Kenneth Addison
Feb 3, 2008
Kenneth "Kenny" Addison, 86, died Feb. 3, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born April 2, 1921, in Newcastle Neb., the son of Dean and Frances Smith Addison. He was a graduate of the Souix City Iowa High School and attended Business College in Souix City. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, he owned and operated Al-Char Bowling Lanes...
John R. Bether
Feb 3, 2008
After a long illness, John Riley Bether died peacefully at the age of 78 on Feb. 3, 2008, at the Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler, KS. He was born on May 25, 1929, to parents August and Norma Owen Bether in Nashville, KS. At the age of 12, John moved to Hutchinson with his family. He graduated from Hutchinson...
Helen A. Cornwell
Feb 1, 2008
Helen Alberta Cornwell, 60, died Feb. 1, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Village. She was born July 11, 1947, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Alva Howard and Margery Alta George Giles. She graduated in 1966, from Hutchinson High School. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson. She belonged to Bethany Church of the Nazarene, the Red Hat Society, and the...
Helen L. Norris
Feb 1, 2008
Helen Lucille Norris, 75, died Feb. 1, 2008, at Thorne Care Center. She was born Oct. 6, 1934, in Shadduck, Okla., the daughter of Orville and Helen Smith Thomas. She graduated in 1952 from Guymon (Okla.) High School. A longtime resident of Pratt, moving to Hutchinson in 1995, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First Baptist Church, Hutchinson,...
Esther R. Neighbors
Jan 31, 2008
Esther R. Neighbors, 83, died Jan. 31, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 15, 1924, in Cass Lake, Minn., the daughter of Fred and Katherine "Katie" Gobbitz DeWitt. A resident of Hutchinson since 1953, she was the owner and operator of LTD Upholstery. In 1953, she married David J. Neighbors in Clovis, N.M. He survives. Other survivors include:...
Verle D. Rutledge
Jan 30, 2008
Verle D. Rutledge, 77, died Jan. 30, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. 14, 1931, in Arlington, the son of Paul and Anna Albright Rutledge. A lifetime Arlington resident, he attended Arlington High School. He was a farmer and worked for Cessna and Eaton Corp., retiring from Eaton in 1991 after 38 years. He then worked as a...
Joyce A. Mciver
Jan 30, 2008
Joyce A. McIver, 60, died Jan. 30, 2008, at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born Nov. 1, 1947, in Newton, the daughter of Adolph Edward and Mildred Arf Smith. She graduated from Newton High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and Avon Sales Representative. She belonged to the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2550, and...
Caroline J. Leitzel
Jan 30, 2008
Caroline J. Leitzel, 68, died Jan. 30, 2008, in Wichita. She was born Sept. 5, 1939, in Independence, the daughter of Warren R. and Viola M. Clubine Hurst. A longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Wichita in 1996, she was a machine operator for Cessna and Eaton Corp., retiring in 1988. She belonged to the First Christian Church. On May 26,...
Uliann Thomas
Jan 28, 2008
Uliann Thomas, 95, died Jan. 28, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 13, 1912, in California, Pa., the daughter of Andrew and Barbara Bazilovitch Kovalchick. A Hutchinson resident since 1997, previously living in Florida and Washington, Pa., she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Baptist Church, Hutchinson, formerly a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Castile,...
Bud Pennington
Jan 25, 2008
Bud (Russel J.) Pennington, 93, died Jan. 25, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 7, 1914, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold A. and Emma L. Justice Pennington. He graduated in 1932 from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired farmer. He belonged to the First Presbyterian Church, was...
Jan S. Krouse Saylor
Jan 24, 2008
Jan S. Krouse Saylor, 54, died Jan. 24, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 24, 1954, in Topeka, the daughter of Everett and Dorothy Skalla Krouse. She graduated from Wichita Southeast High School in 1972, attended Ottawa University, graduated from the University of Kansas, and then received her master's degree from Wichita State University. A resident of Hutchinson,...
Jessica L. Whitlock
Jan 22, 2008
Jessica L. Whitlock, 59, died Jan. 22, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1948, in Wichita, the daughter of Burt L. and Virginia L. Streeter Whitlock. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. She was a resident of the Kansas Elks Training Program in Wichita, New Horizons in Valley Center, and was with Disability Supports of the Great...
Rubina Regier
Jan 21, 2008
Rubina Regier, 93, died Jan. 21, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Burrton, the daughter of Cornelius F. and Sarah Peters Friesen. She graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, moving from Moundridge, she was a homemaker, and a salesperson at Ben Franklin, Duckwalls and Skaggs. She belonged to...
Nelda M. Herbison
Jan 20, 2008
Nelda M. Herbison, 88, died Jan. 20, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 26, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Sterling and Pearl Burge Miller. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a cook for Trinity Catholic Junior and Senior High School, Holy Cross Catholic School, the Hutchinson Town Club and the former Leonida's Hollywood Grill. She...
George R. Stevener
Jan 20, 2008
George Ray Stevener, 70, died Jan. 30, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 23, 1937, in Hutchinson, the son of Lee Roy and Amanda Marie Gustafson Stevener. He graduated in 1956 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of California and Texas, he worked for PetSmart, and had owned and operated a Fish and Pet...
Maxine J. Edwards
Jan 19, 2008
Maxine Jewel Edwards, 80, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 9, 1927, in Naylor, Mo., the daughter of Noble A. and Pearl Lee Hunt Bass. She was a homemaker. On July 29, 1944, she married James L. Edwards in Hutchinson. he died Aug. 17, 2001. Survivors include: three sons, James II, and John, both of...
Thelma B. Forwalder
Jan 18, 2008
Thelma B. Forwalder, 97, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 22, 1910, in rural Pratt, the daughter of Nathan O. and Mary Jane Redfern Jones. She graduated from Liberal High School, and attended Wichita Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Wichita and Sterling, moving to Mennonite Manor in 1995, she...
Daniel B. Baker
Jan 18, 2008
Daniel Brewster Baker, 69, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 10, 1938, in Salina, the son of Aurther Frederick and Hester Mae Brewster Baker. He graduated from Cunningham High School and attended John Brown University. A resident of South Hutchinson since 1960, he had been a security guard with Pinkerton's Security, working at Carey Salt,...
Alvin L. Hrabe
Jan 17, 2008
Alvin Lee Hrabe, 79, died Jan. 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 2, 1928, in Plainville, the son of Leo William and Sophie Mazanek Hrabe. A resident of Hutchinson since 1991, moving from Hickory, N.C., he was a retired craftsman for Williams Woodcarving, Hickory, N.C., retiring in 1989. He was of the Lutheran faith. On July 15,...
Jeri Kaup
Jan 16, 2008
Jeri Kaup, a longtime resident of Smith County who has lived in Hutchinson since 2000, died on January 16, 2008, in Hutchinson at the age of 83. Her given name was Geraldine Sadie Jessie Davis, born in Denver, Colorado on January 30, 1924 to Robert J. Davis and Mary Almeda (Johnson) Davis. After graduating from Denver North High School in...
