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...
James Eugene Hill
Aug 22, 2009
PRETTY PRAIRIE - James Eugene Hill, 82, died Aug. 22, 2009, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Beloit, to James Eugene and Isabel Irene Werts Hill. He was the retired owner of Prairie Roofing Company. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and was stationed at Harpers Ferry. On...
Merreta "Mert" Vanalstine
Aug 22, 2009
Merreta M. "Mert" Vanalstine, 83, passed away August 22, 2009 at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born January 12, 1926 at home in Sylvia, Ks, the daughter of Jesse and Farrah Young Keesling. Mert worked at Hutchinson National Bank for 40 years, serving 20 years as the secretary in farm management retiring in 1994. She was a...
Alice M. Pratt
Aug 15, 2009
Alice M. Pratt, 96, of Hutchinson, died August 15, 2009, at Elm Grove Assisted Living Center in Hutchinson. She was born November 22, 1912, in Sheldon, Mo., the daughter of Earnest and Jessie Aue Creamer. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Westbrook Baptist Church. She married Lester O. Pratt on October 13, 1930, in Winfield. He died...
Arlan E. "Gene" Hurd
Aug 14, 2009
ALTUS, Okla. - Arlan E. "Gene" Hurd, 68, died Aug. 14, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 16, 1940, in Kingman, the son of Arthur W. and Ethel Logsdon Hurd. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. He served in the United States Air Force for 26 years, retiring as a Master Sgt. He was then...
Dorothy May Corley
Aug 13, 2009
Dorothy May Corley, 88, died Aug. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Middleburg, Md., the daughter of Wilbur and Ada May Frounfelter Stonesifer. A beautician and homemaker, she was a member of the First Congregational Church and loved to spend time with her friends playing Bingo at Delos V. Smith Senior...
George T. "Bud" Janner
Aug 13, 2009
George "Bud" Janner, 74, died Aug. 13, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 18, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo., to George T. Janner Jr. and Lois White Janner. He graduated in 1953 from Hutchinson High School, and graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1941, moving from Kansas City, he had worked for Zephyr...
