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,...
Lee Ridge
Oct 10, 2009
Lee Ridge, 55, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Poteau, Okla. He was born July 21, 1954, in Dodge City, to Richard and Sara Carter Ridge. A resident of Hutchinson since 2000, coming from Dodge City, he worked for Mid States Supply. In Feb. 2001, he married Terri Walline in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: a son, Matthew Ridge, and...
Charles T. Mccoy, M.D.
Oct 9, 2009
Charles Thomas McCoy, M.D., 93, died Oct. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 2, 1916, at home in Partridge, to William Ross and Mary Etta Friend McCoy. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father a farmer. He was of Scotch, Irish, and German ancestry. He had a total of 20 years of schooling, plus...
Orlean K. Neufeld
Oct 8, 2009
Orlean K. Neufeld, 89, died October 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born December 9, 1919, in Okeene, OK the daughter of Fred and Esther Herbel Geis. She was graduate of Durham High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1940 moving from Durham, KS, she was a homemaker and a member of First Congregational Church. On December 6, 1946...
Mary J. Haen
Oct 7, 2009
Mary J. Haen, 56, died Oct. 7, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1952, in Hutchinson, to Bill J. and Charolean Willis Haen. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1970, then graduated from Sidney's Hairdressing College, and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifelong resident of Hutchinson, she had worked as a secretary for...
Lola A. Green
Oct 6, 2009
Lola A. Green, 83, died Oct. 6, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Aug. 24, 1926, Dighton, to Gustave Bruno and Anna Louise Bulk Weide. She graduated in 1944, from Yates Center High School. She was a homemaker and a retired cook at the former Liberty Junior High School. She belonged to the First Church of...
Billy R. Stiebens
Oct 5, 2009
Billy Ralph Stiebens, 73, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at his home. He was born June 9, 1936, at Frederick, Oklahoma the son of Ralph and Nellie Viola "Bobbie" Ulrich Stiebens. On June 16, 1955, he married Carlene Buchanan at Pueblo, Colo. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Johnny Ralph, McPherson, and Timothy Paul and his wife Diana, Hutchinson;...
