Junior K. Haverty
Dec 13, 2009
Junior K. "J.R." Haverty, 82, died Dec. 13, 2009, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 10, 1927, in Lawrence, to Alvin Augustus and Ruby Dalphine Moore Haverty. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1945, and the University of Kansas in 1951 with a degree in engineering and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon...
Brien Roy "Pete" Peterson
Dec 13, 2009
ARLINGTON - Brien Roy "Pete" Peterson, 77, of Arlington, died Sunday at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 30, 1932, to Roy and Vivien O'Brien Peterson at Rapid City, S.D. He attended Chadron Prep School, Chadron, Neb., and graduated 1950, from Cheyenne Wyoming High School, then graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1960. He was a...
J.R. O'Leary
Dec 12, 2009
PRETTY PRAIRIE - J.R. O'Leary, 69, died December 12, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 14, 1939, in Kingman to Harold V. and Rosalia Smith O'Leary. He was raised in Pretty Prairie and graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1957. On June 5, 1960, he married Joyce A. Schrag at the First Mennonite Church in...
Virginia May Denner
Dec 12, 2009
Virginia M. Denner, 87, died Dec. 12, 2009, at her home, Aurora, Colo. She was born July 7, 1922, in Florence, the daughter of Harlie and Jennie McClellan Bolton. She was raised by her father and stepmother, Katherine Bolton. She graduated in 1940 from Reece High School, Reece, KS. She retired in 1987, with 33 years of service with USD...
Joanne M. Bowers
Dec 12, 2009
Joanne M. Bowers, 75, died December 12, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 21, 1934, in Pottsville, Pa, the daughter of Joseph Albert and Mary Elizabeth Bawn Purcell. She graduated from St. Patrick's High School in Pottsville, she was a homemaker. On August 13, 1955, she married James L. Bowers in Pottsville. He died October...
Dahlia "Dal" Jones
Dec 12, 2009
Dahlia "Dal" Jones, 67, died December 12, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 20, 1942 in Glascock County, Georgia, the daughter of Thomas & Lois Newsome Williford. She graduated from Thomson High School, Thomson, GA in 1960. Dal was a clerk at Long John Silver's for 12 years and was a member of Walnut & Campbell Church...
Margaret Ann Meadows
Dec 11, 2009
Margaret Ann Meadows, 77, died December 11, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born August 18, 1932, in the Sylvia Township, the daughter of E.C. "Fat" and Henrietta A. DeFrieze Edwards. She graduated from Sylvia High School in 1950 and then the Pratt Nursing Program. A resident of Hutchinson since 1989, she was a retired practical nurse and farmer....
James F. Hill
Dec 10, 2009
James F. Hill, 81, died Dec. 10, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 25, 1928, in Muskogee, Okla., the son of Frank and Sadie Simmons Hill. He was an independent plumber, having worked for several area companies in addition to running his own business. He was a member of Bethany Church of The Nazarene. He...
Patricia B. Nichols
Dec 9, 2009
Patricia Belle Nichols, 76, died Dec. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 20, 1933, in Hutchinson, to Patrick and Lucille May Walborn Devine. She was a Hutchinson resident and attended Hutchinson Schools. She was a homemaker; also was a day-care provider and had owned and operated the Dixie Dip 500 on South Main in...
Marie Biles
Dec 9, 2009
Marie Biles, 88, died Wednesday in Hutchinson. She was born November 18, 1921, at Glasco to William and Belle Olson Windhorst. She was a 1939 graduate of Glasco High School. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hutchinson and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. On April 25, 1942, she married Arlie G. Biles at Salina. He survives....
Donald L. Rose
Dec 8, 2009
Donald L. Rose, 76, died Dec. 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 4, 1933, in Ingalls, Kansas, the son of Theodore and Lena Warfield Rose. He graduated from Lewis High School and then attended Fort Hays State College. On June 7, 1953 he married Evelyn Rose Wight in Kinsley. He served with the KC97 Refueling Squadron...
Dwaine E. Newton
Dec 7, 2009
Dwaine Eldon Newton, 79, departed this life on Dec. 7, 2009. He was born Nov. 12, 1930, in Belpre, to Elvie Luther and Marjorie May Huchstep Newton. He attended school in Manter and graduated from Manter High School in 1948. He retired as safety manager of Collingwood Grain after 27 years. He belonged to the Carey Park Golf Course and...
Clarence W. Fry
Dec 6, 2009
Clarence William "Bill" Fry, 88, died December 6, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 15, 1921 at St. John, to Clarence C. and Thelma Beman Fry. He grew up in St. John and had graduated from St. John High School. He served in World War II, Navy, South Pacific. Following the war he worked at...
Craig Armstrong
Dec 6, 2009
Craig Armstrong, 44, died Dec. 6, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born on May 10, 1965, in Hutchinson, to Larry Don and Gloria R. Southards Armstrong. Survivors include: two sons, Christopher and Robert, both of Tulsa, Okla.; a stepdaughter, Stephanie Bonner, Tulsa, Okla.; parents, South Hutchinson; and a brother, Lawrence, Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place and no...
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...
