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Leslie C. Cavanaugh

Leslie C. Cavanaugh

Jan 11, 2009

Leslie Charles Cavanaugh, 97, died Jan. 11, 2009, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 4, 1912, on a farm near Covington, Okla., the son of Charles and Norma Moorman Cavanaugh. He was a 1930 graduate of Venita, Oklahoma High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, he was a homebuilder in Hutchinson for 40 years. He retired...

Jayne M. Purcell

Jayne M. Purcell

Jan 10, 2009

Jayne Marie Purcell, 82, died Jan. 10, 2009, at Northwest Community Hospital, Inverness, Ill. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the daughter of Ben and Prudence Dykman Koepke. Jayne lived most of her adult life in the Hutchinson area. While at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson, Jayne became an expert quilter and won numerous ribbons at the...

Elizabeth Ann Dye

Elizabeth Ann Dye

Jan 10, 2009

Elizabeth Ann Dye, 79, died Jan. 10, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 24, 1929, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George and Bertha B. Perry Mills. She attended Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker, machine operator and assembler at Cessna/Eaton. Following her retirement she spent many hours as...

Jayne M. Purcell

Jayne M. Purcell

Jan 10, 2009

Graveside service for Jayne M. Purcell, 82, a former resident of Hutchinson, who died Jan. 10, 2009, in Inverness, Ill., will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 2009, in Burrton Cemetery, Burrton, with the Rev. Katrina Palan presiding. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Memorials may be sent to the donor's...

Daisy W. Schrader

Daisy W. Schrader

Jan 8, 2009

Daisy Schrader, 92, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born May 15, 1916, the daughter of Warnie and Daisy Ann Chadwick Greenfield. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a saleslady at Woolworth, Toy Center, and Pegues, where she retired from after 20 years. After retirement she continued to attend Pegues luncheons. She hosted...

Leonard V. Koenig

Leonard V. Koenig

Jan 8, 2009

Leonard Vernon Koenig, 89, died Jan. 8, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 10, 1919, the son of Charles and Caroline Reiss Koenig. He was a resident of Hutchinson for over 40 years. He graduated from Raymond High School, Raymond, and St. John's College, Winfield. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of...

Thomas W. Conway

Thomas W. Conway

Jan 8, 2009

On Jan. 8, 2009, Thomas W. Conway lost his courageous battle with lung cancer. Thomas passed away peacefully, surrounded by his friends and family. Thomas is now with his loving wife, Jeanne, and son, Thomas S. Conway. Thomas was born in Glen Cove, N.Y., on March 19, 1940, to parents Vincent B. Conway and Dorothy M. Conway. In 2004, Thomas...

Mary A. Kesperis

Mary A. Kesperis

Jan 8, 2009

INMAN - Mary A. Kesperis, 83, of Inman, formerly of Oakhurst, N.J., died Jan. 8, 2009, at her daughter's home in rural Inman. She was born June 20, 1925, in Bethlehem, Pa., the daughter of Henry E. and Mary Schoenen Loux. She was a 1943 graduate of Liberty High School, Linden Street in Bethlehem (Pa.). A resident of Inman for...

Ethel Luella Brown

Ethel Luella Brown

Jan 6, 2009

Ethel Luella Brown, 91, died Jan. 6, 2009, at Deseret Healthcare, Hutchinson. She was born May 25, 1917, in Meade County, the daughter of Clarence A. and Myrtle T. Quick McQueen. As a teenager, Ethel was saved and consequently she served the Lord for the rest of her life. She worked in the business offices of Hutchinson Clinic, and previously...

Joseph M. Reed, Sr.

Joseph M. Reed, Sr.

Jan 5, 2009

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Joseph M. Reed Sr., 67, died Jan. 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 17, 1941, at Grace Hospital, Hutchinson, Ks, the son of Howard (Ray) and Vera (Gagnebin) Reed. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he retired from the City of Hutchinson after 29 years as Supervisor for the Street Department. He...

