Verda V. Hall
Jul 4, 2009
Verda V. Hall, 91, died July 4, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 25, 1918, in Hunter, to Fred and Julia May Stewart. She had been a resident of Hutchinson since 1940. She had worked at Frank's Clothing Store, Collins Industries and the Coberly Drug Store Post Office Substation from 1982 to 1996. She belonged to Trinity...
Charles R. Atwater
Jul 3, 2009
Charles R. Atwater, 85 of Hutchinson, KS, passed into eternity on July 3, 2009. He was born in Boston, MA. His siblings were Joe, Helen and Robert. Charles spent his early years in Boston, and in January 1943, he served his country in the US Signal Corps where he was stationed in India. On July 4, 1949, he married Betty...
Patricia J. "Patsy" Gallagher
Jul 1, 2009
TOPEKA - Patricia J. "Patsy" Gallagher, 74, died July 1, 2009, at Eventide Convalescent Center, Topeka. She was born Dec. 20, 1934, in Melbourne, Ark., to A.V. and Mary Estes Rector. She graduated in 1950 from Toronto High School and then later attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. A longtime resident of Topeka, she was a homemaker. She belonged...
Katie Mae Depew
Jun 30, 2009
Katie Mae Depew, 66, slipped peacefully from the loving arms of her family into the loving arms of her Savior June 30, 2009, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 17, 1943, in rural Hutchinson, to John and Fannie Bontrager Helmuth. A member of the South Hutchinson Mennonite Church, she was a co-owner of Bill's Sewing Sales & Service....
H. Lee Isenagle
Jun 30, 2009
H. Lee Isenagle, 87, of Hutchinson, died June 30, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born November 11, 1921, in Akron, Ks the son of Homer Clark and Stella Mae Weigle Isenagle. He graduated in 1939, from Winfield High School, Winfield, Ks, and attended Bradley College, Peoria, Illinois. He moved to Hutchinson in 1950, from Winfield. Lee...
James C. "Jim" Westfahl
Jun 29, 2009
James "Jim" C. Westfahl, 73, retired design engineer for Cessna Fluid Power Div., Hutchinson and Eaton Corporation, Eden Prairie, Minn., for 36 years died June 29, 2009. He was born at Stafford, the son of Henry H. and Mattie Nation Westfahl. He lived at Arlington, Kan., during his youth. He was a graduate of Arlington High School and LeTourneau Technical...
M. Ernestine Sullivan
Jun 26, 2009
ARLINGTON - M. Ernestine Sullivan, 92, died June 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 8, 1916, in Arlington to Jesse James and Myrtle Elizabeth Ousley Stull. She graduated from Arlington High School in 1934. On July 15, 1935, she married Dallas Jackson Sullivan in Arlington. He died Dec. 28, 1994. They lived in Hays...
Shirley Arlene Mcclure
Jun 26, 2009
Shirley Arlene McClure, 79, died June 26, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born August 20, 1929, in rural Marion County near Peabody, the daughter of Stanley Perlee and Hazel Evalina VanTuyl McClave. Shirley attended Peabody Grade School and graduated from Peabody High School in 1947. She then graduated from Kansas City Secretarial School in 1948. She worked as...
Harold E. Erichsen, Sr.
Jun 25, 2009
Harold E. Erichsen Sr., 85, died June 25, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born January 7, 1924, on the family farm near Junction City, the son of Albert and Ruth Snell Erichsen. He graduated from Junction City High School in 1941. A farmer and stockman, he enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was a member of Our Redeemer...
Martin V. Watkins
Jun 24, 2009
Martin V. Watkins, 80, died June 24, 2009, at the Indian Meadows Nursing Home in Overland Park after a three-year battle with a traumatic head/brain injury. He was born July 3, 1928, at Agency, Mo., the son of Price and Bessie Fletcher Watkins. He graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo. and later attended Platte Business College in...
Lois June Funderburg
Jun 24, 2009
Lois June Funderburg, 93, died June 24, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1916, in Turon, the daughter of Guy Ira and Iva Grace Lenegar Geesling. She graduated in 1934 from Turon High School, Turon. She was a secretary for the Kansas Lung Association for 30-plus years. She belonged to First United Methodist Church, was...
Rosanna Ruth Spencer Grandon
Jun 22, 2009
Rosanna Ruth Spencer Grandon, 79, died June 22, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 13, 1929, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Jay Emery and Barbara Ruth Updegrove Baker. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and then became a telephone operator and dispatcher for Southwestern Bell, retiring in 1982 after 33 years. She was a member of Bethany...
Betty Crabbs Eastman
Jun 19, 2009
Betty Crabbs Eastman, 86, died June 19, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutch- inson. She was born Oct. 8, 1922, in Oil Hill, to Wilbur and Mary Flora Elliott. She was a homemaker. She belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. On April 10, 1940, she married John M. Crabbs in Arlington. He died May 10, 1968. On Oct....
Lucille F. Renner
Jun 18, 2009
Lucille F. Renner, 87, died June 18, 2009, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born April 14, 1922, in Huntsville, to Byron Elbert and Sarah Jane Cramer Hunt. She graduated from Plevna High School on May 18, 1939. She was the USD No. 308 Food Service Manager for 21 years, until her retirement on July 1, 1987. She belonged to...
Harriet L. Jones
Jun 18, 2009
Harriet L. Jones, 89, died June 18, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born October 25, 1919, in Hope, Ks, the daughter of Charles Oliver and Lettie Elizabeth Silvius Kauffman. She was a graduate of Abilene High School, Abilene, and attended Emporia State Teacher's College, Emporia. A Hutchinson resident since 1947, she was a cook for U.S.D. 308, retiring...
John R. Baker
Jun 17, 2009
John R. "Johnny" Baker, 69, of Hutchinson, died June 17, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 22, 1939, in Great Bend, the son of John W. "Jack" and Velma E. Hopper Baker. He was a 1957 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was retired from the Maintenance Dept. at Doskocil's....
Reuben W. Daniel
Jun 17, 2009
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Reuben W. Daniel, 89, died June 17, 2009 at Lafayette, Ind. He was born Aug. 15, 1919 in Syracuse, Kansas the son of Wayne and Lillie Coghill Daniel. Reuben graduated from Stafford High School, Stafford, Kansas and Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the Army from 1943 to 1946....
John Jay Bowman
Jun 16, 2009
John J. Bowman, 57, died June 16, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 11, 1952, in Austria, the son of Gee Jay and Anna M. Ainhirn Bowman. He moved to Hutchinson in 1969 and then graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson JUCO and was an honor grad from Kansas University where he received his master's...
Phebe E. Jennings
Jun 14, 2009
Phebe E. Jennings, 84, of Hutchinson, died Sunday June 14, 2009, at the Heartland Haven Nursing Home near Inman. She was born in Grant Township, Reno County, near Hutchinson on April 28, 1925, the daughter of Albert and Phebe E. James Gibson. She was a homemaker and had worked at Winchester Packing Co. for 27 years, retiring in 1983. She...
Delores Schwartzkopf
Jun 13, 2009
Delores Schwartzkopf, 95, died June 13, 2009 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1914 in Alexander, KS to Rudolph & Laura Mitchell Kueffer. A resident of Wichita since 1941, she was a meticulous homemaker and excellent cook. She was a member of the Free Will Evangelical Church in Wichita. She was preceded in death by her...
