James F. Hill
Dec 10, 2009
James F. Hill, 81, died Dec. 10, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 25, 1928, in Muskogee, Okla., the son of Frank and Sadie Simmons Hill. He was an independent plumber, having worked for several area companies in addition to running his own business. He was a member of Bethany Church of The Nazarene. He...
Patricia B. Nichols
Dec 9, 2009
Patricia Belle Nichols, 76, died Dec. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 20, 1933, in Hutchinson, to Patrick and Lucille May Walborn Devine. She was a Hutchinson resident and attended Hutchinson Schools. She was a homemaker; also was a day-care provider and had owned and operated the Dixie Dip 500 on South Main in...
Marie Biles
Dec 9, 2009
Marie Biles, 88, died Wednesday in Hutchinson. She was born November 18, 1921, at Glasco to William and Belle Olson Windhorst. She was a 1939 graduate of Glasco High School. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hutchinson and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. On April 25, 1942, she married Arlie G. Biles at Salina. He survives....
Donald L. Rose
Dec 8, 2009
Donald L. Rose, 76, died Dec. 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 4, 1933, in Ingalls, Kansas, the son of Theodore and Lena Warfield Rose. He graduated from Lewis High School and then attended Fort Hays State College. On June 7, 1953 he married Evelyn Rose Wight in Kinsley. He served with the KC97 Refueling Squadron...
Dwaine E. Newton
Dec 7, 2009
Dwaine Eldon Newton, 79, departed this life on Dec. 7, 2009. He was born Nov. 12, 1930, in Belpre, to Elvie Luther and Marjorie May Huchstep Newton. He attended school in Manter and graduated from Manter High School in 1948. He retired as safety manager of Collingwood Grain after 27 years. He belonged to the Carey Park Golf Course and...
Clarence W. Fry
Dec 6, 2009
Clarence William "Bill" Fry, 88, died December 6, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born August 15, 1921 at St. John, to Clarence C. and Thelma Beman Fry. He grew up in St. John and had graduated from St. John High School. He served in World War II, Navy, South Pacific. Following the war he worked at...
Craig Armstrong
Dec 6, 2009
Craig Armstrong, 44, died Dec. 6, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born on May 10, 1965, in Hutchinson, to Larry Don and Gloria R. Southards Armstrong. Survivors include: two sons, Christopher and Robert, both of Tulsa, Okla.; a stepdaughter, Stephanie Bonner, Tulsa, Okla.; parents, South Hutchinson; and a brother, Lawrence, Hutchinson. Cremation has taken place and no...
Frank L. Thomas
Dec 4, 2009
Frank L. Thomas, 85, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born on Nov. 8, 1924, in Wellington to George and Lena Thomas. He was a graduate of Wellington High School and the University of Colorado. He was a retired civil engineer with the Kansas Department of Transportation. He was a member of Park Place Christian...
Betty L. Bailey
Dec 4, 2009
Betty L. Bailey, 79, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born on Nov. 28, 1930, in Wichita to Gerald Hampson and Dorothy Louise Hutton Black. She was a retired bookkeeper for Bailey Auto Services. She was a member of First Christian Church. On May 1, 1950, she married Donald L. "Don" Bailey in Hutchinson. He died...
James Tilford Day
Dec 4, 2009
BRANSON WEST, Mo. - James Tilford Day, Branson West, Mo., son of Ward and Emma (Wenzel) Day, was born July 23, 1928, in Pretty Prairie, Kan., and departed this life Dec. 4, 2009, in his home, at the age of 81. James had lived in the area the past four years, coming from Hutchinson, Kan. He was a member of...
Alice A. Cox
Dec 3, 2009
Alice A. Cox, 81, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 3, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 25, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Dennis and Yozelle Leighty Sthole. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she attended schools in Hutchinson and was a member of Emanual Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. She was the owner and operator of Don's...
Judith A. Eckert
Dec 2, 2009
Judith Anne Bailey Eckert, 66, died December 2, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born May 23, 1943, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Fred E. and Thelma Q. Shuman Bailey. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1961. Judith attended Union Valley Bible Church. She was a retired cook. On September 16, 1961 she married Roger E. Eckert...
Ray E. Holmes
Dec 2, 2009
Ray E. Holmes, 85, died Dec. 2, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born May 11, 1924, at Utica to Fahey and Alma Ann McCartee Holmes. He graduated from Garden Home High School in Denver in 1941, and attended the University of Denver. He was a retired Vice President of the former Jackson Ice...
Sharon Jeanette Moore
Dec 2, 2009
ABBYVILLE - Sharon Jeanette Moore, 69, passed away Dec. 2, 2009. She was born Nov. 11, 1940, in Hutchinson, to Owen and Oral Hughbanks Hodges. She was a homemaker and was caretaker for many. On April 12, 1957, she married Allan Moore. He survives along with their sons, David and wife Tammy, Nickerson, Wade, Hutchinson, Brian and wife Janet, Newton,...
G. Dale Gleason
Dec 1, 2009
G. Dale Gleason, 78, of Hutchinson, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 24, 1931, at Ponca, Neb., the son of Glenn Arah and Edith Ann Swisher Gleason. He graduated from Ponca High School, Wayne State University, received his Master's Degree from University of Arkansas, and received his Doctorate at Washington State University in...
Richard R. Juarez
Dec 1, 2009
Richard R. "Rick" Juarez, 80, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 13, 1929, in Hutchinson, to Paulino and Paulina Rodriguez Juarez. He retired in 1992, from the Reno County Courthouse as the maintenance department head. He belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson. He served in the U.S. Army during the...
Albert W. West
Nov 30, 2009
Albert W. "Al" West, 85, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born December 29, 1923, at Richards, Missouri, to Charles Edgar and Elnora Jane Roberts West. He belonged to Riverside Baptist Church. He worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad and then A.D. Rayl Motor Company for 28 years, retiring 1988. On August 7, 1943,...
Jacob Donald Scheuermann
Nov 30, 2009
Jacob Donald Scheuermann, 87, died Nov. 30, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 27, 1921, in Hutchinson, to Jacob Donald and Leta Smith Scheuermann. He graduated in 1942, from Hutchinson High School. He was a former parts man for International Harvester, A.D. Rayl Ford, and Davis-Child Chevrolet, before retiring from PMS Foods in 1987. He...
John L. Cooney
Nov 30, 2009
John L. Cooney, 95, died Nov. 30, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 13, 1914, in Kane, Pa., to John L. and Catherine A. Daly Cooney, Sr. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1960. While living in Pennsylvania, he was a mechanical engineer with the Strutner-Wells Corporation and in Hutchinson he was the owner of the...
Alta M. Rice
Nov 28, 2009
Alta Marie Rice, 89, died Nov. 28, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Harper, to Guy and LuLu Hostetler Klinglesmith. She graduated from Attica High School in 1938. She worked at Hutch Floral for 15 years, and also at Caldwell Florists. Alta was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was...
