Helen Leonard
Apr 15, 2009
Helen Leonard, 82, died April 15, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born April 18, 1926, in Larned, the daughter of John and Theresa A. Barstow Gleason. She graduated from Larned High School and attended Adela Hale Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson and South Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and seamstress for many people in Hutchinson....
Mckellah Marie And Maiah Michelle Vernon
Apr 15, 2009
McKellah Marie and Maiah Michelle Vernon, infant twins, were born and died April 15, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. They were the daughters of Danny Wilborn and Marisha Lynne Carr Vernon, of Hutchinson. Other survivors include: great-grandmother, Mearlene Ankrom; grandfather, Dallas Carr; grandmothers, Karen Gerber and Frances Vernon; three uncles, Dave Vernon, Matthew Gerber and Elijah Lanier; and aunt,...
Richard D. Glaze
Apr 15, 2009
Richard D. Glaze, 78, died April 15, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 14, 1930, in Hutchinson, the son of Clarence Herman and Mamie Lavina Rea Glaze. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1949 and attended Hutch-inson Community College. He retired as captain of the Hutchinson Fire...
Robert "Bob" Alkire
Apr 14, 2009
Robert "Bob" Alkire, 63, died April 14, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 1, 1945 in Urbana, Ill., to Patricia Louise Wadham. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1964. On March 1, 1986, he married Sue Cook. She survives. Other survivors include two brothers, Thad and Tim Russell; sister Cathy Winkler; stepchildren Joseph Stropes and Beth...
Douglas G. Wildin
Apr 14, 2009
Douglas G. Wildin, 84, died April 14, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born March 15, 1925, in Hutchinson, the son of John Frederick and Mildred Dawson Wildin. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943. He was a farmer and had over 45 years with Doug Wildin and Associates Ranch...
Betty Jean Charter
Apr 12, 2009
Betty Jean Charter, 80, died April 12, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 21, 1928, in Cement, Okla., the daughter of Pete and Anna Smith Cleveland. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. On Dec. 4, 1948, she married John Prentice Charter in Hutchinson. He died Jan. 2, 1982. Survivors include: special friend and companion,...
Larry L. Feese
Apr 11, 2009
Larry L. Feese, 71, died April 11, 2009, at Hospice House after a prolonged illness. He was born May 3, 1937, in Hutchinson, the son of the late Earl and Clara Kitch Feese. Following graduation from Hutchinson High School in 1955, he attended Hutchinson Junior College as a physical education major. In 1958, he married Judith Kasper of Hutchinson. They...
Dorothy Wright
Apr 11, 2009
Dorothy Wright, 77, died April 11, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 15, 1931, in Walnut, the daughter of Richard and Vera Hook Webb. She was a long-time Hutchinson resident, previously living in Mullinville. She graduated from St. Teresa High School, Hutchinson, the class of 1949. She was a retired insurance agent with Wade Patton...
George M. Adrian
Apr 11, 2009
George M. Adrian, 87, passed away over to his heavenly home on April 11, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 25, 1921, in Ewing, Neb., the son of Sidney E. and Laura E. Dierks Adrian. On Sept. 28, 1940, he married Opal Sisson, and they were married more than 50 years when she passed away. He was...
Robert M. Swanson
Apr 9, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Robert M. "Bob" "Swanee" Swanson, 78, died April 9, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Providence, R.I., the son of Clarence A. Swanson Sr. and Edna M. Dodd Swanson. He attended Cranston High School, Cranston R.I., and signed with the Pittsburg Pirates the April before his graduation. This brought him to...
Norma Jeannine Jones
Apr 7, 2009
Jeannine Jones, 78, died April 7, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 29, 1930, in Pratt, the daughter of Chester A. and Ada Woodward Kendall. She was a 1948 graduate of Haviland High School. A resident of Hutchinson, moving from Great Bend several years ago, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Christian Church, Great...
Margaret Anne Reynolds
Apr 5, 2009
Margaret Anne Reynolds, 56, died April 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 4, 1952, in El Dorado, the daughter of Howard William and Mary Darlene Cates Halstead. She was a 1971 graduate of Augusta High School, Augusta, and received her CNA training from Cowley County Community College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a...
Edna Mae Wernet
Apr 5, 2009
Edna Mae Wernet, 86, died April 5, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 14, 1923, the daughter of William Newcomb and Hazel Mae Kelly Pearce. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson JUCO. She was a homemaker. She belonged to the Faith United Methodist Church, where she was the church organist for...
Dorothy E. Woods
Apr 4, 2009
Dorothy E. Woods, 98, "Teacher of The Dance," died April 4, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born June 26, 1910, in Beloit, Kan., the daughter of Walter W. and Mary "Susie" Sparks Woods. She graduated in 1928 from Hutchinson High School, in 1930 from Hutchinson Community College and received an Advanced Drafting Degree from the...
Frederick H. "Fred" Pieplow
Apr 3, 2009
Frederick H. "Fred" Pieplow, 72, died April 3, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 25, 1936, in Hutchinson, the son of Ray Albert and Ruby Blanche Cooley-King Pieplow. He graduated from Nickerson Rural High School with the Class of 1954. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired farmer. He belonged to Berean Baptist Church, was a...
Delmas H. Kling
Apr 3, 2009
Delmas H. Kling, 84, died April 3, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, after a long illness. He was born Oct. 27, 1924, in Wetmore, the son of Herbert C. and Beryl F. Williams Kling. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he retired after 27 years at the Hutchinson Hospital and most of those years at Grace Hospital. On July 31, 1949, he...
Bennie D. Evans
Apr 3, 2009
Bennie D. Evans, 89, died April 3, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 19, 1919, in South Hutchinson, to Tom and Leavina Richards Evans. He was the founder and former owner of Evans Rental, South Hutchinson. In May 1937, he married Eva L. Hamm in Hutchinson. She died Feb. 6, 2005. Survivors include: a daughter, Marla Griggs,...
Mary Ann Kasselman
Apr 2, 2009
Mary Ann Kasselman, 72, Hutchinson, died April 2, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center. Born February 3, 1937, at Ninah, Wis. She was the daughter of Rev. R.H. and Laura Nelson Spangler. She grew up in the Concordia and Great Bend communities. A graduate of Great Bend High School and attended Ottawa University and Grace Hospital School of Nursing. She...
E.Z. Fortune
Apr 2, 2009
E.Z. "Easy" Fortune, 86, died April 2, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 1, 1922, in Lucas, the son of Roy H. and Eva B. Barr Fortune. He was a 1941 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A long time Hutchinson resident, he was an auditor for the State of Kansas. He was a member of...
Geraldine L. Rooney
Mar 31, 2009
Geraldine L. Rooney, 90, died March 31, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 3, 1919, in Lincoln Neb., the daughter of Lee E. and Neta Haviland Tatum. She has been a Hutchinson resident since 1985. She was a homemaker, retired bookkeeper, and payroll clerk for Chevrolet Co. She was a member of the Holy Cross...
