Donald H. "Don" Diggs
Sep 19, 2009
Donald Howard Diggs, 75, died September 19, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born February 14, 1934, in Sterling, to William Howard and Minnie Anna Proffitt Diggs. He was a truck driver for Dillon's Warehouse. He married Connie Lynn Kelley on April 9, 2004, in Newton. She survives. Other survivors include: three sons, Steve, Yukon, Okla., Jeff, Wichita,...
Merle "Duane" Spencer, Sr.
Sep 18, 2009
Merle "Duane" Spencer Sr., 78, died Friday Sept. 18, 2009, surrounded by family at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 25, 1930 in Ensign, Ks, the son of Murle F. and J. Frances Sutton Spencer. On June 7, 1956, he married Mona B. Thornton. She survives. Other survivors include; daughters, Deborah S. Green and husband Michael, Karen L....
Joann Dennis
Sep 17, 2009
PLEVNA - JoAnn Dennis, 67, went to be with Our Lord, Sept. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 4, 1942, to Harry Wesley and Myrtle Mae Horton Teeter at Garden City. She had been a secretary at the FSA Office, Garden City; Dillon Corporate Office, Hutchinson; and then 20 years at USD #310, Fairfield, retiring in...
Jason Lee Willis
Sep 17, 2009
Jason Lee Willis, 32, loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle and grandson, died Sept. 17, 2009 in Denver, Colo. He was born Sept. 22, 1976, in Hutchinson, the son of Denton Willis and Janet Gulotta. A resident of Hutchinson, he was an independent construction worker. He was an avid video game player and a brilliant artist. On May 31, 2003,...
Greta P. Adkins
Sep 17, 2009
Greta P. Adkins, 74, died Sept. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 25, 1935, in Independence, the daughter of Henry Christian and Olga Miessler Meyer. A resident of Hutchinson, she retired after 37 years as a teacher. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hutchinson. On Feb. 14, 1959, she married William Adkins in Independence....
Julida Helton
Sep 16, 2009
Julida Helton, 53, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 16, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 28, 1955, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Julio and Georgia Caudillo Cantu. A lifelong Reno County resident, she was a CMA at Dillon Living Center. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She attended school...
Helen Roberta Ludlow
Sep 14, 2009
Helen Roberta Ludlow, 85, died Sept. 14, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Dec. 1, 1923, in Hutchinson, to J. Arthur and Hilma Edlund Johnson. She graduated from Haven High School. She was a homemaker She attended Emanuel Lutheran Church. She was a yard work enthusiast. On April 8, 1944, she married Francis W. "Eddie" Ludlow in...
Ruthie Clark Stevens
Sep 13, 2009
Ruthie Clark Stevens, 56, died Sept. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 8, 1953, in Tribune, to Oscar and Ruth Hagerman Aytes. She earned an Associate's Degree from Hutchinson JUCO. She volunteered with many organizations and worked as an intake night person at Bob Johnson's and cooked at New Beginnings. Ruthie belonged to Riverside...
Maurice R. Lawson
Sep 13, 2009
Maurice R. Lawson, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at Buhler Sunshine Home. He was born Feb. 7, 1915, to Nat and Eva M. Hesseltine Lawson. He was a 1932 graduate of Penalosa High School. He had attended Hutchinson Jr. College and graduated from Ft. Hays State University in 1939. He was farmer and stockman in the Penalosa Community. He...
Norman G. Alstatt
Sep 12, 2009
Norman G. Alstatt, 69, died Sept. 12, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 20, 1939, in Lindsborg, to Herman and Florine Harris Alstatt. He graduated in 1957, from Marquette High School, Marquette. He was retired from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in 2001, as a corrections officer, and had been an employee of Morton Salt Company...
Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes
Sep 11, 2009
Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes, 88, died September 11, 2009. She was born May 25, 1921 the daughter of Albert and Phoebe James Gibson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939 and attended Hutchinson JUCO. A longtime Hutchinson resident she had worked for Baize and Sons Jewelry, was the manager for the Emporium and retired from Dillard's at the age...
Kermit D. Engelland
Sep 9, 2009
STERLING - Kermit D. Engelland, 73, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at Lyons Hospital. He was born March 18, 1936, in Rural Rice County, to Ansel and Elsie Stange Engelland. He was a farmer and stockman in the Sterling community. He belonged to Midland United Church of Christ and CKYC Yacht Club. On March 18, 1955, he married Betty Jean...
Meri Jane Brauer
Sep 9, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Meri Jane Brauer, 55, died Sept. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 1, 1954, in Nickerson, the daughter of Richard and Luann Haxton Alexander. She was a 1972 graduate of Nickerson High School. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a pharmacy technician for Ashcraft Pharmacy in South Hutchinson. She belonged...
Mahlon Wagler
Sep 8, 2009
Mahlon Wagler, 88, died Sept. 8, 2009 at his home. He was born July 3, 1921 in Partridge to Peter and Barbara Yoder Wagler. On August 14, 1949 he married Mary Yoder in Hutchinson. She died Jan. 14, 1997. On Oct. 17, 1998 he married Ida Schmucker in Hutchinson. She survives. He was a member of the Cedar Crest Amish...
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...
