Charlotte Bertha Regehr
Sep 6, 2009
Charlotte Bertha Ringer Regehr died Sept. 6, 2009, at Hester Care Center, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 15, 1922, to Charles and Bertha Bower Ringer near Quinter, Kan. Her ready smile and positive attitude were a source of strength to all who knew her. Charlotte graduated from St. Elizabeth Nursing School and worked many years...
Harold A. "Rocky" Rauckman
Sep 6, 2009
Harold August "Rocky" Rauckman, 88, died Sep. 6, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 9, 1921, at Medford, Okla., the son of William G. and Esther Lena Arning Rauckman. They preceded him in death. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939. He was an automobile mechanic working for Welborns Supply while in school. He also...
Howard D. Stucky
Sep 4, 2009
Howard Dean Stucky, 78, a former resident of Penalosa and Hutchinson, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 4, 2009, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born February 12, 1931, in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, the youngest son of Amos and Ida Graber Stucky. He attended school in Penalosa, Cunningham, and graduated from Lawrence High School in...
Norma L. Keast
Sep 4, 2009
Norma Lee Henson Anthony Keast, 79, died Sept. 4, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Aug. 17, 1930, in Hutchinson, to Ivan and Violet May Lawrence Fairbanks. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Feb. 14, 1995, she married Kenneth Keast in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: six sons, Charles Henson, Huntsville, Ala., James...
Harry R. Foster
Sep 4, 2009
Harry R. Foster, 66, died September 4, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born December 26, 1942, in Sterling, Ks, the son of Arthur Ross and Doris Magoffin Foster. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Kansas State. Harry was a finance cost analyst at Boeing for 32 years, retiring in 1998. He was an avid golfer. On...
James O. Vrana
Sep 3, 2009
WINDOM - James O. "Jim" Vrana, 53, died Sept. 3, 2009, at his home, Windom. He was born Nov. 27, 1955, in Wichita, the son of Othal Dean and Betty Jean Dutton Vrana. He graduated from Hutchinson Community College in 1996. A resident of Windom for 24 years, he was an Independent property manager. He belonged to the Andover Lutheran...
Patricia A. "Pat" Cotton
Sep 3, 2009
Patricia Ann Cotton, age 72, peacefully passed away, after a brief illness, on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009, while surrounded by her loving family. On October 9, 1956, Pat married Billy G. Cotton and walked hand-in-hand with him for over 49 years. Today...they again walk hand-in-hand on streets of pure gold. Pat and Billy had a long and wonderful life together...
Lorene L. Mcmurray
Sep 2, 2009
Lorene L. McMurray, 84, died Sept. 2, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 7, 1925, in Tonkawa, Okla., the daughter of Jesse and Amelia Horcheimer Bradley. She was a 1943 graduate of Madison High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, moving here with her husband and family from El Dorado, she was a homemaker and had...
Tina M. Devena-Price
Aug 30, 2009
OLATHE - Tina Marie Devena-Price, 47, died August 30, 2009, in Olathe, due to Multiple Sclerosis. Tina was born April 25, 1962, in Hutchinson to Wayne Devena and Sharon Price. Tina is survived by: her daughter, Maguire Dyson, Hutchinson; father and stepmother, Wayne and Sally Devena, Buhler; mother and stepfather, the Rev. Sharon and the Rev. Ralph Price, Sterling, Ill.;...
Carol J. Moeder
Aug 29, 2009
Carol J. Moeder, 72, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1937, in Hutchinson, to Carl A. and Esther Randol Kornstett. She graduated in 1955 from Hutchinson High School. She had been a bookkeeper for both Nash Finch, as well as Wells Aircraft, retiring in 1997 from Wells Aircraft. She belonged to...
Audraff Kimball
Aug 29, 2009
STRATFORD, Texas - Audraff Kimball, 96, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Coldwater Manor Nursing Home, Stratford, Texas. She resided at the Good Samaritan Lodge in Hutchinson, Kan., the preceding nine years, where she had many good friends. Audraff was affectionately known as "Audie" to her family and friends. Born on Aug. 5, 1913, in Bulyea, Saskatchewan, Canada, she was the...
Layna M. Andrews
Aug 28, 2009
Layna Mae Kelly Andrews ceased her suffering and joined her husband of nearly 65 years, Jack, on Friday, August 28, 2009, at Good Samaritan Village in Hutchinson. She was born at Newton, KS, November 30, 1922, to James Frank and Mossella Gladys Vassar Kelly. She attended school in Hutchinson. On March 24, 1941, she married Jack H. Andrews in McPherson,...
Brenda J. "B.J." Ibach Barr
Aug 26, 2009
Brenda J."B.J." Ibach Barr, 65, died August 26, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born February 2, 1944, in Riverton, Wyoming, the daughter of Elmer Clinton and Evelyn Pearl Conley Ibach. A Hutchinson resident since 1965 she was a machinist at Cessna. She later owned the Sportsman Bar & Grill in Hutchinson and then worked for the Fiesta Grande....
Maxine E. Steele
Aug 26, 2009
Maxine E. Steele, 94, died Aug. 26, 2009, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 22, 1915, in Lyons, the daughter of Frank W. and Millie Blanch Snodgrass Hubbard. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident and a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1932. She was a homemaker. She was also a member of the First United Methodist...
Dorothy E. Eberhart
Aug 26, 2009
Dorothy E. Eberhart, 92, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 27, 1916, in rural Ellinwood, to Jacob and Martha Stockman Eberhart. She was a waitress and co-owner of Waxy's Café in Ellinwood for 40 years. She moved to Hutchinson in 1986. Survivors include: daughter Pamela Jennings, Hutchinson; niece who Dorothy raised Eileen...
Brenda J. Ibach-Barr
Aug 26, 2009
Brenda J. "B.J." Ibach-Barr, 65, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1944, in Riverton, Wyo., the daughter of Elmer Clinton and Evelyn Pearl Conley Ibach. A Hutchinson resident since 1965, she was a machinist at Cessna. She later owned the Sportsman Bar and Grill in Hutchinson and then worked for the Fiesta Grande....
Lynda J. Galemore
Aug 25, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Lynda J. Galemore, 61, died Aug. 25, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born June 16, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clive and Merla Gregg Cunday. A life-long Hutchinson area resident, she was a CNA at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. Prior to that, she was a beautician. She was a...
Opal M. Corey
Aug 24, 2009
Opal M. Corey, 93, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 24, 2009, at the Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 26, 1916, at South Hutchinson, the daughter of Jay R. and Sadie Thomas Perry. She attended schools in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School in the Class of 1934. She was a former employee of The Wiley Tea...
James Lee Strong
Aug 23, 2009
James Lee Strong, 81, died August 23, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 8, 1927 in Webster Grove, MO to Roma and Gladys Luna Strong. He married Carmelita June Patrick in Portland, Oregon on May 20, 1950. She died Jan. 24, 2002. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a truck driver, driving for Friesen, Western Foods...
Margie N Eikleberry
Aug 22, 2009
Margie N. Eikleberry, 86, died Aug. 22, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1923 in Conway to Izella and Samantha Irweese Ring Rathbun. On Feb. 6, 1943 she married William Keith Eikleberry in Hutchinson. He died June 4, 2002. Margie was a homemaker and she belonged to the First Southern Baptist Church in Hutchinson. Survivors include...
