Theodore S. "Ted" Briggs
Aug 24, 2008
Ted Briggs, 86, who for half a century ran a popular repair shop with his brother in rural Windom, died August 24, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Born March 23, 1922, on the family farm South of Windom, Ted was the second son of Arnold and Linnea Malm Briggs. He outlived all of his siblings, older brother, LeRoy, only sister,...
Jonathan T. Rostine
Aug 24, 2008
TOPEKA - Jonathan Tyler Rostine, 28, died Aug. 22, 2008, in Wabaunsee County. He was born April 10, 1980, in Hutchinson, the son of James and Rose Ann Rostine. He was a resident of Topeka for the past eight years. He was the former owner of E.V.I.C. and Juls in Topeka. He was a 1998 graduate of Southeast of Saline...
Janyce C. "Jan" Gaston
Aug 23, 2008
Janyce C. "Jan" Gaston, 70, died Aug. 23, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born April 9, 1938, in Larned, the daughter of Charlie Frank and May Pauline Brewer Hiett. She graduated from Larned High School in 1956, and Hutchinson Junior College in 1985. She was a registered nurse at Wesley Towers. She belonged to Faith Baptist Church and...
Shirley J. Stiggins
Aug 23, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Shirley J. Stiggins, 54, died Aug. 23, 2008, at Mohawk Road and Highways 50/61. She was born April 14, 1954, to Dean and Beverly Branscom in Kingman. She graduated from Haven High School in 1973 and had been a secretary for RCEC and Hutchinson Hospital. She was a member of South Hutchinson United Methodist Church and a...
George "Doug" Horne
Aug 22, 2008
George "Doug" Horne, 75, died Aug. 22, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born May 8, 1933, in Roanoke County, Va., to Erman Corbett and Anna Hale Horne. He worked for Welborn Auto Supply, Roher's Furniture and retired from Cessna/ Eaton. He attended Inman Mennonite Church. A U.S. Army veteran, he served from 1953-1955 as a corporal during the...
Marion Leland "Shorty" Mock
Aug 20, 2008
Marion Leland "Shorty" Mock, 80, a loving husband and father, died Aug. 20, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital ICU. He was born Jan. 4, 1928, in Doniphan, Mo., to Ivor Leland and Jannie Stubblefield Mock. He was a resident of Hutchinson. He attended Cross Roads, Mo. schools. He was a graduate of Iola High School, Iola. He retired as tester at...
Vernon D. Elliott
Aug 20, 2008
ANTHONY - Vernon Dick Elliott, 84, died Aug. 20, 2008, at Anthony Community Care Center, Anthony. He was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Anthony, the son of George Oliver "Dick" and Lillian Piehl Elliott. A lifetime resident of Anthony, he was a 1942 graduate of Anthony High School, a graduate of Hutchinson Junior College, Hutchinson, a graduate and President of...
Rj Ratliff
Aug 17, 2008
Rj Ratliff, 82, went to be with his Lord, Aug. 17, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 4, 1926, in Hardy, Ark., the son of P.H. and Annie L. Stites Ratliff. A resident of Hutchinson since 1955, he was a construction worker for the City of Hutchinson. He belonged to the 11th Avenue Chapel. He served in...
Mary E. Davis
Aug 17, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Davis, 78, died Aug. 17, 2008, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born July 1, 1930, in Larned, the daughter of Leroy D. and Katheryn Herndon Harris. A former resident of Clovis, Calif., and Larned, she lived in Hutchinson since 2004. She received both her BA (1959) and MA (1982) from California State University, Fresno, Calif....
Aaron E. Cox
Aug 17, 2008
Aaron E. Cox, 36, died Aug. 17, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 17, 1972, in Hutchinson, the son of Steven E. and Linda S. Stiggins Cox. He graduated from Shadow Mountain High School, Phoenix, in 1990, McPherson College in 1998 and was a graduate of Emporia State University. He had been a special education teacher at...
