Lewis "Lr" "Lou" R. Mckibben
Apr 7, 2010
Lewis McKibben—"Dad," "Grandpa Lewie," or just "Grampa"—is remembered most for hard work, rather interesting collections, our family's Lazy Lagoon (which was far from a lazy place for Grandpa Lewie!) and kickin' back a couple bucks no matter what the circumstances to his favorite grandkids—all of 'em! Kathy, Duane and Aaron Carey and Sue McKibben all fondly remember driving country roads...
Lana Renee Reed
Apr 6, 2010
Lana Reneè Reed, 45, died April 6, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. She was born Dec. 27, 1964 in Hutchinson to Excel and Mary Ann Thrasher Reed. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1983 and attended Hutchinson Community College. She graduated from Washburn University in 1990 with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. Lana was a member of...
Carolyn Mae Byers
Apr 5, 2010
Carolyn Mae Byers, 70, died Monday, April 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Born Oct. 3, 1939, at Earlton, to Claude C. and Veneta G. Claycomb Uhrig. She was a 1957 graduate of Plevna High School, belonged to First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. On Nov. 14, 1959, she married Larry E. Byers at Plevna Community Church. He survives....
Carole J. Brack
Apr 4, 2010
TURON - Carole J. Brack, 68, died Sunday, April 4, 2010, at Golden Plains Health Care. She was born Nov. 16, 1941, at Hays, to Bernie J. and Velma F. Lane Smith. She was a 1959 graduate of Holyrood High School. Carole had been a CMA at Hutchinson Hospital and several area nursing homes. On April 8, 1963, she married...
Gary L. Shuff, Sr.
Apr 4, 2010
Gary L. Shuff Sr., 78, died April 4, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 6, 1931, in Hutchinson, to Elvin and Wilma Bowman Shuff. He was a life-long Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. He worked at Dillons Bakery for 36 years. He also owned and operated the Hamburger Palaces in Hutchinson for...
Elizabeth Anna Terwey
Apr 4, 2010
Elizabeth Anna "Libby" Terwey died April 4, 2010, at 92 years and 357 days old in Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 12, 1917, in St. Rose, Minn., the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Martin Klosner. On Oct. 1, 1935, she married Clemens Terwey in St. Rose, Minn. He died Sept. 23, 2000. Survivors include: three sons, Donald and...
Leona Bell Entz
Apr 4, 2010
Leona Bell (Hoefer) Entz died April 4, 2010, after more than a century of living. She married "Toby" Entz on July 20, 1926. He died May 24, 1986. They were blessed with five children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Her shining hallmark was her profound and unswerving Christian faith and a half-century commitment to teach young children about...
Helen L. Johanning
Apr 2, 2010
Helen L. Johanning, 82, died April 2, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center ER, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 1, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Herbert and Gertrude Davis Aelmore. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1945. Helen was a former supervisor at the Palace Countryside Bowling Alley for many years. She also worked at the State Fair...
Robert W. Deffenbaugh
Mar 30, 2010
Robert W. Deffenbaugh, 83, of Hutchinson, formerly of Manhattan and Belleville, died March 30, 2010, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, the son of Elmer G. and Mary Ann Swartz Deffenbaugh. He graduated from Wooster High School and attended the University of Kansas. He was salesman and later state sales manager for MoorMan Feed for...
Ruth A. Zimmerman
Mar 30, 2010
Ruth A. Zimmerman, 94, died March 30, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 25, 1915 in Kingman to Richard F. and Emma Marie Guetschow Hillman. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1933. On April 27, 1935 she married Walter Ray Zimmerman at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wichita. He died March 4, 1983. She moved to...
Helen E. Corwin
Mar 29, 2010
Helen Eleanor Corwin, 78, died March 29, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 24, 1931, in Hutchinson. She was a homemaker. She had attended Westbrook Baptist Church. She married Lawrence Gene Corwin on Sept. 1, 1950, in Hutchinson. He died March 15, 2008. Survivors include: a son, Bruce Corwin and wife Lori, Kokomo, Ind.; a daughter,...
Vivian I. Wall
Mar 29, 2010
Vivian I. Wall, 75, died March 29, 2010, at St. Francis Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita. She was born Feb. 25, 1935, in Garden City, to Corwin and Irene Duncan Betts. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1952, moving here from Garden City. She was a graduate of Garden City High School in 1952 and a graduate of the Salt City...
Sharon A. Samms
Mar 28, 2010
Sharon A. Samms, 62, died March 28, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 26, 1947, in Kansas City, Mo., to Chester and Viola Cape Parker. She graduated from Partridge High School in 1965. She had been a CNA/HHA for both Disability Supports and Mennonite Manor. Sharon married George Edwin Samms Oct. 4, 1982, in Hutchinson. He...
George E. "Ed" Samms
Mar 28, 2010
George Edwin "Ed" Samms, 59, died March 28, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1950, in Philadelphia, to Loren A. and Helen G. Martin Samms. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1968. He married Sharon A. Buckridge Oct. 4, 1982, in Hutchinson. She also passed away March 28, 2010. Survivors include: a daughter, Kelli...
Mary E. "Mickie" Reinolds
Mar 25, 2010
Mary Elizabeth "Mickie" Reinolds, 86, died March 25, 2010. She fought a long and hard battle with lung cancer. She was born April 17, 1923, to Levi and Maude Shaffer Draucker in DuBois, Pa. Raised in Luthersburg, Pa., she entered the U.S. Army where she served as a military policewoman. During her service she met and married Bud Leffel Sr.,...
Matthew Don Brown
Mar 23, 2010
HUTCHINSON - Matthew Don Brown, 30, of Hutchinson, died March 23, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 20, 1980, in Ranger, TX, the son of Anthony "Tony" and Cindy Yeats Brown. He was a foreman and lineman for Bird Electric, Eastland, TX. He was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Okemah, Oklahoma....
Dennis L. Pauly
Mar 22, 2010
NICKERSON - Dennis L. Pauly, 56, died March 22, 2010, at his home in Nickerson. He was born May 25, 1953, in Wichita, to Cyril and Agnes Beat Pauly. He was raised in Cheney and moved to Nickerson in 1962. He was a graduate of Nickerson High School and Dodge City Community College with a degree in Agriculture. He farmed...
Loretta Beatrice Downard
Mar 22, 2010
Loretta Beatrice Downard, 72, died March 22, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 9, 1937, at her grandparents' home in Buhler, the daughter of Henry and Katheryn Hiebert Ediger Jr. She attended Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church, a 30-year volunteer...
Lorene V. Johnson
Mar 22, 2010
ABBYVILLE - Lorene Virginia Johnson, 88, died March 22, 2010, at Leisure Homestead in Stafford. She was born Feb. 27, 1922 at Ellinwood to Charles and Anna Malcom Kasselman. She was an Abbyville community resident since 1944, a member of Plevna Community Bible Church and homemaker and farm wife. On March 14, 1942 she married Ralph W. Johnson in Hutchinson....
George Zuk
Mar 20, 2010
George Zuk, 83, died March 20, 2010, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 10, 1926, in Detroit, Mich., to John and Mary Panchuk Zuk. He served in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, he was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell. He retired in 1991 after 39 years of service....
