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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...
Blanche Crawford Ball
Nov 24, 2009
STERLING - Blanche Crawford Ball, 80, passed away Nov. 24, 2009, at Sterling. She was born Feb. 24, 1929, at Syracuse, N.Y., to Frank Nickell and Kathryn Elizabeth Wilson Crawford. She was a Middleton, Ohio high school graduate and attended Sterling College, Fort Hays State and Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, Calif. She had lived in Lancaster for 33 years before...
Patience I. "Pat" Woolfolk
Nov 24, 2009
Pat Woolfolk, 86, died Nov. 24, 2009, at Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 19, 1923, at Little River, the daughter of Charles and Nellie Champ Hodgson. Pat graduated from Little River High School in the class of 1941, and attended Kansas State University. She was a Dental Assistant at Dr. Leo Rogers' dental office in Hutchinson....
James E. Dawson
Nov 23, 2009
James E. "Jim" Dawson, 77, died November 23, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 10, 1932 in Hutchinson to Robert W. and Vada Houck Dawson. He was a 1950 graduate of Nickerson High School and 1954 graduate of Kansas State University. He was a farmer in the Nickerson area. On November 29, 2008 he married Shirley Chambers...
Stanley Nelson Keeler
Nov 22, 2009
Stanley N. Keeler, 57, died Nov. 22, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 14, 1952, in Stafford, to Albert and LaDonna Davidson Keeler. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a welder at Dan Deeair. He was an avid sports fan and a musician. Survivors include: daughter, Maranda Magnuson and husband Jason, Hutchinson; brother, Donald Keeler...
Lester Eugene Rose
Nov 21, 2009
Lester E. Rose, 95, died Nov. 21, 2009, at Hester Care, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. Lester was born Aug. 27, 1914, on a farm near Bluff City, Kansas, the eighth of 11 children. His family moved to the Waldren, Ks, area, where he went to grade school. He went to his freshmen year at Anthony High School The family moved to...
Michael J. Maloney
Nov 19, 2009
Michael J. Maloney, 63, died Nov. 19, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 31, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of John "Jack" and Nathalie McCaffery Maloney. Michael graduated from Haven High School in 1964 and attended the University of Kansas, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. An avid KU basketball fan, he...
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