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Doris E. Hall
Feb 10, 2010
Doris E. Hall, 92, died Feb. 10, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born July 3, 1917, in Hutchinson, to William A. and Mildred Feese Randles. She married F. Arthur "Art" Hall on Aug. 15, 1937, in Hutchinson. He died Aug. 5, 2004. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, American Legion Women's Auxiliary...
Michelene S. Dye
Feb 9, 2010
Michelene S. Dye, 60, died Feb. 9, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born April 29, 1949, to Jere and Dolores Jones Kemp. She graduated from Bethel College in 1996, with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and Drug and Alcohol Counseling. A resident of Hutchinson for almost 20 years, she had been a social worker at Bob...
Yozelle Unruh
Feb 8, 2010
Yozelle Unruh, 98, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 8, 2010. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church Chapel. Friends may sign her book 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at Elliott Morutary. Burial will be in Lone Star Cemetery. Yozelle was born Jan. 9, 1912, to John and Catherine Davis...
Marshall K. White
Feb 7, 2010
Marshall Kenneth White, 67, died Feb. 7, 2010, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 23, 1942, in Hutchinson, the son of Howard Kenneth and Edythe E. Marshall White. He graduated in 1961, from Hutchinson High School. He retired from Mega Manufacturing as a machinist in 2004. He belonged to the Kansas Bluegrass Association, International Dutch Oven Society and...
Florence F. Taggart
Feb 7, 2010
Florence F. Taggart, 106, died Feb. 7, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1903, in Philadelphia, Penn., the daughter of Elwood and Gertrude Mae Wolfe Fink. Florence graduated from East Denver High School in 1921. In 1922 she graduated from the Mary Lyon School for Girls, Philadelphia, Penn. and received her AB degree...
Doris Jane Sowers
Feb 5, 2010
Doris Jane Sowers, 72, of Hutchinson, died February 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1937, in Nemaha County, Nebraska, on the family farm. She was the daughter of Walter J. & Marjorie M. Hiatt Stenzel. She graduated from Hamburg High School, Hamburg, IA, and attended Peru State Teachers College, Peru, Nebraska. A Hutchinson and Lyons,...
Jarold "Jerry" Beach
Feb 5, 2010
Jarold "Jerry" Beach, 63, died Feb. 5, 2010, at his home in Columbus, Neb. He was born Nov. 7, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy E. "Leroy" and Bonnie M. Lemen Beach. He graduated in 1964, from Haven High School, Haven. A resident of Columbus, Neb., he was a Retired CWO4 Naval Officer, from the U.S. Navy, and was...
Everett H. Snowbarger
Feb 5, 2010
Everett H. Snowbarger, 90, died Feb. 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 18, 1919, in Sylvia to George and Clara Yust Snowbarger. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1937. On Sept. 10, 1940, he married Gladys Margaret Moran in Sylvia. She died Jan. 4, 2006. Everett retired as President of Dillon Companies after 48 years....
Marlene D. Wilson
Feb 4, 2010
Marlene D. Wilson, 77, died January 4, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 18, 1932, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Harold and Olga Gultzow Bahns. She graduated from Davenport Central High School and later worked in the accounting department as a supervisor in bank reconcilement with the Deere and Company in Moline, Illinois. She...
Christopher Michael Henderson
Feb 3, 2010
NICKERSON - Christopher Michael "Topher" Henderson was born on March 28, 2003, in Dodge City, KS, on the two year anniversary of mommy and daddy's first date. Matt and Cori Blakeslee Henderson were ecstatic to bring their little boy home. He couldn't be any more loved by his family. On February 2, 2004, Christopher was diagnosed with multiple disabilities. It...
Robert Sallabedra
Feb 3, 2010
Robert "Bob" Sallabedra, 83, died Feb. 3, 2010, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Plevna, Kan., to Valentin and Valentina Reyes Sallabedra. He was a graduate of Sylvia High School and former operator at the Sylvia COOP. He spent many years as a roughneck in northern Kansas oilfields. He retired as department foreman...
Phyllis A. Moody
Feb 2, 2010
Phyllis A. Moody, 69, died Feb. 2, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1940, in Hutchinson to Frank Martin and Clementine Cardwell Imel. She was a lifetime Hutchinson area resident. A graduate of Buhler High School in 1958. She was a homemaker and preschool teacher. She was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church. She was a...
Esther Ruth Miller
Feb 2, 2010
Esther Ruth Miller, 87, died Feb. 2, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 20, 1923, in Labette County to Charles and Lillie Lawrence Heape. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. On Dec. 12, 1947, she married Walter Ellis Miller in Jennings, MO. He died Nov. 30, 1974. She was a homemaker and had...
Mary Ann Redger
Feb 1, 2010
Mary Ann Redger, 82, died Feb. 1, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 18, 1927, in Gray County, to Daniel and Dena Koehn Redger. She graduated from Cimarron High School in 1946. A resident of Hutchinson since Sept. 1946, she was in food service at the former Hutchinson Hospital until her retirement in 1991. Survivors include:...
Robert D. Bontrager
Jan 31, 2010
Robert Dean Bontrager, 63, died Jan. 31, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Feb. 2, 1946, in Reno County, the son of William E. and Polly Bontrager. A lifetime resident of the Yoder/Hutchinson area, he worked for Betts Bakery before his retirement. He was a member of the bakery union, and greatly enjoyed NASCAR races. He is survived by...
Edna V. Higdon
Jan 30, 2010
Edna V. Higdon, 95, died Jan. 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1914, in Nowata, Okla. to William Thomas and Anna Bell Reddington Mills. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a 1933 graduate of Wilson High School, Wilson, Okla. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ. On...
Kenneth J. Heinrich
Jan 29, 2010
Kenneth J. Heinrich, 77, died Friday, January 29, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born September 29, 1932, in Grainfield, KS, to Gabriel and Mary Alma Engel Heinrich. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1951. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War discharging as a Staff Sgt., he had lived in the Burrton/Haven area for 39 years,...
Olive W. Milner
Jan 28, 2010
Olive W. Milner, 77, died Jan. 28, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 18, 1932, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Oliver and Gertrude Waggener. She was raised in Western Springs, Ill., graduating from Lyons Township High School. She continued her education at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., receiving a degree in education. She earned...
Maxine Locke
Jan 27, 2010
ARLINGTON - Maxine Locke, 96, died January 27, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 25, 1913, in Syracuse, KS, the daughter of Arba Clayton and Blanche Wallis Groome Ferris. She was raised in the Monitor Community in McPherson County. She came to Arlington to teach and has been a resident since 1938. She was a...
Ladd K. Noyes
Jan 26, 2010
Ladd K. Noyes, 48, died Jan. 26, 2010, at his home. He was born Nov. 25, 1961, in Hutchinson, to Ralph and Mary Lou Daugherty Noyes. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was most recently employed at Wesley Towers, and previously worked at Tiffany House. Ladd graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1980, and from Hutchinson Community College in 1982, with...
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