William H. Mcconnell
Sep 27, 2008
William "Bill" H. McConnell, 73, died Sept. 27, 2008, at Kingman Community Hospital, Kingman. He was born July 6, 1935, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold "Mac" and Helen Rodine McConnell. He graduated in 1953, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a roofer and crew foreman for Hamilton Roofing, for 40 years. He served in...
Fred W. Baker, Jr.
Sep 25, 2008
Fred W. Baker Jr., 92, died Sept. 25, 2008, at Hearthstone Assisted Living Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 11, 1915, in Nelson, the son of Fred W. and Prudence M. Hicks Baker. He resided in Oklahoma City, but lived in Hutchinson for many years. Graduating from Pittsburg High School, Pittsburg, in 1933, he later graduated from Pittsburg...
Clinton R. Calma Reyes
Sep 25, 2008
Clinton Remigio Calma Reyes, 19, died September 25, 2008, at the Reno County Hospice House after a valiant fight against colon cancer. He was born January 15, 1989, in Pampanga, Philippines, the son of Remigio and Susan Reyes. He attended Buhler High School and graduated in 2007. He enjoyed football and track, but his real passion was weightlifting and video...
Chlo Ann Stiggins
Sep 24, 2008
PARTRIDGE - Chlo Ann Stiggins, 89, died Sept. 24, 2008, at the Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Aug. 3, 1919, in Salt Creek Township, rural Reno County, Kan., the daughter of Bertrand and Chloie M. Coleman Eisiminger. She attended Partridge High School. She was a Partridge resident for most of her life and a homemaker. She belonged to...
Charles W. Snyder
Sep 23, 2008
Charles W. Snyder, 75, died Sept. 23, 2008, near Truckee, Calif. He was a truck driver for Roadrunner Driveaway. Survivors include: wife, Linda; son, Mark Snyder and wife Cindy, Hutchinson, brother, James Fuller, Hutchinson; granddaughter Desiree Morales, and 3 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Irene E. Paulson. Cremation has taken place. Graveside services will...
Maryjane Barkley
Sep 23, 2008
MaryJane Barkley, 66, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Hospice House of Reno County. She was born Oct. 19, 1941, at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson, Kan., the daughter of George Ray Hornbeck and Jane Hamill Hornbeck. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She attended Lakeview Elementary School, Sherman Middle School, and Hutchinson High School. MaryJane was president of...
Mildred E. Benson
Sep 23, 2008
Mildred E. Benson, 87, died Sept. 23, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1921, in Nickerson, the daughter of Clive J. "Bud" and Thelma A. Redburn Cunday. She graduated in 1939, from Nickerson High School, and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker, and for a short time was a cook at Mitchell...
Mary E. Logan
Sep 23, 2008
Mary E. Logan, 84, died Sept. 23, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 24, 1923, in Cokeville, Pa., the daughter of Ward and Grace Davis. She graduated from Neodesha High School in 1941 and from Grace Hospital School of Nursing in 1944. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a registered nurse at Cessna Plant in...
Marjorie L. Delventhal
Sep 23, 2008
NICKERSON - Marjorie L. Delventhal, 78, died Sept. 23, 2008, at Promise Regional Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 3, 1930, the daughter of Leo P. and Alice Pearl Cook Roberts. She graduated in 1948, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Nickerson, she was a homemaker, and retired from the catalog department at Sears. She belonged to the...
Velma M. Burns
Sep 23, 2008
Velma Maxine Burns received her celestial promotion on Sept. 23, 2008. She was born March 3, 1920, in Neosha, Mo., the daughter of William E. and Nola Naomi Riggs Taylor. She graduated from Neosha (Missouri) public schools and later Adela-Hale Business School. A Hutchinson resident most of her life, she was a bookkeeper for Saylor Cleaners and Otasco before retiring....
William H. Shears, Jr.
Sep 20, 2008
William H. "Bill" Shears Jr., 90, died Sept. 20, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 21, 1918, in Hutchinson, the son of William H. Shears, Sr. and Winifred B. Newman Shears. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated Hutchinson High School in 1936, and he then received a degree in Civil Engineering from the Kansas...
Alice E. Mitzner
Sep 19, 2008
STERLING - Alice Mitzner, 66, died Sept. 19, 2008, at her home, Sterling. She was born May 11, 1942, in Christian County, Ky., the daughter of Charlie and Hazel Morgan Davis. A resident of Sterling, she was a homemaker and a truck driver for Branson Truck Line. She belonged to Church of God International. On March 10, 1962, she married...
Ruth M. Shepherd
Sep 18, 2008
Ruth Mae Varney Shepherd, 84, of Hutchinson, passed away September 18, 2008, surrounded by the love of family and friends that she held so dear. She was born on August 10, 1924, in Plevna, the daughter of Miles Standish and Lila Viola Wyatt Varney. She was a 1942 graduate of Abbyville High School. She attended Hutchinson Community Junior College to...
Marilyn J. Peirce
Sep 15, 2008
Marilyn J. Peirce, age 75, of Hutchinson passed away Monday evening at the Pleasant View Home in Inman, Kan. She is preceded in death by her father, Harry E. Peirce, her first husband, Everett L. Westfahl and her sister Ellen Sizemore. She is survived by her mother, Daisy Peirce of Hutchinson; her sisters, Sondra Green of Denver, Colo., and Dorothy...
Velma M. Hipp
Sep 14, 2008
Velma M. Hipp, 89, died Sept. 14, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 9, 1918, in Arlington, the daughter of John Peter and Beulah May Breese Koestel Jr. She graduated from Arlington High School in 1936. A resident of Hutchinson, she was retired from Consolidated Manufacturing, working there for 22 years. She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church....
Agnes M. Ruebke
Sep 13, 2008
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Agnes Marie Ruebke, 97, died Sept. 13, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 15, 1911, in Castleton, the daughter of John D. and Carrie M. Krehbiel Krehbiel. A lifetime Reno County resident, she was a farmwife and helped operate Ruebke Orchard, Pretty Prairie. She belonged to First Mennonite Church, Pretty Prairie. She...
Sandra Theresa Thomas
Sep 13, 2008
Sandra Theresa "Grandma Sandra" Thomas, 60, died Sept. 13, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 8, 1948, in Bay St. Louis, Miss., the daughter of Edward John and Daisy Theresa Tolbert Bell, Jr. She graduated from Valena C. Jones High School, Bay St. Louis, Miss., and attended Business College in Cincinnati, Ohio. A resident of...
Jennifer Sarah Ditson
Sep 13, 2008
FORT HOOD, Texas - Jennifer Sarah Ditson, 26, died Sept. 13, 2008, in Burrton. She was born Sept. 7, 1982, in Houston, the daughter of James and Kathleen Rivers Easter. She graduated in 2001, from Cotopaxi (Colo.) High School, and attended Pueblo Community College. A resident of Fort Hood, Texas, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Canon Community...
Annabell L. Conrad
Sep 11, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Annabell Lola Conrad, 88, died Sept. 11, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 2, 1920, near Partridge in Reno County, the daughter of Henry and Milly Olga Massoni Koestel. She graduated from Partridge High School in 1940. A lifetime Reno County resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Partridge Community Church,...
Alvin L. Coop
Sep 10, 2008
Alvin L. Coop, 89, passed away Sept. 10, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 3, 1918, in Dudley, Mo., the son of Pearl and Ruby Allen Coop. He was a graduate of Fostoria High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1941, he was a mechanic and service manager at O'Mara Pontiac for 16 years, then worked as...
