Betty Ann Moss
Jun 14, 2010
Betty Moss died June 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 8, 1933, in Russell, the daughter of Henry and Theresa Ehrlich Bender. She moved to Hutchinson to attend nurses' training and worked as a nurse's aide. She worked many years at Doskocil as food service manager. On July 7, 1952, she married George Moss...
Larry "Kansaskid" Eugene Schwiethale
Jun 13, 2010
Larry "Kansaskid" E. Schwiethale, 69, died June 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born July 4, 1940, in Stafford, the son of Lawrence and Elsie Marie Hofen Schwiethale. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1958. He began working for Betts Baking Company and later was a businessman and restaurant owner and operator in Swift...
Delila M. "Dee" Freer
Jun 13, 2010
Delila M. "Dee" Freer, 67, died June 13, 2010, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 19, 1942, in Pratt, the daughter of Herman B. and Dorotha Mae Donner McDowell. She attended high school in Hutchinson and Great Bend, attended Hutchison Community College and received her nursing degree from McPherson College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a nurse...
Carole J. Unruh
Jun 13, 2010
PLEVNA - Carole J. Unruh, 70, died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 31, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Paul Wilber and Thelma Edna Baughman Rankin. She was retired from Horizons Mental Health Center, Kingman, with 25 years of service as part of the clerical staff, a 1958 graduate of Plevna...
Marie "Billie" Barron
Jun 13, 2010
Marie "Billie" Barron, 89, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Heartland Haven Home Plus, Inman. She was born February 1, 1921, in Sylvan Grove. She married Rex E. Barron on December 31, 1945. He passed away August 27, 1975. She retired from Hutchinson Hospital as a registered nurse in 1987. She was a former member of Trinity United Methodist...
Ernest M. Reimer
Jun 12, 2010
Ernest M. Reimer was born on October 26, 1917, in Inman. He was the third of eleven children born to Heinrich (Henry) F. and Katie (Baergen) Reimer. He attended Big Lake School and graduated from Inman High School in 1937. He then attended Bethel College in Newton. In February of 1943 he was inducted in the Army, where he served...
Maxine Vanek
Jun 12, 2010
Maxine Vanek, 94, of Kansas City, Kan., formerly of Hutchinson, died June 12, 2010, in Maumelle, Ark. She was born April 15, 1916, in Nickerson, the daughter of Ralph and Lillian Hook Lamberth. A longtime Reno County resident, she was a member of First Christian Church, the Iris Club, and the Silver Leaf Chapter #464 Order of Eastern Star, all...
Harlond D. Bruce
Jun 11, 2010
Harlond D. Bruce, 93, died June 11, 2010, at his home in South Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 25, 1917, in Herndon, the son of George William and Roxy F. Morris Bruce. He had lived in the Hutchinson area for 35 years, moving here from Atwood. He farmed in Rawlins County until he moved, and then owned and operated Bruce's...
Kenneth A. Thornhill
Jun 9, 2010
Kenneth A. Thornhill, 96, died June 9, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Feb. 23, 1914, in Halstead to Samuel Ellis and Alice Jane Harshfield Thornhill. He retired as owner/operator of Careyville Grocery. Kenneth was a member of the Hutchinson-Reno Masonic Lodge #124 A.F. & A.M. He served in the Civil Conservation Corps in 1934, stationed in Minnesota. He...
Betty Jane Elliott
Jun 8, 2010
Betty J. Elliott, 77, died June 8, 2010 at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born November 27, 1932 in Oklahoma City, OK to William S. and Opal Mae Davis Jones. Betty graduated from William Chrisman High School in Independence, MO in 1951 and from the Research Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City, MO in 1953. She was a...
Grace Irene Huna
Jun 7, 2010
Grace Irene Huna, 86, died June 7, 2010, at Hutchinson Clinic, Hutchinson. She was born March 9, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William Lee and Elizabeth Caroline "Carrie" Cain Van Zandt. She was a 1943 graduate of Partridge High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired C.K.C.U. teller and former co-owner of Partridge Grocery. She was a...
Sandra M. Pitts
Jun 5, 2010
Sandra M. Pitts, 71, of Hutchinson, died June 5, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 30, 1938, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Merle and Barbara Gensch Guinn. She attended Hutchinson schools and was a lifelong Hutchinson resident. She was an avid gardener, a former member of the Loyal Order of Moose #82 and the Hutchinson Community...
Frank Edwin Brown
Jun 5, 2010
Frank Edwin Brown, 94, died June 5, 2010, at Hutchinson Care Center. He was born March 29, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas. Frank worked in the testing lab at Cessna then he was a flour miller for the Archer Daniel Mill Company. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. On March 15, 1936, he married Ethel L. McQueen in...
Timothy Ray "Tim" Deines
Jun 5, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Timothy Ray "Tim" Deines, 47, died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1963, the son of Thomas Carl and Patsy JoAnn Britcher Deines. He was a 1981 graduate of Buhler High School, had been a welder for several area companies including Kincaid Mfg., Case I-H, Action Equipment and Krause...
Harry L. "Buzz" Jones
Jun 4, 2010
Harry L. "Buzz" Jones, 76, of Harlingen, TX, formerly of Hutchinson, died June 4, 2010, at Via Christi-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Hutchinson, the son of Harry E. and Marguritte Borders Jones. He was a retired truck driver with Graves Truckline, and was currently working as a seasonal park attendant at Wilson Reservoir...
Vance Everett Bulla
Jun 4, 2010
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. - Vance Everett Bulla, 41, of Flagstaff, Ariz., was in a fatal car accident June 4, 2010. He was born April 24, 1969, in Wichita, Kan . to Larry D. Bulla and Alice Ann Huslig Scheibmeir. In his youth, he enjoyed playing football and rugby, and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Vance was a graduate of Trinity...
Lois G. Lyons
Jun 3, 2010
Lois Grace Webb Lyons, 86, died June 3, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born March 20, 1924, in Shelbyville, Mo., the daughter of Arthur A. and Allie Grace Smith Webb. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a diaconal minister at First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. On Nov. 12, 1945, she married Calvin Lyons in Wichita. He died...
Betty B. Smith
Jun 1, 2010
NICKERSON - Betty Beatrice Smith, 77, died June 1, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 5, 1932, in Salem, Oregon, the daughter of Ellis and Elsie Jackson Britton. A Nickerson resident since 1960, she was a retired CNA at Grace Hospital and a homemaker. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Linda Rae Ropp
Jun 1, 2010
BUHLER - Linda Ropp, 62, died June 1, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1948, in Newton, the daughter of Raymond Wes and Velma Dey Lehman Suenram. She graduated from Halstead High School in 1966, and Hutchinson Community College in 1988. A resident of Buhler, she was retired as office manager of Dillons Distribution Center, where...
Joan Maxine Breidenstein
May 31, 2010
ARLINGTON - Joan Maxine Breidenstein, 84, died May 31, 2010. She was born August 31, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Orie and Nema Hindsley Lindahl. A 1943 graduate of Plevna High School, she attended Sterling College, then taught at Hopewell, a one-room schoolhouse, and later was a homemaker. She was active in the Plevna Community Bible Church and then...
