Iris R. Decker
May 5, 2009
Iris R. Decker, 88, died May 5, 2009, at Harry Hynes Hospice, Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born June 14, 1920, in Goddard, the daughter of Lloyd V. and Esther Mansfield Decker. She graduated from Goddard High School and Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University, in Emporia. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was an...
Chuck Frankenfeld
May 5, 2009
Chuck Frankenfeld, 68, died May 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 27, 1940, in Manhattan, to Justus Carl and Margaret W. Weege Frankenfeld. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1958, received his degree in Sociology from Kansas State University in 1962, and his Masters in Social Work from the University of Kansas...
Carol J. Howard
May 5, 2009
Carol J. Howard, 73, died May 5, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 14, 1935, in Abbyville, the daughter of Carl B. and Josephine Horton Rank. She attended Abbyville schools and graduated in 1952 from Arlington High School. A lifelong Reno County resident, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 26, 1953, she married Audie Howard in Hutchinson....
Elenor Jean Loepp
May 3, 2009
Elenor Jean Loepp, 79, died May 3, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 11, 1929, in Wichita, to Jess and Alameda Gann Goss. A resident of Hutchinson for 49 years, she was a cashier at Gibson's for 17 years. On March 12, 1960, she married Reuben Loepp in Wichita. He survives. Other survivors include: son, Richard Ries...
Karen E. O'Dell
May 3, 2009
Karen E. O'Dell, 69, died May 3, 2009, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam. She was born Feb. 18, 1940, in Hutchinson, to Jabe and Ethel McEwen Atkinson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired sales clerk. She belonged to the VFW Auxiliary. On Aug. 14, 1969, she married Harold "Digger" O'Dell. Survivors include: two daughters, Shannon and...
Sam Krehbiel
May 2, 2009
PRETTY PRAIRIE - The Lord called Sam Krehbiel home May 2, 2009. He was born April 21, 1929, to David J. and Anna Graber Krehbiel in Reno County. He graduated from Castleton High School and took Animal courses from Kansas State. He was owner and operator of SK RANCH being in the cattle business all of his life. He was...
Awilda J. Mceachern
May 2, 2009
Awilda Jean McEachern, 88, died May 2, 2009, at Broomfield Skilled Nursing Center, Broomfield, Colo. She was born May 2, 1921, in Abbyville, the daughter of Daniel L. and Alma E. Knoche Zollars. She was a homemaker, teacher and artist. While in Hutchinson, she belonged to Crossroads Christian Church. On Aug. 5, 1949, she married Charles Blayne McEachern in Hutchinson....
Leita A. Ewing
Apr 30, 2009
Leita A. Ewing, 91, died April 30, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 25, 1917, in Penalosa, the daughter of Wesley and Ethel Hartley Jones. She graduated from Penalosa High School in 1934 and received her teaching certificate in 1936 from Fort Hays State Teacher's College. For six years she taught 1st thru 8th grades...
Christy C. "Chris" Miller
Apr 30, 2009
Christy C. "Chris" Miller, 89, died April 30, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 2, 1920, in Reno County, the son of Chris A. and Polly L. Wingard Miller. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He retired from the City of Hutchinson Engineering Department, working for the city for 34 years until retiring in 1987. He...
Marvin Castor
Apr 29, 2009
Marvin Castor, 94, died April 29, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 26, 1914, in Rio Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico, the son of Rafael and Alvina Ordaz Castor. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident, moving from Mexico when he was eight years old, first to Texas, then to Larned, Kansas. He was employed with Barton Salt, now Cargill...
Franklin D. Witt
Apr 25, 2009
Franklin Dee Witt, 73, died April 25, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 24, 1935, in Carville, Colo., to Gotthiff and Anna Bertha Frohich Witt. He graduated from Ordway High School, Ordway, Colo. A resident of Hutchinson since the early 1970s, previously living in Texas, he joined Welborn Auto Parts in 1974, and retired in 1996. He...
Loren Duane Snell
Apr 23, 2009
Loren Duane Snell, 56, died April 23, 2009, at his home. He was born April 4, 1953, at Travis Air Force Base, Sacramento, Calif., the son of Loren Russell and Dixie Lee Elam Snell. He was a 1971 graduate of Partridge High School. He had worked for Rainbow Bakery, Rich Paint and American Salt Mine. He also worked at Joanna's...
Joe Walters, Jr.
Apr 22, 2009
Joe Walters Jr., 74, went to be with the Lord April 22, 2009, at his home in Hutchinson, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. He was born April 4, 1935, in Hays, the son of Joseph James and Mary Schuckman Walters, Sr. He graduated from St. Peter and Paul Seminary in Annapolis, MD. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967,...
Richard J. Aley
Apr 21, 2009
ARLINGTON - Richard James Aley, 61, died April 21, 2009, at Kingman Community Hospital. He was born April 25, 1947, in Topeka, the son of Walter James and Barbara Woolpert Aley. He was a 1965 graduate of Wichita West High School and attended the University of Kansas. He was a correctional officer at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, retiring in 2008,...
Goldie Irene Mahoney Berends
Apr 19, 2009
Goldie Irene Mahoney Berends, 80, died April 19, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 9, 1928, at the Ed Wellman Ranch in Alden, the daughter of Clem Vincent and Sarah Anna Gransbury Mahoney. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a nurse/medical aide for Oakwood Villa. She belonged to Grace Episcopal Church, Hutchinson. She was a...
Donald Ray Walden
Apr 18, 2009
Donald Ray Walden, 67, died April 18, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 14, 1941, in Springdale, Ark., to Donald David and Amy Marie McQuiston Walden. He was an oilfield worker and a mechanic. On Nov. 1, 1971, he married Mary L. Pettay in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: two daughters, Ramona L. Wiggins...
Dorothy L. Covert
Apr 15, 2009
Dorothy L. Koestel Sullivan Covert, 86, died April 15, 2009, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 5, 1922, in Partridge, the daughter of Henry and Olga M. Massoni Koestel. She was a graduate of Partridge High School. She was a proofreader for The Hutchinson News for over 20 years, retiring in 1988. She belonged to St. Teresa's...
Helen Leonard
Apr 15, 2009
Helen Leonard, 82, died April 15, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born April 18, 1926, in Larned, the daughter of John and Theresa A. Barstow Gleason. She graduated from Larned High School and attended Adela Hale Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson and South Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and seamstress for many people in Hutchinson....
Mckellah Marie And Maiah Michelle Vernon
Apr 15, 2009
McKellah Marie and Maiah Michelle Vernon, infant twins, were born and died April 15, 2009, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. They were the daughters of Danny Wilborn and Marisha Lynne Carr Vernon, of Hutchinson. Other survivors include: great-grandmother, Mearlene Ankrom; grandfather, Dallas Carr; grandmothers, Karen Gerber and Frances Vernon; three uncles, Dave Vernon, Matthew Gerber and Elijah Lanier; and aunt,...
Richard D. Glaze
Apr 15, 2009
Richard D. Glaze, 78, died April 15, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 14, 1930, in Hutchinson, the son of Clarence Herman and Mamie Lavina Rea Glaze. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1949 and attended Hutch-inson Community College. He retired as captain of the Hutchinson Fire...
