Albert J. Miller
Nov 13, 2009
Albert J. Miller, 77, died Nov. 13, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 2, 1931 in Hutchinson to John D. and Emma Helmuth Miller. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson with the exception of several years spent in Colorado. Albert was the founder and co-owner of Humphrey's Reno Fabricating & Sales Company from 1956-1983. He...
Louise Delventhal
Nov 11, 2009
ARLINGTON - Louise Delventhal, 80, died Nov. 11, 2009, at her home, Arlington. She was born Sept. 14, 1929, in Pineville, Ky., the daughter of Bennett D. and Lula P. McAdoo Wilson. She was a 1947 graduate of Kingman High School. A longtime resident of Arlington, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Arlington United Methodist Church. She was very...
Virgie Headings
Nov 11, 2009
Virgie Headings, 91, died Nov. 11, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 9, 1918, in McPherson County, the daughter of Frank and Lizzie Zimmerman Hostetler. She was a graduate of Hesston Academy, Hesston. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a longtime member of the former Yoder Mennonite Church and taught Bible school and...
Charlene L. Bottomley
Nov 10, 2009
Charlene L. Bottomley, 81, died Nov. 10, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 12, 1928, in Pendall, Ark., the daughter of Otto Monroe and Leva Still Nichols. She was a 1946 graduate of Wichita East High School and attended Wichita State University. A former resident of Wichita, moving to Hutchinson in 1969, she was the administrator of...
Harold E. Ghormley
Nov 10, 2009
PARTRIDGE - Harold E. Ghormley, 74, died Nov. 10, 2009, at Galachia Heart Hospital, Wichita. He was born May 4, 1935, in Knoxville, Tenn., the son of Leo Otis and Annie Elizabeth Neubert Ghormley. He was a 1953 graduate of Partridge High School, a 1955 graduate of Hutchinson Community College and a 1957 graduate of Kansas State University, Manhattan. He...
Lillian Rae Rakestraw
Nov 10, 2009
BUHLER - Lillian Rae Rakestraw, 92, died Nov. 10, 2009, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows, Buhler. She was born Jan. 19, 1917, in Geneseo, the daughter of Emmit Ray and Bertha Eleanor Manwarren Miller. A resident of Buhler, formerly a longtime resident of Sterling, she was a homemaker. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Sterling, was a Sunday...
Fern M. Nelson
Nov 10, 2009
Fern M. Nelson, 93, died Nov. 10, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 15, 1916, in Columbus, Kan., to Lyle J. and Mary May Tabler Souder. A Hutchinson resident since 1952, she was a homemaker and a previous owner of the Anchor Inn. She also cleaned houses. On Jan. 17, 1948, she married John...
Burton Henry Fosnot
Nov 9, 2009
Burton Henry Fosnot, 88, died November 9, 2009 at McPherson Hospital, McPherson, Ks. He was born August 4, 1921 in Sioux City, Iowa the son of William C. and Wilhelmina Rosalaura Stork Fosnot. He graduated from Adair High School, Adair, OK in 1937. Burton was a farmer, car salesman, restaurant owner, mortgage banker and a commercial real estate agent. On...
Roxanna L. Zenner
Nov 9, 2009
GODDARD - Roxanna Lynn "Roxie" Zenner, 53, died Nov. 9, 2009, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1956, in Pasadena, Calif., the daughter of Wayne Allen and Cleda Virginia Pike Blue. She was a 1974 graduate of Fairfield High School and graduated from Colby Community College. A resident of Goddard for 26 years, she was...
Mary Estella Lightner
Nov 8, 2009
Mary Estella Lightner, 65, died Nov. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 16, 1944, in Rockford, Ill., to Carl and Nina Humphry Rosenkrans. She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church and a homemaker. On May 12, 1963 she married Lloyd Lightner in Hutchinson. He died Nov. 30, 2001. Survivors include: two sons,...
Louise K. "Babe" Hefling
Nov 8, 2009
BURRTON - Louise K. "Babe" Hefling, 94, died Nov. 8, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 24, 1915, in Hutchinson, Reno County, the daughter of James J. and Ida Elnora Bogner Rice. She was a 1933 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Reno County, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa's...
Glen V. Rodgers
Nov 8, 2009
Glen V. Rodgers, 88, died Nov. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 22, 1921, in Licking, Mo., the son of Charles and Harriett "Hattie" Doty Sall Rodgers. He was a 1938 graduate of Central High School, Licking, Mo. He served in World War II as a Seaman 1st Class with the U.S. Coast Guard...
Stella Damon
Nov 6, 2009
Mrs. Stella Damon, 94, of Hutchinson, KS, while surrounded by her loving family, entered into the presence of the Lord on November 6, 2009, joining her husband, E.W. Damon, and many other loved ones who preceded her. She was born July 7, 1915, to the late Levi Alexander and Olive (Taylor) Alexander who farmed in the Sedalia, Missouri, area. Stella...
Byron Amos "Buddy" Eastman, Jr.
Nov 5, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Byron Amos "Buddy" Eastman Jr., 93, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Mennonite Manor. He was born Aug. 22, 1916, in Hutchinson, to Byron A. Sr. and Myrtle May Siegrist Eastman. He was a handyman for the Kansas State Fairgrounds, retiring in 1981. He was a member of South Hutchinson United Methodist Church and the South Hutchinson...
Sylvia Jean Hodges-Foos
Nov 5, 2009
HAVEN - Sylvia Jean Hodges-Foos, 66, died Nov. 5, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 3, 1943, in Arkansas City, the daughter of James William and Naomi Inez Long Loyd. She graduated from Derby High School, Derby, and received nurse's training from Winfield Hospital, Winfield. A resident of Haven, she was a retired librarian for Haven...
Opal Mae Jett
Nov 4, 2009
Opal Mae Jett, 83, died Nov. 4, 2009 at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 7, 1926 in Machester, OK to John Wesley and Emma Foster Smith. She married James William Alexander in 1946. He died March 3, 1954. She married Richard L. Jett in 1955. He died in 1994. A resident of the Hutchinson area since 1991,...
Arthur Paul Aich
Nov 3, 2009
Arthur Paul Aich, 78, died Nov. 3, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born June 23, 1931, in Hays, the son of Joseph R. and Frances C. Sweeny Aich. He graduated in 1949 from St. Joseph Military Academy in Hays. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. He later worked as a machinist with...
Neil C. Lentz
Oct 29, 2009
Neil Curtis Lentz, 78, passed away October 29, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 20, 1931, in Mulvane, Kansas, to Walter J. and Alvine G. Hartenbower Lentz. He married Mary Louise Holl on December 26, 1955, in Wichita. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees from Wichita State University and serving in the Army from 1953 to 1955,...
Edward "Ed" D. Kafka
Oct 28, 2009
Edward D. "Ed" Kafka, 78, died Oct. 28, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis, Wichita. He was born Jan. 27, 1931, in rural Rice County, the son of Edward and Bessie Truhler Kafka. He was a 1948 graduate of Lyons High School, Lyons. A resident of Hutchinson for the past 57 years, he owned and operated Kafka...
Luella M. Broce
Oct 26, 2009
Luella M. Broce began her life journey on May 6, 1917, in Salina Kansas. Her earthly purpose has been fulfilled and she was called to be with the Lord on October 26, 2009. Continuing her legacy is her daughter, Connie and her husband Bob Fry; grandson, Tim Ochs and his wife Annette; along with her great-grandchildren, Brandon, Thomas and Hannah....
