Phillip A. Henderson
Aug 12, 2008
Phillip A. Henderson, 86, of Hutchinson, died Aug. 12, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 16, 1922, at Hutchinson, the son of Arthur O. and Thelma Q. Shuman Henderson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a 1940 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Salt City Business College. He retired in 1982 after 37 years as...
Clair Joe Porter
Aug 11, 2008
Clair Joe Porter, 96, died on Aug. 11, 2008, at his home in Racine, Minn. He was born Jan. 1, 1912, son of William Joel and Cora Ellen Mayhlery Porter in Reno County. He graduated from Abbyville High School in Abbyville. Clair was the owner-operator of Utility Sales and Engineering in Rochester, Minn. for many years and retired in 1975....
Joan "Dorothy" Hemel
Aug 11, 2008
Joan "Dorothy" Hemel, 73, died Aug. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 13, 1935, the daughter of Fred Elias and Carrie Williams Farmer. On Feb. 7, 1986, she married Clifford Hemel in Ness City. He died Jan. 27, 1991. Survivors include: brother, Marvin Farmer; and sister, Wanda Webb; a nephew, Glenn E. Anderson; niece, Sandra S. Anderson; and...
Joseph M. Miller
Aug 11, 2008
Joseph M. Miller, 61, died Aug. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1946, in Kalona, Iowa, the son of Mahlon E. and Edna Miller Miller. He was the owner of Carriage Crossing and the past owner of the Dutch Kitchen. He belonged to South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. On Dec. 30, 1965, he married Mary Ellen Nisly...
Iona A. Gleason
Aug 10, 2008
Iona A. Gleason, 75, died Aug. 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 10, 1933, in Thurston, Neb., the daughter of Herbert and Anna Paulsen Messerschmidt. She graduated from West Fork Arkansas High School in 1950 and then attended Wayne State College, Nebraska, and graduated from Sterling College in 1962. She worked on her post-graduate degree at Washington...
Philomena Franz
Aug 9, 2008
Philomena Franz, 96, passed away at St. Joseph Carondelet Manor in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Philomena was born in Munjor, Kan., on Dec. 31, 1911, and raised in Ness City, Kan. She was the daughter of Francis and Rosa (Kronawitter) Pfannenstiel. After graduating from Ness City High School, she attended Marymount College in Salina, Kan. She...
Rosalie J. Ballard
Aug 9, 2008
Rosalie J. Ballard, 83, died Aug. 9, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Mulberry, the daughter of Johnsie E. and Myrtle May Hamilton Williams. She graduated in 1943 from Mulberry High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Park Place Christian Church. On Nov. 15, 1945, she married Bill Ray Ballard in Pittsburg....
Philomena Franz
Aug 9, 2008
Philomena Franz, 96, passed away at St. Joseph Carondelet Manor in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Philomena was born in Munjor, Kan., on Dec. 31, 1911, and raised in Ness City, Kan. She was the daughter of Francis and Rosa (Kronawitter) Pfannenstiel. After graduating from Ness City High School, she attended Marymount College in Salina, Kan. She...
Violet L. Kohrs
Aug 7, 2008
Violet Louise Kohrs, age 100, of Buhler Sunshine Meadows, peacefully left her earthly body and slipped into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and into the presence of God on Aug. 7, 2008. She was born March 18, 1908, at Dillon, Kansas, the daughter of William C. and Christina (Sigle) Sandow. Raised in rural Dickinson County,...
Roy L. Blick
Aug 7, 2008
Roy L. Blick, 76, died Aug. 7, 2008, at his home. He was born July 17, 1932, at Hutchinson, the son of John and Grace Kennedy Blick. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1982, after retiring. He was a 1951 graduate of St. Teresa High School, Hutchinson. He retired as air traffic controller; Indianapolis Center, in 1982. He belonged...
Lawrence R. Guthrie
Aug 7, 2008
Lawrence Richard Guthrie, 76, died Aug. 7, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 6, 1932, in Lewis, the son of Gilbert Wayne Sr. and Edith Ethel Evans Guthrie. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Larned, he was a machine tender at Republic Paper Board for 42 years. On March 11, 1952, he married Joy B. Long in...
Ralph K. Almquist
Aug 6, 2008
Ralph Kingsley Almquist, 72, died Aug. 6, 2008, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 3, 1935, at Larned, to Oscar and Edna Branine Almquist. Ralph was a Hutchinson area resident since 1972 and was a member of First Christian Church. He was in the Air Force where he became a Drill Instructor. After he was honorably discharged...
Johnny L. Cochran
Aug 6, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Johnny L. Cochran, 82, formerly of Greensburg, died Aug. 6, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. Graveside inurnment will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 18, 2008 at Fairview Cemetery at Greensburg, Kansas
Ruby M. Smith Randall
Aug 5, 2008
HUMBOLDT - Ruby M. Smith Randall, 92, died Aug. 5, 2008, at the Pine Crest Nursing Home, Humboldt. She was born Nov. 14, 1915, in Adair, Okla., the daughter of George W. and Clara M. Watters Smith. The family moved to Kansas in 1924, and Ruby graduated from Valley Center High School and the Kansas School of Cosmetology. She worked...
Jared R. Hughes
Aug 4, 2008
Jared Riley Hughes, 25, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Aug. 4, 2008. He was an amazing man full of love and life. He was an avid Tony Stewart fan and had a huge love for all types of racing and the outdoors. He deeply loved "his herd" - his family. Jared was...
Alice M. Hornbaker
Aug 4, 2008
Alice Marie Hornbaker, 75, died Aug. 4, 2008, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 3, 1932, in North English, Iowa, the daughter of Glen Elmer and Esther Carter Flory. She graduated from high school as valedictorian in 1950, in Tipton, Iowa, and went to McPherson College for two years. She then taught elementary school for a year...
Kathleen F. Klosterhoff
Aug 3, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Kathleen F. Klosterhoff, 87, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 15, 1920, in Okawville, Ill., the daughter of William Edward and Rose Dorothy Koch Friend. She graduated in 1938, from Nashville High School, Nashville, Ill. She attended Brown's Business College, St. Louis. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, moving from...
Dale E. Bever
Aug 3, 2008
Dale Emmett Bever, 45, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Cheney Reservoir. He was born Jan. 12, 1963, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Denzel Bever and Dora Money. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, he was an experimental mechanic for the engineering department at Agco, Hesston. On May 25, 1992, he married Linda Asberry Geist in Hutchinson. She died Aug....
Linda L. Bever
Aug 3, 2008
Linda Lee Bever, 52, died Aug. 3, 2008, at Cheney Reservoir. She was born July 14, 1956, in Grinnell, Iowa, the daughter of William and Josie Perkins Asberry. She graduated from Grinnell High School and Hutchinson Community College. She lived in Hutchinson since 1985. She had been employed at the Hutchinson SRS Office, South Hutchinson, for almost 19 years, serving...
Russell L. Fager
Aug 2, 2008
Russell L. Fager, 80, died Aug. 2, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 10, 1928, in Pratt, the son of Joseph Franklin and Josephine Maggie Thompson Fager. He graduated from Pratt High School in 1946. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he retired in 1991 after 32 years with Cessna Fluid Power/Eaton Corporation. He belonged to the First Church...
