George A. Roberts
Dec 2, 2008
George A. Roberts, 66, died Dec. 2, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 2, 1942, in Wichita, the son of Arnold E. and Laurine Bennett Roberts. He was a Certification Inspector at Cessna Textron, Wichita for over 18 years. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran. On Aug. 20, 1961, He married Lola Gayle Gibson in...
Ellen Marie Pieplow
Dec 2, 2008
Ellen Marie Pieplow, 63, died Dec. 2, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 7, 1945, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles and Kathryn Follick Hedger. She graduated in 1963, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a physical therapy assistant, starting at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, and ending with wound care in the...
Donald Dale Mitchell
Dec 2, 2008
Donald Dale Mitchell, 80, died Dec. 2, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born April 6, 1928, in Dodge City, the son of George E. and Ruby E. Calbert Mitchell. He attended Hutchinson Schools. A resident of South Hutchinson most of his life, he was a delivery truck driver for Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI), and then later worked at...
Margarita Sims
Nov 30, 2008
Margarita Sims, 62, died Nov. 30, 2008, at her home. She was born March 3, 1946, in Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico, the daughter of Jose` Angel and Luz Mier. A resident of the United States for 33 years, she was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith. In Feb. 1975, she married Otto Martinez. On Feb. 20, 1977, she married...
Clarence "Jud" Ditgen
Nov 29, 2008
Clarence "Jud" Ditgen, 91, died Nov. 29, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 21, 1917, in rural Nickerson, the son of Joseph Clarence and Bessie Louise Stevens Ditgen. He graduated from Nickerson High School in 1936, and attended Adela Hale Business College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, and Reno County, he retired in 1982, as...
Hugh G. Huddle
Nov 25, 2008
Hugh G. Huddle died Nov. 25, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born March 6, 1917, in Peabody, KS the son of Clyde B. and Jessie Zimmerman Huddle. He graduated from Peabody High School in 1925. On Oct. 25, 1942, he married Catherine L. Seibel in Peabody. She died Nov. 14, 1994. A Hutchinson resident since 1942,...
Charlotte L. Miles
Nov 24, 2008
Charlotte L. "Charlie" Miles, 74, died Nov. 24, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Isabel, Kan., to Alvin Doras and Viola A. (Oller) Blue. She was raised in Isabel, then attended Pratt Community College and graduated from Brown Mackie Business College in Salina. A resident of Hutchinson since 1980, she was a...
Bonita M. "Bonnie" Mcclelland
Nov 24, 2008
Bonita "Bonnie" M. McClelland, 69, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 24, 2008, after a lengthy illness. She was born the daughter of Harlan Oren Wood and Iona Helen Valette Wood on Feb. 2, 1939, in Stockton. Bonnie lived and settled in Hutchinson, but also had lived in Missouri and Illinois. She graduated from Memphis High School, Memphis,...
Winifred Grace Weatherbee
Nov 23, 2008
Winifred Grace Weatherbee, 87, died Nov. 23, 2008, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 31, 1921, in rural Rice County, the daughter of Frederick and Susanna Dressel Altenbaumer. She attended Sunny Four Elementary School in rural Rice County and graduated from Bushton High School, Bushton. A longtime resident of Great Bend, moving to Hutchinson in...
Phyllis M. Hawkes
Nov 23, 2008
Phyllis M. Hawkes, 78, of Hutchinson, died Nov. 23, 2008, at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, Kan. She was born Nov. 21, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minn., the daughter of Wallace and Ethel Webster. A Hutchinson resident since 1952, she retired from the Reno County Clerks Office after 20 years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star...
Jacqualine E. Perry
Nov 22, 2008
Jacqualine "Jackie" Ellen Perry, 59, died Nov. 22, 2008, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born April 23, 1949, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Delbert Jack and Mary Ellen Drake Perry. A lifetime area resident, she was a rodeo cowgirl and trained quarter horses. She was of the Christian faith. Survivors include: a son, Shawn Neil Cox, Atlanta; a...
Carl D. Hoyt
Nov 22, 2008
Carl D. Hoyt, 77, died Nov. 22, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 2, 1931, in Dexter, the son of Orval and Jennita Ruth Marker Hoyt, from the age of 19 months, he was raised by Ray and Lena Cheever. He graduated from Louisburg High School, attended the University of Kansas, then later graduated from Salt City...
Robert E. Luman
Nov 22, 2008
Robert Eugene Luman, 81, died Nov. 22, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 2, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Daniel "Doc" and Hazel A. Hutton Smyres. He attended Nickerson and Hutchinson schools. He was a lifetime Reno County resident. He was a mechanic for Morton Salt Company for 40 years, retiring in 1989. He...
Wanda Strouse
Nov 21, 2008
Wanda Strouse, 74, died Nov. 21, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center E.R., Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1934, in Ellinwood, the daughter of Rafael M. and Concepcion Alatorre Anzo. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church and the Ladies Altar Society at the church. On June 7, 1970, she married...
Dona Mae Gottsch
Nov 21, 2008
Dona Mae Gottsch, 78, died Nov. 21, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1930, in rural Hardtner, the daughter of Paul and Gladys Reed Molz. She graduated from Hardtner High School and then from Oklahoma A&M with a degree in Home Economics. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, moving from El Dorado, she was a home...
Wilma J. Ruebke
Nov 21, 2008
Wilma J. Ruebke, 72, died Friday Nov. 21, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Pratt, the daughter of Wilbur and Mildred Heller Massow. She had been a machinist at Eaton Corporation for 20 years, retiring in 1998. In 1961, she married Robert H. "Bob" Ruebke. He died Jan. 23, 2007. Survivors include:...
Jack H. Storey
Nov 20, 2008
Jack H. Storey, 92, died Nov. 20, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 5, 1916, in Hartford, Ark., the son of John G. and Elizabeth Ann Lee Storey. He graduated high school in Hartford, and then attended Chillicothe Business College. A resident of Hutchinson for the past several years, moving from Fort Smith, Ark., he...
Arlena Kaye Smith
Nov 17, 2008
BURRTON - Arlena Kaye "Peaches" Smith, 64, died Nov. 17, 2008, at her home, Burrton. She was born Feb. 10, 1944, in Laverne, Okla., the daughter of Caleb Harry and Bernice LeCrone Tolle. She was a resident of Burrton but had previously lived in Wichita, Madison, Battle Creek and Norfolk, Neb. She was a homemaker at the time of her...
Patricia "Pattie" Gail Lamberth
Nov 15, 2008
Patricia Gail "Pattie" Lamberth, 60, died Nov. 15, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 21, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Vernon Lamberth and Adeline "Addie' Geis. She graduated in 1966, from Hutchinson High School. She moved to the California Bay area after graduation, where she resided for many years. Due to illness she returned to Hutchinson...
Glee F Tripp
Nov 15, 2008
Glee F. Tripp, 86, died Nov. 15, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1922, in Omaha, Neb., the son of Frank Edward and Eva Frances Doyle Tripp. He was an architect. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On June 24, 1945, he married Helyn V. Ward. She died June 1, 2006. Survivors...
