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Sherri L. Goss

Sherri L. Goss

Sep 6, 2010

Sherri L. Goss, 48, died Sept. 6, 2010 at her home in Huron, South Dakota. She was born March 10, 1962 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Patricia O'Neal and Morris Goss. She was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Friends University, with a Masters in marriage and family therapy. Sherri could play any instrument she picked up, but favored the...

Seth Timothy Miggiani

Seth Timothy Miggiani

Sep 5, 2010

PARTRIDGE - Seth Timothy Miggiani, 12, died Sept. 5, 2010, near Partridge. He was born May 26, 1998, in Wichita, the son of Wolfgang P. and Lori A. Martin Miggiani. Seth was a sixth grade student at Pilgram Christian Grade School in Partridge. Survivors include: his parents, Wolfgang and Lori Miggiani; brothers, Sebastian, Ezra and Nehemiah, all of the home;...

Luella Sieland

Luella Sieland

Sep 5, 2010

Luella Sieland, 99, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Nov. 1, 1910, at Grassy, Missouri, the daughter of William and Adeline Gatlin Liley. She attended St. Peter's Church of Christ and had been a seamtress and alterations person. On Feb. 22, 1935, she married Fred Christian Sieland at Stoddard, Missouri. He died March...

Sue Wagler

Sue Wagler

Sep 3, 2010

Sue Wagler, 62, died Sept. 3, 2010, at Hospice House, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born Jan. 23, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Robert "Bob" and Charlotte Riggs McCue. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. Sue enjoyed all things active, especially golf and tennis. She loved Christmas and looked forward each year to helping with...

Erma "Jean" Bryson

Erma "Jean" Bryson

Sep 3, 2010

Erma "Jean" Bryson, 81, died peacefully Sept. 3, 2010, at McPherson Care Center, after a short battle with cancer. She was born December 1, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Isaiah Lemuel "Lem" and Stella Fay Gardner Huston. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a cake decorator working for Dillons, and then owning her own business, Jean's Cakes. On...

John E. Moore

John E. Moore

Sep 2, 2010

John E. Moore, 88, of Hutchinson, went to be with his Savior on Sept. 2, 2010, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. He was born November 20, 1921 in Hutchinson, the son of Eugene Wesley and Linnie Foster Eastman Moore. He attended schools in Hutchinson, and attended First Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having...

Esther Opal Harrah

Esther Opal Harrah

Sep 1, 2010

Esther Opal Harrah, 87, died Sept. 1, 2010, at Hospice House. She was born May 1, 1923, in Moundridge to Silvanus and Anna Schrag Stucky. She married Lee Harrah on June 1, 1963 in Moundridge. Esther was an L.P.N. at Grace Hospital, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson, and Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton. She was a teacher's aide at Friendship Daycare. A...

Dorothy P. "Dot" Freeman

Dorothy P. "Dot" Freeman

Sep 1, 2010

Dorothy P. "Dot" Freeman, 91, of South Hutchinson, died Sept. 1, 2010, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Oct. 5, 1918, at Arlington, the daughter of Earnest and Ruth Esther Schillinger Massow. She was a graduate of Arlington High School in the class of 1935. During World War II, she lived in California and worked at Lockheed Aircraft and was...

Patti Jean Kirk Watts

Patti Jean Kirk Watts

Aug 31, 2010

Patti Jean Kirk Watts, 52, died Aug. 31, 2010, Hutchinson. She was born March 18, 1958, Plainville, to Frank and Karrol Turnbull Kirk. She was a 1977 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She was employed at Larry Mallory-State Farm Insurance for 25 years. She married Bill Watts Feb. 8, 1992, McPherson. He survives along with two sons, Thomas and wife...

Maynard A. Bontrager

Maynard A. Bontrager

Aug 31, 2010

Maynard A. Bontrager, 74, of South Hutchinson, died Aug. 31, 2010, at Byers, Colo., as a result of a tractor-trailer accident. He was born Dec. 26, 1935, at Hutchinson, the son of Andrew A. and Nora Yutzy Bontrager. He attended Haven schools and graduated from Central Christian High School in 1954. He was owner and operator of his own tractor-trailer...

