Phyllis Schmitt
Mar 18, 2008
Phyllis Schmitt, 83, died March 18, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 27, 1924, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of William E. and Astrid Akerson Rostine. She was a 1942, graduate of Hutchinson High School, was a graduated of Hutchinson Junior College and had attended Kansas State University. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a homemaker,...
Susan J. Higdon
Mar 17, 2008
Susan J. Higdon, 73, died March 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 22, 1934, in Holton, the daughter of John A. and Anna B. Metzler Brown. A Hutchinson resident of seven years, she was a waitress and a homemaker. Survivors include: sons, Everett and wife, Diana, Pratt, Jim and wife, Chris, Buhler, and Kenneth, La Crosse; brothers,...
Lawrence G. Corwin
Mar 15, 2008
Lawrence G. Corwin, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 28, 1928, in Hutchinson, the son of Francis and Gladys Goble Corwin. He attended Hutchinson schools. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he was an electrician for Republic Paper Company and P.C.A. in Hutchinson. He belonged to Westbrook Baptist Church. He was a member of...
Jean Evans
Mar 15, 2008
Jean Evans, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Bellbuckle, Tenn., the daughter of Pruitt and May Brewer Wood. She was a 1949 graduate of Woodbury, Tenn., High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. On Oct. 28, 1949, she married William Dale "Bill" Evans. He died...
Betty L. Shook
Mar 15, 2008
Betty Lee Shook, 86, died March 15, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital, E.R. She was born Feb. 27, 1922, in Kirksville, Mo., the daughter of Maurice LaVern and Alta Lee Wright Wait. She graduated in 1940, in Kirksville, Mo., and in 1943, she graduated from St. Mary School of Nursing, Quincy, Ill. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a registered nurse...
Jean Evans
Mar 15, 2008
Jean Evans, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Bellbuckle, Tenn., the daughter of Pruitt and May Brewer Wood. She was a 1949 graduate of Woodbury, Tenn., High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. On Oct. 28, 1949, she married William Dale "Bill" Evans. He died...
Eileen M. O'Sullivan
Mar 15, 2008
Eileen M. O'Sullivan, 90, died March 15, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 18, 1918, in New York City, New York, the daughter of Eugene and Emma Louise Ernst McCaffrey. She went to Holy Family School in Union City, New Jersey, and Washington Square College, New York City, New York. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had been a...
Barbara A. Macdonald
Mar 14, 2008
Barbara Amelia Macdonald, 85, died March 14, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of Robert J. and Jessie Lee Stremming Laubengayer. She was a graduate of Salina High School, Salina, and Pine Manor Junior College, Brookline, Mass. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Salina, she was a...
Jean Ann Arbuckle
Mar 14, 2008
Jean Ann Arbuckle, 84, died March 14, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born March 15, 1923, in Salina, the daughter of J. Roy and Grace A. Williams Miller. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed traveling, trips to England, winters in Mexico and her Evergreen, Colorado home. In the 1950 to 1960s, she was a championship level golfer at Prairie...
Ruby I. Robison-Hoss
Mar 14, 2008
Ruby I. Robison-Hoss, 95, formerly of Hutchinson, died March 14, 2008, in Trego County Hospital, Wakeeney, Ks. She was born Oct. 11, 1912, in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, the daughter of John A. and Ora C. Mayes Guilliams. She graduated from Tecumseh, Oklahoma High School in 1930, and attended Salt City Business College for one year. She had been a resident of...
Jean Shull
Mar 13, 2008
Jean Shull, 90, died March 13, 2008, at Hester Care Center. She was born Nov. 13, 1917, in Clayton, N.M., the daughter of Chester R. and Oleta M. Bishop Davidson. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. She co-owned the newspapers at Burns and Potwin. She was a dental supply wholesaler, as well as a floral and gift wholesaler,...
Ellis W. "Buss" Thomas
Mar 12, 2008
Ellis W. "Buss" Thomas, 89, died March 12, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born Oct. 10, 1918, in Teresita, Mo., the son of Albert Harney and Beulah Pauline George Thomas. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, having lived in Sun City, Ariz., from 1981 to 2007, then returning to Hutchinson, he was a grain broker with Bunge Grain Co....
Dora C. Mckeown
Mar 11, 2008
Dora Catharina McKeown, 79, died March 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Antwerp, Belgium, the daughter of Victor and Florina DePrekel Keteleer. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a cosmetologist. She belonged to the V.F.W. Auxiliary Bob Campbell Post No. 1361, and the Women of the Moose Hutchinson Chapter No. 1371. On March 15,...
Ronald W. Stewart
Mar 10, 2008
INMAN - Ronald Wayne Stewart, 48, died March 10, 2008, at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport. He was born May 8, 1959, in Atchison, the son of Wayne K. and "Jo" Joyce Bewley Stewart. He was a graduate of Westside High School, Jonesboro, Ark. A resident of Inman for 12 years, he was vice-president of construction for Borton LC. He was...
Donald Collins
Mar 9, 2008
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. - Donald Collins, 58, died March 9, 2008, at the Veterans Hospital, Louisville, Ky. Survivors include: a daughter, Deana Collins, Brooklyn, N.Y. There are no services planned. Inurnment will be in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson. Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, is assisting with arrangements.
Gus Meschke
Mar 9, 2008
Gus Meschke, 63, died March 9, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 20, 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Marvin Gus and Norma Countryman Meschke. He graduated from Buhler High School, Hutchinson Junior College and Kansas State University, playing football at both Hutchinson and KSU. He recently was inducted in to the Buhler High School Athletic Hall of...
Mildred L. Ewing
Mar 9, 2008
Mildred L. "Millie" Ewing, 92, died March 9, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Jan. 23, 1916, in Taloga, Okla., the daughter of Miles E. and Clara Davis Heller. A longtime resident of Reno County, she was a homemaker. On May 8, 1982, she married Clyde H. Ewing in Arlington. He died June 12, 2002. Survivors include: a daughter,...
Millie R. Nelson
Mar 8, 2008
ALDEN - Millie R. Nelson, 73, died March 8, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 14, 1934, in Carter Spur, the daughter of Frank Henry and Mable Fenwick Moore, Sr. A resident of Alden since 1976, moving from Sterling, she was a homemaker. On April 14, 1956, she married Donald M. Nelson Sr. in Lyons. He survives. Other...
Elda Powell
Mar 7, 2008
Elda Sparks Powell, 94, died March 7, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born June 22, 1913, in Pond Creek, Okla., the daughter of William Albert Sparks and Etta May Reid. She graduated from Pond Creek High School in 1930 and graduated from Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, she was an accountant in...
Leroy C. Kelley
Mar 7, 2008
Leroy Clifford Kelley, 83, died March 7, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 24, 1924, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of John and Lillian Dessen Kelley. He graduated from Westport High School, Kansas City, Mo., in 1941. A resident of Hutchinson for 20 years, moving from Winfield, he was the manager of the Fox Theater, Winfield. He...
