Allan H. Ferguson
Feb 8, 2009
Allan H. Ferguson, 61, died Feb. 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1947, in Holdenville, Okla., the son of Hoyt and Minella Leewright Ferguson. He graduated in 1965 from Garden City High School and attended Garden City Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, he was employed by Dillon Stores before taking medical retirement...
Mary Louise Howard
Feb 7, 2009
Mary Louise Howard, 81, died Feb. 7, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 21, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Walter and Dorothea Ruth Austin Yates. She worked for HubCo, where she retired after 30-plus years. Mary was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a Unite Union Member. She was also a 12-year cancer...
Shon Dale Garcia, Sr.
Feb 7, 2009
Shon Dale Garcia Sr., 39, died Feb. 7, 2009, at Indian Meadows Nursing Center, Overland Park. He was born May 22, 1969 in Los Angeles, Calif. A 1987 graduate of Salina South High School, Salina, he was a former employee of Doskocil. Shon is survived by: a daughter, Ashley Ojeda, Albuquerque, N.M.; a son, Shon Dale Garcia, Jr., Hutchinson; mother,...
Ralph B. Green
Feb 3, 2009
Ralph B. Green, 88, died Feb. 3, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born April 8, 1920, in Lake Charles, La., the son of George Charles and Maggie Mae Ball Green. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938, Spartan School of Aviation, Tulsa, Okla., in 1947. He was a retired aircraft technician for Wells Aircraft. He...
Jason Riley Bether
Feb 2, 2009
BUHLER - Jason Riley Bether, 27, died Feb. 2, 2009, in rural Reno County. He was born July 1, 1981, in Hutchinson, the son of Terry Allen Bether and Debra Jean Ratzlaff. He was a 2000 graduate of Buhler High School and a 2004 graduate of Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime area resident, he worked in the maintenance department for...
Amanda Boese
Jan 29, 2009
Amanda Boese, 92, died Jan. 29, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1916, in Montezuma, the daughter of Henry and Eva Schmidt. In August 1940, she married Walter Boese. He died Jan. 13, 1976. Survivors include: a son, Steve and wife, Beth, Hutchinson; a daughter, Norma Roper and husband, Marion, Gardner; and grandchildren, Josh Boese,...
Joy I. Zehr
Jan 28, 2009
Joy Irene Zehr, 81, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Burrton, to Thomas M. and Mable Eressa Dickson LaGree. She attended Maple Grove Country School and graduated from Burrton High School in 1945. On Dec. 7, 1945, she married her high school sweetheart, Owen Dale...
Bessie M. Starks
Jan 27, 2009
Bessie Mae Starks, 81, died Jan. 27, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Jay, Okla., the daughter of John and Anna Liza Tosh Morgan. She graduated from Lindberg High School, Delaware County, Ark. She owned and operated a restaurant and later retired from Cessna. On Dec. 18, 1947, she married Sherman Gobble, in...
Merton R. Wambsganss
Jan 24, 2009
Merton B. Wambsganss, 84, went to be with his Lord on Jan. 24, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 23, 1924, in Herington, the son of Bernard and Clara Kuester Wambsganss. He graduated from Elmdale High School in 1945. A resident of Hutchinson since 1946, he was a retired production supervisor for Barton/Cargill Salt Company,...
Terry A. Boese
Jan 24, 2009
Terry A. Boese, 63, died Jan. 24, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 18, 1945, in Halstead, the son of Walter and Amanda Schmidt Boese. Survivors include: his mother, Amanda Boese, South Hutchinson; brother, Steve and wife, Beth, Hutchinson; sister, Norma Roper and husband, Marion, Kansas City; nephew, Josh Boese, Easton, Pa.; and niece, Vicki...
John Richard Phillips, Jr
Jan 23, 2009
John R. Phillips Jr., 85, died Jan. 23, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Quitaque, Texas, to John R. Sr. and Ivy Cady Phillips. He was a journeyman lineman for the Line Construction Company in South Hutchinson for many years. He was a 50 year member of IBEW Union. He served in...
Earl C. Ewing
Jan 22, 2009
Earl C. Ewing, 81, Hutchinson, died Jan. 22, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 8, 1927, at Tahlequah, Okla., the son of James Russell Sr. and Maudie Ethel Ballard Ewing. He was a retired ranch hand in Northern California and farm hand at Haven. He was also a regular at the 4th Street McDonald's Coffee...
Ryan L Jenkins
Jan 22, 2009
Ryan L. Jenkins, 36, died Jan. 22, 2009, in Sedgwick County. He was born Sept. 5, 1972, in Wichita, the son of Leslie R. and Anna M. Fisher Jenkins. He graduated from Wichita West High School in 1992. A longtime resident of Wichita, moving to Hutchinson in 2008, he was an auto service technician at the Maize Wal-Mart Store. He...
Henry F. Lawson
Jan 21, 2009
LOWELL, Ark. - Henry F. Lawson, 95, died Jan. 21, 2009, in Lowell, Ark. He was born Aug. 22, 1913, in War Eagle, Ark., to Ward and Lillian Evans Lawson. On Nov. 26, 1932, he married Oma V. Danley in Bentonville, Ark. She died Aug. 21, 1988. He attended Free Will Baptist Church in Arkansas. He had been a member...
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.,...
