Bernice Louise Flanders
May 28, 2008
Bernice Louise Flanders, 80, died May 28, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Stafford, daughter of Walter Leroy Sr. and Ella Gere Kent. She was a 1946 graduate of Stafford High School and a 1948 graduate of Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Countryside...
Benjamin Morlan Collins
May 26, 2008
Benjamin Morlan Collins, 24, died May 26, 2008, in rural Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 10, 1983, in Wichita, son of Arthur J. and Sallie Pendleton Collins. He was a 2002 graduate of Emporia High School and received his associate degree in Fire Science from Hutchinson Community College, where he was currently attending. A resident of Hutchinson for six years,...
Bertha A. Kaiser
May 25, 2008
MEDORA - Bertha A. Kaiser, 93, died May 25, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 3, 1914, in Jefferson County, Neb., the daughter of Bernhard and Justine Fast Friesen. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of Medora. She belonged to the Church of the Holy Cross. On July 16, 1934, she married John M. Kaiser in...
Calvert E. Sims
May 23, 2008
Calvert E. Sims, 91, passed away May 23, 2008, at his home, South Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 15, 1916, in Hutchinson, to Claude E. and Alice Hinman Sims and lived through high school in Coldwater, Ks. He soon joined the CCC, and worked in Kansas and Minnesota before entering the Navy in 1937, serving on the USS Reid in...
Harold Dale Loyd
May 22, 2008
Harold Dale Loyd, 81, died May 22, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born May 8, 1927, in Clifton, to Emery B. and Edna Pearl Jackson Loyd. He worked for Northern Natural Gas for 11 years in Liberal. He was a service station owner in Little River, worked for Krause Plow from 1964 to 1975, and for Consolidated Rebuilders from...
Margaret F. Keeler
May 22, 2008
Margaret F. Keeler, 81, died May 22, 2008, at her daughter's home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 20, 1926, in Langdon, the daughter of Grover and Amy Wagoner Williams. She was a homemaker and she owned and operated cafes in Hutchinson and Wichita. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. Her passions were her family, camping, cooking, and when possible...
Ruby E. Farthing
May 21, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Ruby E. Farthing, 91, died May 21, 2008, at Wheaton House at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 11, 1916, in rural Partridge, Kansas, the daughter of Odus Grant and Flora Ann Brooks Hill. She attended rural Partridge Schools. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a teller and bookkeeper at Central Kansas Credit Union....
Dale A. Hughes
May 21, 2008
Dale A. Hughes, 71, of Hutchinson died May 21, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 29, 1937, at Rockland, Maine, the son of Hugh J. and Dorothy Rich Hughes. He retired from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant, and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. After his time in...
Velma U. Wilson
May 21, 2008
Velma U. Wilson, 80, died May 21, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born March 8, 1928, at Newton, to John and Mary Unruh Bafus. She was a homemaker and graduated from Newton High School in 1946. She belonged to the First Christian Church, Hutchinson. On Aug. 13, 1946, she married Richard O. Wilson in Hutchinson. He died Feb....
Andrew A. Hoffman
May 20, 2008
Andrew A. "Andy" Hoffman, 83, died May 20, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 20, 1925, at Minneola, to Albert Nicholis and Rose Kuhl Hoffman. He worked for Dillons Stores for 38 years starting as a Meat Cutter and retiring as Warehouse Manager; following retirement, he went back to work for Dillons as a flower and...
Billie Orwig
May 19, 2008
Billie Orwig, 81, died May 19, 2008, at Clare Bridge Brookdale Senior Center in Wichita. She was born Jan. 2, 1927, at Atwood Okla., to George and Ola McKenzie Stallings. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1974 moving from Manhattan. She graduated from Wewoka (Okla.) High School. She was a homemaker, and for many years worked as school secretary at...
John Robert Hirst
May 19, 2008
PARTRIDGE - John Robert "Bob" Hirst, 84, died May 19, 2008, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born Jan. 7, 1924, at Hutchinson, the son of George Walter and Zella D. Holaday Hirst. He was a lifetime resident of Partridge, and he graduated from Partridge High school in 1942, and then earned his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice....
Orrel Glenn Cavanaugh
May 18, 2008
Orrel Glenn Cavanaugh, 86, died May 18, 2008, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Feb. 28, 1922, at Nickerson, the son of Charles and Norma (Moorman) Cavanaugh. He joined the Navy in 1942 and served on the USS DeLong Escort Destroyer. After the Navy he moved to the Chicago area and then retirement to Clearwater, Fla. He moved back...
Luchendia "Lou" Vanhoose Sauers
May 13, 2008
Luchendia "Lou" VanHoose Sauers, 86, died May 13, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1922, at Fairland Okla., to Bob and Myrtle Hill Hunter. She had worked 10 years for Beardslee's Fabrics and then the Singer Co. for 12 years, retiring in 1985. On Aug. 17, 1939, she married Joe D. VanHoose in Miami, Okla. He...
Gracia L. Lee
May 12, 2008
Gracia L. Lee, 75, died May 12, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born March 26, 1933, in Wichita, Ks., the daughter of William Gerald and Grace Showalter Harris. She graduated in 1951, from Rose Hill High School and attended the University of Kansas. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, having also lived in Rose Hill, she was a...
Loretta V. Havercroft Barnes
May 11, 2008
Loretta V. Havercroft Barnes, 91, died May 11, 2008, at Hester Health Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1917. On Aug. 21, 1941, she married Glenn E. Barnes. He died July 3, 1988. Survivors include: a brother, Harry Havercroft, Eugene, Ore.; four sisters, Melva Jefferies, Eugene, Ore., Kay Hornibrook, Corvallis, Ore., Pauline Rear, Junction City, Ore.,...
Marion C. Day
May 10, 2008
Marion Carl Day, 74, died May 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 15, 1933, in Kingman County, Ks., the son of William W. and Emma Rose Wenzel Day. He graduated in 1951, from Pretty Prairie High School. He had been a resident of Hutchinson since 1956. He owned Marion Day Excavating for over 35 years. He was...
F. "Ed" Ball
May 10, 2008
F. "Ed" Ball, 89 died May 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 29, 1918, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy S. and Mary E. Schrock Ball. He graduated in 1936, from Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Community College, and the Adela Hale Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired C.L.U. Salesman for New England...
Bernice G. Perkins
May 9, 2008
ESTES PARK, Colorado - Bernice G. Perkins, 89, died May 9, 2008, at Estes Park Medical Center. She was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Rooks County, Ks, the daughter of Roy E. and Jennie Smith Adams. She was a resident of Hutchinson from 1947 to 1996, then moved to Estes Park, Colo. She started working at the former St. Elizabeth...
