Shirley Arlene Mcclure
Jun 26, 2009
Shirley Arlene McClure, 79, died June 26, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born August 20, 1929, in rural Marion County near Peabody, the daughter of Stanley Perlee and Hazel Evalina VanTuyl McClave. Shirley attended Peabody Grade School and graduated from Peabody High School in 1947. She then graduated from Kansas City Secretarial School in 1948. She worked as...
Harold E. Erichsen, Sr.
Jun 25, 2009
Harold E. Erichsen Sr., 85, died June 25, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born January 7, 1924, on the family farm near Junction City, the son of Albert and Ruth Snell Erichsen. He graduated from Junction City High School in 1941. A farmer and stockman, he enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was a member of Our Redeemer...
Martin V. Watkins
Jun 24, 2009
Martin V. Watkins, 80, died June 24, 2009, at the Indian Meadows Nursing Home in Overland Park after a three-year battle with a traumatic head/brain injury. He was born July 3, 1928, at Agency, Mo., the son of Price and Bessie Fletcher Watkins. He graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo. and later attended Platte Business College in...
Lois June Funderburg
Jun 24, 2009
Lois June Funderburg, 93, died June 24, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1916, in Turon, the daughter of Guy Ira and Iva Grace Lenegar Geesling. She graduated in 1934 from Turon High School, Turon. She was a secretary for the Kansas Lung Association for 30-plus years. She belonged to First United Methodist Church, was...
Rosanna Ruth Spencer Grandon
Jun 22, 2009
Rosanna Ruth Spencer Grandon, 79, died June 22, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 13, 1929, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Jay Emery and Barbara Ruth Updegrove Baker. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and then became a telephone operator and dispatcher for Southwestern Bell, retiring in 1982 after 33 years. She was a member of Bethany...
Betty Crabbs Eastman
Jun 19, 2009
Betty Crabbs Eastman, 86, died June 19, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutch- inson. She was born Oct. 8, 1922, in Oil Hill, to Wilbur and Mary Flora Elliott. She was a homemaker. She belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. On April 10, 1940, she married John M. Crabbs in Arlington. He died May 10, 1968. On Oct....
Lucille F. Renner
Jun 18, 2009
Lucille F. Renner, 87, died June 18, 2009, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born April 14, 1922, in Huntsville, to Byron Elbert and Sarah Jane Cramer Hunt. She graduated from Plevna High School on May 18, 1939. She was the USD No. 308 Food Service Manager for 21 years, until her retirement on July 1, 1987. She belonged to...
Harriet L. Jones
Jun 18, 2009
Harriet L. Jones, 89, died June 18, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born October 25, 1919, in Hope, Ks, the daughter of Charles Oliver and Lettie Elizabeth Silvius Kauffman. She was a graduate of Abilene High School, Abilene, and attended Emporia State Teacher's College, Emporia. A Hutchinson resident since 1947, she was a cook for U.S.D. 308, retiring...
John R. Baker
Jun 17, 2009
John R. "Johnny" Baker, 69, of Hutchinson, died June 17, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 22, 1939, in Great Bend, the son of John W. "Jack" and Velma E. Hopper Baker. He was a 1957 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was retired from the Maintenance Dept. at Doskocil's....
Reuben W. Daniel
Jun 17, 2009
LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Reuben W. Daniel, 89, died June 17, 2009 at Lafayette, Ind. He was born Aug. 15, 1919 in Syracuse, Kansas the son of Wayne and Lillie Coghill Daniel. Reuben graduated from Stafford High School, Stafford, Kansas and Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the Army from 1943 to 1946....
John Jay Bowman
Jun 16, 2009
John J. Bowman, 57, died June 16, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 11, 1952, in Austria, the son of Gee Jay and Anna M. Ainhirn Bowman. He moved to Hutchinson in 1969 and then graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson JUCO and was an honor grad from Kansas University where he received his master's...
Phebe E. Jennings
Jun 14, 2009
Phebe E. Jennings, 84, of Hutchinson, died Sunday June 14, 2009, at the Heartland Haven Nursing Home near Inman. She was born in Grant Township, Reno County, near Hutchinson on April 28, 1925, the daughter of Albert and Phebe E. James Gibson. She was a homemaker and had worked at Winchester Packing Co. for 27 years, retiring in 1983. She...
Delores Schwartzkopf
Jun 13, 2009
Delores Schwartzkopf, 95, died June 13, 2009 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 21, 1914 in Alexander, KS to Rudolph & Laura Mitchell Kueffer. A resident of Wichita since 1941, she was a meticulous homemaker and excellent cook. She was a member of the Free Will Evangelical Church in Wichita. She was preceded in death by her...
Lawrence W. Delaney
Jun 7, 2009
Lawrence W. Delaney, 60, died June 7, 2009, at the VA Hospital in Wichita. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 10, 2009, in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Winfield. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Ft. Riley Honor Guard. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Elliott Mortuary...
Vanora Arlene Weber Fry
Jun 7, 2009
Vanora Arlene Weber Fry, 89, died June 7, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born January 27, 1920, the daughter of Henry Weber Jr. and Mabelle Franklin Weber in Renfrow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Caldwell High School in 1937, and Kansas State University in 1941, where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Vanora was married...
Zachary Phillip Mcamis
Jun 6, 2009
Zac McAmis, 13, went to be with Jesus on June 6, 2009. He was born July 22, 1995, to Phil and CeCe Morland McAmis. He was a seventh-grade student at Reno Valley Middle School. He was a member of the wrestling team at the school. Survivors include: his parents; a sister, Cera McAmis, of the home; grandparents, Joe and Celesta...
Lillian G. Chaffin
Jun 3, 2009
Lillian G. Chaffin, 63, died June 3, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 1, 1946, in Texline, Texas, the daughter of Raymond V. and Mary Clorinda Gonzalez Chaffin. A former resident of Liberal and Garden City, moving to Hutchinson in 2005, she was a homemaker. Survivors include: daughter, Leticia Mitchell, Hutchinson; brothers, Albert Chaffin, Buhler, Joe, Mt....
Vivian F. Piteri
Jun 3, 2009
Vivian F. Piteri, 98, died June 3, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born June 3, 1911, in Minneapolis, Kan., the daughter of Jesse N. and Grace Gasaway Felt. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1928 and attended Hutchinson Junior College, graduating from Emporia State Teachers College. She was a librarian at Winfield High School and then...
Jean F. Talbott
Jun 3, 2009
CUNNINGHAM - Jean F. Talbott, 94, died June 3, 2009, at Hilltop Manor, Cunningham. She was born May 3, 1915, the daughter of Arthur Sidney and Caperna Totte Fincham. On Aug. 26, 1946, she married Richard Lee Talbott. He died Aug. 2, 2000. She is survived by a nephew, Lon Rademacher, and a niece, Diane Newlin. She was preceded in...
Richard Lavern Young
Jun 2, 2009
BILOXI, Miss. - Richard "Dick" Young, 59, died June 2, 2009, in Biloxi, Miss. He was born Feb. 23, 1950, in Pratt, the son of Horace R. and Margaret Powers Young. He graduated in 1969 from Skyline High School, Pratt. A resident of Hutchinson most of his adult life, he worked as a pipe fitter and welder, and in recent...
