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Roger Kevin Kahler
Nov 17, 2010
MOODIE, Ala. - Roger K. Kahler, 48, of Moodie, Alabama, formerly of Hutchinson, died Nov. 17, 2010, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born Nov. 12, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Otto and Lorene H. Radke Kahler. He was a Moodie resident since 2008, moving to Alabama from Ocala, Florida. He was a designer for Kenametal-Tricon, which was a specialty...
John Henry Leach
Nov 14, 2010
John Henry Leach, 89, died Nov. 14, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born July 4, 1921, the 6th child of Arthur and Pearl Bundy Leach, in Great Bend, Kan. He lived in Great Bend, until the age of six, when the family moved to Arkansas City, Kan., where he attended grades 1 through 12 and graduated from Arkansas City...
Maxine Gradall
Nov 13, 2010
Maxine Gradall, 92, of Hutchinson died Nov. 13, 2010, at Hutchinson Care Center. She was born September 20, 1918 at Hopewell, the daughter of Henry O. and Edith Poindexter Smith. She attended school at Trousdale and graduated from Trousdale High School in 1937. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, moving here from Pratt, she worked for Bankers Investment and later Kansas...
Wayne Elbert Schaben
Nov 13, 2010
Wayne Elbert Schaben, 92, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1918, in Ness County, the son of John and Verda Ryersee Schaben. He was a lifetime Ness County resident before moving to Sterling in 1999, a 1936 graduate of Bazine High School, attended Ft. Hays State University, U.S. Army veteran...
Robert "Bob" Ray Taylor
Nov 10, 2010
Our country is in mourning, for a soldier died today. Robert R. "Bob" Taylor, 87, died November 10, 2010 at Via Christi Regional Medical Center on St. Francis, Wichita. He was born April 28, 1923, in Ellinwood, to Joseph W. and Wilma Strong Taylor. He was a member of Walnut and Campbell Church of Christ. Bob served in the United...
Vincent C. White
Nov 9, 2010
Vincent C. White, 56, died Nov. 10, 2010, in Hollywood, Md. He was born Nov. 15, 1953, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Lucy T. White. Vincent was a machinist at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. Survivors include: partner, Doris Williams, Hutchinson; mother, Lucy White; sister, Patricia White, both of Harrisburg, Conn.; daughter, Tosha Howard, Conn.; niece Tasia White, Harrisburg, Conn.; three grandchildren;...
Edythe Evalyn Gould
Nov 9, 2010
Edythe E. Gould of Hutchinson died Nov. 9, 2010, at Buhler Sunshine Home in Buhler at the age of 94 years, 11 months, 16 days. She was born at home on the farm in Harper County, the daughter of George W. and Ida Pearl Parker Kimmel. She attended school in Zenda. She married Elmer L. Gould on June 12, 1936,...
Maxine L. Hippen
Nov 9, 2010
Maxine L. Hippen, 92, died Nov. 9, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 14, 1918, in Neola, to William R. and Cora M. Marcum Smith. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1937, moving here from Neola. She was retired from Carey Salt Company. She was a member of First Christian Church and Women of the Moose...
Dorothy Lee Keller
Nov 8, 2010
Dorothy Lee (Stauffer) Keller, 86, died Nov. 8, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 8, 1924, in Beauregard Parish, Carson, La., to Clyde and Velma Stauffer. A homemaker, she was a member of the Corner Stone Baptist Church in Hutchinson. While living in New Iberia, Dorothy volunteered at the St. Francis Diner in New Iberia, La.,...
Clifford D. Rice
Nov 7, 2010
Clifford D. Rice, 86, died Nov. 7, 2010, at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Clear Lake, Iowa, the son of Clifford Dewey and Weenonah Garlock Rice. His biological father died when he was still very young and he was raised by his stepfather, Earl C. Westcott. He graduated from Mason City...
