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Maxine E. Steele

Maxine E. Steele

Aug 26, 2009

Maxine E. Steele, 94, died Aug. 26, 2009, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 22, 1915, in Lyons, the daughter of Frank W. and Millie Blanch Snodgrass Hubbard. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident and a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1932. She was a homemaker. She was also a member of the First United Methodist...

Dorothy E. Eberhart

Dorothy E. Eberhart

Aug 26, 2009

Dorothy E. Eberhart, 92, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 27, 1916, in rural Ellinwood, to Jacob and Martha Stockman Eberhart. She was a waitress and co-owner of Waxy's Café in Ellinwood for 40 years. She moved to Hutchinson in 1986. Survivors include: daughter Pamela Jennings, Hutchinson; niece who Dorothy raised Eileen...

Brenda J. Ibach-Barr

Brenda J. Ibach-Barr

Aug 26, 2009

Brenda J. "B.J." Ibach-Barr, 65, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1944, in Riverton, Wyo., 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 and Grill in Hutchinson and then worked for the Fiesta Grande....

Lynda J. Galemore

Lynda J. Galemore

Aug 25, 2009

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Lynda J. Galemore, 61, died Aug. 25, 2009, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born June 16, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clive and Merla Gregg Cunday. A life-long Hutchinson area resident, she was a CNA at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson. Prior to that, she was a beautician. She was a...

Opal M. Corey

Opal M. Corey

Aug 24, 2009

Opal M. Corey, 93, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 24, 2009, at the Thorne Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 26, 1916, at South Hutchinson, the daughter of Jay R. and Sadie Thomas Perry. She attended schools in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School in the Class of 1934. She was a former employee of The Wiley Tea...

James Lee Strong

James Lee Strong

Aug 23, 2009

James Lee Strong, 81, died August 23, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 8, 1927 in Webster Grove, MO to Roma and Gladys Luna Strong. He married Carmelita June Patrick in Portland, Oregon on May 20, 1950. She died Jan. 24, 2002. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a truck driver, driving for Friesen, Western Foods...

Margie N Eikleberry

Margie N Eikleberry

Aug 22, 2009

Margie N. Eikleberry, 86, died Aug. 22, 2009 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1923 in Conway to Izella and Samantha Irweese Ring Rathbun. On Feb. 6, 1943 she married William Keith Eikleberry in Hutchinson. He died June 4, 2002. Margie was a homemaker and she belonged to the First Southern Baptist Church in Hutchinson. Survivors include...

James Eugene Hill

James Eugene Hill

Aug 22, 2009

PRETTY PRAIRIE - James Eugene Hill, 82, died Aug. 22, 2009, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born Feb. 19, 1927, in Beloit, to James Eugene and Isabel Irene Werts Hill. He was the retired owner of Prairie Roofing Company. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and was stationed at Harpers Ferry. On...

Merreta "Mert" Vanalstine

Merreta "Mert" Vanalstine

Aug 22, 2009

Merreta M. "Mert" Vanalstine, 83, passed away August 22, 2009 at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born January 12, 1926 at home in Sylvia, Ks, the daughter of Jesse and Farrah Young Keesling. Mert worked at Hutchinson National Bank for 40 years, serving 20 years as the secretary in farm management retiring in 1994. She was a...

Alice M. Pratt

Alice M. Pratt

Aug 15, 2009

Alice M. Pratt, 96, of Hutchinson, died August 15, 2009, at Elm Grove Assisted Living Center in Hutchinson. She was born November 22, 1912, in Sheldon, Mo., the daughter of Earnest and Jessie Aue Creamer. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Westbrook Baptist Church. She married Lester O. Pratt on October 13, 1930, in Winfield. He died...

Arlan E. "Gene" Hurd

Arlan E. "Gene" Hurd

Aug 14, 2009

ALTUS, Okla. - Arlan E. "Gene" Hurd, 68, died Aug. 14, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 16, 1940, in Kingman, the son of Arthur W. and Ethel Logsdon Hurd. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. He served in the United States Air Force for 26 years, retiring as a Master Sgt. He was then...

