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Ruby B. Smith
Jan 21, 2009
Ruby B. Smith, 89, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 22, 1919, at Greensburg, the daughter of Aaron Ross and Blanche Seelye Spurgin. She was a 1937 graduate of Collinsville, Okla., High School. She had been a cashier at Safeway's, a waitress at George's Café and a homemaker. She was a member of...
Evelyn V. Partridge
Jan 21, 2009
Evelyn V. Partridge, 85, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born March 12, 1923, in Grinnell, the daughter of John P. and Frances Depperschmidt Wagoner. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Sheridan County High School in 1940. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of The Holy Cross,...
Myra M. Daniel
Jan 21, 2009
Myra M. Daniel, 94, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Bickford Cottages, Lafayette, Ind. She was born May 30, 1914, in Beaudry, Ark., the daughter of William and Maude Barnhart Thompson. She graduated from high school in Hutchinson. A longtime Hutchinson and Haven resident, moving to Lafayette in 2005, she was a homemaker. She belonged to United Church of Christ in...
Judith A. "Judy" Tomlin
Jan 20, 2009
Judith A. "Judy" Tomlin, 68, died Jan. 20, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 26, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel Edward and Mabel Eska Jones Lemen. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She worked in the Dillon's Bakery before retiring in 1998 after 24 years of service. She was an Original Lionette...
Velma M. Hesterberg
Jan 20, 2009
Velma M. Hesterberg, 89, died Jan. 20, 2009, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 16, 1919, in Isabel, the daughter of John and Katie Peters Westerman. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1939. She attended schools in Nashville, Kan. She was a Public Relations Director at Security Pacific Finance in Hutchinson. She was a member of...
Robert E. Freeman
Jan 18, 2009
Robert E. "Bobby" Freeman, 52, died Jan. 18, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1956, in Hutchinson, the son of Robert Nelson and Dorothy P. Massow Freeman. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a piano installer and did odd jobs always helping others. Survivors include: his mother, Dorothy P.,...
Bill G. Wingert
Jan 18, 2009
PLEVNA - Bill G. Wingert, 82, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 17, 1927, in Larned, to Loyal Milton and Thelma Hazel Stoltz Wingert. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946-47. On Sept. 24, 1948, he married Eunice "Eilene" Bentley in Hutchinson. She survives. A member of the Church of...
Esther E. Wagler
Jan 16, 2009
ABBYVILLE - Esther E. Wagler, 100, died Jan. 16, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Plevna, the daughter of Ernest and Leah Oyer Krenzin. She had been a longtime Plevna and Abbyville community resident. She was a homemaker, farm wife, and caregiver to many. She belonged to the Sterling Evangelical Bible Church. On...
John Edward Murphy
Jan 15, 2009
John Edward Murphy, 84, of Hutchinson, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. He was born May 4, 1924, in Garden City, the son of James Earl and Maple E. Sunley Murphy. A resident of Hutchinson since Nov. 1, 1999, he was a graduate of Garden City High School and Fort Hays State University. He had worked for the Kansas Highway Patrol...
Marc Alan Waller
Jan 14, 2009
Jan. 14, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 9, 1950, in Hutchinson, the son of Charles "Buddy" and Ila Mae Kelly Waller. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked at Dillon's Bakery for many years, but recently had worked as an appliance salesman at the Sears Store in Hutchinson. He also worked as ticket-taker at The...
Maj. Ray W. Haas
Jan 14, 2009
Ray W. Haas, Major, U.S. Army Retired, 96, died Jan. 14, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 2, 1913, in Nickerson to Christoph and Josey Miller Haas. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1947 during World War II. He retired as a Major from the United States Army Reserves in 1973. Ray graduated...
Darlene A. Melland
Jan 14, 2009
Darlene A. Melland, 70, died Jan. 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 20, 1938, in Munjor, Kan., the daughter of Aegidius and Clara Gross Pfannenstiel. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She was a 1956 graduate of St. Teresa's High School. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross. On...
Charles Justin Young
Jan 12, 2009
Charles Justin Young was stillborn January 12, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. His family includes his parents, C.T. and Lori Fowler Young, Pretty Prairie, two sisters, Aubrey and Bailey Young, of the home, grandparents, Charles A. and Betty Young, Iuka, Gale and Diane Fowler, Plevna, great grandmothers, Dorothy Roberts, Pratt and Velma Davidson, Plevna, and many cousins, aunts...
Leslie C. Cavanaugh
Jan 11, 2009
Leslie Charles Cavanaugh, 97, died Jan. 11, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 4, 1912, on a farm near Covington, Okla., the son of Charles and Norma Moorman Cavanaugh. He was a 1930 graduate of Venita, Oklahoma High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, he was a homebuilder in Hutchinson for 40 years. He retired...
Jayne M. Purcell
Jan 10, 2009
Jayne Marie Purcell, 82, died Jan. 10, 2009, at Northwest Community Hospital, Inverness, Ill. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the daughter of Ben and Prudence Dykman Koepke. Jayne lived most of her adult life in the Hutchinson area. While at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson, Jayne became an expert quilter and won numerous ribbons at the...
Elizabeth Ann Dye
Jan 10, 2009
Elizabeth Ann Dye, 79, died Jan. 10, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 24, 1929, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George and Bertha B. Perry Mills. She attended Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker, machine operator and assembler at Cessna/Eaton. Following her retirement she spent many hours as...
Jayne M. Purcell
Jan 10, 2009
Graveside service for Jayne M. Purcell, 82, a former resident of Hutchinson, who died Jan. 10, 2009, in Inverness, Ill., will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 2009, in Burrton Cemetery, Burrton, with the Rev. Katrina Palan presiding. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be sent to the donor's...
Daisy W. Schrader
Jan 8, 2009
Daisy Schrader, 92, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 15, 1916, the daughter of Warnie and Daisy Ann Chadwick Greenfield. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a saleslady at Woolworth, Toy Center, and Pegues, where she retired from after 20 years. After retirement she continued to attend Pegues luncheons. She hosted...
Leonard V. Koenig
Jan 8, 2009
Leonard Vernon Koenig, 89, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 10, 1919, the son of Charles and Caroline Reiss Koenig. He was a resident of Hutchinson for over 40 years. He graduated from Raymond High School, Raymond, and St. John's College, Winfield. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of...
Thomas W. Conway
Jan 8, 2009
On Jan. 8, 2009, Thomas W. Conway lost his courageous battle with lung cancer. Thomas passed away peacefully, surrounded by his friends and family. Thomas is now with his loving wife, Jeanne, and son, Thomas S. Conway. Thomas was born in Glen Cove, N.Y., on March 19, 1940, to parents Vincent B. Conway and Dorothy M. Conway. In 2004, Thomas...
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