Margie Louise Kitson

Margie Louise Kitson

Aug 31, 2010

Margie Louise Kitson, 85, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born September 27, 1924 at Turon, the daughter of Clarence and Maude Lewis Copeland. She was a 1942 graduate of Turon High School, an office clerk at Turon State Bank and Grace Hospital, Hutchinson. On January 30, 1944, she married Henry F. Kitson in Hutchinson....

Jerry Dean Clark

Jerry Dean Clark

Aug 30, 2010

Jerry Dean Clark, 59, died Aug. 30, 2010, at his home. He was born July 28, 1951, Hutchinson, to Frank and JoAnn Graham Clark. He was a 1969 graduate of Hutchinson High School and a 1971 graduate of Hutchinson Community College. He was the owner and operator of Hutchinson Vacuum Cleaner. He was a judge with Kansas/Oklahoma Golden Gloves for...

Reba I. Harmon

Reba I. Harmon

Aug 29, 2010

Reba I. Harmon Reba I. Harmon, 83, died Aug. 29, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus. She was born Dec. 7, 1926, in Loveland, CO to Albert Russell and Beulah Edna Curtis Thompson. On June 3, 1945, she married Ned G. Harmon in Baca County, Colorado. They were residents of Haviland from 1958 until they moved...

Elza Louise Collins

Elza Louise Collins

Aug 27, 2010

Elza Louise Collins Elza Louise Collins, 89, died Aug. 27, 2010, at Golden Living Nursing Home Frederick, Maryland. She was born April 4, 1921, in Bono, Arkansas, the daughter of Sella Cleveland and Elza Octavia Tooley. She married Junior "Ray" Collins on Sep. 25, 1942, in Delaplaine, Ark. He passed away March 16, 2003. Louise became a Christian at an...

Fermin Montiel Ortiz

Fermin Montiel Ortiz

Aug 27, 2010

Fermin Montiel Ortiz, 63, died Aug. 27, 2010, Wichita. He was born July 7, 1947, in Mexico, to Javier and Alicia Ortiz Montiel. He was a laborer. He married Maria Veronica Reyes March 20, 1998, Mexico. She survives along with a son, Angel Daniel Montiel; and a stepdaughter, Alma Delia Reyes Sandoval, all of Hutchinson. Cremation will take place. No...

Robert C. "Bob" Black

Robert C. "Bob" Black

Aug 26, 2010

Robert "Bob" Cleland Black, 84, died August 26, 2010, at Dillon Living Center. He was born January 5, 1926, in Lewis, to Harold Frank and Syvilla Anna Strawn Black. On July 5, 1951, he married Junivee Leota Unruh in Pretty Prairie. She died June 17, 2008. Bob served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as corporal from 1944 to 1947....

Reta Fern Grandon

Reta Fern Grandon

Aug 23, 2010

BURRTON - Reta Fern Grandon, 76, died Aug. 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1933, in Burrton, to Melvin L. and Ida Faye Cavin Edwards. She graduated in 1951, from Burrton High School. She had been a night clerk at Halstead Hospital for 20 years. She belonged to Burrton United Methodist Church, was...

Albert Dwayne "Butch Pike

Albert Dwayne "Butch Pike

Aug 23, 2010

Albert Dwayne "Butch" Pike, 51, died Monday, August 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 14, 1959, in Kingman, the son of Fred and Myrna Wynn Pike. He fought an almost two year battle with cancer; stubbornly striving to overcome it. On May 13th, he married Loretta "Lori" Hall in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors...

Patricia F. Fischer

Patricia F. Fischer

Aug 23, 2010

Patricia F. Fischer, 70, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 23, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center in Hutchinson. She was born January 1, 1940, Kingman, the daughter of John Francis & Cynthia Faye Spradlin Hodges. She attended school in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School in 1958. She was a caretaker at T.E.C.H. She married Russell Fischer in Hutchinson. He survives....

Dorothy O. Ballard

Dorothy O. Ballard

Aug 22, 2010

Dorothy Owsley Ballard, 93, of Hutchinson, Kan., died Aug. 22, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 25, 1916, in North Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Charles Thistlethwaite and Carolyn Thompson Owsley. She married V. Bryce Ballard, M.D., Feb. 3, 1940, in North Kansas City, Mo. He died March 4, 1998. Raised in Kansas City, Dorothy...

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