Donald R. "Don" Wright
Dec 30, 2010
Donald R. "Don" Wright, 83, died Dec. 30, 2010, at University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, N.M. He was born June 30, 1927, in Walton, to Harvey J. and Elsie Worthington Wright. Don was raised in Walton and Marion. He lived in Sterling from 1950-1955, lived in Hutchinson since 1955 and he and his wife lived part-time in Taos, N.M....
Frances "Hazaell" Heironimus
Dec 29, 2010
Frances "Hazaell" (pronounced Hay-zale) Heironimus, 88, was born on Oct. 21, 1922, to Elmer and Alma James Douglas, in Hutchinson, Kansas. The family lived in Nickerson and later moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas, and then back to Hutchinson, where she graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. After high school she married Robert "Bob" Dale Heironimus on May 27, 1942. She...
Ruth Hatfield
Dec 28, 2010
Ruth Hatfield, 86, died December 28, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 20, 1924, in Madison, Ill., the daughter of John and Della Delova Mircheff. Ruth was christened in Holy Trinity Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church, Madison, Ill.; she was a 1943 graduate of Madison High School, Madison, Ill. Ruth and Kent raised their three daughters...
Bessie Ida Burling
Dec 26, 2010
INMAN - Bessie Ida Burling, 100, died Dec. 26, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 24, 1910, on a farm south of Nickerson, to Harry Charles and Tina Emma Downs Reed. She was a longtime Arlington resident, moved to Hutchinson in 2005, and then to Inman. She was a graduate of Partridge High School. She was...
James "Butch" William Dunsworth, Jr.
Dec 26, 2010
James W. "Butch" Dunsworth Jr. passed away Dec. 26, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, due to congestive heart failure. Jim was born April 2, 1946, in Deerfield, Ks, to Celia and Jim Dunsworth. He attended Holcomb Grade School and graduated from Holcomb High School in 1964. He served in the National Guard from 1965 to 1971. He was...
Evelyn Mae Summers
Dec 26, 2010
Evelyn Mae Summers, 91, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. She was born April 30, 1919, in La Cygne, Kan., to Charles Edwin and Ruby Eileen FitzSimmons Evey. She was a 1936 graduate of La Cygne High School and then took post graduate classes in Anthony, Kan. She married Guy Leroy Summers, Jr. on July 3, 1941,...
Vittorio R. Pina
Dec 26, 2010
Vittorio R. Piná, 37, died December 26, 2010, in Huntington Beach, California. He was born July 31, 1973, in Hutchinson, the son of Vittorio G. and Stella M. Hoskinson Piná. Vittorio graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1991 and then received a degree in specialized mechanics for diesel and Mercedes Benz, from UTI in Phoenix. He then worked for Saia...
Peggy Susan Childs
Dec 26, 2010
Peggy Susan Childs, 61, died Dec. 26, 2010, from ALS. She was born April 22, 1949, at Cedar Vale, the daughter of Ralph and E. Emogene Williams Thorne. Peggy was a 1967 graduate of Hutchinson High School, a 1971 graduate of University of Kansas, then taught 6th grade in the Topeka Public Schools while her husband attended Washburn Law School....
Florence Nell Vanriper
Dec 24, 2010
Florence VanRiper, 93, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Thorne Care Center in Florence Nell VanRiper, 93, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 18, 1917, in Inwood, Iowa, to Harry Ross and Minnie May Azbill Gardiner. She graduated from Bresee College Academy in 1935. As a homemaker, she pursued...
Lus Flores
Dec 24, 2010
Lus Flores, 92, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, the daughter of Antonio and Luisa Pena Perez. Lus was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was a mother, homemaker and the last surviving co-founder of the Anchor Inn Mexican Restaurant. On March 15, 1932, she married Antonio...
J. Dwain Meisenheimer
Dec 24, 2010
WICHITA - J. Dwain Meisenheimer, 93, died Dec. 24, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Feb. 27, 1917, in Arlington, to Paul and Audra Cheatum Meisenheimer. He and his wife lived and farmed in Wichita County for 38 years. They moved to Hutchinson in 1980 and then to Wichita in 2007. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High...
Freda M. Werner
Dec 23, 2010
Freda M. Werner, 98, died Dec. 23, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 15, 1912, in Sylvia, the daughter of Wiley A. and Carrie F. Haskins Clothier. She graduated from Sylvia High School in 1930. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired secretary for McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita. She belonged to First Christian Church,...
Russell M. Fischer
Dec 21, 2010
Russell M. "Russ" Fischer, 67, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 21, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 31, 1943, in Waterloo, Ill., the son of Oliver and Edrie Vivian Gariepy Fischer. He attended schools in Waterloo and was an oil field service worker. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Germany. He married...
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart
Dec 21, 2010
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart, 33, of Goldendale, Wash., died Dec. 21, 2010, in Goldendale, Wash. He was born March 27, 1977, in Rupert, Idaho, to Ronald Wayne and Deborah Kay Owens-Chavez Stewart. He attended Buhler High School. He was a welder for Borton Construction and formerly of Green Drywall. He married Kristi Jo Kraisinger on Jan. 1, 2009, in Inman....
John F. Ojeda
Dec 20, 2010
John Francis Ojeda, 98, died Dec. 20, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 14, 1912, in Greensburg, to Arnulfo and Francisca Ojeda. He was a retired supervisor for H&N Railroad. On Oct. 10, 1937, he married Elizabeth C. Caudillo in Hutchinson. She died Oct. 12, 2006. Survivors include: sons, George, Hutchinson, Rick, Wichita and Joseph "Tony," Hutchinson;...
Verna M. Prickett
Dec 19, 2010
ARLINGTON - Verna Mae Prickett, 67, died Dec. 19, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 2, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Walter Stapleton (Jack) and Verna Canal Shipper Price. In 1950 the family moved to Tulsa, Okla. She graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1962. On Feb. 13, 1964, she married Jim Prickett in Miami,...
Diana P. Neumayer
Dec 19, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Diana Pesina Neumayer, 46, died Dec. 19, 2010. She was born Feb. 13, 1964, in Brownsville, Texas, the daughter of Juan and Candelaria Pesina. She was a 1982 graduate of Homestead High School, Florida, and was employed at Nordam Group, Aircraft Industry, Wichita. She was raised in the Catholic faith and had attended Pretty Prairie United Methodist...
Dustin Dean Porter
Dec 18, 2010
Dustin Dean Porter, 32, died Dec. 18, 2010. He was born July 5, 1978, in Hutchinson, the son of Ronald and Dianna Green Porter. He was a 1996 graduate of Haven High School, member of Haven Baptist Church and had been an assembler at Krause for the last 6 years. On May 24, 1997, he married Amy Renea Borders in...
Ella B. Brown
Dec 17, 2010
Ella B. Brown, 91, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 17, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 21, 1919, on a farm near Buhler, the daughter of Peter W. and Anna Siemens Balzer. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1938 and attended Bethel College for two years, obtaining her teaching certificate. She taught school for one year...
Lavern A. Burns
Dec 17, 2010
LaVern A. Burns, 90, of Hutchinson, died December 17, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1920, in Stafford, KS, the son of Joseph William and Inez Anderson Burns. He was a 1939 graduate of Partridge High School, Partridge. Upon graduation, LaVern worked at C.O. Mammels Grocery with his older brother, Calvin. He also worked for Dillons...
