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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...
Anna M. Yunck
Jul 26, 2008
Anna Margaret "Nan" Yunck, 99, died July 26, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born November 14, 1908, in Dunlap, Iowa, the daughter of Milton and Elizabeth (O'Connell) Jenkins. After graduating from high school and college in Sioux City, Iowa. Nan enjoyed working for the Sisters of Mercy at St. Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City...
Marilyn M. Mckinney
Jul 26, 2008
Marilyn died peacefully on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at her home. She was born and lived most of her life in Parsons, and moved to Hutchinson to be with her son Doug and his wife Carla. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Dr. Clyde McKinney. As a young woman, Marilyn was actively involved in her local Church...
Ralph L. Albertson
Jul 25, 2008
Ralph Linley Albertson, 96, died July 25, 2008, at Dillon Living Center. He was born April 16, 1912, in Nickerson, the son of Emery and Addie Andrew Albertson. He graduated in 1929 from Nickerson High School. He had worked for Kingsly-Wagner Supply for 60 years, retiring as President and owner. He belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge AF...
Marlowe James Kennison
Jul 24, 2008
Marlowe James Kennison, 85, died July 24, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 10, 1923, at Regal, Minn., the son of James Edward and Hazel Lila Driessen Kennison. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1947. He attended school and graduated from Summitt High School in Summitt, S.D., in the class of 1941. He was a bartender...
Marilyn Joyce Bowman
Jul 24, 2008
BUHLER - Marilyn Joyce Bowman, 76, died July 24, 2008, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born March 25, 1932, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Lowell Kenneth and Winifred Margorie Mosher Keen. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Buhler in Nov. of 2005. She was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Kansas State...
Gerald E. "Jerry" Lake
Jul 24, 2008
SYLVIA - Gerald Ennis "Jerry" Lake, 64, died July 24, 2008. He was born March 13, 1944, to Pearl Leon and Mary Lucinda Boone Lake. A Vietnam Veteran, he served in the U.S. Army, Army Reserves and the National Guard. Survivors include: daughters, Shelly Green, Wichita, Mary Lou Lake, Windsor, S.D.; brother, Thomas Frances Lake, Anchorage, Alaska; sisters, Ruth Ann...
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