Wanda Strouse
Nov 21, 2008
Wanda Strouse, 74, died Nov. 21, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center E.R., Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1934, in Ellinwood, the daughter of Rafael M. and Concepcion Alatorre Anzo. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church and the Ladies Altar Society at the church. On June 7, 1970, she married...
Dona Mae Gottsch
Nov 21, 2008
Dona Mae Gottsch, 78, died Nov. 21, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 5, 1930, in rural Hardtner, the daughter of Paul and Gladys Reed Molz. She graduated from Hardtner High School and then from Oklahoma A&M with a degree in Home Economics. A resident of Hutchinson since 1972, moving from El Dorado, she was a home...
Wilma J. Ruebke
Nov 21, 2008
Wilma J. Ruebke, 72, died Friday Nov. 21, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Pratt, the daughter of Wilbur and Mildred Heller Massow. She had been a machinist at Eaton Corporation for 20 years, retiring in 1998. In 1961, she married Robert H. "Bob" Ruebke. He died Jan. 23, 2007. Survivors include:...
Jack H. Storey
Nov 20, 2008
Jack H. Storey, 92, died Nov. 20, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 5, 1916, in Hartford, Ark., the son of John G. and Elizabeth Ann Lee Storey. He graduated high school in Hartford, and then attended Chillicothe Business College. A resident of Hutchinson for the past several years, moving from Fort Smith, Ark., he...
Arlena Kaye Smith
Nov 17, 2008
BURRTON - Arlena Kaye "Peaches" Smith, 64, died Nov. 17, 2008, at her home, Burrton. She was born Feb. 10, 1944, in Laverne, Okla., the daughter of Caleb Harry and Bernice LeCrone Tolle. She was a resident of Burrton but had previously lived in Wichita, Madison, Battle Creek and Norfolk, Neb. She was a homemaker at the time of her...
Patricia "Pattie" Gail Lamberth
Nov 15, 2008
Patricia Gail "Pattie" Lamberth, 60, died Nov. 15, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 21, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Vernon Lamberth and Adeline "Addie' Geis. She graduated in 1966, from Hutchinson High School. She moved to the California Bay area after graduation, where she resided for many years. Due to illness she returned to Hutchinson...
Glee F Tripp
Nov 15, 2008
Glee F. Tripp, 86, died Nov. 15, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 13, 1922, in Omaha, Neb., the son of Frank Edward and Eva Frances Doyle Tripp. He was an architect. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On June 24, 1945, he married Helyn V. Ward. She died June 1, 2006. Survivors...
Marjorie Jean Woleslagel
Nov 14, 2008
Marjorie Jean Woleslagel, 85, died Nov. 14, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1923, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Earl Frank-lin and Katherine Elizabeth Williston Baker. She worked for Cessna for a time, and by studying on her own, advanced to the position of executive secretary. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941 and attended...
Nelson Charles Jacobs
Nov 14, 2008
Nelson C. Jacobs, 85, died Nov. 14, 2008, at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman. He was born June 19, 1923, in rural Zenda, the son of James W. and Maude Wilcox Jacobs. He attended a country school near Zenda. A lifelong Zenda community resident, moving to Medicine Lodge in 1996 and then to Kingman in 2005, he was a farmer...
Clifford Carson Treaster Jr.
Nov 13, 2008
Clifford Carson "Cliff" Treaster Jr., 61, died Nov. 13, 2008, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Jan. 28, 1947, in Chicago, the son of Clifford Carson Sr. and Blanche Irene Cates Treaster. A resident of Hutchinson since 1980, he was a contract painter. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a sergeant....
Delbert L. Durr
Nov 10, 2008
Delbert L. Durr, 81, died Nov. 10, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 17, 1927, in Holyrood, to Floyd Gilbert and Esther Marie Boldt Durr. He graduated from Ransom High School in 1945. On Dec. 12, 1955, he married Rachel Leah Fabrizius in WaKeeney. She survives. He served in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1955,...
Larry Dean Dove
Nov 8, 2008
Larry Dean Dove, 73, died Nov. 8, 2008, at Deseret Health Care, Hutchinson. He was born June 16, 1935, the son of Lloyd Orien and Lorene G. Claypool Dove. He served in the U.S. Navy. On Nov. 3, 1989, he married Sonya F. Story. She survives. Survivors include: sons, Larry O., Eddie and David; daughter Elaine; mother; brother, Darrell D....
Martha H. Phillips
Nov 7, 2008
Martha H. Phillips, 81, died Nov. 7, 2008, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born Feb. 26, 1927, in Kansas City, the daughter of John McClellan and Ellen Belle Kerr Frye. She graduated from Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, and attended Kansas State University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1950, she and her husband, Dan, owned and...
Wyatt Ray Berkley
Nov 6, 2008
Wyatt Ray Berkley, 3 months and 30 days old, died Nov. 6, 2008, at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. He was born July 7, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., the son of Ryan Michael and Heather Lynne Hearn Berkley. His family is longtime residents of Hutchinson. Survivors include: his parents, of the home; brothers, Bryson, Devin...
Melba I. Finch
Nov 2, 2008
Melba Inez Finch, 92, died Nov. 2, 2008, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 12, 1916, in Rollis, Minn., the daughter of Elon and Lorene Zackman Nauman. She graduated from Benton High School, St. Joseph, Mo. A resident of Hutchinson for seven years, moving from St. Joseph, Mo., she was manager of Optican Jewelry Store in St....
Frances H. Hester
Nov 2, 2008
PLEVNA - Frances Helen Hester, 85, died Nov. 2, 2008, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Oct. 3, 1923, in Nickerson, the daughter of Lloyd Glenn and Minnie Pleasant Gantz Hill. She was a graduate of Plevna High School in 1940, and Emporia State Teachers College in 1942. She was a lifetime Reno County resident, living in...
Martha L. Mitchell
Nov 2, 2008
INMAN - Martha Lynne Mitchell, 73, died Nov. 2, 2008, at Pleasantview Home, Inman. She was born Jan. 23, 1935, in Lawrenceville, Ill., the daughter of Glenn and Thelma Shaw Foss. She graduated in 1952, from St. John High School, St. John, and then attended Hutchinson Community College. A longtime resident of Macksville, KS, moving to Inman in 2002, she...
Kenneth G. Black
Nov 1, 2008
Kenneth G. Black, 88, died November 1, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1920, in Green Castle, Pa., the son of William and Mary Ida Showalter Black. He served in the United States Army and was a loyal supporter of many military charities. A resident of Hutchinson for 66 years, he worked at the flour...
Cecyle Viola Bennett Mcgonigle Hawk
Oct 31, 2008
Cecyle V. Bennett McGonigle HawkCecyle V. Bennett McGonigle Hawk, 96, died October 31, 2008, at Lyons District Hospital, Lyons, KS. She was born May 24, 1912, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Ora Ross and Lena Elizabeth Davies Bennett. A resident of Lyons she had formerly lived in Ellsworth, Rice and Reno Counties, living mostly in Nickerson. She graduated...
John H. Mcfarland
Oct 31, 2008
John Hugh McFarland, 90, passed away Oct. 31, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born April 19, 1918, the son of William Lloyd and Daisy Belle Hensley McFarland. He served in the Army during World War II as a machine gunner and driver on a half track in the European Theater with the 14th Armored Field Artillery of the second...
