Wayne L. Darnell
Jul 3, 2008
YORKTOWN, Virginia - Wayne L. Darnell, 73, passed away on July 3, after a 13 year battle with leukemia. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, and graduated from Hutchinson High School and Wichita State University, where he studied physics and sciences. He joined NASA Langley in 1962, and retired in 1995, as assistant branch head in Radiation Sciences Branch of...
Vicki Beineke
Jul 2, 2008
Vicki Beineke, 92, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Salina. She was born Nov. 25, 1915 in Farmington, Kan., the daughter of William A. & Maude Guinn Anderson. Vicki graduated from Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson. On August 24, 1937 she married Hillis M. Beineke in Hutchinson and they were married for nearly 70 years. Vicki and Hillis were owner/publishers of...
Frances M. Halsig
Jun 28, 2008
Frances M. Halsig, 77, died June 28, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born April 6, 1931, in Kinsley, the daughter of Nick and Bertha Herbers Tasset. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1950. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, she was a homemaker and an avid quilter. On April 10, 1951, she married Ernie L. Halsig in...
Ralph E. Hoke
Jun 27, 2008
Ralph E. Hoke, 94, died June 27, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 5, 1913, at Oklahoma City, son of Charles Edward and Leah Caroline Brown Hoke. He was a 1932 Enid High School graduate, a 1937 graduate of the University of Kansas, and a 1947 graduate from the University of Kansas School of Law. A longtime...
William H. Meyer Iii
Jun 26, 2008
WOODSIDE, N.Y. - William H. "Skip" Meyer III, 53, of Woodside, N.Y., formerly of Hutchinson, died June 26, 2008, at Manhattan VA Hosp, N.Y. He was born Aug. 24, 1954, at St. Albans Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N.Y., the son of William H. "Bill" Meyer and Connie Lewis Meyer. He attended K-12 in Hutchinson Schools and Hutchinson High School. He...
Jeanette A. Crigger
Jun 25, 2008
Jeanette A. "Jan" Crigger, 85, died June 25, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born May 27, 1923, in Hobart, Okla., daughter of Julius Albert and Minnie Grother Grieser. She attended Hobart High School. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1959, moving from Wichita. She was a retired school bus driver for Buhler School District #313. She belonged to Trinity...
Todd S. Baugh
Jun 25, 2008
KANSAS CITY - Todd Stephen Baugh, 40, died June 25, 2008, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. He was born April 23, 1968, in Hutchinson, son of William Edwards and Ruthe Elaine Baugh. He was a graduate of Hutchinson H.S. in 1986. He attended and played basketball at Cloud County Community College, received his bachelor's at Park University in Parkville,...
Mae Belle Avery
Jun 25, 2008
Mae Belle Avery, 83, died June 25, 2008, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center. She was born May 21, 1925, in Protection, daughter of Ollie and Anna Troyer Schrock. She was a 1943 graduate of Protection High School and longtime resident of Hutchinson. She was a food service employee with USD 308, retiring from Hutchinson High School. She belonged to...
Marjorie L. Braden
Jun 25, 2008
Marjorie L. Braden, 96, died June 25, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 23, 1912, in Haviland, daughter of Daniel and Mabel Deets Amerine. She graduated from Haviland High School in 1929. She was a resident of Hutchinson after moving from Anthony in 1996. She was a Clerk/Operator of the O.T.A.S.C.O. Store in Anthony for many...
Evelyn M. Smith
Jun 24, 2008
Evelyn M. Smith, 92, died June 24, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 19, 1916, at Fort Lupton, Colo., daughter of Tracy and Opal Lovelady Decker. She graduated from Ft. Lupton, Colo. High School in 1933 and later attended Colorado State College in Greeley, Colo. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1951. She was an Audiologist...
Ralph E. Seibel
Jun 22, 2008
Ralph E. "Gene" Seibel, 83, died June 22, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Florence, Ks., to Ernest and Agnes Waner Seibel. He attended school in the Peabody Burns area, graduating in 1942. He also attended Salt City Business College. Ralph served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 as a combat M.P. A resident...
Ruth Ann Stucky
Jun 21, 2008
Ruth Ann Stucky, 88, died June 21, 2008, at Thorne Care Center. She was born June 27, 1919, at the family home near Murdock, Kan., the daughter of Peter H. and Mary Krehbiel Stucky. She graduated from Belmont High School. She had lived in Murdock until moving to Hutchinson in 1958. She worked in the dietary department at Hutchinson Hospital...
Michael D. Armstrong
Jun 20, 2008
WICHITA - Michael D. Armstrong, 26, died June 20, 2008, at his home, Wichita. He was born Jan. 15, 1982, in Wichita, the son of Michael J. and Barbara J. Davis Armstrong. He graduated from Buhler High School in 2000, attended Hutchinson Community College, and Mobile Dynamics, Phoenix, Ariz. A resident of Wichita, being raised in Hutchinson, he was an...
Harriett D. Foss
Jun 19, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Harriett Dixon Foss, 92, died June 19, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 17, 1915, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Lloyd and Vera Osbourne Dixon. Harriett graduated from Partridge High School in 1933 and then received her teacher's degree from Emporia State Teachers College. She worked as a teacher in the Reno County Schools...
Junivee Leota Black
Jun 17, 2008
Junivee Leota Black, 82, died June 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 3, 1926, in Montezuma, the daughter of Joseph and Willie Mae Unruh. Junivee grew up on a farm near Montezuma. She was a 1944 graduate of Montezuma H.S, Montezuma and was a library school graduate of Emporia State University in 1949. She taught two years...
Clinton D. Thrasher, Jr.
Jun 17, 2008
ARLINGTON - Clinton "Clint" D. Thrasher Jr., 53, died June 17, 2008, in Bossier City, La. He was born Nov. 6, 1954, in Arlington, the son of Clinton D. and Gladys J. Parkhurst Thrasher. He attended school in Arlington, and then Fairfield High School. He lived in Benton, La., and was formerly of Arlington. He was a thoroughbred horse trainer....
Mary E. Bitter
Jun 16, 2008
Mary E. Bitter, 70, died June 16, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 7, 1937. On April 16, 1964, she married James C. Bitter. He died in 1981. Survivors include: a son, Randy, Hutchinson; a daughter, Barbara Bitter, Hutchinson; a brother, John Overholster, Logansport, Ind.; a sister, Wilma Lictenberger, Wren, Ohio; twin granddaughters, Ashli...
Terry Lang
Jun 16, 2008
Terry Lang, 57, died June 16, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 3, 1951, in Hutchinson, the son of Otto Clifford and Dorothea Margurite Cain Lang. He graduated in 1970, from Belle Carter High School, Wichita. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was an electronics salesman and independent caterer. He attended the Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church,...
Edwin L. Ediger
Jun 15, 2008
Edwin L. "Ed" Ediger, 91, went to be with his Lord and Savior, June 15, 2008. He was born Sept. 11, 1916, near Buhler, Ks, the son of Henry B. and Mary Letkeman Ediger. He graduated in 1934 from Hutchinson High School and then graduated from Hutchinson Community College. He attended Emporia State University. A Hutchinson resident since 1929, he...
Glen A. Willesen
Jun 15, 2008
The family of Glen Allan Willesen, 72, is saddened to announce his passing on Sunday, June 15, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. Glen was born in Hutchinson, Kan., on April 15, 1936, to Charles E. and Leona Jessie Agneta (Ahrendsen) Willesen. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and married Vicki Sue Beyer on...