Donald E. Ritcha
Nov 7, 2010
Donald E. Ritcha, 77, died Nov. 7, 2010, at his home. He was born June 30, 1933, in Nickerson, the son of Olin Earl and Pearl Louise Boyer Ritcha. He attended Nickerson Schools and was baptized at the Nickerson United Methodist Church. Donald worked as a mechanic's assistant at the Jack Wall Chevrolet Dealership in Pasadena, Calif., and then at...
Joyce Marie Roberson
Nov 7, 2010
Joyce Marie Roberson, 82, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at Hester Care Center. She was born May 11, 1928, at Medicine Lodge, the daughter of Roland and Gladys Strickland Hewitt. She was a 1946 graduate of Medicine Lodge High School, attended Fort Hays State University, had been a Faris Elementary PTA president, member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an...
Eunice Lee Bartcher
Nov 4, 2010
Eunice Lee Bartcher, 89, died Nov. 4, 2010, at her home. She was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Nickerson to Roy Elmer and Opal Virginia Mummey Hoffman. Eunice graduated from Nickerson High School in 1939 and later from Adela Hale Business College. She was a member of American Legion Women's Auxiliary Unit #68 and Women of the Moose Hutchinson Chapter...
Bobbie Jo Cheely
Nov 3, 2010
Bobbie Jo Cheely, 66, died Nov. 3, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 11, 1944, in Long Beach, California, the daughter of George W. Harrell Jr. and Hazel Langford Harrell. Bobbie Jo graduated from Blackstone High School, Blackstone, Virginia in 1963 and was Miss Nottoway County that same year. She, together with former husband Ernie...
Walter Harry Paine
Nov 2, 2010
Walter Harry Paine, 74, of Hutchinson, went home to be with his God on Nov. 2, 2010, at Hospice House after a six-year battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 22, 1936, at Worthington, Minn., the son of Raymond and Edythe Dripps Paine. He graduated from Inglewood California High School in 1954. He was sergeant in the California Army National...
Robert "Bob" E. Kinser
Nov 2, 2010
Robert "Bob" E. Kinser, 80, died Nov. 2, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 13, 1929, in Stevens County, to William Mayfield and Blanche Cook Kinser. Bob worked in sales at F & E Wholesale Groceries. He was a member of the Friends Church, Hutchinson. On May 27, 1951, he married Zetta Jean Wilmarth at...
Mario Q. Inchauriga
Nov 1, 2010
Mario Inchauriga, 35, died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 26, 1975, in Durango, Mexico, the son of Fortino and Marciana Quintero Inchauriga. He attended Hutchinson High School and graduated in 2005 from Hutchinson Community College. He was a member of Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus. He was a welder...
Robert "Bob" S. Twito
Oct 31, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Robert S. "Bob" Twito, of Bloomington, Minn., died Oct. 31, 2010, in Mason City, Iowa. He was born Sept. 23, 1920, in Lake Mills, Iowa, to Harry S. and Zelda M. Gettis Twito. He was a Hutchinson resident from 1945 to 1965, then moved to several states before retiring to Bloomington, Minn. He graduated from Lake Mills...
Harold Roe Jones
Oct 29, 2010
Harold R. Jones, 84, formerly of Hutchinson, died Oct. 29, 2010, at Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence, Kan. He was born June 14, 1926, in Oxford, Kan., the son of Forrest P. and Ethyl M. Ransom Jones. Harold graduated from Oxford High School in 1944. He then joined the Navy and served in WWII as a Signalman 2nd Class from 44-46. Upon...
Lois Mildred Boesch
Oct 29, 2010
Lois Mildred Boesch, 84, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at her home in Wichita. She was born June 7, 1926, at Appleton City, Mo., the daughter of Straud and Myrtle Wilhemyna "Myna" Pitts Spence. She had been a customer service representative at Ben Franklin Stores main office in Los Angeles, Calif. and was a Lutheran. On June 1, 1973, she...
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