Melody Kay Stout
Oct 14, 2010
Melody Kay Stout, 56, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 14, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born in Hutchinson, the daughter of Leonard Franklin and Mary Anna Taylor King on March 1, 1954. She was a 1972 graduate of Buhler High School and was a homemaker. She married Michael Lynn Stout on June 14, 1980, in Hutchinson. He survives....
Alma L. Wiseman
Oct 12, 2010
Alma L. Wiseman, 83, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 12, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born July 27, 1927, at Lovewell, Kan. (Jewell County), the daughter of Edgar R. and Anna Almiria Lindsay Means. She was a retired Home Economics and English teacher at Haven High School. She was a member of the New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Esther...
Steven H. Steele
Oct 11, 2010
Steven H. Steele, 66, died Oct. 11, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 27, 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Wayne K. and Maxine E. Hubbard Steele. He was a 1962 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a 41-year employee for Concrete Enterprises, where he...
James K. Hahn
Oct 11, 2010
James K. Hahn, 64, passed away Oct. 11, 2010. He was born May 4, 1946, in Winfield, Kan., to Francis and Ruth Hahn. He served in the Army from 1964 to 1968, including several tours in Vietnam. He married Jeana Brummett on July 12, 1968, in Wichita, Kan. He worked in finance and banking for 25 years, until he started...
Rosalia O'Leary
Oct 10, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Rosalia O'Leary, 88, died October 10, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born November 24, 1921, in Dodge City, to Fred L. and Ethel R. Wilburn Smith. A resident of Pretty Prairie since 1939, Rosalia was a waitress for many years, a librarian and a homemaker. Rosalia was a member of the Holiday Ramblers,...
Doris Charlene Fortune
Oct 9, 2010
Doris Charlene Fortune, 83, died Oct. 9, 2010, at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. She was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Alexander, in the last sod house in Rush County, to William and Bertha Filbert Schwartzkopf. She graduated in 1945 from Brownell High School, Brownell, Ks. She was a retired dental assistant of 18 years for Dr....
Joyce L. Wolcott
Oct 8, 2010
Joyce L. Wolcott, 63, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 8, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born Feb. 7, 1947, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Melvin J.H. and Irma Petracek Abrahams. A Hutchinson resident since 1961, she was a bank teller at Peoples Bank & Trust. She was a 1965 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College....
Bobbie R. "Bob" Jones
Oct 7, 2010
ABBYVILLE - Bobbie Ray Jones, 83, died October 7, 2010. He was born December 2, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of Joseph and Olive McLean Jones. Bobbie was raised by George and Mayree Cade. He was a 1946 graduate of Abbyville High School, member of Abbyville Community Church, Navy veteran, farmer, rancher and heavy equipment operator. Rodeoing was his favorite...
Robert William Stivers
Oct 5, 2010
Robert William Stivers, 56, died Oct. 5, 2010, from complications of Frontotemporal Dementia, at Hospice House of Reno County. He was born Sept. 22, 1954, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Dr. Tom and Zoe Stivers. He graduated from Hutchinson High School and McPherson College. He was Vice President of Materials for APAC-Kansas, Shears Division. People will remember Bob for...
Carla Mcconnelee
Oct 4, 2010
Carla McConnelee, 71, died Oct. 4, 2010, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kan. She was born June 25, 1939, to Carl and Adelaide Carver Mershon. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1957 and from Sterling College in 1961. She was a retired teacher and enjoyed music and travel. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and...
Katherine Ruth Yager
Oct 4, 2010
Kathrine Ruth Yager, beloved wife, mom and friend, 60, died Oct. 4, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 7, 1949, to Albert Gerald and Lucille June Knapp Breitung. She worked for Reno County Youth Shelter for eight years. She graduated from Pepin High School in 1968. She was a member of the Hutchinson Kennel Club since March...
William Oliver "Billy" Kochase
Oct 3, 2010
William "Billy" Oliver Kochase, 17, died Oct. 3, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born in Wichita, Nov. 21, 1992. Foster parents are Sam Hockman and Annie Upton. He was a senior at Hutchinson High School. He enjoyed carpentry work with Sam, they just refinished the kitchen, and enjoyed cooking with Annie. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved...
Howard "Clint" Clinton Peacock
Oct 2, 2010
Howard Clinton "Clint" Peacock, 83, died Oct. 2, 2010, at Stafford County Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1926, in Lyons, to Howard P. and Martha Jane Miller Peacock. He attended Mitchell schools. On Oct. 31, 1944, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving until honorably discharged on July 5, 1946. He was a member of the V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post...
Wanda M. Kindhart
Sep 29, 2010
Wanda M. Kindhart, 80, died Sept. 29, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1930, in Healy, Kan., the daughter of Ray and Crcil Fitzgerald. She graduated from Scott City High School in 1948. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church of Hutchinson and Highlands Golf Course Club. She married Robert Vantuyl in May 1951. She...
Fern M. Nelson
Sep 28, 2010
NICKERSON - Fern M. Nelson, 83, of Nickerson, Kan., died Sept. 28, 2010, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 19, 1926, in Abbyville, Kan., to Wilbert A. and Edith M. Wiley Krauter. She was a lifetime resident of Nickerson and a graduate of Nickerson High School. She was a retired food service employee with the Nickerson Public...
Maurice Shannon "Mose" Chandley
Sep 28, 2010
Maurice Shannon "Mose" Chandley, 63, died Sept. 28, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 8, 1947, in Kansas City, Kan., to Stuart Lynn and Florence Marie Bauer Chandley. Maurice graduated from Bonner Springs High School in 1965 and attended Emporia State University. He was a board director at Alden State Bank in Sterling. Maurice received a heart...
Kenneth C "Ken" Graber
Sep 27, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Kenneth C "Ken" Graber, 67, of Pretty Prairie died Monday, Sept. 27 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 25, 1942 at Pretty Prairie, the son of Jake C. and Opal Krehbiel Graber. He was a school teacher and coach. He currently taught at Hutchinson Community College. He was a track and field official, and...
Clare Ward
Sep 26, 2010
Clare Ward, 81, died Sept. 26, 2010, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, in Wichita, to King Clare and Edna Queen Porter Stanley. She graduated from Guthrie High School in 1947, and attended Lindwood College, St. Charles, Mo., and Northwestern College, Alva, Okla. Clare was a den mother for Cub Scouts and an assistant Girl...
Delores Leona Ehly Moore
Sep 24, 2010
Delores Leona Ehly Moore was born July 29, 1921 at RR#1, Frederick, KS, the daughter of Leo P. Ehly and Frances Lena Novotny Ehly Charter. She attended grade school at Union Four in Rice County and graduated from Lyons High School in 1939. Delores resided 8 years in the San Francisco Bay Area; since 1954 (55 years) she had lived...
Ida Mae Frick
Sep 23, 2010
Ida Mae Frick, 93, died Sept. 23, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 13, 1917, in Wilson, KS to Joe and Emma Haska Purma. She graduated from Salt City Business College. On Dec. 13, 1941, she married Norval Frick. He died Jan. 6, 1963. Ida Mae taught country school in Ellsworth County, then was a reporter...
