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Rosemary R. Shackelford-Grandestaff

Rosemary R. Shackelford-Grandestaff

Aug 1, 2008

Rosemary R. "Rosie" Shackelford-Grandestaff, 81, died Aug. 1, 2008 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 28, 1927, in Arlington, the daughter of Clifton C. and Alpha E. Pennington Shacelford. She graduated from Hutchinson High School with the class of 1945. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a supervisor for Contel/Verizon Telephone Company She served in the Naval...

Beverly J. Spencer

Beverly J. Spencer

Aug 1, 2008

Beverly J. Spencer, 69, died Aug. 1, 2008, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 7, 1938, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel Edward and Mabel Eska Jones Lemen Sr. She had worked for Wiley's Department Store, and retired from Dillards. She belonged to The Fathers House, Women of the Moose, Hutchinson Chapter No. 1371, and she loved...

Lilly M. Jones

Lilly M. Jones

Aug 1, 2008

Lilly Mae Jones, 90, died Aug. 1, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born May 23, 1918, in Marquette, the daughter of Walter and Sylvia Fanatia Young. Mae married Elvin Jones in November 1948. He died in 1977. Mae spent most of her adult life in the McPherson and Hutchinson areas. As a young girl she was employed...

Donna L. Chronister

Donna L. Chronister

Jul 30, 2008

INMAN - Donna L. Chronister, 64, died July 30, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 7, 1943, in Wichita, the daughter of Edgar H. and Crystal L. Niemeyer Mabry. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1961, and Salt City Business College. She had formerly worked in the president's office at Hutchinson Community College, and Dillons Corporate Offices...

Beverly Ann Sanders

Beverly Ann Sanders

Jul 29, 2008

Beverly Ann Sanders, 78, died July 29, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born March 30, 1930, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Clinton H. and Florence M. Coleman Black. She was a 1948 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a rural postal carrier, homemaker and mother. She was a Methodist. She was...

Helen J. Burnett

Helen J. Burnett

Jul 28, 2008

Helen Jean (Wedelin) Burnett passed away July 28, 2008. She was born Jan. 7, 1916, at Climax, Kan., the daughter of Peter and Jean B. Drysdale Wedelin. She was a member of the Arlington United Methodist Church and a member of Eastern Star. After graduating from Emporia State Teacher's College, she taught 14 years in the Kansas school system and...

John S. Cullison

John S. Cullison

Jul 26, 2008

John S. Cullison, 89, died July 26, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 31, 1919, in Medicine Lodge, the son of John R. and Mary Ann Jarrett Cullison. He attended schools in Medicine Lodge. A resident of Hutchinson since 1952, moving from Medicine Lodge because of his transfer with the Kansas Department of Transportation, he was a...

Anna M. Yunck

Anna M. Yunck

Jul 26, 2008

Anna Margaret "Nan" Yunck, 99, died July 26, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center in Hutchinson. She was born November 14, 1908, in Dunlap, Iowa, the daughter of Milton and Elizabeth (O'Connell) Jenkins. After graduating from high school and college in Sioux City, Iowa. Nan enjoyed working for the Sisters of Mercy at St. Joseph's Hospital in Sioux City...

Marilyn M. Mckinney

Marilyn M. Mckinney

Jul 26, 2008

Marilyn died peacefully on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at her home. She was born and lived most of her life in Parsons, and moved to Hutchinson to be with her son Doug and his wife Carla. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Dr. Clyde McKinney. As a young woman, Marilyn was actively involved in her local Church...

Ralph L. Albertson

Ralph L. Albertson

Jul 25, 2008

Ralph Linley Albertson, 96, died July 25, 2008, at Dillon Living Center. He was born April 16, 1912, in Nickerson, the son of Emery and Addie Andrew Albertson. He graduated in 1929 from Nickerson High School. He had worked for Kingsly-Wagner Supply for 60 years, retiring as President and owner. He belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge AF...

