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Ralph V. Jones
Aug 6, 2010
Ralph V. Jones, 85, died Aug. 6, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 9, 1925, in rural Pretty Prairie, the son of John Claude and Nellie Jane White Jones. Ralph graduated from Castleton High School and attended Adela Hale Business College. He was a World War II Navy veteran serving from 1942-1946, as a machinist mate...
Lily Louann Mounce
Aug 3, 2010
Lily LouAnn Mounce was stillborn Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. She was the daughter of Matthew Mounce and Stephanie Tidd. Other survivors include: a brother, Sabastian Tidd; a sister, Natalie McCallister; grandparents, Jina Tidd and Michael Tidd. A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Friday in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with Chaplain Bob Phipps officiating.
Herbert J. Androes
Aug 1, 2010
Herbert J Androes, 92, formerly of Hutchinson, died August 1, 2010 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was born April 25, 1918 in Buhler, Ks, the son of Bernard and Maria Vogt Androes. He was a 1937 graduate of Buhler High School. He was in the Army Air Corp stationed in California from 1943 to 1946. Herbert lived in Hutchinson all...
Jeffrey L. Bechtold
Jul 31, 2010
Jeffrey L. Bechtold, 38, died July 31, 2010, in Hutchinson. He was born July 10, 1972, in Hutchinson, to Dennis L. Bechtold and Cynthia D. Lemen Shears. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was a graduate of Buhler High School. He was a carpenter for A & A Builders. Survivors include: daughters, Alecia and Alexandria Bechtold, Largo, Fla., and...
Inez A. Koch
Jul 27, 2010
Inez A. Connelly Koch died July 27, 2010, in Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Elliott Chapel, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson. Memorials may be made to Hospice House or T.E.C.H. in care of the mortuary. Friends may view the full obituary. Visit www.elliottmortuary.com for Inez's family.
Inez Koch
Jul 27, 2010
Inez Koch, 93, died July 27, 2010 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 25, 1916 to Carl A. and Julia C. Peterson Swanson in Orion, Illinois. On Feb. 17, 1961 she married Willis Koch in Raton, NM. He died November 3, 1982. Inez worked in the deli at Dillons and retired from the Dillons Warehouse in 1962. She...
Harlo V. Regier
Jul 26, 2010
Harlo Virgil Regier, 89, died Monday, July 26, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born November 5, 1929 in Hutchinson, the son of David and Anna Bowen Regier. A 1947, graduate of Buhler High School, his basketball team is in the Kansas High School Basketball Hall of Fame, he was a realtor and owner of Continental Realty,...
Donald David Derr
Jul 26, 2010
Donald David Derr, 52, died July 26, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 14, 1957, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Donald Dale and Iola Marie Swank Derr. He graduated from Atchison High School in 1975 and he then attended Kansas State University where he was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi. He worked as an...
Grace Charlotte Zimon
Jul 25, 2010
Grace Charlotte Zimon, 93, of Wesley Towers, passed away July 25, 2010. Grace was born near Greensburg, Kan., Jan. 31, 1917, to Henry H. and Sena Loesch Hildebrand. The family moved to Fowler in 1925, where she attended school and graduated in 1934. She attended Ft. Hays State College, received her teaching certificate and first taught at Sunny Dale School...
Erma Linscheid
Jul 24, 2010
Erma Linscheid, 72, died July 24, 2010, in Wichita. She was born Nov. 22, 1937, in Alva, Okla., to Glenn and Audrey Moore Corbin. She will be greatly missed by her children, Danny Jones, Janette Smith and Diane Brown, all of Enid, Okla., and Gayle Spradlin, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her...
Darrell Dee Keller
Jul 21, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Darrell "Dee" Keller, 73, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 23, 1936, at Pratt, the son of Edgar and Verma Beach Keller. He was a longtime Arlington resident moving to Hutchinson in 2007, a 1955, graduate of Preston High School, a U.S. Army veteran, a member of the American...
Robert A. Kuehn, Jr.
Jul 17, 2010
Robert A. Kuehn, Jr., 82 died July 17, 2010. He was born June 9, 1928 in Rochester, Minn. Survivors include: a son, Robert A. Kuehn, III; two daughters, Kathleen Taylor and Maxine Powers, all of Hutchinson; and a grandson Brandon Powers. A memorial service will be held Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at South Hutchinson Christian Church with...
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....
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