Roylynn V. Crathorne

Roylynn V. Crathorne

Jan 3, 2009

Roylynn V. Crathorne, 95, died Jan. 3, 2009, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1913, in Gorham, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Witt Furthmyer. She graduated from Gorham High School and then later Salt City Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she had worked at Wiley's Department Store for 10 years, and then worked for...

Wilma C. Johnson

Wilma C. Johnson

Jan 3, 2009

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Wilma Clarine Johnson, 86, died Jan. 3, 2009, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 5, 1922, in Iola, the daughter of Jesse John and Iva Louise Overmeyer Heldebrant. She graduated in 1940, from Iola High School, Iola. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she retired in 1991, as a records clerk for Hutchinson Correctional Facility....

James K. Kennedy

James K. Kennedy

Jan 2, 2009

James Keith Kennedy, 21, died Jan. 2, 2009, as a result of an accident. He was born Dec. 15, 1987, in Hutchinson, the son of Robert E. and Patti L. Stauffer Kennedy. He graduated from Nickerson High School in 2006, and was a junior at Kansas State University, where he was majoring in Animal Science. He had been class president...

Karen Sue Inghram

Karen Sue Inghram

Jan 2, 2009

Karen Sue Inghram, 71, died Jan. 2, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 4, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of James Albert and Mary E. Burch Henry. She attended schools in Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. On Oct. 15, 1977, she married David Lee Inghram in Hutchinson....

Kurt R. Beougher

Kurt R. Beougher

Jan 2, 2009

Kurt R. Beougher, 50, died Jan. 2, 2009, as a result of an accident. He was born Jan. 6, 1958, in Kansas City, the son of Clifford E. and Pharis May Kistler Beougher. He graduated in 1977, from Pittsburg High School, and in 1993, from Labette Community College. A resident of Hutchinson for 15 years, moving from Pittsburg, he was...

Cadyn Michael Nuss

Cadyn Michael Nuss

Jan 2, 2009

Cadyn Michael Nuss, four months, died Jan. 2, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 2008, in Hutchinson, the son of Serrenity Turnbull and Christopher Nuss. Survivors include: his parents, Hutchinson; grandparents, Julie Smith, Hutchinson, Cary and Shelby Nuss, Nickerson, Charles D. and Michelle Turnbull, South Hutchinson, and Katherin Enns, Hutchinson; great-grandparents, Sally Johnson, Columbia,...

Marie B. Crisman

Marie B. Crisman

Jan 1, 2009

Marie B. Crisman, 89, died Jan. 1, 2009 at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1919 in Deshler, Neb., to William and Ida Louise Vorderstrasse Othling. Marie was baptized June 29, 1919 and confirmed June 3, 1933, both at Peace Lutheran Church in Deshler. She was a 1938 graduate of Deshler High School. After graduation she moved...

John J. Nestor

John J. Nestor

Dec 30, 2008

John J. Nestor, 84, went to be with his Lord, Dec 30, 2008 at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born Nov. 5, 1924, in McPherson, the son of John F. and Florence Bricker Nestor. He attended Bible Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas and graduated from Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, Mo. John was a former pastor for...

Raymond Irving Brackett

Raymond Irving Brackett

Dec 29, 2008

Raymond I. Brackett, 73, died surrounded by his loving family on Dec. 29, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 16, 1935, at Quincy, Mass., the son of Harold W. and Doris M. Look Brackett. He had been a Hutchinson resident since 1953. He was a 1953 graduate of Braintree High School, Braintree, Mass., and a...

Joyce Louise Carlo

Joyce Louise Carlo

Dec 28, 2008

Joyce Louise Carlo, 72, died Dec. 28, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 30, 1935, in Hammonton, N.J., the daughter of Mathew William and Elise Cleveland Bringer. She graduated from Hammonton, N.J. high school. She had been a nurse and waitress most of her life. Survivors include: a granddaughter, Crystal Miller; a grandson, Lance Wood;...

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