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Benny R. Hodges
Feb 13, 2010
Benny Ross Hodges, 59, Hutchinson, died Feb. 13, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 21, 1950, at Hutchinson, the son of Benny R. and Betty J. Snyder Hodges. He was a 1968 graduate of Buhler High School and had attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a resident of Hutchinson and an independent contractor. He belonged...
Brian J. Richardson
Feb 11, 2010
Brian J. Richardson, 30, died Feb. 11, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 2, 1979, in Hutchinson, to John Randall and Vonda Sue Weers Richardson. He was a lifelong Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1998. He worked for Royer Tree Service. Survivors include: his mother, Vonda S. Richardson, Hutchinson; a sister, Jen Cooley...
Robert D. Taylor
Feb 11, 2010
Robert Duane "Robbie" Taylor, 36, South Hutchinson, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 7, 1973, in Dodge City to Jerry Lee and Debbie Blake Taylor. He was raised in Salina and had attended Salina schools. Fishing was a favorite hobby. He was a construction worker for Maas Painting. Survivors include: a daughter,...
Margaret N. Stafford
Feb 11, 2010
NICKERSON - Margaret N. "Mar" Stafford, 89, Nickerson, died at her home Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. She was born March 6, 1920, in El Dorado, the daughter of Roland R. and Bernice E. Benson Wiley. She was a school librarian for USD 309 at the Mitchell and North Reno Schools. She was a graduate of El Dorado High School and...
Rebecca Gail Kerwood
Feb 10, 2010
BURRTON - Becky Kerwood, 56, died Feb. 10, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 22, 1953, in Sterling, to Joseph Edward and Lenora Emma Burch Kensley. She was a CNA with All Saints Home Care, Valley Center. She was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship, Secret Sisters and Ladies Fellowship both of the church. She...
Charles "Travis" Spencer
Feb 10, 2010
Charles "Travis" Spencer, 80, died Feb. 10, 2010, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 10, 1930, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy Lee and Rhoda Faye Rucker Spencer. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1948 and attended Hutchinson Community College. Travis served with the Army National Guard as a sergeant. He then worked for the Hutchinson...
Doris E. Hall
Feb 10, 2010
Doris E. Hall, 92, died Feb. 10, 2010, at Thorne Care Center. She was born July 3, 1917, in Hutchinson, to William A. and Mildred Feese Randles. She married F. Arthur "Art" Hall on Aug. 15, 1937, in Hutchinson. He died Aug. 5, 2004. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, American Legion Women's Auxiliary...
Michelene S. Dye
Feb 9, 2010
Michelene S. Dye, 60, died Feb. 9, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born April 29, 1949, to Jere and Dolores Jones Kemp. She graduated from Bethel College in 1996, with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and Drug and Alcohol Counseling. A resident of Hutchinson for almost 20 years, she had been a social worker at Bob...
Yozelle Unruh
Feb 8, 2010
Yozelle Unruh, 98, of Hutchinson, died Feb. 8, 2010. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, March 20, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church Chapel. Friends may sign her book 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at Elliott Morutary. Burial will be in Lone Star Cemetery. Yozelle was born Jan. 9, 1912, to John and Catherine Davis...
Marshall K. White
Feb 7, 2010
Marshall Kenneth White, 67, died Feb. 7, 2010, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 23, 1942, in Hutchinson, the son of Howard Kenneth and Edythe E. Marshall White. He graduated in 1961, from Hutchinson High School. He retired from Mega Manufacturing as a machinist in 2004. He belonged to the Kansas Bluegrass Association, International Dutch Oven Society and...
Florence F. Taggart
Feb 7, 2010
Florence F. Taggart, 106, died Feb. 7, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1903, in Philadelphia, Penn., the daughter of Elwood and Gertrude Mae Wolfe Fink. Florence graduated from East Denver High School in 1921. In 1922 she graduated from the Mary Lyon School for Girls, Philadelphia, Penn. and received her AB degree...
Doris Jane Sowers
Feb 5, 2010
Doris Jane Sowers, 72, of Hutchinson, died February 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1937, in Nemaha County, Nebraska, on the family farm. She was the daughter of Walter J. & Marjorie M. Hiatt Stenzel. She graduated from Hamburg High School, Hamburg, IA, and attended Peru State Teachers College, Peru, Nebraska. A Hutchinson and Lyons,...
Jarold "Jerry" Beach
Feb 5, 2010
Jarold "Jerry" Beach, 63, died Feb. 5, 2010, at his home in Columbus, Neb. He was born Nov. 7, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy E. "Leroy" and Bonnie M. Lemen Beach. He graduated in 1964, from Haven High School, Haven. A resident of Columbus, Neb., he was a Retired CWO4 Naval Officer, from the U.S. Navy, and was...
Everett H. Snowbarger
Feb 5, 2010
Everett H. Snowbarger, 90, died Feb. 5, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 18, 1919, in Sylvia to George and Clara Yust Snowbarger. He graduated from Sylvia High School in 1937. On Sept. 10, 1940, he married Gladys Margaret Moran in Sylvia. She died Jan. 4, 2006. Everett retired as President of Dillon Companies after 48 years....
Marlene D. Wilson
Feb 4, 2010
Marlene D. Wilson, 77, died January 4, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born December 18, 1932, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Harold and Olga Gultzow Bahns. She graduated from Davenport Central High School and later worked in the accounting department as a supervisor in bank reconcilement with the Deere and Company in Moline, Illinois. She...
Christopher Michael Henderson
Feb 3, 2010
NICKERSON - Christopher Michael "Topher" Henderson was born on March 28, 2003, in Dodge City, KS, on the two year anniversary of mommy and daddy's first date. Matt and Cori Blakeslee Henderson were ecstatic to bring their little boy home. He couldn't be any more loved by his family. On February 2, 2004, Christopher was diagnosed with multiple disabilities. It...
Robert Sallabedra
Feb 3, 2010
Robert "Bob" Sallabedra, 83, died Feb. 3, 2010, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Plevna, Kan., to Valentin and Valentina Reyes Sallabedra. He was a graduate of Sylvia High School and former operator at the Sylvia COOP. He spent many years as a roughneck in northern Kansas oilfields. He retired as department foreman...
Phyllis A. Moody
Feb 2, 2010
Phyllis A. Moody, 69, died Feb. 2, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1940, in Hutchinson to Frank Martin and Clementine Cardwell Imel. She was a lifetime Hutchinson area resident. A graduate of Buhler High School in 1958. She was a homemaker and preschool teacher. She was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church. She was a...
Esther Ruth Miller
Feb 2, 2010
Esther Ruth Miller, 87, died Feb. 2, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 20, 1923, in Labette County to Charles and Lillie Lawrence Heape. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. On Dec. 12, 1947, she married Walter Ellis Miller in Jennings, MO. He died Nov. 30, 1974. She was a homemaker and had...
Mary Ann Redger
Feb 1, 2010
Mary Ann Redger, 82, died Feb. 1, 2010, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 18, 1927, in Gray County, to Daniel and Dena Koehn Redger. She graduated from Cimarron High School in 1946. A resident of Hutchinson since Sept. 1946, she was in food service at the former Hutchinson Hospital until her retirement in 1991. Survivors include:...
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