Frank L. Thomas
Dec 4, 2009
Frank L. Thomas, 85, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born on Nov. 8, 1924, in Wellington to George and Lena Thomas. He was a graduate of Wellington High School and the University of Colorado. He was a retired civil engineer with the Kansas Department of Transportation. He was a member of Park Place Christian...
Betty L. Bailey
Dec 4, 2009
Betty L. Bailey, 79, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born on Nov. 28, 1930, in Wichita to Gerald Hampson and Dorothy Louise Hutton Black. She was a retired bookkeeper for Bailey Auto Services. She was a member of First Christian Church. On May 1, 1950, she married Donald L. "Don" Bailey in Hutchinson. He died...
James Tilford Day
Dec 4, 2009
BRANSON WEST, Mo. - James Tilford Day, Branson West, Mo., son of Ward and Emma (Wenzel) Day, was born July 23, 1928, in Pretty Prairie, Kan., and departed this life Dec. 4, 2009, in his home, at the age of 81. James had lived in the area the past four years, coming from Hutchinson, Kan. He was a member of...
Alice A. Cox
Dec 3, 2009
Alice A. Cox, 81, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 3, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 25, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Dennis and Yozelle Leighty Sthole. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she attended schools in Hutchinson and was a member of Emanual Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. She was the owner and operator of Don's...
Judith A. Eckert
Dec 2, 2009
Judith Anne Bailey Eckert, 66, died December 2, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born May 23, 1943, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Fred E. and Thelma Q. Shuman Bailey. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1961. Judith attended Union Valley Bible Church. She was a retired cook. On September 16, 1961 she married Roger E. Eckert...
Ray E. Holmes
Dec 2, 2009
Ray E. Holmes, 85, died Dec. 2, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born May 11, 1924, at Utica to Fahey and Alma Ann McCartee Holmes. He graduated from Garden Home High School in Denver in 1941, and attended the University of Denver. He was a retired Vice President of the former Jackson Ice...
Sharon Jeanette Moore
Dec 2, 2009
ABBYVILLE - Sharon Jeanette Moore, 69, passed away Dec. 2, 2009. She was born Nov. 11, 1940, in Hutchinson, to Owen and Oral Hughbanks Hodges. She was a homemaker and was caretaker for many. On April 12, 1957, she married Allan Moore. He survives along with their sons, David and wife Tammy, Nickerson, Wade, Hutchinson, Brian and wife Janet, Newton,...
G. Dale Gleason
Dec 1, 2009
G. Dale Gleason, 78, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 24, 1931, at Ponca, Neb., the son of Glenn Arah and Edith Ann Swisher Gleason. He graduated from Ponca High School, Wayne State University, received his Master's Degree from University of Arkansas, and received his Doctorate at Washington State University in...
Richard R. Juarez
Dec 1, 2009
Richard R. "Rick" Juarez, 80, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 13, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Paulino and Paulina Rodriguez Juarez. He retired in 1992, from the Reno County Courthouse as the maintenance department head. He belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson. He served in the U.S. Army during the...
Albert W. West
Nov 30, 2009
Albert W. "Al" West, 85, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born December 29, 1923, at Richards, Missouri, to Charles Edgar and Elnora Jane Roberts West. He belonged to Riverside Baptist Church. He worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad and then A.D. Rayl Motor Company for 28 years, retiring 1988. On August 7, 1943,...
Jacob Donald Scheuermann
Nov 30, 2009
Jacob Donald Scheuermann, 87, died Nov. 30, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 27, 1921, in Hutchinson, to Jacob Donald and Leta Smith Scheuermann. He graduated in 1942, from Hutchinson High School. He was a former parts man for International Harvester, A.D. Rayl Ford, and Davis-Child Chevrolet, before retiring from PMS Foods in 1987. He...
John L. Cooney
Nov 30, 2009
John L. Cooney, 95, died Nov. 30, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 13, 1914, in Kane, Pa., to John L. and Catherine A. Daly Cooney, Sr. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1960. While living in Pennsylvania, he was a mechanical engineer with the Strutner-Wells Corporation and in Hutchinson he was the owner of the...
Alta M. Rice
Nov 28, 2009
Alta Marie Rice, 89, died Nov. 28, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Harper, to Guy and LuLu Hostetler Klinglesmith. She graduated from Attica High School in 1938. She worked at Hutch Floral for 15 years, and also at Caldwell Florists. Alta was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was...
Susan Moore
Nov 28, 2009
Susan Lorraine (Passmore) Moore, 58, died November 28, 2009, at Hospice House of Reno County. She was born August 12, 1951, in Iowa City, Iowa. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2009, at First Church of the Nazarene. Visitation will be at Elliott Mortuary Thursday, December 3, 2009, from...
Debbie Kay Orsborn
Nov 26, 2009
Debbie Kay Orsborn, 54, died Nov. 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 27, 1955, in Topeka, to Merle Max and Jacqueline Delores "Jackie" Deck Orsborn. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1973, Hutchinson Community College in 1978, and attended Emporia State University. During college she worked at...
Joan B. Schrag
Nov 26, 2009
Joan B. Schrag, 80, Hutchinson, died November 26, 2009 at the Hospice House in Hutchinson. Joan was born November 1, 1929 in West Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of John W. & Geneveive Chobain Biss. She attended schools in Middletown, CT. and graduated from Middletown High School. In 1952, she graduated from Hartford Hospital School of Nursing in Hartford, CT. In...
Donald G. Tankersley
Nov 25, 2009
WICHITA - Donald G. Tankersley, 78, died Nov. 25, 2009 at Via Christi RMC, St. Francis Campus. He was born Feb. 23, 1931 in Junction City to Merril and Myrtle Elsie Sheaffer Tankersley. He grew up in Hutchinson then lived in Manhattan and Wichita. He was an auctioneer and in furniture sales. Donald served in the United States Air Force...
Eva C. Milburn
Nov 25, 2009
Eva Cora Milburn, 98, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. She was born Oct. 7, 1911, in Abbyville to Chester and Rosa Wingo Feese. A longtime Abbyville community resident moving to Denver in 1999, she was a homemaker. On November 24, 1926, she married George Harold Milburn in Partridge. He died March 1, 1980. She is survived by:...
Traci L. White
Nov 25, 2009
Traci Lynne White, 44, died Nov. 25, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 18, 1965, in Dodge City, the daughter of Gary and Carol Maixner Waldron. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had spent several years in Guymon, Okla., where she belonged to the Sunset Lane Baptist Church, and was a member of AMBUCS. She was...
Patricia I. Woolfolk
Nov 25, 2009
Memorial service for Patience I. "Pat" Woolfolk, who died November 24, 2009, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2010, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hutchinson. A book will be available to sign at Elliott Mortuary 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Reno...
