Maxine Vanek
Jun 12, 2010
Maxine Vanek, 94, of Kansas City, Kan., formerly of Hutchinson, died June 12, 2010, in Maumelle, Ark. She was born April 15, 1916, in Nickerson, the daughter of Ralph and Lillian Hook Lamberth. A longtime Reno County resident, she was a member of First Christian Church, the Iris Club, and the Silver Leaf Chapter #464 Order of Eastern Star, all...
Harlond D. Bruce
Jun 11, 2010
Harlond D. Bruce, 93, died June 11, 2010, at his home in South Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 25, 1917, in Herndon, the son of George William and Roxy F. Morris Bruce. He had lived in the Hutchinson area for 35 years, moving here from Atwood. He farmed in Rawlins County until he moved, and then owned and operated Bruce's...
Kenneth A. Thornhill
Jun 9, 2010
Kenneth A. Thornhill, 96, died June 9, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Feb. 23, 1914, in Halstead to Samuel Ellis and Alice Jane Harshfield Thornhill. He retired as owner/operator of Careyville Grocery. Kenneth was a member of the Hutchinson-Reno Masonic Lodge #124 A.F. & A.M. He served in the Civil Conservation Corps in 1934, stationed in Minnesota. He...
Betty Jane Elliott
Jun 8, 2010
Betty J. Elliott, 77, died June 8, 2010 at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born November 27, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK to William S. and Opal Mae Davis Jones. Betty graduated from William Chrisman High School in Independence, MO in 1951 and from the Research Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City, MO in 1953. She was a...
Grace Irene Huna
Jun 7, 2010
Grace Irene Huna, 86, died June 7, 2010, at Hutchinson Clinic, Hutchinson. She was born March 9, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William Lee and Elizabeth Caroline "Carrie" Cain Van Zandt. She was a 1943 graduate of Partridge High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired C.K.C.U. teller and former co-owner of Partridge Grocery. She was a...
Sandra M. Pitts
Jun 5, 2010
Sandra M. Pitts, 71, of Hutchinson, died June 5, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 30, 1938, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Merle and Barbara Gensch Guinn. She attended Hutchinson schools and was a lifelong Hutchinson resident. She was an avid gardener, a former member of the Loyal Order of Moose #82 and the Hutchinson Community...
Frank Edwin Brown
Jun 5, 2010
Frank Edwin Brown, 94, died June 5, 2010, at Hutchinson Care Center. He was born March 29, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas. Frank worked in the testing lab at Cessna then he was a flour miller for the Archer Daniel Mill Company. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. On March 15, 1936, he married Ethel L. McQueen in...
Timothy Ray "Tim" Deines
Jun 5, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Timothy Ray "Tim" Deines, 47, died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1963, the son of Thomas Carl and Patsy JoAnn Britcher Deines. He was a 1981 graduate of Buhler High School, had been a welder for several area companies including Kincaid Mfg., Case I-H, Action Equipment and Krause...
Harry L. "Buzz" Jones
Jun 4, 2010
Harry L. "Buzz" Jones, 76, of Harlingen, TX, formerly of Hutchinson, died June 4, 2010, at Via Christi-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Hutchinson, the son of Harry E. and Marguritte Borders Jones. He was a retired truck driver with Graves Truckline, and was currently working as a seasonal park attendant at Wilson Reservoir...
Vance Everett Bulla
Jun 4, 2010
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. - Vance Everett Bulla, 41, of Flagstaff, Ariz., was in a fatal car accident June 4, 2010. He was born April 24, 1969, in Wichita, Kan . to Larry D. Bulla and Alice Ann Huslig Scheibmeir. In his youth, he enjoyed playing football and rugby, and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Vance was a graduate of Trinity...
Lois G. Lyons
Jun 3, 2010
Lois Grace Webb Lyons, 86, died June 3, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 20, 1924, in Shelbyville, Mo., the daughter of Arthur A. and Allie Grace Smith Webb. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a diaconal minister at First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. On Nov. 12, 1945, she married Calvin Lyons in Wichita. He died...
Betty B. Smith
Jun 1, 2010
NICKERSON - Betty Beatrice Smith, 77, died June 1, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 5, 1932, in Salem, Oregon, the daughter of Ellis and Elsie Jackson Britton. A Nickerson resident since 1960, she was a retired CNA at Grace Hospital and a homemaker. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Linda Rae Ropp
Jun 1, 2010
BUHLER - Linda Ropp, 62, died June 1, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1948, in Newton, the daughter of Raymond Wes and Velma Dey Lehman Suenram. She graduated from Halstead High School in 1966, and Hutchinson Community College in 1988. A resident of Buhler, she was retired as office manager of Dillons Distribution Center, where...
Joan Maxine Breidenstein
May 31, 2010
ARLINGTON - Joan Maxine Breidenstein, 84, died May 31, 2010. She was born August 31, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Orie and Nema Hindsley Lindahl. A 1943 graduate of Plevna High School, she attended Sterling College, then taught at Hopewell, a one-room schoolhouse, and later was a homemaker. She was active in the Plevna Community Bible Church and then...
Jerry T. Kerwood
May 31, 2010
Jerry T. Kerwood, 62, died May 31, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 30, 1947, in Hutchinson, the son of Harry Eugene and Opal Leah Tadlock Kerwood. He was a graduate of Nickerson High School, Nickerson. A resident of Burrton, he was an independent truck driver. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. He was an avid...
Vi E. Collins Androes
May 30, 2010
Vi E. Collins Androes, 80, died May 30, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1929, in Brownell, the daughter of Barnebus B. and Bertha Mae Lewis Brandt. She worked for Haskard Cleaners and was a receptionist and bookkeeper for Central Kansas Office Systems. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Women...
Merle D. Black
May 30, 2010
Merle D. Black Sr., 79, died May 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 27, 1930, in Hutchinson, to Vernon Lee and Jennie Saloma Shipley Black. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident. He retired from L.T.V. Aircraft Co., of Garland, Texas. He was member of Mt. Olivet Worship Center, a former member of the Hutchinson Gem and...
Cleone Toinette Powell Herron
May 29, 2010
Cleone Toinette Powell Herron, 99, died peacefully with her family at her side on May 29, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on October 12, 1910, in Findlay, Ohio. The second oldest of the nine children of James Garfield and Georgiana Conaway Powell, she lived her early days on the family farm in...
Dick Yoder
May 29, 2010
Dick Yoder, 83, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at his home. He was born Feb. 21, 1927, in Clarence Center, N.Y., the son of Joseph J. and Fannie Schrock Yoder. He was a farmer, Pronto Pup Owner, a church organist and belonged to South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. On Aug. 21, 1954, he married Lucille Schulz in Cheraw, Colo. She died...
Ruth E. Cox
May 29, 2010
Ruth E. Cox, 78, died May 29, 2010, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born March 3, 1932, to Clarence Earl and Juanita Hair. She was a member of the Full Gospel Church. Survivors include: five children, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. No services are planned at this time. Memorial Fund in care of...
