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Bessie M. Starks

Bessie M. Starks

Jan 27, 2009

Bessie Mae Starks, 81, died Jan. 27, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 8, 1927, in Jay, Okla., the daughter of John and Anna Liza Tosh Morgan. She graduated from Lindberg High School, Delaware County, Ark. She owned and operated a restaurant and later retired from Cessna. On Dec. 18, 1947, she married Sherman Gobble, in...

Merton R. Wambsganss

Merton R. Wambsganss

Jan 24, 2009

Merton B. Wambsganss, 84, went to be with his Lord on Jan. 24, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 23, 1924, in Herington, the son of Bernard and Clara Kuester Wambsganss. He graduated from Elmdale High School in 1945. A resident of Hutchinson since 1946, he was a retired production supervisor for Barton/Cargill Salt Company,...

Terry A. Boese

Terry A. Boese

Jan 24, 2009

Terry A. Boese, 63, died Jan. 24, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 18, 1945, in Halstead, the son of Walter and Amanda Schmidt Boese. Survivors include: his mother, Amanda Boese, South Hutchinson; brother, Steve and wife, Beth, Hutchinson; sister, Norma Roper and husband, Marion, Kansas City; nephew, Josh Boese, Easton, Pa.; and niece, Vicki...

John Richard Phillips, Jr

John Richard Phillips, Jr

Jan 23, 2009

John R. Phillips Jr., 85, died Jan. 23, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 21, 1923, in Quitaque, Texas, to John R. Sr. and Ivy Cady Phillips. He was a journeyman lineman for the Line Construction Company in South Hutchinson for many years. He was a 50 year member of IBEW Union. He served in...

Earl C. Ewing

Earl C. Ewing

Jan 22, 2009

Earl C. Ewing, 81, Hutchinson, died Jan. 22, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 8, 1927, at Tahlequah, Okla., the son of James Russell Sr. and Maudie Ethel Ballard Ewing. He was a retired ranch hand in Northern California and farm hand at Haven. He was also a regular at the 4th Street McDonald's Coffee...

Ryan L Jenkins

Ryan L Jenkins

Jan 22, 2009

Ryan L. Jenkins, 36, died Jan. 22, 2009, in Sedgwick County. He was born Sept. 5, 1972, in Wichita, the son of Leslie R. and Anna M. Fisher Jenkins. He graduated from Wichita West High School in 1992. A longtime resident of Wichita, moving to Hutchinson in 2008, he was an auto service technician at the Maize Wal-Mart Store. He...

Henry F. Lawson

Henry F. Lawson

Jan 21, 2009

LOWELL, Ark. - Henry F. Lawson, 95, died Jan. 21, 2009, in Lowell, Ark. He was born Aug. 22, 1913, in War Eagle, Ark., to Ward and Lillian Evans Lawson. On Nov. 26, 1932, he married Oma V. Danley in Bentonville, Ark. She died Aug. 21, 1988. He attended Free Will Baptist Church in Arkansas. He had been a member...

Ruby B. Smith

Ruby B. Smith

Jan 21, 2009

Ruby B. Smith, 89, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 22, 1919, at Greensburg, the daughter of Aaron Ross and Blanche Seelye Spurgin. She was a 1937 graduate of Collinsville, Okla., High School. She had been a cashier at Safeway's, a waitress at George's Café and a homemaker. She was a member of...

Evelyn V. Partridge

Evelyn V. Partridge

Jan 21, 2009

Evelyn V. Partridge, 85, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born March 12, 1923, in Grinnell, the daughter of John P. and Frances Depperschmidt Wagoner. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Sheridan County High School in 1940. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of The Holy Cross,...

Myra M. Daniel

Myra M. Daniel

Jan 21, 2009

Myra M. Daniel, 94, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Bickford Cottages, Lafayette, Ind. She was born May 30, 1914, in Beaudry, Ark., the daughter of William and Maude Barnhart Thompson. She graduated from high school in Hutchinson. A longtime Hutchinson and Haven resident, moving to Lafayette in 2005, she was a homemaker. She belonged to United Church of Christ in...

