community College and received her nursing degree from McPherson College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a nurse...
Carole J. Unruh
Jun 13, 2010
PLEVNA - Carole J. Unruh, 70, died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 31, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Paul Wilber and Thelma Edna Baughman Rankin. She was retired from Horizons Mental Health Center, Kingman, with 25 years of service as part of the clerical staff, a 1958 graduate of Plevna...
Marie "Billie" Barron
Jun 13, 2010
Marie "Billie" Barron, 89, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Heartland Haven Home Plus, Inman. She was born February 1, 1921, in Sylvan Grove. She married Rex E. Barron on December 31, 1945. He passed away August 27, 1975. She retired from Hutchinson Hospital as a registered nurse in 1987. She was a former member of Trinity United Methodist...
Ernest M. Reimer
Jun 12, 2010
Ernest M. Reimer was born on October 26, 1917, in Inman. He was the third of eleven children born to Heinrich (Henry) F. and Katie (Baergen) Reimer. He attended Big Lake School and graduated from Inman High School in 1937. He then attended Bethel College in Newton. In February of 1943 he was inducted in the Army, where he served...
