Jerry Dean Hatcher
Feb 27, 2009
Jerry Dean Hatcher, 67, died Feb. 27, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 26, 1942, in Pratt, the son of Thomas and Cleo Withers Hatcher. He had attended Pratt schools. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he had been a welder and had worked for Stroberg Equipment for 12 years. He loved to fish, play bingo and...
Deborah J. Gobble
Feb 27, 2009
Deborah Joene Gobble, 56, died Feb. 27, 2009, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 22, 1953, in Lyons, the daughter of George Luther and Virginia Mae Secrest Boggs. She graduated from Lyons High School in 1971, and in 1987, graduated with honors from California State University, Chico, Calif. A resident of Hutchinson for 11 years, she was a...
Ruth Ann "Roonie" Sellers
Feb 26, 2009
Ruth Ann "Roonie" Anderson Sellers, 72, died Feb. 26, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 1, 1936, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Montford Jay Anderson, Jr. and Mary Kopke Anderson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1954, attended Cottey College, Nevada, Mo., where she was Phi Theta Kappa. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree (with...
Donna Faye Davis
Feb 25, 2009
Donna Faye Davis, our dear Mother, Grandmother and friend, has left us to begin a new life. She passed on February 25, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Her strength and presence in our lives has been the greatest gift of all. She will be missed and forever loved. On April 19, 1973, she married Harley L. Davis. He and her...
Donna Faye Davis
Feb 25, 2009
Our dear Mother, Grandmother and friend, has left us to begin a new life. She passed on February 25, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Her strength and presence in our lives has been the greatest gift of all. She will be missed and forever loved. On April 19, 1973, she married Harley L. Davis. He and her parents, Lois A....
Charlie Gehring
Feb 24, 2009
MOUNDRIDGE - Charlie Gehring, 90, died Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009, at Moundridge Memorial Home, Moundridge. He was born Aug. 10, 1918, near Moundridge, the son of Christian J.C. and Anna B. Stucky Gehring. He was a retired farmer and custom harvester. He was a member of the Westside Baptist Church, Hutchinson. He lived in McPherson County most of his life....
Romona J. Weeks
Feb 23, 2009
BUHLER - Romona Irene Weeks, 90, died Feb. 23, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 3, 1918, in Emporia, the daughter of Allen R. and Myrtle Ann Murry Vickrey. She attended Emporia High School. A resident of Hutchinson since the mid-eighties, she was the manager of the Burrton restaurant and coffee shop. While in Americus,...
Harvey J. Rempel
Feb 22, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Harvey J. Rempel, 84, of South Hutchinson, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. He was born July 29, 1924, in Colony, Okla., the son of Henry and Mary Kliewer Rempel. He graduated from Corn (Okla.) High School in the Class of 1942. He retired from...
Agnes Irene Moore
Feb 21, 2009
ARLINGTON - Agnes Irene Moore, 97, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 8, 1911, on a farm east of Langdon, the daughter of Oscar and Mabel Brooks Dilliard. She had lived in Arlington since 1951. She taught first and second grades in Alden for nine years and in Turon for 10 years,...
Isabella Melainna Star Wittman
Feb 20, 2009
Isabella Melainna Star Wittman, one month, seven days, passed away Feb. 20, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born January 13, 2009, in Hutchinson to Sara J. Holm Wittman. Survivors include: her mother Sara J. Wittman, Hutchinson; three sisters, Shealynn, Kasey and Nicole, all of the home; grandparents, Cathy "Mary" and Robert B. Holm, Galva; great-grandparents, Arlie...
Claude Ellis Couch
Feb 20, 2009
INMAN - Claude Ellis Couch, 77, died at his home in rural Inman. He was born Feb. 11, 1932, in Darlow, rural Reno County, the son of Samuel Bowers and Nancy Elizabeth Gillock Couch. He had worked for Dillons Bakery, Detroiter Mobile Homes and then Consolidated Manufacturing. He retired from Buhler Mills. He was a member of the Loyal Order...
Gaynelle "Gayle" Elliott
Feb 19, 2009
Gaynelle "Gayle" Elliott, 53, died Feb. 19, 2009, in Sedgwick County. She was born Feb. 1, 1956, in Hays, the daughter of Dick Harold and Alena Freeman Rasmussen. She graduated in 1974 from Wilson High School, Wilson, and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a cake decorator at the Hutchinson Wal-Mart store. She was a former Girl Scout leader. On...
Richard H. King
Feb 17, 2009
Richard Howard King, 67, died Feb. 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 17, 1942, in Casper, Wyo., to William Franklin and Alice Fern Anderson King. On Feb. 7, 1963, he married Patricia Ann Wise in California. She died July 28, 2002. He was a retired custodian at Union Valley School. He was a member of the...
Ila Mae Waller
Feb 17, 2009
Ila Mae Waller, 90, died Feb. 17, 2009, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Covington, Ga., the daughter of Clifford "Bud" and Lillian Belcher Kelly. She was a Hutchinson resident since she was three years old. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. Her occupations included housekeeping and catering work for families. She was...
Roy Lee Cole
Feb 16, 2009
Roy Cole passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at the Boulder City Veterans Home, Boulder City, Nev. Roy was born June 4, 1916, in Hutchinson to Samuel G. Cole and Viola O. Moore Cole. He was captured at the fall of Corregidor in World War II, survived the Bataan Death March, The Japanese Hell Ships and spent three years as...
John James (Jim) Wharton
Feb 16, 2009
Jim died at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson, KS, February 16, 2009. He was born in Oklahoma City, February 3, 1929, to John R. and Mildred White Wharton. He graduated from high school in Hoxie, KS in 1947, and attended Kansas State University. While in high school he had his own dance band, "Jimmy Lee." Jim enlisted in the...
Thekla E. Decker
Feb 16, 2009
Thekla Elizabeth Decker, 94, Hutchinson, KS, died February 16, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS. Called "Teddy" by her father, Thekla was born September 25, 1914, in Springfield, Ill., to Lloyd and Esther Decker. The oldest of seven children, Thekla moved to Goddard, KS, in 1917, attended North High School and graduated with an education degree from Emporia...
William J. "Bill" Rogers
Feb 15, 2009
William J. "Bill" Rogers, 64, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Yates Center, the son of Vernon and Ethel Pickering Rogers. He graduated in 1962, from Burlington High School, Burlington. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, he was the owner and operator of Bill's Appliances and Bill's Moving and Storage. On...
Jose G. Mendoza
Feb 15, 2009
Jose Guadalupe "Lupe" Mendoza, 91, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Arcinas, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Francisco and Ramona Arenas Mendoza. He was retired from Winchesters. He belonged to Apostolic Faith Tabernacle. On Dec. 15, 1941, he married Maria Torres in San Ignacio, Chihuahua, Mexico. She survives. Other survivors include:...
Jimmie D. Mcclelland
Feb 14, 2009
Jimmie D. McClelland, 70, died Feb. 14, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 16, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Frederick and Iona McMillan McClelland. He attended Hutchinson High School and later attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a machinist at Southern Extrusion in Hutchinson, until an accident left him disabled. He then was a self-employed artist,...
