George E. "Ed" Samms
Mar 28, 2010
George Edwin "Ed" Samms, 59, died March 28, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1950, in Philadelphia, to Loren A. and Helen G. Martin Samms. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1968. He married Sharon A. Buckridge Oct. 4, 1982, in Hutchinson. She also passed away March 28, 2010. Survivors include: a daughter, Kelli...
Mary E. "Mickie" Reinolds
Mar 25, 2010
Mary Elizabeth "Mickie" Reinolds, 86, died March 25, 2010. She fought a long and hard battle with lung cancer. She was born April 17, 1923, to Levi and Maude Shaffer Draucker in DuBois, Pa. Raised in Luthersburg, Pa., she entered the U.S. Army where she served as a military policewoman. During her service she met and married Bud Leffel Sr.,...
Matthew Don Brown
Mar 23, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Matthew Don Brown, 30, of Hutchinson, died March 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 20, 1980, in Ranger, TX, the son of Anthony "Tony" and Cindy Yeats Brown. He was a foreman and lineman for Bird Electric, Eastland, TX. He was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Okemah, Oklahoma....
Dennis L. Pauly
Mar 22, 2010
NICKERSON - Dennis L. Pauly, 56, died March 22, 2010, at his home in Nickerson. He was born May 25, 1953, in Wichita, to Cyril and Agnes Beat Pauly. He was raised in Cheney and moved to Nickerson in 1962. He was a graduate of Nickerson High School and Dodge City Community College with a degree in Agriculture. He farmed...
Loretta Beatrice Downard
Mar 22, 2010
Loretta Beatrice Downard, 72, died March 22, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 9, 1937, at her grandparents' home in Buhler, the daughter of Henry and Katheryn Hiebert Ediger Jr. She attended Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church, a 30-year volunteer...
Lorene V. Johnson
Mar 22, 2010
ABBYVILLE - Lorene Virginia Johnson, 88, died March 22, 2010, at Leisure Homestead in Stafford. She was born Feb. 27, 1922 at Ellinwood to Charles and Anna Malcom Kasselman. She was an Abbyville community resident since 1944, a member of Plevna Community Bible Church and homemaker and farm wife. On March 14, 1942 she married Ralph W. Johnson in Hutchinson....
George Zuk
Mar 20, 2010
George Zuk, 83, died March 20, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 10, 1926, in Detroit, Mich., to John and Mary Panchuk Zuk. He served in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, he was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell. He retired in 1991 after 39 years of service....
Franklin Harry Hill
Mar 19, 2010
Franklin "Frank" Harry Hill, 90, died March 19, 2010 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 30, 1919 in Nickerson to Odus Grant and Flora Ann Brooks Hill. He was an independent farmer and stockman and a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Army during WWII in the European Theater of...
Kenneth Shawn "Kenny" Poulton
Mar 16, 2010
Kenny Shawn Poulton, 40, went home to rest with his Lord on March 16, 2010, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, after many years of battling illnesses. He was born Jan. 23, 1970, in Hutchinson, the son of David Michael and Carma June Conrad Poulton. He was a 1989 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He was a former installer for...
Alpha I. Myers
Mar 15, 2010
Alpha I. Myers, 98, died March 15, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 14, 1911, at Meade, the daughter of Charles Sr. and Lillie Lue Lawrence Heape. A resident of Hutchinson since 1929, she was a homemaker and was a clerk at the former Beardslee's Fabrics. She belonged to South Hutchinson Christian Church. On Jan....
James W. "Bill" Miller
Mar 14, 2010
James William "Bill" Miller, 82, Hutchinson, died March 14, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 14, 1927, near Partridge to Frank Zeno and Gladys Hambrick Miller. He was a lifetime resident of Reno County. Bill was employed by Ark Valley Electric Coop Association for 45 years, retiring as a line superintendent in 1992. He was an Army...
Dale L. Ailshie
Mar 14, 2010
WICHITA - Dale Leon Ailshie, 62, died March 14, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Feb. 24, 1948, in Spearville to Howard and Irene Speer Ailshie. He graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. A resident of Wichita since 2007, coming from Hutchinson, he...
Dorothy V. Gose
Mar 14, 2010
Dorothy V. Gose, 88, died March 14, 2010, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Jan. 13, 1922, in Elkhart, Kan., the daughter of Fred Macy and Minerva Sarah Kifer Coultice. Dorothy graduated from Elkhart High School in 1940 and then Southwest Teachers College, Springfield, Mo., and Fort Hays State College in Hays, Kan. She then taught school in...
Evelyn J. "Shortie" Lynn
Mar 11, 2010
Evelyn "Shortie" Lynn, 96, died March 11, 2010. She was born March 1, 1914, in Dodge City, the daughter of John Bernard and Lena Margaret Koch McFadden. She was an Avon representative for over 45 years, a Red Cross volunteer, Girl Scout Leader for many years, including the First President for Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council, Director of Camp Hazen, Salt...
Marjorie A. Gilbert
Mar 11, 2010
Marjorie A. Gilbert, 97, died March 11, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 28, 1912, in Sawyer, to Lyman Elman and Clara Ball Mohney. A resident of Hutchinson since 1934, she was a homemaker, seamstress, and church hostess. She was a Past Matron of Silver Leaf Chapter #464 Order of the Eastern Star and a member...
Henrietta "Pauline" Cline
Mar 10, 2010
Henrietta "Pauline" Cline, 94, died March 10, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 2, 1915, in Clarendon, Ark., to Robert Jesse Henry and Carrie Belle Watson Miller. She was raised in Mississippi, and moved to Hutchinson in 1922 with her parents. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933. She was a homemaker and owner...
Lillian Schwindt
Mar 10, 2010
Lillian Schwindt Born to Jim and Emma Marlette, survived by sister Arlene Zook and two brothers Glen and Walter Marlette. Married to Richard Schwindt in 1969 (divorced in 1996) and survived by four sons their families; Ian, his wife Christine and their four children, Aaron, his wife Ashleigh and their two children, Alex his wife Lori and their two children,...
Marsha A. Bayless
Mar 10, 2010
Marsha A. Bayless, 57, died March 10, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 16, 1953, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Gene and Fern Smith Bayless. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1971. Marsha was an avid pet lover and had worked for the Hutchinson Humane Society. Survivors include: her father, Gene Bayless of Hutchinson;...
Lorene G. Luney
Mar 8, 2010
HALSTEAD - Our dear mother, Lorene G. Luney, passed away on March 8, 2010, at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation, at the age of 100. She was born Oct. 9, 1909 in Bois D'Arc, Mo., to James Franklin and Theodosia "Theo" Jones Claypool. She was a former longtime resident of Hutchinson, she had been a dishwasher for numerous cafes including, Jolly...
Thomas J. Stiggins
Mar 8, 2010
Thomas James "Jim" Stiggins, 87, died March 8, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 19, 1922, in Sterling, to Thomas James and Ella Mae Mahoney Stiggins. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he retired in 1985, with 40 years of service with Dillon Companies as a warehouseman. He...
