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Robert Lee "Bob" Currie, Sr.

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....

Alma Marie Schumacher-Aich

Alma Marie Schumacher-Aich

Jul 7, 2010

Alma Marie Schumacher-Aich, 75, died July 7, 2010, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born July 16, 1934, in Munjor, Kan., to Felix and Elizabeth Ann Herrman Schumacher. She graduated from Hays High School in 1952. She was a homemaker, Far Mar Co supervisor, owned and operated a daycare, worked at Hutchinson Community College cafeteria concessions. She belonged...

Gilbert A. "Jr" Shuler

Gilbert A. "Jr" Shuler

Jul 7, 2010

Gilbert A. "JR" Shuler, 87, died July 7, 2010, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born October 13, 1922, at Grace Hospital, Hutchinson, the son of Gilbert A. and Mary Ruth Lyon Shuler. He was a 1941 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He then served during World War II with the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines. Gilbert returned to farm on...

Lavetta Mcadams

Lavetta Mcadams

Jul 6, 2010

HUTCHINSON - Lavetta McAdams, 84, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Kansas City, the daughter of George and Mary Barnett Shultz. She was a licensed practical nurse for 26 years at St. Elizabeth and Hutchinson Hospitals. A graduate of Pittsburg High School, McPherson School of Practical Nursing, member...

Delores Crow

Delores Crow

Jul 5, 2010

Delores Crow, 71, died July 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, after a brave battle with cancer. She was born August 15, 1938, in Hutchinson to John A. and Ursula Peltzer Dick. Delores graduated from St. Teresa High School, and was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She was a member of Church of the Holy Cross. Delores devoted her life to...

Albert R. Elliott

Albert R. Elliott

Jul 5, 2010

Albert Roland Elliott, 98, died July 5, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, in Hutchinson, Ks. He was born on March 1, 1912, in Blue Rapids, Ks., to Joseph Harry and Rebecca Alfreda Billingsley Elliott. A resident of Kansas most of his life, Roland was an educator and school counselor, having earned degrees from Southwestern College and Wichita State...

Charles Eugene Mcdonald

Charles Eugene Mcdonald

Jul 4, 2010

Charles E. McDonald passed away on July 4, 2010, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson, KS. He was born on April 19, 1934, in Garden City, KS to Elbert "Jeff" and Lena Mae Harper McDonald. He was the oldest of three children. After graduating from Satanta High School in 1952 he attended Kansas University. He graduated from there in May...

Brenda J. Bobbett

Brenda J. Bobbett

Jul 2, 2010

Brenda J. Bobbett, 60, died July 2, 2010 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 21, 1950 in Jackson, MI to William and Geraldine Beebe Skidmore. A resident of Hutchinson for 6 years, coming from Grand Rapids, MI, Brenda was known as a very hard worker before she became disabled. Survivors include: three children; Amy Olson and husband Randy,...

Norman R. Tucker

Norman R. Tucker

Jul 1, 2010

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Norman R. Tucker, 89, died July 1, 2010, at the White Dove Care Home in Glendale. He was born May 17, 1921, in Littleton, C olo., to Clayton H. and Levina Emily Bowen Tucker. Norman opened Tucker Real Estate Agency in 1947. He worked with his two sons, Norman Gene and Gary until he retired. He also...

Lorenzo Alexander Moore, Sr.

Lorenzo Alexander Moore, Sr.

Jun 30, 2010

Lorenzo Alexander Moore Sr. joined the choir invisible on Wednesday morning, June 30, 2010. He was born Dec. 30, 1957, into one of the cleverest and most talented families in Washington, D.C. His parents, Charles and Mary Lacy Moore, raised eight children, of whom Lorenzo was undoubtedly the cleverest and most talented of all. Lorenzo was fond of saying that...

Connie Lee Fletcher

Connie Lee Fletcher

Jun 30, 2010

Connie Lee Fletcher, 63, died June 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1946, in Great Bend, Kan., the daughter of Arthur V. and Juanita Glendening Lamb. Connie graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965. She was a member of Bethany Church of The Nazarene. On Jan. 16, 1970, she married Robert E. "Bob" Fletcher in...

Stephen A. Ambler

Stephen A. Ambler

Jun 29, 2010

Stephen A. "Steve" Ambler, 85, of Hutchinson died June 29, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born November 22, 1924 at Marion, the son of Stephen A. & Maggie May Ambler. He was raised at Miltonvale, where he graduated from Miltonvale High School. He entered the U.S. Navy and served during WW II. After the war,...

Loretta J. Edlund

Loretta J. Edlund

Jun 28, 2010

Loretta June Edlund, 92, died June 28, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born June 2, 1918, in Hutchinson, to Oscar W. and Gertrude E. McDermed Edlund. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936, Hutchinson Junior College in 1938, and Oklahoma State University in 1940. At OSU, she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. A lifetime...

Elmer H. Mohr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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