Ida M. Marciano
Sep 30, 2009
Ida M. Marciano, 82, died Sept. 30, 2009, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 7, 1926, in McCracken, the daughter of Barnibus B. and Bertha M. Lewis Brandt. She graduated from McCracken High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she retired after 20 years as a photo processor at Deming Studio in Hutchinson. She had previously worked at...
Roy E. "Leroy" Beach
Sep 30, 2009
Roy E. "Leroy" Beach, 92, died Sept. 30, 2009, at the Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 20, 1917, in Terry, Mont., the son of Homer and Frances Wright Beach. He was a carpenter for Foy Construction for 50 years. He was a member of the Berean Baptist Church, Hutchinson. His favorite hobby was roping and...
Jane E. Mcelroy
Sep 28, 2009
Jane E. McElroy, 88, died Sept. 28, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1921, in Powhattan, Ks., in Brown County, the daughter of Ezra and Minnie Vanover Bowron. Her family farmed near Powhattan in Brown County in the 1920s, and 1930s, on 230 acres that was cleared with mules. Her father later was a judge in...
Vera Schriever
Sep 28, 2009
Vera Schriever was escorted by her Lord, Jesus Christ, on Sept. 28, 2009 through the gates of heaven to the mansion he built for her. Vera Jean Horst was born the sixth child to John and Marie Horst on Feb. 4, 1936 in Oak, Neb. Vera was baptized and confirmed at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Ruskin, Neb. She graduated from...
Nellie Irene Miller
Sep 27, 2009
Nellie Irene Miller, 88, died Sunday, September 27, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born February 12, 1921, to Rueben B. and Lizzie Hershberger Miller at Middlebury, Indiana. She was a homemaker. She married Edwin L. Miller April 25, 1946, in Middlebury, Indiana. He survives. Other survivors include: sons, Marlin and Trudy, Hutchinson, Omar and Elsie, Harrison,...
Loren Kenneth "Nick" Nichols
Sep 27, 2009
Loren Kenneth "Nick" Nichols, 86, passed away peacefully with his loved ones at his side at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kan., on Sept. 27, 2009. He was born on Oct. 2, 1922, the fourth child of Walter O. and Blanche Barr Nichols at the family farm near Lucas, Kan. After attending the small country grade school he went to Lucas High...
Betty Ann Winter
Sep 26, 2009
Betty Ann Winter, 89, died September 26, 2009 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born January 20, 1920 in Nickerson, Kansas the daughter of W.S. & Eva Greene Shuler. On October 4, 1943 she married Frank Edward Winter in Hutchinson. He died June 25, 1994. Betty graduated from Nickerson High School and Hutchinson Community College. A former office worker...
Evelyn Mae Martens
Sep 26, 2009
Evelyn Mae Martens, 95, died Sept. 26, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1914, in Roxbury, KS, to Phillip and Minty Ratliff Hart. She married Joseph Willis Motti in 1939. He died in 1947. On July 11, 1960, she married Otto M. Martens in Miami, Okla. He died March 1, 1976. Evelyn was...
Edna I. Keller
Sep 26, 2009
Edna I. Keller, 90, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 8, 1919, in McPherson, to William and Hedvig C. Ross Carley. A homemaker, she assisted her husband, a pastor, and taught child evangelism fellowship classes and Bible classes for children and women in her home. On Nov. 26, 1944, she married John...
Richard H. Moore
Sep 26, 2009
HAVEN - Richard H. Moore, 95, died Sept. 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 8, 1914, in Haven, the son of John H. and Glenna Snay Moore. He graduated from Haven High School. A longtime resident of Haven, he was a retired farmer. He belonged to Haven United Methodist Church, Mt. Hope Masonic Lodge,...
Jack Leon Josephson
Sep 25, 2009
Jack Leon Josephson, 85, wonderful husband, father and proud grandfather, died Sept. 25, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 8, 1924, in Ulysses, to Harold Barton and Edith "Jody" Coons Josephson. He graduated in 1942 from Sylvia High School, Sylvia. He worked for 40 years at Southwestern Bell, retiring as a PBX repairman. He belonged to the...
Wayne Virl Bishop
Sep 24, 2009
Wayne Virl Bishop, 61, died September 24, 2009 at Pleasant View Home in Inman. He was born June 4, 1948 in Hutchinson, the son of Jess Albert and Elva Pearl Kerns Bishop. He was an avid guitar player and enjoyed playing with his band Home Cookin'. He is survived by two daughters, Maureen Phillips of Hutchinson and Colleen Bishop of...
Ross Reese Blew
Sep 23, 2009
INMAN - Ross Reese Blew, 73, died Sept. 23, 2009, at his home, Blue Top Hereford Ranch. He was born Jan. 4, 1936, in Castleton, the son of Frank R. and Alpha G. Reese Blew. Ross' family moved to Blue Top in 1951, where he graduated from Inman High School in 1953. He was a member of the American Hereford...
Donald H. "Don" Diggs
Sep 19, 2009
Donald Howard Diggs, 75, died September 19, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born February 14, 1934, in Sterling, to William Howard and Minnie Anna Proffitt Diggs. He was a truck driver for Dillon's Warehouse. He married Connie Lynn Kelley on April 9, 2004, in Newton. She survives. Other survivors include: three sons, Steve, Yukon, Okla., Jeff, Wichita,...
Merle "Duane" Spencer, Sr.
Sep 18, 2009
Merle "Duane" Spencer Sr., 78, died Friday Sept. 18, 2009, surrounded by family at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 25, 1930 in Ensign, Ks, the son of Murle F. and J. Frances Sutton Spencer. On June 7, 1956, he married Mona B. Thornton. She survives. Other survivors include; daughters, Deborah S. Green and husband Michael, Karen L....
Joann Dennis
Sep 17, 2009
PLEVNA - JoAnn Dennis, 67, went to be with Our Lord, Sept. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 4, 1942, to Harry Wesley and Myrtle Mae Horton Teeter at Garden City. She had been a secretary at the FSA Office, Garden City; Dillon Corporate Office, Hutchinson; and then 20 years at USD #310, Fairfield, retiring in...
Jason Lee Willis
Sep 17, 2009
Jason Lee Willis, 32, loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle and grandson, died Sept. 17, 2009 in Denver, Colo. He was born Sept. 22, 1976, in Hutchinson, the son of Denton Willis and Janet Gulotta. A resident of Hutchinson, he was an independent construction worker. He was an avid video game player and a brilliant artist. On May 31, 2003,...
Greta P. Adkins
Sep 17, 2009
Greta P. Adkins, 74, died Sept. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 25, 1935, in Independence, the daughter of Henry Christian and Olga Miessler Meyer. A resident of Hutchinson, she retired after 37 years as a teacher. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Hutchinson. On Feb. 14, 1959, she married William Adkins in Independence....
Julida Helton
Sep 16, 2009
Julida Helton, 53, of Hutchinson, died Sept. 16, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 28, 1955, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Julio and Georgia Caudillo Cantu. A lifelong Reno County resident, she was a CMA at Dillon Living Center. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She attended school...
Helen Roberta Ludlow
Sep 14, 2009
Helen Roberta Ludlow, 85, died Sept. 14, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Dec. 1, 1923, in Hutchinson, to J. Arthur and Hilma Edlund Johnson. She graduated from Haven High School. She was a homemaker She attended Emanuel Lutheran Church. She was a yard work enthusiast. On April 8, 1944, she married Francis W. "Eddie" Ludlow in...
