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Bobbie A. Steele

Bobbie A. Steele

Oct 26, 2008

ENID, Okla. - Bobbie A. "Doc" Steele, DVM, 89, died Oct. 26, 2008, at United Methodist Home in Enid. He was born March 5, 1919, on the family farm near Halstead, to Ara and Hattie May Boyer Steele. He graduated from Halstead High School in 1936. He graduated from Hutchinson Community College, where he was a member of the football...

Violet L. "Vi" Schmucker

Violet L. "Vi" Schmucker

Oct 25, 2008

Violet L. "Vi" Schmucker, 94, died Oct. 25, 2008, at Dillon Living Center. She was born June 25, 1914, in Sterling, Ks., the daughter of Richard "Dick" and Emma Rupp Engbrecht. She had been a resident of Hutchinson since 1959, moving from Wichita. She was a homemaker and had been a salesperson for Nelson Music for over 12 years. She...

Gilbert H. "Charlie" Ulbrich

Gilbert H. "Charlie" Ulbrich

Oct 23, 2008

Gilbert H. "Charlie" Ulbrich, 84, died Oct. 23, 2008, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 12, 1923, in Weimar, Texas, the son of Charlie and Emma Kloesel Ulbrich. A Hutchinson resident since 1955, moving from Dodge City. He retired in 1985 from Hutchinson Schools USD 308. He belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church and the Men's Club...

Aalysia Marie Alford

Aalysia Marie Alford

Oct 18, 2008

Aalysia Marie Terwey Alford, 4 months and 28 days, died October 18, 2008 at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO. She was born May 20, 2008, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Monte Deron Alford and Tanesha La'Shawn Terwey. Survivors include; her parents, a brother, Malik Baker, aunts and uncles; Da'Shawn, Darrin Jr., Brittany, Demetric, Isiah, Haylee, La'Shawn, Dion, Michael and...

Letha M. Mitchell

Letha M. Mitchell

Oct 16, 2008

Letha M. Mitchell, 82, of Hutchinson, died Oct. 16, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Beatrice Neb., the daughter of Benjamin and Ida Hirst Balderson. She was a 1942 Graduate of Beatrice High School and received her degree from Adela Hale Business Career School. She was a bookkeeper for Sawyer Plumbing, Kansas...

Judy Ann Brazil

Judy Ann Brazil

Oct 15, 2008

Judy Ann Brazil, 67, died Oct. 15, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1940, the daughter of Sherman and Yvonne Redgate Watkins. She moved back to Hutchinson one year ago, after living in Rio Vista, Calif. for many years. She attended Hutchinson schools. She was a caregiver and a member of the Catholic Faith....

Charles W. "Mac" Mcgonigle

Charles W. "Mac" Mcgonigle

Oct 12, 2008

Charles W. "Mac" McGonigle, 71, died Oct. 12, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS. He was born December 16, 1936, in Hutchinson, the son of Algia Emery and Bernice Bainum McGonigle. He graduated from Hutch inson High School in 1956. He served in the Navy and then with the Seabees in the naval construction battalion from 1958 to...

Connie L. Davison

Connie L. Davison

Oct 10, 2008

Connie L. Davison, 71, died Oct. 10, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 19, 1936, in Newton, the daughter of Harry E. and Mary M. Zaring Eshleman. She attended Sedgwick Schools and the University of Kansas. She was a homemaker. She belonged to the Trinity United Methodist Women's circle. PEO, Chapter BL. On Nov. 10,...

Virginia Adair Rostine

Virginia Adair Rostine

Oct 10, 2008

Virginia Adair Rostine went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 10, 2008, in Springfield MO. Born in Hutchinson KS on March 14, 1918 to Sims and Vearlea Adair, she grew up and attended schools in Kansas City. Virginia was a proud University of Missouri Tiger, having graduated in 1939 with a degree in journalism. She worked briefly...

Karen L. French

Karen L. French

Oct 7, 2008

Karen L. French, 68, died Oct. 7, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 30, 1939, in Harper, the daughter of Paul "Dutch" and Helen Thatcher Wohlschlegel. She graduated from Harper High School in 1957. She was an Interior Home Decorator for Schmidt's Paint and Wallpaper and Northgate Home Furnishings, she also worked at Dillons on...

