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Owen D. Zehr
Sep 10, 2008
Owen Dale Zehr passed away Sept. 10, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. Owen was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Burrton to Dave and Georgie Nickle Zehr. He graduated in 1944 from Burrton High School as President of his class. Owen married his high school sweetheart, Joy I. LaGree on Dec. 7, 1945. He retired from Getty/Texaco after 35 years...
Robert Lynn Jacques
Sep 10, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Robert Lynn Jacques, 85, went home to be with his Lord on Sept. 10, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Hutchinson, the son of Robert L. and Leonora Conway Jacques. He was a 1941 graduate of Partridge High School. A resident of South Hutchinson, he was a farmer/stockman and...
Carol B. Grounds
Sep 10, 2008
Carol B. Grounds, 76, died Sept. 10, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 14, 1932, in Topeka, the daughter of William Frank and Alberta Beckmann Grounds. She was a 1950 graduate of Waverly High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1950, she was an order processing clerk for Colladay Wholesale Hardware, Hutchinson. She belonged to...
Clyde A. Patton
Sep 8, 2008
Clyde A. Patton, 62, died Sept. 8, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 21, 1945, in Scott City, the son of Fred M. and Lorene Gropp Patton. He graduated in 1964, from Greeley County High School. He was raised in the Tribune community, and had lived in Scott City and Garden City before moving to Hutchinson. He...
Kathy Evans Mcleish
Sep 8, 2008
DIGHTON - Kathy Evans McLeish, 53, died Sept. 8, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1955, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Milton W. and Mardell J. Delaney Evans. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1973, and from Kansas State University in 1977. She was a teacher for Dighton Public Schools USD No. 482....
Joseph G. Previtera
Sep 7, 2008
Joseph G. Previtera, 85, died Sept. 7, 2008 at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 21, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Isadore and Olympia Previtera. He was raised in Somerdale, N.J. Upon joining the Air Force, he was stationed in Salina and then moved to Hutchinson in 1945. He was the owner of Previtera Construction Company....
Elizabeth H. Dahlberg
Sep 6, 2008
Elizabeth "Libby" Holtzclaw Dahlberg, 89, died Sept. 6, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles R. and Anna M. Hadley Holtzclaw. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Adela Hale Business College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a bookkeeper and loan processor at Bankers Investments Company, Hutchinson....
Shirley L Fast
Sep 5, 2008
Shirley L. Fast, 78, died Sept. 5, 2008, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Jan. 11, 1930, in Peoria, Ill., the daughter of Stanley L. and Elsie A. Braun Johnson. She graduated from Augusta High School in 1947. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she worked originally as a telephone operator and later for many years as a school...
Oral Hodges
Sep 4, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Oral F. Hodges, 90, passed away Sept. 4, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 8, 1918, in Anthony, the daughter of Alfred and Julia Pigg Hughbanks. Oral grew up in the Sterling area and lived her adult life in Hutchinson. She was a homemaker and charter member of TOPS for over 30 years....
Dolores Powell
Sep 3, 2008
Dolores "Dee" M. Powell, 75, died Sept. 3, 2008, at Thorne Care Center of Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born March 12, 1933, at Bertrand Nebraska, to Frank and Edna Anderson Bose. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1963, moving here from Lexington, Nebraska. She graduated from Larned High School in the class of 1950. She worked at Sears Dept....
Doris Frankenstein
Sep 3, 2008
Doris Margaret Frankenstein, 87, died Sept. 3, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 5, 1920, in N. Tonawanda, N.Y. to Rev. Carl A. and Clara M. Brusehaber Frankenstein. She was a resident of North Tonawanda N.Y. until moving to Hutchinson in 2002. She was a homemaker and a child care provider. She belonged to the St....
Dorothy J. Staib
Aug 31, 2008
Dorothy J. Staib, 82, died Aug. 31, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 17, 1926, in South Hutchinson, the daughter of Edward Glen and Vivian Gladys Childs Whittle. She graduated in 1944 from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime area resident, she was a lab technician for Singleton-Joyce Optical for 26 years and was a Wal-Mart door greeter....
Margaret Marie Hamby
Aug 31, 2008
Margaret Marie Hamby, 67, died Aug. 31, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 2, 1941, in Eureka, the daughter of Charles Sr. and Lillie Dossey Caylor. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired custodian for Hutchinson Community College. On Dec. 5, 1955, she married Gilbert "Gib" Hamby in Wichita. He died Jan. 5,...
Mary E. Ryan
Aug 31, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Ryan, 74, died Aug. 31, 2008, at Lakepoint Nursing Home, Rose Hill. She was born Nov. 6, 1933, in Ellsworth, the daughter of Robert Bruce and Florence E. Johnson Hudson. She graduated in 1951 from Geneseo High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, formerly of Geneseo, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church and...
Billy G. Evitt
Aug 30, 2008
Billy G. Evitt, 79, died Aug. 30, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 29, 1928, in Idalou, Texas, the son of Urney P. and Oneita Bloyd Evitt. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he worked in boat manufacturing. He was a member of American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68. He was a U.S. Navy veteran,...
James Lynn Young
Aug 29, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - James Lynn Young, 58, died Aug. 29, 2008, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus. He was born Feb. 23, 1949, in Newton to John Charles and Evelyn Irene Baumann Young. He was a 1967 graduate of Halstead High School and a retired truck driver for Dillons and Yellow Freight. Survivors include: mother, Evelyn J....
Mae B. Schletzbaum
Aug 29, 2008
Mae B. Schletzbaum, 97, passed away Aug. 29, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. A twin, she was born July 17, 1911, in Alfalfa County, Okla., to William and Ida Ritter Brinkmeier. She graduated from high school in Burlington, Okla. A resident of South Hutchinson for 14 years, moving to Hutchinson in 1955, she was a homemaker and had...
Harold F. Gough
Aug 26, 2008
Harold F. Gough, 83, died August 26, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. He was born March 20, 1925, in Galesburg, Kansas, the son of Arthur and Opal Killian Gough. On August 3, 1948, Harold married Helen P. Winans in Hutchinson. She survives. They celebrated their 60th anniversary this month. A member of Northminster Presbyterian Church, he was a retired painter...
Isaac S. Neufeld
Aug 25, 2008
ARLINGTON - Isaac S. "Ike" Neufeld, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, 95, died Aug. 25, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born Oct. 23, 1912, in York County, Neb., the son of John and Eva Neufeld. An Arlington resident for over 47 years, he and his wife Mildred recently moved to the Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. He graduated in...
Susie J. Gough
Aug 25, 2008
Susie J. Gough, 87, died Aug. 25, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 10, 1921, in Yoder, the daughter of Jonas and Susie Bontrager Yoder. She was a life long Reno County resident and attended school in Yoder. She was a catalog clerk at Sears Department Store in Hutchinson for many years. She belonged to Trinity United...
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