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Helen Joan Crisafi

Helen Joan Crisafi

Jan 9, 2010

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - H. Joan Crisafi died Jan. 9, 2010, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Aug. 25, 1932, on the family farm in western Reno County to Harold John and Lillian Naomi Lenz Brosius. A longtime resident of Plevna, she lived in Dodge City, Stafford and Lyons, before retiring in Hutchinson. She graduated from Plevna High School in 1950,...

Georgia Juanita Crandall

Georgia Juanita Crandall

Jan 7, 2010

Georgia Juanita Crandall, 89, died Jan. 7, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 2, 1920, in Kingman, to Homer R. and Bertha Shea Moore. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1938. While in Hutchinson she was a secretary for the McNaughten Investment Company and worked for the Kansas SRS Hutchinson Office, retiring in 2000....

Nellie M. Reusser

Nellie M. Reusser

Jan 7, 2010

Nellie M. Reusser, 87, died Jan. 7, 2010, at Dillon Living Center in Hutchinson. She was born July 22, 1922, in Hutchinson, to Albert W. and Eva Lisman Oliver. She was a homemaker. She belonged to the Baptist faith. On July 18, 1940, she married Clifford Reusser, Sr. in Wichita. He died Sept. 30, 2003. Survivors include: a son, Clifford...

Patsy Hill

Patsy Hill

Jan 6, 2010

Patsy Hill, 74, died January 6, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 2, 1935 in Dodge City to Clarence F. and Addie L. Tippie Bowman. On Dec. 12, 1957, she married Reginald Lee Hill. He died in July of 1989. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. Patsy was a member of the National...

Charlie F. Enfield, Jr.

Charlie F. Enfield, Jr.

Jan 6, 2010

Charlie F. Enfield Jr. died Jan. 6, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 6, 1934, in Hutchinson to Charlie F. and Katherine BuenaVista Ebersole Enfield. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1952 and attended Hutchinson Community College, graduating in 1954. He was a service technician for Kansas Gas Service...

Evelyn J. Davisson

Evelyn J. Davisson

Jan 6, 2010

PLEVNA - Evelyn J. Davisson, 80, died Jan. 6, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born near Plevna, Kan. on March 14, 1929, the daughter of Floyd and Otilla Nusser Wright. On Feb. 27, 1948, she married Clare Davisson, Jr. They were married for 61 years. They lived on the same farm for 60 years near Plevna....

Georgina Ladd

Georgina Ladd

Jan 3, 2010

Georgina Ladd, 64, died Jan. 3, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1945, in Hathersage, England, the daughter of Rowland and Maggie Slinn Gittus. She graduated from Lawnswood High School for Girls in Headingley, Leeds, England. She worked for Bridlington Railroad in England and then moved to Chicago in 1964, where she worked as a...

Josie June Lavielle Peacock

Josie June Lavielle Peacock

Jan 2, 2010

SYLVIA - Josie June Lavielle Peacock, 84, died January 2, 2010, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. She was born June 18, 1925, in Elkhart to L.V. and Florence Hill Lavielle. She was a 1943 graduate of Sylvia High School and a cadet nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital Nurses Training, Hutchinson, graduating in 1946. She had been a registered nurse at Pratt,...

Darlena A Janzen-King

Darlena A Janzen-King

Jan 1, 2010

Darlena A. Janzen-King, 78, died Jan. 1, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 5, 1931, in McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of George K. and Helen Andres Peters. She graduated from Buhler High School and Adela Hale Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a clerk/stenographer for the State of Kansas for 40 years,...

Ocie Zay Smith

Ocie Zay Smith

Dec 27, 2009

Ocie Zay Smith, 84, went to be with the Lord Dec. 27, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 24, 1925, in Washington, Kansas, to Roy Wilbur and Gladys Hewitt Latham. She attended Washington High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a retired custodian for Grace Hospital and then later Hutchinson Hospital. She volunteered for crocheting for...