Marlowe James Kennison

Marlowe James Kennison

Jul 24, 2008

Marlowe James Kennison, 85, died July 24, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 10, 1923, at Regal, Minn., the son of James Edward and Hazel Lila Driessen Kennison. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1947. He attended school and graduated from Summitt High School in Summitt, S.D., in the class of 1941. He was a bartender...

Marilyn Joyce Bowman

Marilyn Joyce Bowman

Jul 24, 2008

BUHLER - Marilyn Joyce Bowman, 76, died July 24, 2008, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born March 25, 1932, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Lowell Kenneth and Winifred Margorie Mosher Keen. She was a lifetime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Buhler in Nov. of 2005. She was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School and attended Kansas State...

Gerald E. "Jerry" Lake

Gerald E. "Jerry" Lake

Jul 24, 2008

SYLVIA - Gerald Ennis "Jerry" Lake, 64, died July 24, 2008. He was born March 13, 1944, to Pearl Leon and Mary Lucinda Boone Lake. A Vietnam Veteran, he served in the U.S. Army, Army Reserves and the National Guard. Survivors include: daughters, Shelly Green, Wichita, Mary Lou Lake, Windsor, S.D.; brother, Thomas Frances Lake, Anchorage, Alaska; sisters, Ruth Ann...

James E. Mohney

James E. Mohney

Jul 22, 2008

James E. Mohney, 73, died July 22, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 21, 1935, in Great Bend, the son of Eugene and Teresa Mohney. He graduated in 1954, from Memorial High School, Enid, Okla. A resident of Hutchinson since 1954, he was the owner of Mohney Brokerage. Survivors include: a son, Steven James Mohney, Hutchinson; three daughters,...

Helen L. Hood

Helen L. Hood

Jul 19, 2008

Helen Lavina Hood, 82, died July 19, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 8, 1925, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson, KS, the daughter of Clarence and Virgie Peckover Mather. She attended Allen, Liberty and Hutchinson High School, except for the last year and a half when she moved to Mountainburg, Ark., when World War II began,...

Connie M. Zerger

Connie M. Zerger

Jul 19, 2008

Connie Mae Zerger, 101, died July 19, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 13,1907, in Camdenton, Mo., the daughter of Archie and Maggie Rapp Rice. She was a resident of Pretty Prairie since 1940, moving to South Hutchinson in 1996. She was the owner of Zerger Dry Goods, Pretty Prairie. She belonged to the Pretty Prairie...

Ron L. Weese

Ron L. Weese

Jul 19, 2008

BURRTON - Ron L. Weese, 63, died July 19, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 19, 1944, in Indianapolis, the son of George Denzil and Martha Jane McCoy Weese. A longtime Oklahoma resident, moving to Kansas in 1998, and moving to Burrton two years ago, he was a truck driver and diesel mechanic for Concrete Enterprises Inc. He...

Mary A. Madden

Mary A. Madden

Jul 19, 2008

Mary Ann Madden, 87, died July 19, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 19, 1921, in Ellinwood, the daughter of Paul John and Mary Helfrich Schartz. She graduated in 1939, from Ellinwood High School. She had lived in Hutchinson since 1998, moving from the Ellinwood/Great Bend Community. She was a homemaker. She belonged to the Church...

Dennis J. Fellows

Dennis J. Fellows

Jul 19, 2008

Dennis J. Fellows, 50, died July 19, 2008, in Hutchinson. He was born June 30, 1958, in Smith Center. He was a 1976 graduate of Hutchinson High School and a graduate of Hutchinson Community College, Sterling College, and received his MBA from Kansas State University. He was a Certified Public Accountant. He was a member of the YMCA. Survivors include:...

Connie J. Ayres

Connie J. Ayres

Jul 17, 2008

Connie June Ayres, 63, died July 17, 2008, at her home. She was born July 3, 1945, in Hutchinson, daughter of Ralph Leland and Agnes Lucile Herman Allphin. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a graduate of Sid's Beauty College. She was a cosmetologist, owner and operator of Shear Perfection at 7th and Adams for 20 years, and then operated...

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