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...
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...
