Joshua Darin Thomas
Feb 25, 2010
Joshua Darin Thomas, 35, died in Hutchinson Feb. 25, 2010. He was born May 17, 1974, in Hutchinson to Tommy and Sheila Groseclose Thomas. He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church. He had been a student at Central Christian College, McPherson, and Barclay College, Haviland. Survivors include: his mother and stepfather, Sheila and Bill McLain; brother, Shane, all...
Harold Eugene Moorman
Feb 25, 2010
Harold Eugene Moorman, 78, died Feb. 25, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born May 19, 1931 at rural Nickerson in the home of his parents, William L. and Laura C. Osenbaugh Moorman. He attended Centennial Grade School and graduated in 1948, from Reno Community High School in Nickerson. Harold served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to...
Stewart M. Bowersox
Feb 24, 2010
Stewart M. Bowersox, 57, died Feb. 24, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 10, 1952, in Stafford, Kan., son of Richard B. and T. Ferne Miller Bowersox. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Norton High School in 1970 and Kansas State University in 1982. He belonged to First United Methodist Church, United Methodist...
Theodore A. "Ted" Wiebe
Feb 23, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Theodore A. "Ted" Wiebe, 84, died Feb. 23, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born June 18, 1925, in Halstead to Herman P. and Eva K. Smiley Wiebe. He attended Harvey County rural schools and graduated from Halstead High School in 1943. Ted graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg in 1949, with a Bachelors Degree,...
M. Morris Miller
Feb 23, 2010
HUTCHINSON - M. Morris Miller, 90, died Feb. 23, 2010, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson He was born Feb. 7, 1920, in Great Bend, Kan., to Charles A. and Louise Alice Wesley Miller. In 1938, he graduated from Radium High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. He was an Automotive Parts Dept. Manager at Davis-Child Chevrolet Co. for many...
Virginia L. Toland
Feb 21, 2010
Virginia Toland, 84, died Feb. 21, 2010, in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 19, 1925, in St. John, to Roy and Jesse Cooper Potter. She was a clerical worker for several companies in Hutchinson. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: sister, Evelyn Folger, Houston, Texas; two sons, Dean Toland, Wichita, and Richard Toland, Ottawa;...
Thelma C. Hawks
Feb 19, 2010
Thelma C. Hawks, 89, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 21, 1920, in Hutchinson, to Francis Edward and Charlotte Leona Dull Costello. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross and the Altar Society. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. On Jan. 24, 1942, she married...
Carl E. Sparkman,Sr.
Feb 19, 2010
Carl E. Sparkman Sr., 91, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 5, 1918, in Ryan, Okla., to Frederick C. and Willie Pearl Glazner Sparkman. He graduated from Ryan High School, Ryan, Okla. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was an insurance agent for Kansas City Life Insurance and Prudential Life Insurance Company, and was...
David L. "Roy" "Chief" Plank
Feb 18, 2010
YODER - David L. "Roy" "Chief" Plank, 76, died Feb. 18, 2010, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born March 20, 1933, in Garnett, to Samuel David and Katie Yoder Plank. He attended Harmony Country School, Yoder. He was retired, having been a former driver for several area couriers, he had delivered The Hutchinson News, and has...
Claude D. Parks
Feb 17, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Claude D. Parks, 78, died Feb. 17, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born June 26, 1931, in rural Reno County, to W.A. and V. Katherine Elam Parks. He was a lifelong Reno County resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1949 and received his B.S. from Emporia State University and his Masters Degree from...
Betty L. Werth
Feb 16, 2010
Betty L. Werth, 76, died Feb. 16, 2010, at Andover Life Care Center, Andover. She was born Jan. 20, 1934, in Larned, the daughter of Frank J. and Addie Esible Lang Prosser. She was a 1952 graduate of Larned High School. Betty was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross, Hutchinson, where she was a member of the...
Gerald-Lee D. Smith
Feb 15, 2010
Gerald-Lee D. Smith, 73, died Feb. 15, 2010 at his home. He was born July 28, 1936 in Hutchinson to Oscar Lee and Syvia Fay McCurdy Smith. He was head custodian at School District 60 in Pueblo, CO. Then he worked at Hutchinson Foundry and Steel, and retired from Dillon's Bakery Department. On February 14, 2005, he married Donetti L....
Violet Hoover
Feb 14, 2010
Violet R. Hoover, 86, died Feb. 14, 2010, at her home at Wesley Towers. She was born May 3, 1923, in Syracuse, to Orville O. and Martha Fischgrabe Atwood. She married George Hoover in Lamar, Colo. He died March 24, 1962. A resident of Hutchinson since 1989, coming from Stafford, she retired from Stafford Elementary School, where she was a...
Doris L. Rank
Feb 13, 2010
Doris L. Rank, 82, of Hutchinson, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 19, 1927, in Maryville, Mo., the daughter of Otho D. and Grace N. Adkins Young. She grew up in Maryville and attended schools there, graduating from Horace Mann High School in 1945. She later attended one year of business...
Benny R. Hodges
Feb 13, 2010
Benny Ross Hodges, 59, Hutchinson, died Feb. 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 21, 1950, at Hutchinson, the son of Benny R. and Betty J. Snyder Hodges. He was a 1968 graduate of Buhler High School and had attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a resident of Hutchinson and an independent contractor. He belonged...
Brian J. Richardson
Feb 11, 2010
Brian J. Richardson, 30, died Feb. 11, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 2, 1979, in Hutchinson, to John Randall and Vonda Sue Weers Richardson. He was a lifelong Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1998. He worked for Royer Tree Service. Survivors include: his mother, Vonda S. Richardson, Hutchinson; a sister, Jen Cooley...
Robert D. Taylor
Feb 11, 2010
Robert Duane "Robbie" Taylor, 36, South Hutchinson, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 7, 1973, in Dodge City to Jerry Lee and Debbie Blake Taylor. He was raised in Salina and had attended Salina schools. Fishing was a favorite hobby. He was a construction worker for Maas Painting. Survivors include: a daughter,...
Margaret N. Stafford
Feb 11, 2010
NICKERSON - Margaret N. "Mar" Stafford, 89, Nickerson, died at her home Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. She was born March 6, 1920, in El Dorado, the daughter of Roland R. and Bernice E. Benson Wiley. She was a school librarian for USD 309 at the Mitchell and North Reno Schools. She was a graduate of El Dorado High School and...
Rebecca Gail Kerwood
Feb 10, 2010
BURRTON - Becky Kerwood, 56, died Feb. 10, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 22, 1953, in Sterling, to Joseph Edward and Lenora Emma Burch Kensley. She was a CNA with All Saints Home Care, Valley Center. She was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship, Secret Sisters and Ladies Fellowship both of the church. She...
Charles "Travis" Spencer
Feb 10, 2010
Charles "Travis" Spencer, 80, died Feb. 10, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 10, 1930, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy Lee and Rhoda Faye Rucker Spencer. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1948 and attended Hutchinson Community College. Travis served with the Army National Guard as a sergeant. He then worked for the Hutchinson...
