Ila Mae Waller
Feb 17, 2009
Ila Mae Waller, 90, died Feb. 17, 2009, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 23, 1918, in Covington, Ga., the daughter of Clifford "Bud" and Lillian Belcher Kelly. She was a Hutchinson resident since she was three years old. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. Her occupations included housekeeping and catering work for families. She was...
Roy Lee Cole
Feb 16, 2009
Roy Cole passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at the Boulder City Veterans Home, Boulder City, Nev. Roy was born June 4, 1916, in Hutchinson to Samuel G. Cole and Viola O. Moore Cole. He was captured at the fall of Corregidor in World War II, survived the Bataan Death March, The Japanese Hell Ships and spent three years as...
John James (Jim) Wharton
Feb 16, 2009
Jim died at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson, KS, February 16, 2009. He was born in Oklahoma City, February 3, 1929, to John R. and Mildred White Wharton. He graduated from high school in Hoxie, KS in 1947, and attended Kansas State University. While in high school he had his own dance band, "Jimmy Lee." Jim enlisted in the...
Thekla E. Decker
Feb 16, 2009
Thekla Elizabeth Decker, 94, Hutchinson, KS, died February 16, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, KS. Called "Teddy" by her father, Thekla was born September 25, 1914, in Springfield, Ill., to Lloyd and Esther Decker. The oldest of seven children, Thekla moved to Goddard, KS, in 1917, attended North High School and graduated with an education degree from Emporia...
William J. "Bill" Rogers
Feb 15, 2009
William J. "Bill" Rogers, 64, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Yates Center, the son of Vernon and Ethel Pickering Rogers. He graduated in 1962, from Burlington High School, Burlington. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, he was the owner and operator of Bill's Appliances and Bill's Moving and Storage. On...
Jose G. Mendoza
Feb 15, 2009
Jose Guadalupe "Lupe" Mendoza, 91, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Arcinas, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Francisco and Ramona Arenas Mendoza. He was retired from Winchesters. He belonged to Apostolic Faith Tabernacle. On Dec. 15, 1941, he married Maria Torres in San Ignacio, Chihuahua, Mexico. She survives. Other survivors include:...
Jimmie D. Mcclelland
Feb 14, 2009
Jimmie D. McClelland, 70, died Feb. 14, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 16, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Frederick and Iona McMillan McClelland. He attended Hutchinson High School and later attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a machinist at Southern Extrusion in Hutchinson, until an accident left him disabled. He then was a self-employed artist,...
Duane L. Crow
Feb 14, 2009
LEAVENWORTH - Duane L. Crow, 60, died Feb. 14, 2009, at his home, Leavenworth. He was born Aug. 17, 1948, in Hutchinson, the son of Kenneth E. and Mary Deck Crow. He was a longtime resident of Abbyville, and a 1966 graduate of Fairfield High School, Langdon. He attended Hutchinson Community Junior College and was a graduate of Central State...
Jailyn D. Goetz
Feb 13, 2009
Jailyn D. Goetz, seven months, died Feb. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 30, 2008, in Hutchinson, the son of Jerrod Goetz and Ashley Genschorck. He was a resident of Hutchinson. He belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church. Survivors include: his parents, Hutchinson; a sister, MycKenzie Goetz, of the home; grandparents, Jana Stimatze-Goetz, and Robert...
Velva J. "Val" Kitch
Feb 13, 2009
Velva Jean "Val" Kitch, 76, died Feb. 13, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 16, 1932, in Hutchinson to Hobart M. and Ella Hockman Chapman. She was a meter maid for 16 years, then an inspector at Hubco for 15 years. She attended New Hope Baptist Church in Hutchinson. Val was a member of the...
Irene G. Turnbull
Feb 13, 2009
Irene G. Turnbull, 104, died Feb. 13, 2009, at Golden Years Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 29, 1904, in Grant County, Okla., the daughter of John H. and Mabel Kerr Massie. A resident of Hutchinson since 1931, she was a sales clerk for a grocery store in Careyville and then later for Coberly Drug Store. She belonged to...
Grace I. Ford
Feb 9, 2009
Grace I. Ford, 86, died Feb. 9, 2009, at Prospect Park Living Center, Estes Park, Colo. She was born Aug. 2, 1922, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Virgil C. and Annie Goertzen Looney. She attended public schools in Hutchinson. A longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Colorado in Nov. of 1999, she was a homemaker and prior to her marriage, she...
Charles E. Wallace
Feb 8, 2009
Charles E. Wallace, 86, died Feb. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 19, 1922, in Great Bend, the son of Clyde and Margaret King Wallace. He graduated in 1939 from Alexander High School. He had been the Rush County clerk, La Crosse, until 1967, and then was an accountant for Bartlett, Settle, and Edgerle...
Allan H. Ferguson
Feb 8, 2009
Allan H. Ferguson, 61, died Feb. 8, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1947, in Holdenville, Okla., the son of Hoyt and Minella Leewright Ferguson. He graduated in 1965 from Garden City High School and attended Garden City Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, he was employed by Dillon Stores before taking medical retirement...
Mary Louise Howard
Feb 7, 2009
Mary Louise Howard, 81, died Feb. 7, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 21, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Walter and Dorothea Ruth Austin Yates. She worked for HubCo, where she retired after 30-plus years. Mary was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a Unite Union Member. She was also a 12-year cancer...
Shon Dale Garcia, Sr.
Feb 7, 2009
Shon Dale Garcia Sr., 39, died Feb. 7, 2009, at Indian Meadows Nursing Center, Overland Park. He was born May 22, 1969 in Los Angeles, Calif. A 1987 graduate of Salina South High School, Salina, he was a former employee of Doskocil. Shon is survived by: a daughter, Ashley Ojeda, Albuquerque, N.M.; a son, Shon Dale Garcia, Jr., Hutchinson; mother,...
Ralph B. Green
Feb 3, 2009
Ralph B. Green, 88, died Feb. 3, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born April 8, 1920, in Lake Charles, La., the son of George Charles and Maggie Mae Ball Green. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938, Spartan School of Aviation, Tulsa, Okla., in 1947. He was a retired aircraft technician for Wells Aircraft. He...
Jason Riley Bether
Feb 2, 2009
BUHLER - Jason Riley Bether, 27, died Feb. 2, 2009, in rural Reno County. He was born July 1, 1981, in Hutchinson, the son of Terry Allen Bether and Debra Jean Ratzlaff. He was a 2000 graduate of Buhler High School and a 2004 graduate of Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime area resident, he worked in the maintenance department for...
Amanda Boese
Jan 29, 2009
Amanda Boese, 92, died Jan. 29, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1916, in Montezuma, the daughter of Henry and Eva Schmidt. In August 1940, she married Walter Boese. He died Jan. 13, 1976. Survivors include: a son, Steve and wife, Beth, Hutchinson; a daughter, Norma Roper and husband, Marion, Gardner; and grandchildren, Josh Boese,...
Joy I. Zehr
Jan 28, 2009
Joy Irene Zehr, 81, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Burrton, to Thomas M. and Mable Eressa Dickson LaGree. She attended Maple Grove Country School and graduated from Burrton High School in 1945. On Dec. 7, 1945, she married her high school sweetheart, Owen Dale...
