Harold Lloyd Voth
Oct 22, 2009
HAVEN – Harold L. Voth, 80, died Oct. 22, 2009 at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 14, 1929 in Goessel, KS to Jacob A. and Maria Unruh Voth. He served in the United States Army from 1953-1955. On July 14, 1954 he married Vernelle Claire Miller in Partridge. A resident of Haven since 1966, he was a...
Marcelee Webb Samms
Oct 21, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Marcelee Goodrick Webb Samms, 77, died Oct. 21, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 5, 1932, in Little River, the daughter of Harry L. and Lena Griebel Goodrick. She was a 1950 graduate of Little River High School. A resident of South Hutchinson since 1954, she was a member of the South Hutchinson...
Virgil L. Geist
Oct 21, 2009
PLEVNA - Virgil L. Geist, 94, died Oct. 21, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 14, 1915, in rural Plevna, the son of Thomas William and Ottie Pearl Wyer Geist. He was a 1932 graduate of Plevna High School, attended Sterling College and Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University. A lifetime resident of Reno...
Grace C. Hemmerling
Oct 20, 2009
Grace C. Hemmerling, 87, Hutchinson, passed away October 20, 2009, at Ralph Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born November 20, 1921, in Mandan, North Dakota, the daughter of Oscar and Agnes Ekwortzel Olson. She graduated from Mandan High School and from Business College. She was a retired Executive Secretary at Kansas Power & Light in Hutchinson. She was a...
Joyce I. Griggs
Oct 19, 2009
Joyce I Griggs, 86, died Oct. 19, 2009, at Hester Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born Feb. 18, 1923, in Guymon, Okla., to Walter William and Laura Reid McMahan Kennedy. She graduated from Guymon High School in 1940, Oklahoma State University in 1945 and completed graduate work at Sterling College and Wichita State University. A resident of Hutchinson...
Leroy Martin Scheuermann
Oct 19, 2009
LeRoy Martin Scheuermann, 78, died Oct. 19, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 17, 1931, and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1950. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He was the son of Jacob and Leta Smith Scheuermann. He was a lifetime member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. He enjoyed retirement from Master Machine Tools...
Kathryn L. Kelly
Oct 18, 2009
Kathryn Louise Kelly, 90, Hutchinson, died October 18, 2009, at Pleasant View Home in Inman. She was born August 5, 1919, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the daughter of Roland and Lois Snyder Wilson. She attended school in Ohio and in St. Louis, Mo. She was a member of Park Place Christian Church. She and her husband moved to Hutchinson in 1986,...
Amanda M. Yoder
Oct 17, 2009
Amanda M. Yoder, 92, died Oct. 17, 2009 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 1, 1917 in Hutchinson to Samuel & Delila Beiler Nisly. On Sept. 14, 1939 she married Moses C. Yoder in Hutchinson. He died in 1981. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and a member of the Amish Church of Hutchinson....
Don Allen "Gus" Zimmerman
Oct 16, 2009
Don Allen "Gus" Zimmerman was born Oct. 17, 1930 in Reno County on the family farm near Plevna, Kansas. He died Oct. 16, 2009 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was the son of John A. and Edna Mosier Zimmerman of Plevna. He is survived by three sisters, Lavonne Farney & husband Bob, Sterling, Ruth Eagleson, Garnett, Greta Zimmerman, South...
David E. Dale
Oct 16, 2009
David E. Dale, 60, died Oct. 16, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Oct. 24, 1948, in Concordia, the son of Chester and Helen Walden Dale. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1968. He was a graduate of Terrebone High School, Houma, La., and attended Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La. He was...
James Henry "Jim" Proffitt
Oct 16, 2009
James Henry "Jim" Proffitt, 84, died October 16, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born January 13, 1925, in Bluefield West Virginia, the son of James Henry and Nancy Mae Hager Proffitt. He was a WWII veteran serving as a corporal with the Army. A mechanic of 34 years he worked for the Denver Water Board and...
Donald R. Taylor
Oct 15, 2009
Donald R. Taylor, 87, died Oct. 15, 2009 at St. Francis Via Christi, Wichita. He was born Dec. 18, 1921, in Stafford, the son of Joseph and Wilma Strong Taylor. He retired from the Union Labor Temple in 1985 after 35 years of service. A World War II veteran, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman Second Class....
Alice E. "Betty" Zacharias
Oct 15, 2009
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Alice E. "Betty" Zacharias, 86, passed away Oct. 15, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 24, 1923, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Edward Lorne and Veneta Anna Braun Melenbacher. She was a longtime resident of Pretty Prairie, moving to Hutchinson in 2006. She was a homemaker and member of...
Christine L. Long
Oct 14, 2009
Christine L. Long, 41, died Oct. 13, 2009, at her home. She was born June 16, 1968, the daughter of Richard D. and Julia Mae Conrad Foster. Survivors include: three sons; her mother and stepfather; one brother; and two sisters. She was preceded in death by her father. Her family will have a memorial service at a later date in...
James F. "Jim" Kimble
Oct 14, 2009
James F. "Jim" Kimble, 58, died Oct. 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Tanana, Alaska, the son of James A. and Elizabeth "Betty" Reiley Kimble. He was a graduate of West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska. He worked his way up from box boy to retire as manager of Lucky's Grocery,...
Ronald Dean "Noss" Hunt
Oct 13, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Ronald Dean "Noss" Hunt, 63, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 11, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Cletis B. and Gladys M. Lee Hunt. He was a 1965 graduate of Buhler High School, Buhler. He was a disabled veteran, having served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam conflict. Survivors include:...
Thelma F. "Pokey" Howard
Oct 13, 2009
PAOLA - Thelma F. "Pokey" Howard, 76, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born March 23, 1933, in Fontana, to Robert and Mary Frances Vanderpete Howard. A resident of Paola for most of her life, she was a homemaker and she belonged to the American Legion Post 381, Fontana. She...
Elva Jean Walker
Oct 13, 2009
Elva Jean Walker, 79, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 19, 1930, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Willard and Elsie Cooper Lowrey. She grew up in Hutchinson. She and her husband lived in Olathe from 1977 to 1987, then moved back to Hutchinson in 1987. She attended Hutchinson schools. She worked at the school's...
Ramon Antonio "Ray" Webster
Oct 12, 2009
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - Ramon Antonio "Ray" Webster, 41, died October 12, 2009, in Kannapolis, N.C. He was born May 8, 1968, in Caracus, Venezuela, to Jon and Nelly Webster. He had previously lived in Hutchinson and Denver. He had attended Buhler Schools and was a 1987 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He had served one term in the U.S. Navy....
Gwen L. Andsager
Oct 11, 2009
Gwen L. Andsager, 82, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 29, 1927, in Zenith to Edgar and Mildred Hartnett Zongker. She was a 1945 graduate of Stafford High School and attended Cottey and Emporia State Colleges. She was a homemaker, school teacher and billing clerk with city of South Hutchinson for 14 years,...
