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Nola May Rumsey

Nola May Rumsey

Dec 16, 2010

Nola May Rumsey, 73, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 16, 2010, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born July 14, 1937, in Hutchinson, Kan., to John William and Ella May Wells Currie. She was a 1955 graduate of Buhler High School. She was CNA certified. She was a retired E.R. Clerk for Hutchinson Hospital, a...

Gene Capps

Gene Capps

Dec 16, 2010

Gene Capps, 60, died Dec. 16, 2010. He was born June 22, 1950, in Hutchinson, the son of Hadley and Rose Capp He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1969. He was a construction superintendent by trade with Capps and Sons Construction, including working for HIEB, Cottonwood Hills Golf Course, and trustee for Reno Township. On Oct. 31, 1970, he...

John T. Swanson

John T. Swanson

Dec 14, 2010

John T. Swanson, 85, died Dec. 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 13, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of Eskel Herbert and Hannah Anderson Swanson. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, he graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943. He was a very well respected farmer and stockman. He belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include:...

Izetta L. Schinstock

Izetta L. Schinstock

Dec 14, 2010

NICKERSON - Izetta L. Schriner Schinstock, 70, died Dec. 14, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born at home on Feb. 15, 1940, in Woods County , Okla., the daughter of Hurchel M. and H. Irene Reihm Smith. Izetta graduated from Cleo Springs, Okla., in 1958, and then attended Northwestern State College, Okla. Izetta was a housewife and farmwife. She...

Caroline E. Knerr

Caroline E. Knerr

Dec 13, 2010

Caroline E. Knerr, 85, of Hutchinson died Dec. 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Emmett A. and Grace Lay Eagan. She was a retired Registered Nurse, who had worked at the Medical Center for 32 years in pediatrics. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942...

Roger G. Freeland

Roger G. Freeland

Dec 13, 2010

Roger Freeland, 60, died Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. He was born July 27, 1950, at Topeka, the son of Glenn and Mildred Green Freeland. He was a 1968 graduate of Geneseo High School and a 1974 graduate of Ft. Hays State University, a U.S. Navy veteran serving during the Vietnam War, a retired USD #309 Nickerson-South Hutchinson teacher and was...

Velma M. Peoples

Velma M. Peoples

Dec 13, 2010

Velma M. Peoples, 90, died Dec. 13, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 6, 1920, at Pretty Prairie. She was a homemaker and former manager of Commerce Gardens Apartments. In 1940, she married Charles W. Peoples at Partridge. He died Jan. 6, 1980. Survivors include: daughters, Nancy Peoples, Haven, and Sylvia Peoples, Lubbock, Texas. She was...

Helen E. Watson

Helen E. Watson

Dec 13, 2010

Helen Watson, 89, passed away Dec. 13, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born Feb. 16, 1921, at Winfield. She was raised in Mulvane and lived in Hutchinson for more than 50 years before moving to Overland Park in 2005. She was a 1939 graduate of Mulvane High School and a 1943 graduate of Kansas State University, taught...

Caroline Knerr

Caroline Knerr

Dec 13, 2010

Caroline E. Knerr, 85, of Hutchinson died Dec. 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Emmett A. and Grace Lay Eagan. She was a retired Registered Nurse, who had worked at the Medical Center for 32 years in pediatrics. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942...

Alfred F. Wasinger

Alfred F. Wasinger

Dec 12, 2010

Alfred F. "Al" Wasinger, 81, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 12, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born May 19, 1929, in Ellis, the son of Andrew J. and Dorothy Boos Wasinger. He graduated from Thomas More Prep in Hays and attended both Mississippi State University and Purdue University, completing programs related to labor management issues. He was a...

Louise R. Basore Sherwood

Louise R. Basore Sherwood

Dec 11, 2010

Louise R. Basore Sherwood, 74, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 11, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1936, in Aurora, Neb., the daughter of Russell and Mildred Christenson Holloway. She attended school in Aurora and graduated from Aurora High School in 1953. She attended the United Methodist Church in Aurora. She owned and managed a furniture...

Gladys Eining

Gladys Eining

Dec 9, 2010

Gladys Eining, 89, died Dec. 9, 2010, at Elm Grove Estates. She was born Jan. 18, 1921, in Spearville, the daughter of Bernard "Ben" and Martha Marx Schuette. She was a longtime Spearville resident, moving to Dodge City in 1975 and then to Hutchinson in 2003. She was a cook with the Spearville Public Schools and then worked at Gibson's...

Howard Giles

Howard Giles

Dec 9, 2010

Howard Giles, Sept. 10, 1934 - Dec. 9, 2010. Father of three children, five stepchildren and Grandpa to several grandchildren. Howard was the 2nd child to a family of 10 brothers and 6 sisters. He is survived by wife Delores, of the home, of 37 years of marriage. He was owner and operator of Howard's Trucking until retirement. After retirement...

Dorothy Ann Elliott

Dorothy Ann Elliott

Dec 9, 2010

Dorothy Ann Elliott, 83, died Dec. 9, 2010, at Atria Hearth Stone, Topeka. She was born May 18, 1927, in Hutchinson to Jacob F. and Susie Rempel Richert. She graduated in 1945, from Hutchinson High School and in 1947, she graduated from Hutchinson Junior College. A former resident of Hutchinson, she was employed at Gano Grain before becoming a full...

Alice Maxine Anderson

Alice Maxine Anderson

Dec 6, 2010

Alice Maxine Anderson, 76, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. She was born May 6, 1934, in Raymond, and was raised by her Aunt Edith and Uncle Ray White. She attended school in Raymond and was of Baptist faith. She was a floral designer for many mortuaries and department stores in Fort Worth, Texas and Denver, Colo....

Lois Jeanette Beard

Lois Jeanette Beard

Dec 6, 2010

Lois Jeanette Beard, 89, died Dec. 6, 2010, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1921, in Minneola, the daughter of William Wallace and Iva Jane Lathan Beard. She graduated from Fowler High School, Sterling College in 1944 and in 1956 she received her Master's Degree from Northern University of Colorado, Greeley, Colo. A resident...

Arlis L. Crenshaw

Arlis L. Crenshaw

Dec 6, 2010

Arlis L. "Joe" Crenshaw, 65, died Dec. 6, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 29, 1945, in Wild Cherry, Ark., the son of Claude Hanford and Elsie Z. Anderson Crenshaw. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired truck driver. He was a member of The Father's House and Lakeside Recreation and Boat Club of...

Charles E. Fesler

Charles E. Fesler

Dec 6, 2010

Charles E. Fesler, 85, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 6, 1925, at Plevna, the son of Warren and Ruby Rush Fesler. He was a 1944 graduate of Plevna Rural High School. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, District #310 Fairfield School Board member, Westminister Township Trustee, a...

Robert A. Duren

Robert A. Duren

Dec 5, 2010

Robert A. Duren, 88, died Dec. 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Hutchinson, the son of Elie and Martha Irene Davies Duren. Robert was the headway master for the Kansas State grain department. He was a member of Crosspoint Baptist Church, formerly known as Westbrook. On June 2, 1946, he married Rayma Mae...

Dorothy Lea Dirksen

Dorothy Lea Dirksen

Dec 4, 2010

Dorothy Lea Dirksen, 94, of Hutchinson, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born June 30, 1916, in Walker, Minn., the daughter of John and Rosa Frances Emberton Harrison. She attended school in Harrison and Springdale, Ark. She was a homemaker and housekeeper. She belonged to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hutchinson. On...

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