Robert D. Bontrager
Jan 31, 2010
Robert Dean Bontrager, 63, died Jan. 31, 2010, at Hospice House. He was born Feb. 2, 1946, in Reno County, the son of William E. and Polly Bontrager. A lifetime resident of the Yoder/Hutchinson area, he worked for Betts Bakery before his retirement. He was a member of the bakery union, and greatly enjoyed NASCAR races. He is survived by...
Edna V. Higdon
Jan 30, 2010
Edna V. Higdon, 95, died Jan. 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1914, in Nowata, Okla. to William Thomas and Anna Bell Reddington Mills. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a 1933 graduate of Wilson High School, Wilson, Okla. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Eastwood Church of Christ. On...
Kenneth J. Heinrich
Jan 29, 2010
Kenneth J. Heinrich, 77, died Friday, January 29, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born September 29, 1932, in Grainfield, KS, to Gabriel and Mary Alma Engel Heinrich. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1951. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War discharging as a Staff Sgt., he had lived in the Burrton/Haven area for 39 years,...
Olive W. Milner
Jan 28, 2010
Olive W. Milner, 77, died Jan. 28, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born September 18, 1932, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Oliver and Gertrude Waggener. She was raised in Western Springs, Ill., graduating from Lyons Township High School. She continued her education at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., receiving a degree in education. She earned...
Maxine Locke
Jan 27, 2010
ARLINGTON - Maxine Locke, 96, died January 27, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 25, 1913, in Syracuse, KS, the daughter of Arba Clayton and Blanche Wallis Groome Ferris. She was raised in the Monitor Community in McPherson County. She came to Arlington to teach and has been a resident since 1938. She was a...
Ladd K. Noyes
Jan 26, 2010
Ladd K. Noyes, 48, died Jan. 26, 2010, at his home. He was born Nov. 25, 1961, in Hutchinson, to Ralph and Mary Lou Daugherty Noyes. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was most recently employed at Wesley Towers, and previously worked at Tiffany House. Ladd graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1980, and from Hutchinson Community College in 1982, with...
Glen W. Mathias
Jan 25, 2010
Glen W. Mathias, 74, died Jan. 25, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, completing his journey on earth and entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was born on Jan. 2, 1936, in Stafford, to Harvey Merle and Lola Toms Mathias. He was a retired employee with the Kansas Department of Transportation, working there for...
Colleen A. Scheffer
Jan 25, 2010
Colleen A. Scheffer, 57 died January 25, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was a longtime resident of Hutchinson Care Center. Cremation has taken place. Elliott Mortuary & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
William Victor "Bill" Pierson
Jan 23, 2010
William Victor "Bill" Pierson, 57, died January 23, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born April 17, 1952, in Flint, Michigan, the son of Clyde Allison and Maurine Henrietta Buggeln Pierson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1970. Bill then joined the Air Force, serving in Vietnam and retiring as a Tech Sergeant after nearly 20 years...
Iola M. Howe
Jan 23, 2010
Iola Marie Howe, 100, died Jan. 23, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 9, 1910, in Concordia, Mo., to Adolf G. and Nona B. Finch Hartwig. She was a 1929 graduate from Vona High School, Vona, Colo. On Oct. 22, 1929, she married Henry Howe in Burlington, Colo. He died Nov. 3, 1993. Iola and Henry lived...
Billy J. Smith
Jan 21, 2010
Billy J. Smith, 89, died Jan. 21, 2010, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 14, 1920, in Hutchinson, to Samuel C. and Emma Dale Smith. He attended schools in Wichita. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a machinist with Cessna Fluid Power and retired from Eaton Corporation after 30 years. He belonged to the First Christian Church. He...
Ruben M. Murillo
Jan 20, 2010
Ruben M. Murillo, 73, died Jan. 20, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 12, 1936, in Hanover, N.M., to Baldomero M. "B.M." and Adela Monje Murillo. A resident of Hutchinson since 1957, he was with Hartman's Manufacturing for 18 years before its closing. He spent 20 years as a warehouseman for Dillons Warehouse, retiring 11...
Pauline Gisel
Jan 19, 2010
Pauline Gisel, 90, died Jan. 19, 2010, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born July 22, 1919, in Sterling, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde William and Sigrid Alfreda Sthole Crutchfield. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. Pauline then worked as a secretary for Bartlett, Settle and Edgerle for over 40 years. She was a member...
Bertie Hughs
Jan 18, 2010
Bertie Hughs, 70, died Monday Jan. 18, 2010, at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born Oct. 10, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Lloyd Alvin and Ruth Carolyn Ramsey Hammar. She was a graduate of Bucklin, Kan. High School in 1957, and the Adela Hale Business College in 1958. She was a secretary at Cessna and later Eaton Corp. for 30...
Iva F. Straley
Jan 17, 2010
Iva Faye Straley, 91, died Jan. 17, 2010, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 14, 1918, in Castleton to George Henry and Rosaline Virginia Levin White. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1937. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she worked for Cessna Aircraft doing aircraft woodwork, and was a salesperson for C.R. Anthony, and 18 years for J.C....
Jerry P. Nichols
Jan 17, 2010
Jerry P. Nichols, 88, Hutchinson, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 11, 1921, to George and Harriett M. Haynes Nichols at Hutchinson. He was a 1939 Hutchinson High School graduate, a charter member of Paganica Country Club, a lifetime musician playing the drums in several dance bands, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post...
John L. Torrez
Jan 17, 2010
John L. Torrez, 92, died Jan. 17, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 8, 1917, the son of Pablo Martinez and Candelaria Lopez Torrez. John graduated from Hoisington High School in 1938 and then served in World War II as a Corporal with the Army. He worked as a grain elevator operator with Jim Barrett...
Baby Roberto Jorge "R.J." Rojas
Jan 14, 2010
Baby Roberto Jorge "R.J." Rojas was born prematurely at 23 weeks on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, to his parents, Jorge and Jennifer Rojas at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He weighed 1 pound, 8 ounces and was 12 inches long. After 37 short days here on Earth, Roberto died peacefully in his loving parents' arms, while in the...
John F. Hayes
Jan 14, 2010
John F. Hayes, a local attorney, died January 14, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, at the age of 90. He was born in Salina, Kansas, on December 11, 1919, the only child of J. Frank and Helen Dye Hayes. Hayes graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College, Washburn University and Washburn Law School. He was a member...
Phyllis E. Schmidt
Jan 13, 2010
Phyllis E. Schmidt, 76, died Jan. 13, 2010, at St. Francis, Wichita. She was born April 17, 1933, in Manson, Iowa, the daughter of Emery and Edna Peterson Egli. She attended Hesston College and then graduated in 1955 from LaJunta Mennonite School of Nursing, LaJunta, and Colo., as a Registered Nurse. She was a former resident of Greensburg, Rocky Ford,...
