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...
Violet L. Kohrs
Aug 7, 2008
Violet Louise Kohrs, age 100, of Buhler Sunshine Meadows, peacefully left her earthly body and slipped into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and into the presence of God on Aug. 7, 2008. She was born March 18, 1908, at Dillon, Kansas, the daughter of William C. and Christina (Sigle) Sandow. Raised in rural Dickinson County,...
Roy L. Blick
Aug 7, 2008
Roy L. Blick, 76, died Aug. 7, 2008, at his home. He was born July 17, 1932, at Hutchinson, the son of John and Grace Kennedy Blick. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1982, after retiring. He was a 1951 graduate of St. Teresa High School, Hutchinson. He retired as air traffic controller; Indianapolis Center, in 1982. He belonged...
Lawrence R. Guthrie
Aug 7, 2008
Lawrence Richard Guthrie, 76, died Aug. 7, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 6, 1932, in Lewis, the son of Gilbert Wayne Sr. and Edith Ethel Evans Guthrie. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Larned, he was a machine tender at Republic Paper Board for 42 years. On March 11, 1952, he married Joy B. Long in...
Ralph K. Almquist
Aug 6, 2008
Ralph Kingsley Almquist, 72, died Aug. 6, 2008, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 3, 1935, at Larned, to Oscar and Edna Branine Almquist. Ralph was a Hutchinson area resident since 1972 and was a member of First Christian Church. He was in the Air Force where he became a Drill Instructor. After he was honorably discharged...
Johnny L. Cochran
Aug 6, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Johnny L. Cochran, 82, formerly of Greensburg, died Aug. 6, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. Graveside inurnment will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 18, 2008 at Fairview Cemetery at Greensburg, Kansas
Ruby M. Smith Randall
Aug 5, 2008
HUMBOLDT - Ruby M. Smith Randall, 92, died Aug. 5, 2008, at the Pine Crest Nursing Home, Humboldt. She was born Nov. 14, 1915, in Adair, Okla., the daughter of George W. and Clara M. Watters Smith. The family moved to Kansas in 1924, and Ruby graduated from Valley Center High School and the Kansas School of Cosmetology. She worked...
Jared R. Hughes
Aug 4, 2008
Jared Riley Hughes, 25, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Aug. 4, 2008. He was an amazing man full of love and life. He was an avid Tony Stewart fan and had a huge love for all types of racing and the outdoors. He deeply loved "his herd" - his family. Jared was...
Alice M. Hornbaker
Aug 4, 2008
Alice Marie Hornbaker, 75, died Aug. 4, 2008, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 3, 1932, in North English, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Elmer and Esther Carter Flory. She graduated from high school as valedictorian in 1950, in Tipton, Iowa, and went to McPherson College for two years. She then taught elementary school for a year...
Kathleen F. Klosterhoff
Aug 3, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Kathleen F. Klosterhoff, 87, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 15, 1920, in Okawville, Ill., the daughter of William Edward and Rose Dorothy Koch Friend. She graduated in 1938, from Nashville High School, Nashville, Ill. She attended Brown's Business College, St. Louis. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, moving from...
Dale E. Bever
Aug 3, 2008
Dale Emmett Bever, 45, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Cheney Reservoir. He was born Jan. 12, 1963, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Denzel Bever and Dora Money. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, he was an experimental mechanic for the engineering department at Agco, Hesston. On May 25, 1992, he married Linda Asberry Geist in Hutchinson. She died Aug....
Linda L. Bever
Aug 3, 2008
Linda Lee Bever, 52, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Cheney Reservoir. She was born July 14, 1956, in Grinnell, Iowa, the daughter of William and Josie Perkins Asberry. She graduated from Grinnell High School and Hutchinson Community College. She lived in Hutchinson since 1985. She had been employed at the Hutchinson SRS Office, South Hutchinson, for almost 19 years, serving...
Russell L. Fager
Aug 2, 2008
Russell L. Fager, 80, died Aug. 2, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 10, 1928, in Pratt, the son of Joseph Franklin and Josephine Maggie Thompson Fager. He graduated from Pratt High School in 1946. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he retired in 1991 after 32 years with Cessna Fluid Power/Eaton Corporation. He belonged to the First Church...
Rosemary R. Shackelford-Grandestaff
Aug 1, 2008
Rosemary R. "Rosie" Shackelford-Grandestaff, 81, died Aug. 1, 2008 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 28, 1927, in Arlington, the daughter of Clifton C. and Alpha E. Pennington Shacelford. She graduated from Hutchinson High School with the class of 1945. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a supervisor for Contel/Verizon Telephone Company She served in the Naval...
Beverly J. Spencer
Aug 1, 2008
Beverly J. Spencer, 69, died Aug. 1, 2008, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 7, 1938, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel Edward and Mabel Eska Jones Lemen Sr. She had worked for Wiley's Department Store, and retired from Dillards. She belonged to The Fathers House, Women of the Moose, Hutchinson Chapter No. 1371, and she loved...
Lilly M. Jones
Aug 1, 2008
Lilly Mae Jones, 90, died Aug. 1, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 23, 1918, in Marquette, the daughter of Walter and Sylvia Fanatia Young. Mae married Elvin Jones in November 1948. He died in 1977. Mae spent most of her adult life in the McPherson and Hutchinson areas. As a young girl she was employed...
Donna L. Chronister
Jul 30, 2008
INMAN - Donna L. Chronister, 64, died July 30, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 7, 1943, in Wichita, the daughter of Edgar H. and Crystal L. Niemeyer Mabry. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1961, and Salt City Business College. She had formerly worked in the president's office at Hutchinson Community College, and Dillons Corporate Offices...
Beverly Ann Sanders
Jul 29, 2008
Beverly Ann Sanders, 78, died July 29, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born March 30, 1930, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Clinton H. and Florence M. Coleman Black. She was a 1948 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a rural postal carrier, homemaker and mother. She was a Methodist. She was...
Helen J. Burnett
Jul 28, 2008
Helen Jean (Wedelin) Burnett passed away July 28, 2008. She was born Jan. 7, 1916, at Climax, Kan., the daughter of Peter and Jean B. Drysdale Wedelin. She was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church and a member of Eastern Star. After graduating from Emporia State Teacher's College, she taught 14 years in the Kansas school system and...
John S. Cullison
Jul 26, 2008
John S. Cullison, 89, died July 26, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 31, 1919, in Medicine Lodge, the son of John R. and Mary Ann Jarrett Cullison. He attended schools in Medicine Lodge. A resident of Hutchinson since 1952, moving from Medicine Lodge because of his transfer with the Kansas Department of Transportation, he was a...
