Leona Bell Entz
Apr 4, 2010
Leona Bell (Hoefer) Entz died April 4, 2010, after more than a century of living. She married "Toby" Entz on July 20, 1926. He died May 24, 1986. They were blessed with five children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her shining hallmark was her profound and unswerving Christian faith and a half-century commitment to teach young children about...
Helen L. Johanning
Apr 2, 2010
Helen L. Johanning, 82, died April 2, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center ER, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 1, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Herbert and Gertrude Davis Aelmore. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1945. Helen was a former supervisor at the Palace Countryside Bowling Alley for many years. She also worked at the State Fair...
Robert W. Deffenbaugh
Mar 30, 2010
Robert W. Deffenbaugh, 83, of Hutchinson, formerly of Manhattan and Belleville, died March 30, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, the son of Elmer G. and Mary Ann Swartz Deffenbaugh. He graduated from Wooster High School and attended the University of Kansas. He was salesman and later state sales manager for MoorMan Feed for...
Ruth A. Zimmerman
Mar 30, 2010
Ruth A. Zimmerman, 94, died March 30, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 25, 1915 in Kingman to Richard F. and Emma Marie Guetschow Hillman. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1933. On April 27, 1935 she married Walter Ray Zimmerman at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wichita. He died March 4, 1983. She moved to...
Helen E. Corwin
Mar 29, 2010
Helen Eleanor Corwin, 78, died March 29, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 24, 1931, in Hutchinson. She was a homemaker. She had attended Westbrook Baptist Church. She married Lawrence Gene Corwin on Sept. 1, 1950, in Hutchinson. He died March 15, 2008. Survivors include: a son, Bruce Corwin and wife Lori, Kokomo, Ind.; a daughter,...
Vivian I. Wall
Mar 29, 2010
Vivian I. Wall, 75, died March 29, 2010, at St. Francis Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. She was born Feb. 25, 1935, in Garden City, to Corwin and Irene Duncan Betts. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1952, moving here from Garden City. She was a graduate of Garden City High School in 1952 and a graduate of the Salt City...
Sharon A. Samms
Mar 28, 2010
Sharon A. Samms, 62, died March 28, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 26, 1947, in Kansas City, Mo., to Chester and Viola Cape Parker. She graduated from Partridge High School in 1965. She had been a CNA/HHA for both Disability Supports and Mennonite Manor. Sharon married George Edwin Samms Oct. 4, 1982, in Hutchinson. He...
George E. "Ed" Samms
Mar 28, 2010
George Edwin "Ed" Samms, 59, died March 28, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1950, in Philadelphia, to Loren A. and Helen G. Martin Samms. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1968. He married Sharon A. Buckridge Oct. 4, 1982, in Hutchinson. She also passed away March 28, 2010. Survivors include: a daughter, Kelli...
Mary E. "Mickie" Reinolds
Mar 25, 2010
Mary Elizabeth "Mickie" Reinolds, 86, died March 25, 2010. She fought a long and hard battle with lung cancer. She was born April 17, 1923, to Levi and Maude Shaffer Draucker in DuBois, Pa. Raised in Luthersburg, Pa., she entered the U.S. Army where she served as a military policewoman. During her service she met and married Bud Leffel Sr.,...
Matthew Don Brown
Mar 23, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Matthew Don Brown, 30, of Hutchinson, died March 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 20, 1980, in Ranger, TX, the son of Anthony "Tony" and Cindy Yeats Brown. He was a foreman and lineman for Bird Electric, Eastland, TX. He was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Okemah, Oklahoma....
Dennis L. Pauly
Mar 22, 2010
NICKERSON - Dennis L. Pauly, 56, died March 22, 2010, at his home in Nickerson. He was born May 25, 1953, in Wichita, to Cyril and Agnes Beat Pauly. He was raised in Cheney and moved to Nickerson in 1962. He was a graduate of Nickerson High School and Dodge City Community College with a degree in Agriculture. He farmed...
Loretta Beatrice Downard
Mar 22, 2010
Loretta Beatrice Downard, 72, died March 22, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 9, 1937, at her grandparents' home in Buhler, the daughter of Henry and Katheryn Hiebert Ediger Jr. She attended Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church, a 30-year volunteer...
Lorene V. Johnson
Mar 22, 2010
ABBYVILLE - Lorene Virginia Johnson, 88, died March 22, 2010, at Leisure Homestead in Stafford. She was born Feb. 27, 1922 at Ellinwood to Charles and Anna Malcom Kasselman. She was an Abbyville community resident since 1944, a member of Plevna Community Bible Church and homemaker and farm wife. On March 14, 1942 she married Ralph W. Johnson in Hutchinson....
George Zuk
Mar 20, 2010
George Zuk, 83, died March 20, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 10, 1926, in Detroit, Mich., to John and Mary Panchuk Zuk. He served in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, he was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell. He retired in 1991 after 39 years of service....
Franklin Harry Hill
Mar 19, 2010
Franklin "Frank" Harry Hill, 90, died March 19, 2010 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 30, 1919 in Nickerson to Odus Grant and Flora Ann Brooks Hill. He was an independent farmer and stockman and a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Army during WWII in the European Theater of...
Kenneth Shawn "Kenny" Poulton
Mar 16, 2010
Kenny Shawn Poulton, 40, went home to rest with his Lord on March 16, 2010, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, after many years of battling illnesses. He was born Jan. 23, 1970, in Hutchinson, the son of David Michael and Carma June Conrad Poulton. He was a 1989 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He was a former installer for...
Alpha I. Myers
Mar 15, 2010
Alpha I. Myers, 98, died March 15, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 14, 1911, at Meade, the daughter of Charles Sr. and Lillie Lue Lawrence Heape. A resident of Hutchinson since 1929, she was a homemaker and was a clerk at the former Beardslee's Fabrics. She belonged to South Hutchinson Christian Church. On Jan....
James W. "Bill" Miller
Mar 14, 2010
James William "Bill" Miller, 82, Hutchinson, died March 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 14, 1927, near Partridge to Frank Zeno and Gladys Hambrick Miller. He was a lifetime resident of Reno County. Bill was employed by Ark Valley Electric Coop Association for 45 years, retiring as a line superintendent in 1992. He was an Army...
Dale L. Ailshie
Mar 14, 2010
WICHITA - Dale Leon Ailshie, 62, died March 14, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Feb. 24, 1948, in Spearville to Howard and Irene Speer Ailshie. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. A resident of Wichita since 2007, coming from Hutchinson, he...
Dorothy V. Gose
Mar 14, 2010
Dorothy V. Gose, 88, died March 14, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Jan. 13, 1922, in Elkhart, Kan., the daughter of Fred Macy and Minerva Sarah Kifer Coultice. Dorothy graduated from Elkhart High School in 1940 and then Southwest Teachers College, Springfield, Mo., and Fort Hays State College in Hays, Kan. She then taught school in...
