Rowena R. Mendell
May 5, 2010
Rowena R. Mendell, 96, died May 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 8, 1913, in Magnum, Okla., the daughter of William and Cora Murphy Fairhurst. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and the Salt City Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church. On June 1, 1933,...
Gina Marie Navarro
May 4, 2010
Gina Marie Navarro, 41, of Hutchinson, died May 4, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 14, 1968, the daughter of Peter M. and Remedios O. Olmos Navarro. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, she was a 1986 graduate of Hutchinson High School and she graduated from Hutchinson Community College in 1992 with an Associates Degree in...
Charlene Faye Garcia
May 4, 2010
Charlene Faye Garcia died May 4, 2010, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Sept. 14, 1962, in Marion, to Michael R. and Frances Irene Saenz Martinez. She attended Peabody Public Schools. She worked at HUBCO on assembly. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. On Dec. 11, 1981, she married Jose Manuel...
Leonard Leroy Nienke
May 3, 2010
Leonard LeRoy Nienke, 83, of Inman, died May 3, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 28, 1926, in Blackwolf Township, Ellsworth County, the son of Rudolph Frank Otto and Hulda Emelia Haase Nienke. He graduated from Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth in 1944. He was a former operator for Carey Salt, a retired machinist from Eaton in...
William S. "Sid" Trebilcock
May 2, 2010
William S. "Sid" Trebilcock Jr., 86, of Hutchinson, died May 2, 2010, at Hester Care Center of Wesley Towers in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 23, 1923, in Dodge City, the son of William S. and Dorothy E. Vincent Trebilcock Sr. He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1941. He worked as an assistant manager for F.W. Woolworth in...
Gerald Lee "Gary" Kraisinger
May 1, 2010
SALINA - Gerald "Gary" Lee Kraisinger, 68, died May 1, 2010, at Salina Regional Health Center. He was born June 26, 1941, in La Crosse, to Harry and Mildred Wierman Kraisinger. He attended McCracken and Ness City Schools and graduated from Ness City High School in 1959. Gary worked for Kansas Power and Light in the Engineering Department for 20...
Shirley Lorraine Emmons
May 1, 2010
GENESEO - Shirley Lorraine Emmons, 75, entered her earthly life on Sept. 14, 1934, to Bryon and Helen Gray in Quenemo, Kan. She left her earthly life on May 1, 2010, to have tea with the angels. Mom was first and foremost a homemaker. She retired from Fuller Brush in Great Bend. She is survived by sons: William (Judy), Derby,...
Cecil R. & Mary K. Siebert
Apr 30, 2010
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Cecil R. Siebert, 87, died April 30, 2010, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, and Mary K. Siebert, 82, died May 3, 2010, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. Cecil was born Nov. 26, 1922, in Pretty Prairie, the son of Edward Valentine and Ethel Bramwell Siebert. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High School and Kansas State University. A...
Fannie Marlena Denney
Apr 28, 2010
Fannie Marlena Denney, 93, died April 28, 2010, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 3, 1917, in Ingersoll, Okla., to William and Anna Goeken Beck. She graduated from Copeland High School in 1936 and attended Dodge City Junior College. A Hutchinson resident since 1942, she was an Avon saleslady for 21 years. She was a member of...
Peggy C. "Carol" Bare
Apr 27, 2010
Peggy Caroldine "Carol" Bare, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, 73, died April 27, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 9, 1936, in Hutchinson, to Leo and Hazel Robison Marshall. She attended Hutchinson High School. She was a homemaker. She was a past member of the First Southern Baptist Church. She was an avid bridge...
Jack W. Magoffin
Apr 26, 2010
NICKERSON - Jack W. Magoffin was born to Clifford and Cecil Magoffin on December 24, 1917 and died at the age of 92 on April 26, 2010 at the Manor Care Nursing home in Bethesda, Maryland, near the Washington D.C. home he had been sharing with his daughter, Carole. He had been receiving hospice services since early March, suffering with...
Marvin Dean "Tuffy" Christenson
Apr 25, 2010
Marvin Dean "Tuffy" Christenson, 75, died Sunday, April 25, 2010, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born September 18, 1934, in Grant, Nebraska, to Eugene and Geraldine Nichols Christenson. He had lived in Hutchinson since 1956. He had worked in the Refuse and Street Department for the City of Hutchinson, the Reno County yards and then was...
Mark W. Carle
Apr 25, 2010
Mark W. Carle, 41, died April 25, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 3, 1968, in Worthington, Minn. A resident of Hutchinson for 12 years, coming from Salina, he was a painter for Knight Paint Contracting. He loved fishing and playing pool. Survivors include: mother and father, Sharon Mayfield Saunders and Dwight Saunders, Dodge City; two...
William L. "Bill" Risley
Apr 24, 2010
William L. "Bill" Risley, 88, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. He was born September 25, 1921, in Reno County to Frank and Mary Bressler Risley. He was a 1941 graduate of Nickerson High School. He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater, Japan and Philippines. He lived and farmed in the Nickerson community for...
Gene Harry Hulen
Apr 24, 2010
Gene H. Hulen, 82, died April 24, 2010, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 14, 1927, in Easton, Pa., to Harry and Barbara Oster Hulen. He was a 1943 graduate of Easton High School, Easton, Pa. Before he was rendered blind from genetic degeneration, Gene had spent many years working as a truck driver for...
Ronald L. Denny
Apr 24, 2010
Ronald L. Denny, 54, of Hutchinson, died April 24, 2010, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born Feb. 1, 1956, in Louisville, Ky., the son of Terry Macklin and Johnnie Mae White Graves. He was a graduate of Baumholder American High School in Germany and the University of Louisville. While in high school he played forward...
Nikki Lee Lafoe
Apr 21, 2010
Nikki Lee LaFoe, 57, died April 21, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 16, 1952, in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Irene Howe Russ. He graduated from Artisia High School in Lakewood, Calif. He was a mechanic with K&O Railroad that took him across the United States finally moving to Hutchinson in July of 2008....
Arlie Irene Hiebert
Apr 21, 2010
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Arlie Irene (Taylor) Hiebert, 89, died April 21, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 29, 1920, in Jetmore, Hodgeman County, Kan., the daughter of John Henry and Eva Pearl Moon Taylor. She moved to Hutchinson in 1933 and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938. Arlie was a member of South Hutchinson Christian Church...
Dennis W. Smith
Apr 15, 2010
WICHITA - Dennis W. Smith, 57, Wichita, died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 10, 1953, at Russell to Paul E. and Verna M. Loftis Smith. A graduate of Hutchinson High School, he had attended Wichita State University and Cowley County Community College. He had worked as a tool and die maker for Consolidated...
Robert A. Hewitt
Apr 14, 2010
ARLINGTON - Robert A. "Bob" Hewitt, 49, died April 14, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 27, 1961, at Santa Fe, N.M., to Terry and Nancy Sobien Hewitt. He moved to Arlington 11 years ago from Salina and was a self-employed welder. He attended Salina Central High School. He married Kristina Knox Smith on Oct. 15,...