Kenneth L. Burton

Kenneth L. Burton

Oct 6, 2008

Kenneth L. "Kenny" Burton, 84, died Oct. 6, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 21, 1924, in Rolla, the son of Charlie and Jeanny "Dot" Burton. He graduated from Rolla High School and Adela Hale Business College. He worked for Consolidated Manufacturing and retired from Hutchinson Vending Company in 1986, with 20 years of service....

Evelyn F. "Sally" Dick

Evelyn F. "Sally" Dick

Oct 4, 2008

Evelyn Faye Dick "Sally," 82, died Oct. 4, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 6, 1926, in Halstead, the daughter of Jesse David and Muriel Thornhill Lewis. She received an associate's degree. A lifetime resident of Halstead and Hutchinson, she was a registered nurse. She belonged to Bethany Church of the Nazarene and the Citizen Band...

Karen S. Craig

Karen S. Craig

Oct 4, 2008

Karen S. Craig, 56, died Oct. 4, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born July 25, 1952, in Wichita, the daughter of S. Marvin and Marjorie M. Dillman Craig. She graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1970. She was a head cashier at the Hutchinson Lowe's for the last five years transferring from Naples, Fla. She was of the...

Betty J. Van Riper

Betty J. Van Riper

Oct 2, 2008

Betty J. Van Riper, 81, died Oct. 2, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Salina, the daughter of Verge and Edith Walker Schriner. She graduated in 1945, from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Double Circle Sunday School Class of the...

Lesley J Hiebert

Lesley J Hiebert

Oct 1, 2008

PARTRIDGE - Lesley J. Hiebert, 55, died Oct. 1, 2008, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1953, in Coffeyville, the daughter of Leslie and Pauline Emmajean Frantz Green. She was raised in Hutchinson, moving to Partridge in 1994. She attended Avenue A Grade School, Sherman Jr. High School and Hutchinson High. She was a waitress at R&B. She...

Carl L Sanderson

Carl L Sanderson

Sep 30, 2008

Carl L Sanderson, 82, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather went to be with the Lord Sept. 30, 2008 at Hospice House of Reno Co. He was born May 11, 1926 at Chase, Rice Co., KS the son of Charles Sanderson and Gladys McClintock. He attended Hutchinson High School, leaving at age 17 to join the war effort. He...

Velma G. Mckelvy

Velma G. Mckelvy

Sep 30, 2008

Velma Gay McKelvy, 80, died Sept. 30, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born July 27, 1928, in Edgewater, Texas, the daughter of Ernest and Ethel Graham Thornton. A resident of Hutchinson since 1947, she was a retired nurse's aide. On Feb. 1, 1947, she married George E. McKelvy in Hutchinson. He died April 11, 1991. Survivors...

Harry C Burnett

Harry C Burnett

Sep 29, 2008

Harry C. Burnett, 83, died Sept. 29, 2008 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 12, 1925, on a farm near Arlington, the son of James and Juanita Applegate Burnett. A lifetime resident of Arlington, he was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church. For over 50 years he...

Ardith Ann Liebst

Ardith Ann Liebst

Sep 29, 2008

ORANGE PARK, FLA - Ardith A. Liebst, 67, died Sept. 29, 2008, at her home in Orange Park, Fla. She was born June 20, 1941, in Burrton, the daughter of Lucian Virgil and Alice Karr Brown Hammar. She had been a long time Fla. resident. She graduated from Haven High School in 1958, and Emporia State Teachers College in 1962....

Yvonne G. Johnson

Yvonne G. Johnson

Sep 27, 2008

Yvonne G. Johnson, 81, died Sept. 27, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 14, 1926, in Herstal, Belgium, the daughter of Gean and Elizabeth Vandenberoeck. She moved to the United States in 1946, having lived in California for 35 years before moving to Hutchinson in 1988. She had been a sales clerk at JC Penney. She belonged...

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