G. Leroy Peterson
Jul 30, 2009
G. LeRoy Peterson, 84, died July 30, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Rocky Ford, Colo., to George LeRoy and Ilene Burgess Peterson. LeRoy graduated from Windom High School in 1942. A Hutchinson resident since 2000, coming from Inman, he was a farmer and retired from Home Petroleum Underground Storage in Conway. On...
Ivan Yutzy
Jul 29, 2009
YODER - Ivan Yutzy, 86, died July 29, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 16, 1923 at Limon, Colo., the son of Reuben and Catherine Troyer Yutzy. He moved with his family to Reno County in 1936. He, along with his brothers Paul and Gilbert, purchased Roth Food Locker in Yoder in 1965 and it became...
D. Densmore Shute Hart
Jul 27, 2009
Denny Hart's love for his family, banking and golf were his most visible pursuits, but his passion for helping people in need drove him in quiet ways. "He loved to help the common man, and it was pretty much without notice," said Ernie Beaudet, who worked at Hart's Bank of Kansas for 33 years. Born D. Densmore Shute Hart on...
Kenneth Scott Angell
Jul 26, 2009
Kenneth Scott Angell, 59, died July 26, 2009 at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1949 in Hutchinson to Frank S. and Norma M. Scott Angell. He graduated from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY in 1970. He also graduated from Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. After 22 years of service with Reno County Law Enforcement, Kenneth retired as...
Velma L. Thode
Jul 26, 2009
NICKERSON - Velma Louise Thode, 93, died July 26, 2009, at Good Samaritan, Lyons. She was born May 15, 1916, at the rural farm home of her parents, Michael and Mary Yaple Blanchfield. She gradauated from Sterling High School in 1934 and then went to work at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson, in the office. She married Victor Thode in a...
Julita Marie Rumback
Jul 25, 2009
Julita Marie Rumback, 83, died July 25, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 29, 1926, in Park, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Peter and Julia Anna Mader Weigel. She attended schools in Monument, Kansas. A resident of Hutchinson since 1953, she was a homemaker. Julita was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, the St....
Bruce J. Dempsey
Jul 25, 2009
HOUSTON, Texas - Bruce J. Dempsey, 57, died July 25, 2009, at his home in Houston. He was born May 12, 1952, in Hutchinson, the son of Jack and Charline Buckbee Dempsey. He attended South Hutchinson Grade School and was a 1970 graduate of Newton High School. A resident of Houston, he was district manager for Dacor Appliances in Houston....
Eva I. Kirchoff
Jul 23, 2009
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Eva Ilean Kirchoff, 87, died July 23, 2009, at Center Point Hospital, Independence, Mo. She was born November 20, 1921, in Pawnee City, Neb., the daughter of Floyd J. and Irene B. Dort Wilson. She worked for Gibson's Department Store, retiring after 26 1/2 years. She was a member of Park Place Christian Church, where she was...
Donna I. Story
Jul 21, 2009
Donna I. Story died July 21, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 20, 1935, in Great Bend, to James Wilbur and Elizabeth McMullen Cruse. She retired from Eaton after 25 years. On Aug. 13, 1960, she married Delbert E. Story in Las Vegas. He preceded her in death. Survivors include: son Terry and wife Pam, Hutchinson; grandsons,...
Virginia S. Davis
Jul 17, 2009
Virginia S. Davis, 86, died July 17, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 26, 1922, in Vandalia, Mo., the daughter of Alfred L. and Elizabeth A. Williams Darnell. She graduated from Little River High School, Little River. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Russell in 1986, and returned to Hutchinson in October 2008....
William F. "Bill" Weesner
Jul 16, 2009
William F. "Bill" Weesner, 82, died July 16, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 6, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of Arthur "Bud" and Margaret Ann Jones Weesner. Bill graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943 and then joined the United States Marines Corps, serving in World War II and the Korean War. He then transferred to...
Bobbie Loehr
Jul 16, 2009
HAVEN - Bobbie Loehr, 53, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. Born November 12, 1955, she was the daughter of Billie H. and Martha Jean Hearn Venters. She was a homemaker. A 1973 graduate of Haven High School. She belonged to the River Rats. November 27, 1974, she married Mark A. Loehr in Hutchinson. He...
Tommy G. Delventhal
Jul 15, 2009
Tommy G. Delventhal, 80, died July 15, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 27, 1929 to Fred H. "Jack" & Arvilla Mae Toms Delventhal. He served in the United States Army during WWII and the Korean War. On Jan. 30, 1950 he married Marjorie L. Roberts in Eureka Springs, Ark. She died Sept. 23, 2008. A lifetime...
Charles O. Fallis
Jul 14, 2009
Charles O. Fallis, 77, died July 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Russell R. and Mabel Mattics Fallis. Charles served as a corporal with the Army during the Korean War and then transferred and retired with the Navy Reserves. He worked as a machinist with the Cessna/Eaton...
Ewell W. "Wimpy" Lintecum
Jul 13, 2009
Ewell W. "Wimpy" Lintecum, 85, died July 13, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 20, 1923, in Englevale, to Bryan and Adah Elliott Lintecum. He graduated in 1941, from Pretty Prairie High School, attended Sterling College, Sterling, and Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. He had been a meat cutter for many years, retiring at the age of...
Jane I. Carroll
Jul 11, 2009
Jane I. Carroll, 88, died July 11, 2009, at Hester Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born May 2, 1921, in Kinsley, the third daughter of Frank Joseph and Etta Marie Tolley Bishop. Her family went to California in 1923, returning to Kansas in 1931. Jane graduated from Kinsley High School in 1939. She married J.D. Carroll at the...
Ernest E. Anderson
Jul 10, 2009
Ernest "Ernie" "Andy" E. Anderson, 67, died July 10, 2009, at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1941, in Providence, District of Columbia, Washington D.C., to William L. and Esther Delores DeVers Anderson. He retired from Ark Valley Electric in 2004 after 22 years, and had worked for Hutchinson Bottling Co., and Meadow Gold Milk and Morton Salt. He...
Arthur William Mezger
Jul 10, 2009
Arthur William Mezger "Art" passed peacefully from this life on Friday, July 10, 2009, at Mother's and Others Home Care, where he had resided for the past two months. He was born August 27, 1917, in Raymond, Kansas, to C.F. and Freda Hauer Mezger, the fourth of seven children. Art attended schools in and around Raymond, Kansas, and graduated from...
Hadley G. Capps
Jul 9, 2009
Hadley Gale Capps, 80, died July 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 28, 1928, in Versailles, Mo., the son of Charlie Franklin and Rosa May McGowin Capps. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, he was a retired contractor of Capps Construction. He was of the Lutheran Faith. On Nov. 13, 1947, he married Rosalie...
Martha E. Decker
Jul 5, 2009
Martha E. Decker, 99, of Hutchinson, died Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born November 11, 1909, in St. Joseph, Mich., the daughter of Albert and Minnie Tushling Marutz. She attended schools in St. Joseph. She was a homemaker. On May 12, 1934, she married Cecil V. Decker in St. Joseph, Mich. He died June...
