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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Ray E. Ratzlaff
Dec 18, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Ray E. Ratzlaff, 83, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 19, 1926, at Buhler, to John K. and Sarah Regier Ratzlaff. He was a 1944 graduate of Buhler High School. He served as a clerk in the U.S. Army Medical Corp, stationed in Calcutta, India. He retired as...
Preston "Dutch" Jenkins
Dec 17, 2009
Preston "Dutch" Jenkins, 96, died Dec. 17, 2009 at Hospice House. He was born May 6, 1913 in Hutchinson to Harvey and Lillian Carrey Jenkins. On Aug. 11, 1934, he married Mabel Louise Hamby in Hutchinson. She died Sept. 16, 1994. Dutch was a car dumper at the Farmers Co-Op for 20 years. He also owned and operated P.G. Jenkins...
Max E. Coleman
Dec 17, 2009
Max E. Coleman, 87 died Dec. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born on March 8, 1922, in Hutchinson to William D. and Bertha Scott Coleman. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1940, he attended Hutchinson Junior College and graduate from Kansas State University in 1949 with a degree...
Wesley Wayne "Jack" Jacques
Dec 16, 2009
Wesley "Jack" Jacques, 98, died December 16, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born November 29, 1911, in Valley Center, the son of George Leonard and Pearl Calista Ruble Jacques. He graduated from Cunningham High School in 1931. Jack was a plant manager for Kansas Oxygen, retiring in 1976. He attended Forest Park Presbyterian Church. On September...
Eugene R. Swank
Dec 16, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KANSAS – Eugene R. Swank, 74, died Dec. 16, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS. He was born Oct. 29, 1935 in Hutchinson to Ray and Louise Emily Parker Swank. He was a lead man in cabin service for United Airlines. He and Doris spent the last 34 years in Washington, moving to South Hutchinson six...
Eugene Raymond Jones
Dec 15, 2009
Eugene Raymond "Gene" Jones, 86, died Dec. 15, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born July 19, 1923, in Hutchinson, to Charles Raymond "Charley" and Frances Grace Emery Jones. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2001. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired mechanic for the City of Hutchinson and worked for 27 years...
Mildred D. Moore
Dec 14, 2009
Mildred D. Moore, 86, of Hutchinson, formerly of Nickerson, died Dec. 14, 2009 at her home. She was born June 11, 1923, at Beaver, Oklahoma, the daughter of John & Lulu Johnson Snyder. She attended schools in Beaver, Okla. and Azie, Texas. She moved to Nickerson in 1944, from Calif., and to Hutchinson in 1996. She was a Dairy Cattle...