Virginia Hendrickson

Virginia Hendrickson

Dec 26, 2009

Virginia Hendrickson, 86, died December 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born April 9, 1923, in Lyons, Kan., the daughter of Everett and Bertha Schwartz Poland. Virginia had worked at a dress shop when living in Rogers, Ark., and at Western Foods in Hutchinson. She was a member of Union Valley Bible Church and was very active...

William L. "Bill" Edwards

William L. "Bill" Edwards

Dec 26, 2009

William L. "Bill" Edwards, 54, died Dec. 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 9, 1955, in Hutchinson, to William F. and Dorothy Lee Hoffman Edwards. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. Survivors include: his mother, Dorothy L. Edwards, Hutchinson; a brother, Gary (Rochele), Hutchinson; a sister, Sue Elliott (Jim), Maize; and numerous aunts, uncles,...

Vada B. Morgan

Vada B. Morgan

Dec 25, 2009

Vada Belle Morgan died Dec. 25, 2009, at her home in Tucson, Ariz. She was born Feb. 24, 1926, in Hutchinson to the late Fred and Mary Belle Farney Macklin. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943 and Hutchinson Community College in 1946. In 1948, she married William H. (Bill) Morgan and moved to Wichita where they raised their...

Clara G. Solida

Clara G. Solida

Dec 24, 2009

Clara G. Solida, 92, died Dec, 24, 2009 at Buhler Sunshine Home, in Buhler. She was born Nov. 4, 1917, in Webb City, Mo. to Oscar H. and Rosa Templeton Gardner. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Bethany Church of The Nazarene. She volunteered at the Reno County Food Bank and Meals on Wheels. On June 20,...

Lucille Moore

Lucille Moore

Dec 23, 2009

Lucille Moore went to be with her Savior, Wednesday, December 23, 2009. She was born January 18, 1925 at Haven, Kansas, to George and Bertha Freed Dawson. She was a 1943 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. She belonged to First Baptist Church, where she was a deacon and a Sunday school teacher for 25 years....

Diane Lea Stapleton

Diane Lea Stapleton

Dec 20, 2009

Diane Lea Stapleton, 51, of Hutchinson, died Sunday, December 20, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born October 1, 1958, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Walter and Willa Mae I. Werst Stapleton. A life-long Hutchinson resident, she was a teacher at Lincoln Elementary School. Previously she had taught 6th grade at McCandless Elementary School. She attended...

Thelma I. Montgomery

Thelma I. Montgomery

Dec 20, 2009

DOWAGIAC, Mich. - Thelma I. Montgomery, 82, died December 20, 2009, at Lakeland Hospital in Nile, Mich. She was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Hardy, Ark., to Henry and Ollie Lawson Allen. On May 11, 1965, she married James W. Montgomery in Lyons. He died Jan. 20, 1995. She attended the Church of Christ. She worked for many years as...

Juanita Mary Rivera Hernandez

Juanita Mary Rivera Hernandez

Dec 20, 2009

Juanita Mary Rivera Hernandez, 80, died Dec. 20, 2009, at St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City. She was born Aug. 19, 1929, in Lyons, the daughter of Serapio and Casemira Valdez Rivera. A resident of Hutchinson moving from Carson, Calif., in 2005. Juanita was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She was married to Juan Hernandez. He preceded...

Thelma I. Montgomery

Thelma I. Montgomery

Dec 20, 2009

Thelma I. Montgomery, 82, died December 20, 2009 at Lakeland Hospital in Nile, MI. She was born Jan. 26, 1927 in Hardy, Ark to Henry and Ollie Lawson Allen. On May 11, 1965 she married James W. Montgomery in Lyons. He died Jan. 20, 1995. She attended the Church of Christ. She worked for many years as a dry cleaner....

Carolyn A. Fee

Carolyn A. Fee

Dec 19, 2009

Carolyn A. Fee, 50, died Dec. 19, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, of brain cancer. She was born Feb. 2, 1959, in Topeka. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1977, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 and then her Masters in Business Administration in 1983, both from the University of Kansas. Following graduation she moved to Dallas...

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