Orlie E. Beer
Aug 14, 2008
MILLEVILLE Calif. - Orlie Eugene "Gene" Beer, 68, died Aug. 14, 2008, in a cycle/deer accident in the mountains of Hat Creek, Calif. He was born Aug. 8, 1940, the son of Mount and Hulda Jane "Tootise" Nuefeld Beer. On Aug. 9, 1986 he married Jane Olsen. She survives. Other survivors include: three children, Jack, Laura and Kimberly; a sister,...
Frank L. Pifer
Aug 13, 2008
Frank Lee Pifer, 78, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 13, 2008, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows Nursing Home. He was born Aug. 4, 1930, in Hutchinson, the son of Orville Lee and Mable Ester Spohn Pifer. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he retired from Cessna in 1976 and then opened Pifer Auto Salvage. He retired again in 1992. On April 3, 1951,...
Karen S. Rohr
Aug 12, 2008
Karen Sue Rohr, 55, died Aug. 12, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 18, 1952, in Newton, the daughter of Charles A. and Helen Louise Gillihan Wilson. She graduated from Marion Abramson High School, New Orleans, with the class of 1970. A resident of Hutchinson, for the past 10 years, she was a C.N.A., and C.M.A., at...
Phillip A. Henderson
Aug 12, 2008
Phillip A. Henderson, 86, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 12, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 16, 1922, at Hutchinson, the son of Arthur O. and Thelma Q. Shuman Henderson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a 1940 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Salt City Business College. He retired in 1982 after 37 years as...
Clair Joe Porter
Aug 11, 2008
Clair Joe Porter, 96, died on Aug. 11, 2008, at his home in Racine, Minn. He was born Jan. 1, 1912, son of William Joel and Cora Ellen Mayhlery Porter in Reno County. He graduated from Abbyville High School in Abbyville. Clair was the owner-operator of Utility Sales and Engineering in Rochester, Minn. for many years and retired in 1975....
Joan "Dorothy" Hemel
Aug 11, 2008
Joan "Dorothy" Hemel, 73, died Aug. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 13, 1935, the daughter of Fred Elias and Carrie Williams Farmer. On Feb. 7, 1986, she married Clifford Hemel in Ness City. He died Jan. 27, 1991. Survivors include: brother, Marvin Farmer; and sister, Wanda Webb; a nephew, Glenn E. Anderson; niece, Sandra S. Anderson; and...
Joseph M. Miller
Aug 11, 2008
Joseph M. Miller, 61, died Aug. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1946, in Kalona, Iowa, the son of Mahlon E. and Edna Miller Miller. He was the owner of Carriage Crossing and the past owner of the Dutch Kitchen. He belonged to South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. On Dec. 30, 1965, he married Mary Ellen Nisly...
Iona A. Gleason
Aug 10, 2008
Iona A. Gleason, 75, died Aug. 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 10, 1933, in Thurston, Neb., the daughter of Herbert and Anna Paulsen Messerschmidt. She graduated from West Fork Arkansas High School in 1950 and then attended Wayne State College, Nebraska, and graduated from Sterling College in 1962. She worked on her post-graduate degree at Washington...
Philomena Franz
Aug 9, 2008
Philomena Franz, 96, passed away at St. Joseph Carondelet Manor in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Philomena was born in Munjor, Kan., on Dec. 31, 1911, and raised in Ness City, Kan. She was the daughter of Francis and Rosa (Kronawitter) Pfannenstiel. After graduating from Ness City High School, she attended Marymount College in Salina, Kan. She...
Rosalie J. Ballard
Aug 9, 2008
Rosalie J. Ballard, 83, died Aug. 9, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Mulberry, the daughter of Johnsie E. and Myrtle May Hamilton Williams. She graduated in 1943 from Mulberry High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Park Place Christian Church. On Nov. 15, 1945, she married Bill Ray Ballard in Pittsburg....
