Grace Cox
May 1, 2008
Grace Teresa Cox, 89, died May 1, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 17, 1918, in Diamond Township, Burke County, North Dakota, the daughter of Michael and Alfreda Johnson Conway. She was raised in LaCrosse, Wis., and was a resident of Hutchinson since 1962. She received her education at St. Michael's Catholic High School, LaCrosse, Wis....
George J. Sanders
Apr 29, 2008
George J. Sanders, 48, died April 29, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 19, 1960, in Orange County, Calif., the son of James Rogers and Betty Lee Moreno Sanders. He graduated from Beech Hill High School, Beech Hill, Tenn., and Hutchinson Community College, with an A.A. in secondary education, and attended McPherson College, McPherson. He was a Med...
Ruth A. Berridge
Apr 29, 2008
Ruth A. Berridge, 90, died April 29, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 1, 1917, in rural Nickerson, the daughter of Milo and Mary Ringer Hungerford. She was a resident of Hutchinson for 30 years. She graduated from Hutchinson High and attended Hutchinson Community Junior College. She worked six years as a cashier at Hutchinson's Fox Theatres. She...
Howard R. Hunter
Apr 28, 2008
Howard R. "Bud" Hunter, Hutchinson, died April 28, 2008, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, at the age of 90. Howard was born in Topeka, Kansas, on November 6, 1917, to Clarence and Myrtle Renstrom Hunter. Howard graduated from Topeka High School in 1935 and Washburn University in 1939 followed by graduate work at the University of Kansas. During World War II,...
Charles Viron Rucker
Apr 27, 2008
Charles V. Rucker, D.C., 66, died April 27, 2008 at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1941, to Viron and Charlotte Rampenthal Rucker. He graduated form Hutchinson High and Palmer Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. He worked for Rucker Chiropractic Clinic. On June 1, 1974, he married Vickie J. Beltz at Haven. She survives. Other survivors include: mother, of Hutchinson;...
Carl M. Barnes
Apr 27, 2008
Carl M. Barnes, 91, died April 27, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 20, 1916, at Hutchinson, the son of Frank Earl and Sarah Elizabeth Roof Barnes. He retired from the Hutchinson Fire Department in 1966 with 23 and a half years of service. He then worked for Cessna from 1966 and retired in 1981....
Ruth A. Dehm
Apr 26, 2008
Ruth A. Dehm, 87, died April 26, 2008, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community. She was born Aug. 31, 1920, at Cincinnati, Iowa, the daughter of William Samuel Robert and Alta Belle Harrelson Hamilton. She was a Hutchinson resident, and graduated form Green City, Mo., High School. She was a buyer for the children's department at Wiley Department Store for...
Kathryn Jean Lovrien
Apr 26, 2008
Kathryn Jean Lovrien, 84, of Placentia Calif., formerly of Hutchinson, died April 26, 2008 at Placentia Calif. She was born April 11, 1924, at Beaver County Okla., to Lester C. and Mattie Mae Cates Bidstrup. She was a Placentia, Calif. resident and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941, as the Class Valedictorian. She went to Adela Hale Business College...
James M. Shepherd
Apr 26, 2008
James Myron Shepherd, 79, joined his Lord in the early morning hours, Saturday April 26, 2008, at his Lee's Summit, Missouri home. He was born in 1929, to James Myron and Mildred Miles Shepherd Sr. at Sylvia, KS. After retirement, they moved to Colorado for the next 12 years with his church membership being with Lake George Christian Church. Jim...
Ray D. Brown
Apr 25, 2008
HAVEN - Ray Darrell Brown, 76, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Haven on April 25, 2008. He was born July 8, 1931, in McPherson, the son of Ray E. and Flora Marshall Brown. He graduated from Lyons High School, Lyons, KS, and then graduated from Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A resident of Haven for two...
Thelma G. Bright
Apr 24, 2008
Thelma G. Bright, 90, died April 24, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 8, 1917, in Oklahoma County, Okla., the daughter of Dewitt and Evelina Stewart. She was a homemaker and belonged to the A.M.E. Methodist Church. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star and Reno County Extension Home Unit. On March 9, 1936,...
Kenneth M. Blevins
Apr 24, 2008
Kenneth M. Blevins, 80, died April 24, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born August 31, 1927, at Wichita, Kansas, to Charles K. and Alice Leota McVay Blevins. He was retired from radio and television broadcasting, working for various stations including KTVH, KAKE, KWBW and KSKU. He graduated from Wichita North High School in 1945. He attended Central College, McPherson,...
Norma J. Dunlap
Apr 23, 2008
Norma J. Dunlap, 79, gave her life to Jesus Christ at an early age and continued to serve him throughout her life. She passed away April 23, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sep. 12, 1928, at Montrose, the daughter of Roy and Anna Robinette Quick. She attended elementary school in a one-room schoolhouse at Brenham. In 1946,...
Lois Daile Bramley
Apr 22, 2008
PLEVNA - Lois Daile Bramley, 89, died April 22, 2008, at Windsor Place, Lawrence. She was born Oct. 15, 1918, in Abbyville, to Clyde and Edna May Hodge Kitch. She was a lifetime resident of Abbyville and the Plevna community. She graduated form Abbyville High School in 1936. She was a homemaker, farmer and a cook for Plevna Schools. She...
"Bear" Hubbs
Apr 22, 2008
"Bear" Hubbs, 59, died April 22, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born March 14, 1949, at Sedalia Mo., to Lloyd Dean Sites and Violet Laverne Hubbs Sites. He was an independent mechanic, farm hand and all around junker. He was of the Baptist faith. On March 22, 1980 he married Annette Joletta Teague in Hutchinson. She survives. He is...
Leon A. Daines
Apr 21, 2008
Leon A. "Cotton" Daines, 79, died April 21, 2008, at his residence. He was born on March 13, 1929, at Springdale, Ark., the son of Fred Otis and Addie Walden Daines. He attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson. He was a truck driver for Borton Inc. for 35 years. He was a Hutchinson resident. He served in the U.S....
Mildred L. Friesen
Apr 21, 2008
PARTRIDGE - Mildred L. Friesen, 90, died April 21, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1917, in Inman, to Henry and Agnes Pauls Nickel. She had been a Reno County resident since 1947. She graduated form Wichita East High School in 1935. She was a homemaker and she and her husband farmed in Reno County near Pretty...
Gertrude D. "Trudy" Link
Apr 21, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Gertrude D. "Trudy" Link, 92, died April 21, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1915, in Greenwood County, KS, the daughter of William Joseph and Josephine Freeman Churchman. She was retired from the Reno County Courthouse. She belonged to the South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. On Dec. 5, 1936, she married Eugene Albert...
Lois M. Smith
Apr 20, 2008
Lois M. Smith, 97, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord April 20, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Simpson, the daughter of Ralph and LaVina Rodman Weaver. She was a high school and Adele Hale Business College graduate. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired bookkeeper...
Beulah M. Arnold
Apr 18, 2008
Beulah M. Arnold, 92, died April 18, 2008, at Hester Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born April 21, 1915, in Pueblo, Colo., the daughter of Arthur David and Matilda Ann Wade Woodcock. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1933, and Kansas State University in 1938. She had been a resident of Hutchinson since 2001, moving here from...
