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Raymond Donald Palmer

Raymond Donald Palmer

Mar 3, 2010

Raymond Donald Palmer hugged his wife, Virginia in heaven March 3, 2010. Ray was born April 29, 1924, at Plevna to Walter Perry and Pearly Belle Evans Palmer. He served three years in the Army Corps of Engineers, stationed in Alaska during World War II. He worked at SH Kress and 30 years as stock manager for JC Penney, retiring...

Lois I. Johnson

Lois I. Johnson

Mar 3, 2010

Lois I. Johnson, 91, died March 3, 2010, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1918, in Augusta to Clarence and Jane Downing Vinson. She married Earl Francis Johnson on July 15, 1936, in Burrton. He died Sept. 22, 1985. A resident of Hutchinson since 1989, she was a homemaker. She was a member of the United...

Clyde Sherwood Blackburn

Clyde Sherwood Blackburn

Mar 3, 2010

Clyde Sherwood Blackburn, 62, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson after a brief illness. He was born Oct. 14, 1947, in Pratt, Kan., to Clell and Maria Nemchek Blackburn. He attended school in Pratt and other towns before graduating from Buhler High School in 1965. Clyde served in the United States Army from 1967-1969 during...

Evelyn V. Cotter

Evelyn V. Cotter

Mar 2, 2010

Evelyn Virginia Ross Cotter, 92, died March 2, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 15, 1917, in Racine, Ohio, to Verne and Jesse Quillan Ross. She grew up in Racine, Ohio, and graduated from Middleport High School in 1935. She had been a Hutchinson resident since 1948, moving from Zanesville, Ohio. Evelyn had worked as a bank...

Jean E. Geer

Jean E. Geer

Feb 28, 2010

Jean E. Geer, 91, died Feb. 28, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1918, in Walden, Colo., to William E. and Mary E. Donelson Rosenbaum. On Oct. 22, 1938, she married Owen Virgil Geer in Rand, Colo. He died Jan. 10, 1993. Jean moved to Hutchinson in October 2009, coming from Grand Junction, Colo. She was...

Dale Dronberger

Dale Dronberger

Feb 28, 2010

Dale Dronberger, 86, died Feb. 28, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 20, 1923, in Onaga, to George H. and Hazel Bonjour Dronberger. He was raised in Kansas City, Kan., and was a resident of Hutchinson since 1952. He was a graduate of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City in 1941. He attended Kansas State University and...

Scott J. Chase

Scott J. Chase

Feb 28, 2010

Scott J. Chase, 53, died Feb. 28, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center ER. He was born Oct. 6, 1956, in Wichita, the son of Harry Jack and Marie Ten Kley Chase. He graduated from Haven High School in 1974. Scott owned a consignment and auction house, T.A.N.K.S., (Tools. Antiques. Nicknacks. Kollectibles. Specialties) in South Hutchinson. On July 5, 1984,...

Aurelia I. Kittle

Aurelia I. Kittle

Feb 27, 2010

Aurelia I. Kittle, 95, died Feb. 27, 2010, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born Oct. 23, 1914, at Partridge, Kan., to Vernon Christian and Shirley Vaughn Downs Hipp. She was a lifetime Reno County resident. She graduated from Partridge High School and attended Emporia State University. She was a homemaker, a farm wife, taught school in...

Otho "Barney" Ewbank

Otho "Barney" Ewbank

Feb 27, 2010

Otho Bernard "Barney" Ewbank, 91, died Feb. 27, 2010, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community, Lawrence. He was born Nov. 22, 1918, in Hutchinson, Kan., the son of Lester & Gracia Harrison Ewbank. On Sept. 10, 1944, he married Ann R. Vento in New York City. She died May 8, 2004. Survivors include: four daughters Carolyn Henderson, Norristown, Pa, Mary Yadon,...

Otho B. Ewbank

Otho B. Ewbank

Feb 27, 2010

Otho Bernard "Barney" Ewbank, 91 died Feb. 27, 2010, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community, Lawrence. Memorial Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 28, 2010, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel. Inurnment will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with military graveside rites conducted by U.S. Naval Honor Guard. Memorials can be made to St Teresa's Catholic Church or Hutchinson...

Rosalie F. Nunemaker

Rosalie F. Nunemaker

Feb 26, 2010

Rosalie F. Nunemaker, 78, South Hutchinson, went to be with her Lord Feb. 26, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Raymond, to Frank and Eunice Proffitt Stout. The Stout family later moved to Langdon where Rosalie graduated from Langdon High School. She was married to Charles Edward Nunemaker for 25 years. Rosalie...

Deetta E. Davis

Deetta E. Davis

Feb 26, 2010

DeEtta E. Davis, 81, died Feb. 26, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 6, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Reuben and Mable Spangler Gilliland. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She loved bingo. She was a member of Friends Church, Hutchinson. On Nov. 5, 1945, she married Granville C. "Red" Davis in Hutchinson....

Clyde Hall

Clyde Hall

Feb 25, 2010

Clyde Hall, 86, passed away Feb. 25, 2010, at Dillon Living Center after a long illness. He was born Valentine's Day, 1924, Davis City, Mo., son of J. Edward and Lucille Hall. He lived his childhood and young adult years in the Olathe and Bonner Springs, Kan. area. In 1942, he moved to Hutchinson to live with his sister and...

Joshua Darin Thomas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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