Dorothy May Corley

Dorothy May Corley

Aug 13, 2009

Dorothy May Corley, 88, died Aug. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Middleburg, Md., the daughter of Wilbur and Ada May Frounfelter Stonesifer. A beautician and homemaker, she was a member of the First Congregational Church and loved to spend time with her friends playing Bingo at Delos V. Smith Senior...

George T. "Bud" Janner

George T. "Bud" Janner

Aug 13, 2009

George "Bud" Janner, 74, died Aug. 13, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 18, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo., to George T. Janner Jr. and Lois White Janner. He graduated in 1953 from Hutchinson High School, and graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1941, moving from Kansas City, he had worked for Zephyr...

John Robert "Jack" Mccain

John Robert "Jack" Mccain

Aug 13, 2009

John Robert "Jack" McCain, 76, was called home to the Lord Thursday, August 13, 2009, surrounded by loved ones, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. Jack was born November 15, 1932, in Paris, Tennessee, the son of John Robert McCain and Raquel Escobedo Guerrero McCain de Perkis. He was baptized in the Baptist church. In 1950, he graduated from Grove High...

Anthony Robert Schubert

Anthony Robert Schubert

Aug 12, 2009

Anthony Robert Schubert, 90, died August 12, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born Oct. 24, 1918 in Lagmond, Ks, the son of Anthony and Nora Pohl Schubert. He grew up in Hutchinson and after graduating from Hutchinson High School went to the US Naval Academy on a full scholarship. He was stationed aboard the USS Arizona and...

Carol J. Miller

Carol J. Miller

Aug 12, 2009

NEWTON - Carol J. Miller, 75, of Newton, died Aug. 12, 2009, at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born Feb. 13, 1934, in Nickerson, Kan., the daughter of Vern Cecil and Grace Elsie Mattal Pike. She was a 1952 graduate of Nickerson High School and attended college in Great Bend and Pratt. A former resident of Nickerson, Hutchinson, Wichita...

R. Eugene "Gene" Schroder

R. Eugene "Gene" Schroder

Aug 12, 2009

BEL AIRE - R. Eugene (Gene) Schroder, 93, world traveler, began his final journey Aug. 12, 2009. He was born Jan. 8, 1916, to Roy and Rosa Schroder of South Hutchinson. He attended Hutchinson High School (class of 1933) and Hutchinson Junior College. He married Verna Siegrist on Nov. 5, 1939. He was a second Lieutenant in the Army during...

Arthur J. Collins, Jr.

Arthur J. Collins, Jr.

Aug 12, 2009

Arthur J. Collins, Jr. died Aug. 12, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kan. Arthur Collins was born July 18, 1918, in Sabetha, Kan. He was the son of Arthur J. Collins and Edith Williams Collins. He graduated from Sabetha High School and went on to attend Washburn University, Topeka, Kan., and graduated from the University of Kansas, Lawrence,...

Jeanette Mae Keeler

Jeanette Mae Keeler

Aug 12, 2009

OMAHA, Neb. - Jeanette Mae Keeler, 73, of Omaha, Neb., formerly of Hutchinson, died Aug. 12, 2009, at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha after a long battle with ALS. She was born Oct. 14, 1935, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold D. Sr. and Daisy W. Greenfield Schrader. She attended schools in Hutchinson. She married Jim Hopper, who was in...

Jimmie J. Schnurr

Jimmie J. Schnurr

Aug 9, 2009

Jimmie J. Schnurr, 77, died Aug. 9, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 21, 1932, in Plevna, to Leo L. and Lola V. Luellen Schnurr. He graduated in 1950 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he had worked for Carey Salt until 1953. In 1955, he joined the IBEW Union and was a journeyman electrician...

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