Kenneth D. Simmons
Aug 8, 2009
Kenneth Dale Simmons, 71, died August 8, 2009, at his home. He was born June 8, 1938, to Luther and Ruth Humphrey Simmons. He served in the National Guard. A retired correctional officer from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, he was of the Protestant faith and a league bowler until several years ago. He married Carolyn Quiones in Hutchinson on October...
Bessie M. Torrez
Aug 8, 2009
Bessie M. Torrez, 86, passed away August 8, 2009, at Hutchinson Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 5, 1923, in Denver, Colo., the daughter of Petronilo and Rejina Moreno Navarro. She worked at Essex Group as a security guard in Hoisington, Kan., until she retired in 1994. She married John "Chon" Torrez on May 4, 1946, and resided in...
Robert Thomas Watson
Aug 7, 2009
KINGMAN - Robert Charles Watson, 72, died Aug. 7, 2009, in Kingman, Kan. He was born April 10, 1937, to the late J.C. and LaMoine Watson. Bob was a lifetime resident of Kingman, Kan. He graduated Kingman High School in 1955. He joined the U.S. Army and served in Korea for two years. After returning home, he worked with his...
Stanley M. Tennant
Aug 6, 2009
Stanley Miles "Stan" Tennant, 80, died Aug. 6, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 17, 1929, in Lerado, the son of James Otis and Modena Maude Whetstone Tennant. A 1947 graduate of Hutchinson High School, he was of the Protestant faith. From 1956 until his retirement in 1979, he worked for the Hutchinson Police Department,...
Clarence "Dale" Huxman
Aug 6, 2009
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Clarence "Dale" Huxman, 82, died Aug. 6, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. He was born Nov. 20, 1926, at Pretty Prairie, the son of Albert L. and Lydia A. Schrag Huxman. Dale was a dairy and wheat farmer; he also worked as a custodian for Executive Management Services. He was a member of the First Mennonite...
Dorene L. Krenzin
Aug 5, 2009
Dorene Louise (Burns) Krenzin, 85, passed away on August 5, 2009, in Waxhaw, North Carolina. She was born in Stafford, Kansas on October 7, 1923, and married her husband Ernie (from Plevna, Kansas) in 1944. Dorene and Ernie served in Africa with Mission Aviation Fellowship during the late 1950s. Dorene, Ernie and children then moved to Orange County, California in...
Thomas W. Claypole
Aug 5, 2009
Thomas "Tom" W. Claypole, 50, died August 5, 2009 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 4, 1958 in Hutchinson to Donald L. & Elizabeth Jewett Claypole. A lifetime Hutchinson resident he retired as a carpenter from Collins Corporation. Surviviors include son, Jeremy Claypole; father Donald L. Claypole, both of Hutchinson; brother, Bill Claypole & wife Janice, Wichita;...
Bess Dean
Aug 5, 2009
Bess Dean, 97, died Aug. 5, 2009, at Hester Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born July 19, 1912, at Kill Creek in Osborne County, the daughter of Judd R. and Eva Salome Snyder Benwell. She was a graduate of Osborne High School. She was a homemaker. She moved to Hutchinson, with her husband, Jimmie Dean, in 1949...
Julie A. Sayers
Aug 4, 2009
Julie A. Sayers, 53, died August 4, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 7, 1956, in Leavenworth, the daughter of Richard L. and Donna Marie Rhudy Rogers. She was a graduate of Leavenworth High School, Leavenworth and a 1976 graduate of Emporia State University, Emporia. A systems analyst for Integrated Solutions, Julie was a member...
Barbara Jeanne Piper
Aug 2, 2009
Barbara Jeanne Piper, Hutchinson, passed away Aug. 2, 2009, after a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease. She was born Nov. 30, 1927, in Wichita, the daughter of Victor L. and Mildred Rosberg Johnson. She graduated from Wichita East High School in 1945 and spent her freshman year of college at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa...
Maurine Martin
Aug 1, 2009
Maurine Martin, 91, died Aug. 1, 2009 at St. Paul, Minn. She was born Dec. 7, 1917, in Gordon, the daughter of Romie E. and Edna E. Stage Barnes. She was the financial secretary at her church and later worked as secretary for the math, physics and chemistry department at Macalester College in St. Paul. She also found time to...
Herman B. Patrick
Aug 1, 2009
Herman B. "Pat" Patrick, 91, died Aug. 1, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 13, 1918, in Mount Vernon, Ind., to Luke and Margaret Daum Patrick. A resident of Hutchinson, he retired after 30-plus years of service with Carey Salt Company. In 1941, he married Agnes Smith. She died in 1979. Survivors include: a son,...
Lenora V. Musick
Jul 30, 2009
Lenora V. Musick, 83, died July 30, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born April 23, 1926, on the family farm in Barton County, the daughter of Philip and Sophia Herdt Miller. She graduated from Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. Lenora retired after 40 years with Central Bank and Trust as a Loan Officer. She was a member...
G. Leroy Peterson
Jul 30, 2009
G. LeRoy Peterson, 84, died July 30, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Rocky Ford, Colo., to George LeRoy and Ilene Burgess Peterson. LeRoy graduated from Windom High School in 1942. A Hutchinson resident since 2000, coming from Inman, he was a farmer and retired from Home Petroleum Underground Storage in Conway. On...
Ivan Yutzy
Jul 29, 2009
YODER - Ivan Yutzy, 86, died July 29, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 16, 1923 at Limon, Colo., the son of Reuben and Catherine Troyer Yutzy. He moved with his family to Reno County in 1936. He, along with his brothers Paul and Gilbert, purchased Roth Food Locker in Yoder in 1965 and it became...
D. Densmore Shute Hart
Jul 27, 2009
Denny Hart's love for his family, banking and golf were his most visible pursuits, but his passion for helping people in need drove him in quiet ways. "He loved to help the common man, and it was pretty much without notice," said Ernie Beaudet, who worked at Hart's Bank of Kansas for 33 years. Born D. Densmore Shute Hart on...
Kenneth Scott Angell
Jul 26, 2009
Kenneth Scott Angell, 59, died July 26, 2009 at his home. He was born Sept. 11, 1949 in Hutchinson to Frank S. and Norma M. Scott Angell. He graduated from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY in 1970. He also graduated from Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. After 22 years of service with Reno County Law Enforcement, Kenneth retired as...
Velma L. Thode
Jul 26, 2009
NICKERSON - Velma Louise Thode, 93, died July 26, 2009, at Good Samaritan, Lyons. She was born May 15, 1916, at the rural farm home of her parents, Michael and Mary Yaple Blanchfield. She gradauated from Sterling High School in 1934 and then went to work at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson, in the office. She married Victor Thode in a...
Julita Marie Rumback
Jul 25, 2009
Julita Marie Rumback, 83, died July 25, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 29, 1926, in Park, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Peter and Julia Anna Mader Weigel. She attended schools in Monument, Kansas. A resident of Hutchinson since 1953, she was a homemaker. Julita was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church, the St....
Bruce J. Dempsey
Jul 25, 2009
HOUSTON, Texas - Bruce J. Dempsey, 57, died July 25, 2009, at his home in Houston. He was born May 12, 1952, in Hutchinson, the son of Jack and Charline Buckbee Dempsey. He attended South Hutchinson Grade School and was a 1970 graduate of Newton High School. A resident of Houston, he was district manager for Dacor Appliances in Houston....
