Ruthie Clark Stevens
Sep 13, 2009
Ruthie Clark Stevens, 56, died Sept. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 8, 1953, in Tribune, to Oscar and Ruth Hagerman Aytes. She earned an Associate's Degree from Hutchinson JUCO. She volunteered with many organizations and worked as an intake night person at Bob Johnson's and cooked at New Beginnings. Ruthie belonged to Riverside...
Maurice R. Lawson
Sep 13, 2009
Maurice R. Lawson, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at Buhler Sunshine Home. He was born Feb. 7, 1915, to Nat and Eva M. Hesseltine Lawson. He was a 1932 graduate of Penalosa High School. He had attended Hutchinson Jr. College and graduated from Ft. Hays State University in 1939. He was farmer and stockman in the Penalosa Community. He...
Norman G. Alstatt
Sep 12, 2009
Norman G. Alstatt, 69, died Sept. 12, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 20, 1939, in Lindsborg, to Herman and Florine Harris Alstatt. He graduated in 1957, from Marquette High School, Marquette. He was retired from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in 2001, as a corrections officer, and had been an employee of Morton Salt Company...
Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes
Sep 11, 2009
Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes, 88, died September 11, 2009. She was born May 25, 1921 the daughter of Albert and Phoebe James Gibson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939 and attended Hutchinson JUCO. A longtime Hutchinson resident she had worked for Baize and Sons Jewelry, was the manager for the Emporium and retired from Dillard's at the age...
Kermit D. Engelland
Sep 9, 2009
STERLING - Kermit D. Engelland, 73, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at Lyons Hospital. He was born March 18, 1936, in Rural Rice County, to Ansel and Elsie Stange Engelland. He was a farmer and stockman in the Sterling community. He belonged to Midland United Church of Christ and CKYC Yacht Club. On March 18, 1955, he married Betty Jean...
Meri Jane Brauer
Sep 9, 2009
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Meri Jane Brauer, 55, died Sept. 9, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 1, 1954, in Nickerson, the daughter of Richard and Luann Haxton Alexander. She was a 1972 graduate of Nickerson High School. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a pharmacy technician for Ashcraft Pharmacy in South Hutchinson. She belonged...
Mahlon Wagler
Sep 8, 2009
Mahlon Wagler, 88, died Sept. 8, 2009 at his home. He was born July 3, 1921 in Partridge to Peter and Barbara Yoder Wagler. On August 14, 1949 he married Mary Yoder in Hutchinson. She died Jan. 14, 1997. On Oct. 17, 1998 he married Ida Schmucker in Hutchinson. She survives. He was a member of the Cedar Crest Amish...
Charlotte Bertha Regehr
Sep 6, 2009
Charlotte Bertha Ringer Regehr died Sept. 6, 2009, at Hester Care Center, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 15, 1922, to Charles and Bertha Bower Ringer near Quinter, Kan. Her ready smile and positive attitude were a source of strength to all who knew her. Charlotte graduated from St. Elizabeth Nursing School and worked many years...
Harold A. "Rocky" Rauckman
Sep 6, 2009
Harold August "Rocky" Rauckman, 88, died Sep. 6, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born July 9, 1921, at Medford, Okla., the son of William G. and Esther Lena Arning Rauckman. They preceded him in death. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939. He was an automobile mechanic working for Welborns Supply while in school. He also...
Howard D. Stucky
Sep 4, 2009
Howard Dean Stucky, 78, a former resident of Penalosa and Hutchinson, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 4, 2009, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born February 12, 1931, in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, the youngest son of Amos and Ida Graber Stucky. He attended school in Penalosa, Cunningham, and graduated from Lawrence High School in...
Norma L. Keast
Sep 4, 2009
Norma Lee Henson Anthony Keast, 79, died Sept. 4, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Aug. 17, 1930, in Hutchinson, to Ivan and Violet May Lawrence Fairbanks. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Feb. 14, 1995, she married Kenneth Keast in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: six sons, Charles Henson, Huntsville, Ala., James...
Harry R. Foster
Sep 4, 2009
Harry R. Foster, 66, died September 4, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born December 26, 1942, in Sterling, Ks, the son of Arthur Ross and Doris Magoffin Foster. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Kansas State. Harry was a finance cost analyst at Boeing for 32 years, retiring in 1998. He was an avid golfer. On...
James O. Vrana
Sep 3, 2009
WINDOM - James O. "Jim" Vrana, 53, died Sept. 3, 2009, at his home, Windom. He was born Nov. 27, 1955, in Wichita, the son of Othal Dean and Betty Jean Dutton Vrana. He graduated from Hutchinson Community College in 1996. A resident of Windom for 24 years, he was an Independent property manager. He belonged to the Andover Lutheran...
Patricia A. "Pat" Cotton
Sep 3, 2009
Patricia Ann Cotton, age 72, peacefully passed away, after a brief illness, on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009, while surrounded by her loving family. On October 9, 1956, Pat married Billy G. Cotton and walked hand-in-hand with him for over 49 years. Today...they again walk hand-in-hand on streets of pure gold. Pat and Billy had a long and wonderful life together...
Lorene L. Mcmurray
Sep 2, 2009
Lorene L. McMurray, 84, died Sept. 2, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 7, 1925, in Tonkawa, Okla., the daughter of Jesse and Amelia Horcheimer Bradley. She was a 1943 graduate of Madison High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, moving here with her husband and family from El Dorado, she was a homemaker and had...
Tina M. Devena-Price
Aug 30, 2009
OLATHE - Tina Marie Devena-Price, 47, died August 30, 2009, in Olathe, due to Multiple Sclerosis. Tina was born April 25, 1962, in Hutchinson to Wayne Devena and Sharon Price. Tina is survived by: her daughter, Maguire Dyson, Hutchinson; father and stepmother, Wayne and Sally Devena, Buhler; mother and stepfather, the Rev. Sharon and the Rev. Ralph Price, Sterling, Ill.;...
Carol J. Moeder
Aug 29, 2009
Carol J. Moeder, 72, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1937, in Hutchinson, to Carl A. and Esther Randol Kornstett. She graduated in 1955 from Hutchinson High School. She had been a bookkeeper for both Nash Finch, as well as Wells Aircraft, retiring in 1997 from Wells Aircraft. She belonged to...
Audraff Kimball
Aug 29, 2009
STRATFORD, Texas - Audraff Kimball, 96, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Coldwater Manor Nursing Home, Stratford, Texas. She resided at the Good Samaritan Lodge in Hutchinson, Kan., the preceding nine years, where she had many good friends. Audraff was affectionately known as "Audie" to her family and friends. Born on Aug. 5, 1913, in Bulyea, Saskatchewan, Canada, she was the...
Layna M. Andrews
Aug 28, 2009
Layna Mae Kelly Andrews ceased her suffering and joined her husband of nearly 65 years, Jack, on Friday, August 28, 2009, at Good Samaritan Village in Hutchinson. She was born at Newton, KS, November 30, 1922, to James Frank and Mossella Gladys Vassar Kelly. She attended school in Hutchinson. On March 24, 1941, she married Jack H. Andrews in McPherson,...
Brenda J. "B.J." Ibach Barr
Aug 26, 2009
Brenda J."B.J." Ibach Barr, 65, died August 26, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born February 2, 1944, in Riverton, Wyoming, the daughter of Elmer Clinton and Evelyn Pearl Conley Ibach. A Hutchinson resident since 1965 she was a machinist at Cessna. She later owned the Sportsman Bar & Grill in Hutchinson and then worked for the Fiesta Grande....
