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Betty J. Van Riper

Betty J. Van Riper

Oct 2, 2008

Betty J. Van Riper, 81, died Oct. 2, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Salina, the daughter of Verge and Edith Walker Schriner. She graduated in 1945, from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Double Circle Sunday School Class of the...

Lesley J Hiebert

Lesley J Hiebert

Oct 1, 2008

PARTRIDGE - Lesley J. Hiebert, 55, died Oct. 1, 2008, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1953, in Coffeyville, the daughter of Leslie and Pauline Emmajean Frantz Green. She was raised in Hutchinson, moving to Partridge in 1994. She attended Avenue A Grade School, Sherman Jr. High School and Hutchinson High. She was a waitress at R&B. She...

Carl L Sanderson

Carl L Sanderson

Sep 30, 2008

Carl L Sanderson, 82, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather went to be with the Lord Sept. 30, 2008 at Hospice House of Reno Co. He was born May 11, 1926 at Chase, Rice Co., KS the son of Charles Sanderson and Gladys McClintock. He attended Hutchinson High School, leaving at age 17 to join the war effort. He...

Velma G. Mckelvy

Velma G. Mckelvy

Sep 30, 2008

Velma Gay McKelvy, 80, died Sept. 30, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born July 27, 1928, in Edgewater, Texas, the daughter of Ernest and Ethel Graham Thornton. A resident of Hutchinson since 1947, she was a retired nurse's aide. On Feb. 1, 1947, she married George E. McKelvy in Hutchinson. He died April 11, 1991. Survivors...

Harry C Burnett

Harry C Burnett

Sep 29, 2008

Harry C. Burnett, 83, died Sept. 29, 2008 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 12, 1925, on a farm near Arlington, the son of James and Juanita Applegate Burnett. A lifetime resident of Arlington, he was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church. For over 50 years he...

Ardith Ann Liebst

Ardith Ann Liebst

Sep 29, 2008

ORANGE PARK, FLA - Ardith A. Liebst, 67, died Sept. 29, 2008, at her home in Orange Park, Fla. She was born June 20, 1941, in Burrton, the daughter of Lucian Virgil and Alice Karr Brown Hammar. She had been a long time Fla. resident. She graduated from Haven High School in 1958, and Emporia State Teachers College in 1962....

Yvonne G. Johnson

Yvonne G. Johnson

Sep 27, 2008

Yvonne G. Johnson, 81, died Sept. 27, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 14, 1926, in Herstal, Belgium, the daughter of Gean and Elizabeth Vandenberoeck. She moved to the United States in 1946, having lived in California for 35 years before moving to Hutchinson in 1988. She had been a sales clerk at JC Penney. She belonged...

William H. Mcconnell

William H. Mcconnell

Sep 27, 2008

William "Bill" H. McConnell, 73, died Sept. 27, 2008, at Kingman Community Hospital, Kingman. He was born July 6, 1935, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold "Mac" and Helen Rodine McConnell. He graduated in 1953, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a roofer and crew foreman for Hamilton Roofing, for 40 years. He served in...

Fred W. Baker, Jr.

Fred W. Baker, Jr.

Sep 25, 2008

Fred W. Baker Jr., 92, died Sept. 25, 2008, at Hearthstone Assisted Living Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 11, 1915, in Nelson, the son of Fred W. and Prudence M. Hicks Baker. He resided in Oklahoma City, but lived in Hutchinson for many years. Graduating from Pittsburg High School, Pittsburg, in 1933, he later graduated from Pittsburg...

Clinton R. Calma Reyes

Clinton R. Calma Reyes

Sep 25, 2008

Clinton Remigio Calma Reyes, 19, died September 25, 2008, at the Reno County Hospice House after a valiant fight against colon cancer. He was born January 15, 1989, in Pampanga, Philippines, the son of Remigio and Susan Reyes. He attended Buhler High School and graduated in 2007. He enjoyed football and track, but his real passion was weightlifting and video...

