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Timothy Ray "Tim" Deines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Karen D. Slack

Karen D. Slack

May 29, 2010

Karen Slack, 64, died May 29, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born March 28, 1946, in Victoria, to Samuel Rhinehart and Hubertine Caroline Schmidtberger Schultz. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Nov. 21, 1964, she married Bill Slack in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: a son, Jeff Slack and wife Debra; a daughter, Kim Troyer...

Lydia Emilia Griffith

Lydia Emilia Griffith

May 28, 2010

Lydia E. Griffith, 90, died May 28, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 22, 1919, in Ellis, to Gottfried Henry and Karolina Rottler Kolb. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1950, moving here from Great Bend. She was a retired clerk for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. She retired in 1979. She was member...

Virginia L. Brack

Virginia L. Brack

May 27, 2010

Virginia L. Brack, 75, died May 27, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Inurnment and memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2010, in Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with Elliott Mortuary and Crematory in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice House.

Virginia Lee Brack

Virginia Lee Brack

May 27, 2010

Virginia L. Brack, 75, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on May 27, 2010 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Ks. She was born September 4, 1934 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbert M. and Virginia C. Wyatt. She married Richard Keckler, they were divorced. She married Edward Brack, September 2, 1961. A resident of California for several...

Enid Eileen Anderson Barnt

Enid Eileen Anderson Barnt

May 26, 2010

Enid Eileen Anderson Barnt, 95, died May 26, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 21, 1915, in rural Alton, Kan., to Cecil Adair and Laura Coral Whitaker Anderson. Enid graduated from Alton Rural High School in May 1932. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. On Aug. 6, 1933, she married Loran N....

Lucille Jelean Weaver

Lucille Jelean Weaver

May 25, 2010

Lucille Jelean Weaver, 94, died May 25, 2010, at Wesley Towers Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 6, 1915, in Monett, Mo., the daughter of Rufus Meridith and Sarah Jane Bragg Dawson. Lucille was a nurse aide. She is survived by a daughter, Barbara Rhoades, Salina; three granddaughters, Cherie Moritz, Aiken, S.C., Kimberly Rhoades, Hutchinson and Vicki Koepsel,...

James Keith Stull

James Keith Stull

May 25, 2010

James Keith Stull, 79, died May 25, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 6, 1930, in Arlington, KS to Jessie James and Myrtle Elizabeth Ousley Stull. A resident of Hutchinson for 3 years, coming from Colorado, he was a member of Arlington United Methodist Church. Keith retired in 1986, from being a roughneck in the oilfield....

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