Judith A. "Judy" Tomlin

Judith A. "Judy" Tomlin

Jan 20, 2009

Judith A. "Judy" Tomlin, 68, died Jan. 20, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 26, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel Edward and Mabel Eska Jones Lemen. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She worked in the Dillon's Bakery before retiring in 1998 after 24 years of service. She was an Original Lionette...

Velma M. Hesterberg

Velma M. Hesterberg

Jan 20, 2009

Velma M. Hesterberg, 89, died Jan. 20, 2009, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 16, 1919, in Isabel, the daughter of John and Katie Peters Westerman. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1939. She attended schools in Nashville, Kan. She was a Public Relations Director at Security Pacific Finance in Hutchinson. She was a member of...

Robert E. Freeman

Robert E. Freeman

Jan 18, 2009

Robert E. "Bobby" Freeman, 52, died Jan. 18, 2009, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1956, in Hutchinson, the son of Robert Nelson and Dorothy P. Massow Freeman. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a piano installer and did odd jobs always helping others. Survivors include: his mother, Dorothy P.,...

Bill G. Wingert

Bill G. Wingert

Jan 18, 2009

PLEVNA - Bill G. Wingert, 82, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 17, 1927, in Larned, to Loyal Milton and Thelma Hazel Stoltz Wingert. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946-47. On Sept. 24, 1948, he married Eunice "Eilene" Bentley in Hutchinson. She survives. A member of the Church of...

Esther E. Wagler

Esther E. Wagler

Jan 16, 2009

ABBYVILLE - Esther E. Wagler, 100, died Jan. 16, 2009, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Oct. 7, 1908, in Plevna, the daughter of Ernest and Leah Oyer Krenzin. She had been a longtime Plevna and Abbyville community resident. She was a homemaker, farm wife, and caregiver to many. She belonged to the Sterling Evangelical Bible Church. On...

John Edward Murphy

John Edward Murphy

Jan 15, 2009

John Edward Murphy, 84, of Hutchinson, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. He was born May 4, 1924, in Garden City, the son of James Earl and Maple E. Sunley Murphy. A resident of Hutchinson since Nov. 1, 1999, he was a graduate of Garden City High School and Fort Hays State University. He had worked for the Kansas Highway Patrol...

Marc Alan Waller

Marc Alan Waller

Jan 14, 2009

Jan. 14, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 9, 1950, in Hutchinson, the son of Charles "Buddy" and Ila Mae Kelly Waller. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked at Dillon's Bakery for many years, but recently had worked as an appliance salesman at the Sears Store in Hutchinson. He also worked as ticket-taker at The...

Maj. Ray W. Haas

Maj. Ray W. Haas

Jan 14, 2009

Ray W. Haas, Major, U.S. Army Retired, 96, died Jan. 14, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 2, 1913, in Nickerson to Christoph and Josey Miller Haas. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1947 during World War II. He retired as a Major from the United States Army Reserves in 1973. Ray graduated...

Darlene A. Melland

Darlene A. Melland

Jan 14, 2009

Darlene A. Melland, 70, died Jan. 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 20, 1938, in Munjor, Kan., the daughter of Aegidius and Clara Gross Pfannenstiel. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She was a 1956 graduate of St. Teresa's High School. She was a member of the Church of the Holy Cross. On...

Charles Justin Young

Charles Justin Young

Jan 12, 2009

Charles Justin Young was stillborn January 12, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. His family includes his parents, C.T. and Lori Fowler Young, Pretty Prairie, two sisters, Aubrey and Bailey Young, of the home, grandparents, Charles A. and Betty Young, Iuka, Gale and Diane Fowler, Plevna, great grandmothers, Dorothy Roberts, Pratt and Velma Davidson, Plevna, and many cousins, aunts...

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