Chlo Ann Stiggins

Chlo Ann Stiggins

Sep 24, 2008

PARTRIDGE - Chlo Ann Stiggins, 89, died Sept. 24, 2008, at the Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Aug. 3, 1919, in Salt Creek Township, rural Reno County, Kan., the daughter of Bertrand and Chloie M. Coleman Eisiminger. She attended Partridge High School. She was a Partridge resident for most of her life and a homemaker. She belonged to...

Charles W. Snyder

Charles W. Snyder

Sep 23, 2008

Charles W. Snyder, 75, died Sept. 23, 2008, near Truckee, Calif. He was a truck driver for Roadrunner Driveaway. Survivors include: wife, Linda; son, Mark Snyder and wife Cindy, Hutchinson, brother, James Fuller, Hutchinson; granddaughter Desiree Morales, and 3 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Irene E. Paulson. Cremation has taken place. Graveside services will...

Maryjane Barkley

Maryjane Barkley

Sep 23, 2008

MaryJane Barkley, 66, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Hospice House of Reno County. She was born Oct. 19, 1941, at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson, Kan., the daughter of George Ray Hornbeck and Jane Hamill Hornbeck. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She attended Lakeview Elementary School, Sherman Middle School, and Hutchinson High School. MaryJane was president of...

Mildred E. Benson

Mildred E. Benson

Sep 23, 2008

Mildred E. Benson, 87, died Sept. 23, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1921, in Nickerson, the daughter of Clive J. "Bud" and Thelma A. Redburn Cunday. She graduated in 1939, from Nickerson High School, and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker, and for a short time was a cook at Mitchell...

Mary E. Logan

Mary E. Logan

Sep 23, 2008

Mary E. Logan, 84, died Sept. 23, 2008, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 24, 1923, in Cokeville, Pa., the daughter of Ward and Grace Davis. She graduated from Neodesha High School in 1941 and from Grace Hospital School of Nursing in 1944. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a registered nurse at Cessna Plant in...

Marjorie L. Delventhal

Marjorie L. Delventhal

Sep 23, 2008

NICKERSON - Marjorie L. Delventhal, 78, died Sept. 23, 2008, at Promise Regional Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 3, 1930, the daughter of Leo P. and Alice Pearl Cook Roberts. She graduated in 1948, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Nickerson, she was a homemaker, and retired from the catalog department at Sears. She belonged to the...

Velma M. Burns

Velma M. Burns

Sep 23, 2008

Velma Maxine Burns received her celestial promotion on Sept. 23, 2008. She was born March 3, 1920, in Neosha, Mo., the daughter of William E. and Nola Naomi Riggs Taylor. She graduated from Neosha (Missouri) public schools and later Adela-Hale Business School. A Hutchinson resident most of her life, she was a bookkeeper for Saylor Cleaners and Otasco before retiring....

William H. Shears, Jr.

William H. Shears, Jr.

Sep 20, 2008

William H. "Bill" Shears Jr., 90, died Sept. 20, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 21, 1918, in Hutchinson, the son of William H. Shears, Sr. and Winifred B. Newman Shears. He was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. He graduated Hutchinson High School in 1936, and he then received a degree in Civil Engineering from the Kansas...

Alice E. Mitzner

Alice E. Mitzner

Sep 19, 2008

STERLING - Alice Mitzner, 66, died Sept. 19, 2008, at her home, Sterling. She was born May 11, 1942, in Christian County, Ky., the daughter of Charlie and Hazel Morgan Davis. A resident of Sterling, she was a homemaker and a truck driver for Branson Truck Line. She belonged to Church of God International. On March 10, 1962, she married...

Ruth M. Shepherd

Ruth M. Shepherd

Sep 18, 2008

Ruth Mae Varney Shepherd, 84, of Hutchinson, passed away September 18, 2008, surrounded by the love of family and friends that she held so dear. She was born on August 10, 1924, in Plevna, the daughter of Miles Standish and Lila Viola Wyatt Varney. She was a 1942 graduate of Abbyville High School. She attended Hutchinson Community Junior College to...

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