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Vera V. Burk
Feb 28, 2008
Vera V. Burk, 89, died Feb. 28, 2008, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Carl Alec and Lilly Johnson Sward. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended beauty school in Hutchinson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a beautician, co-owner and operator of Bob's Dixie Dip,...
Robert D. Richardson
Feb 27, 2008
Robert Dean "Bob" Richardson, 76, died Feb. 27, 2008, at Hutchinson. He was born March 2, 1931, in Big Rapids, Mich., the son of Harold and Wilma Tharp Richardson. He was a 1949 graduate of Jackson High School, Jackson, Mich. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he retired in 1987 from R.L. Polk Publishing. He was a lifetime member of the...
Randy D. Wilkes
Feb 26, 2008
Randy D. Wilkes, 53, died Feb. 26, 2008, at his home in Maize. He was born Dec. 28, 1954, at Hutchinson, the son of David B. and Carolee M. Starks Wilkes. A longtime Hutchinson resident moving to Maize in 2002, he was a Wal-Mart associate. On Aug. 12, 1984, he married Delores Harvey in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include:...
William B. Foster
Feb 25, 2008
William B. "Bill" Foster, 86, died Feb. 25, 2008, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 7, 1922, in Abbyville, the son of Max and Ailene McIver Foster. He graduated in 1940 from Abbyville High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. A Reno County resident all of his life, living most of his life in the Abbyville community,...
Dorothy A. Judy
Feb 25, 2008
Dorothy Ann Judy, 75, died Feb. 25, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 5, 1932, in Wamego, the daughter of Clarence Albert and Clara Luella McKowen Tanner. She graduated from Wamego High School and beauty school in Dodge City. A longtime resident of Great Bend, moving to South Hutchinson in 2004, she was a homemaker, and director of...
Margaret L. Joyner
Feb 25, 2008
Margaret L. Joyner, 82, died Feb. 25, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1925, Hutchinson, the daughter of Ancel Bud and Ola Cline Strong. She was a homemaker. On March 31, 1955, she married Winburn M. "Johnnie" Joyner, Hutchinson. He died Sept. 29, 2004. Survivors include a son, Nelson Joyner, Hutchinson, and a grandson, Paul Joyner, Hutchinson....
Iva G. Scates
Feb 22, 2008
Iva G. Scates, 75, died Feb. 22, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 18, 1932, in Caldwell, the daughter of Jim T. and Mary Ann Ransford Corzine. She attended Caldwell schools. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a machine operator at Consolidated Rebuilders Manufacturing, Hutchinson. She belonged to the Loyal Order of the Moose No. 982, Hutchinson,...
Todd Graves
Feb 22, 2008
Todd Graves, 39, died Feb. 22, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 28, 1968, in Hutchinson, the son of Raymond M. and Barbara Barkman Graves. A 1987 graduate of Buhler High School, he was a lifetime Hutchinson resident and an electrician for Automation Engineering and Intergration. He belonged to First Christian Church. On Nov. 20, 1993, he married...
Nina E. Seyb
Feb 20, 2008
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Nina E. Seyb, 92, died Feb. 20, 2008, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born July 27,1915, Alden, the daughter of, James W. and Ermine Bradley Dimmitt. She graduated from Johnson High School, and attended business school in Hutchinson, a long time Pretty Prairie resident. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Pretty Prairie United...
Winifred V. Koehn
Feb 20, 2008
Winifred V. Koehn, 87, died Feb. 20, 2008, at Hester Care Center. She was born June 3, 1920, in Burrton, the daughter of Lyle and Flota F. Parker Jones. She was a 1938 Burrton High School graduate. A lifetime Burrton and Hutchinson area resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Congregational Church. On June 7, 1940, she married...
Philip A. Webster
Feb 19, 2008
Philip A. Webster, 87, died Feb. 19, 2008, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers. He was born July 15, 1920, in Iola, the son of John L. and Margaretha Krueger Webster. He graduated from Paseo High School, Kansas City, in 1938 and from Hutchinson Junior College in 1940. A longtime Hutchinson, resident, he was a project engineer for Woodwork...
Mary H. Holmes
Feb 19, 2008
Mary Helen Holmes, 90, died Feb. 19, 2008, at Desert Palace Assisted Living, Chandler, Ariz. She was born Oct. 3, 1917, in Chase, the daughter of Roland Thomas and Bessie Jane Haxton McGuire. A resident of Arizona since 1971, moving from Hutchinson, she was a seamstress for Lillie Rubin and Sakowitz, both of Arizona. She was a former member of...
John G. Baird
Feb 19, 2008
John Gordon Baird, 91, died Feb. 19, 2008, at Brandon Woods Health Center, Lawrence. He was born March, 1, 1916, in Vesper, the son of John C. and Julia Corbett Baird. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1934. A longtime Hutchinson area resident, he moved to Lawrence in 2005, he was a retired electrician. He formerly belonged...
Vera M. Cunday
Feb 17, 2008
Vera M. Cunday, 85, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 9, 1923, in Burrton, the daughter of Arthur Lewis Likens and Helen Berg Ackley. She was a 1943 graduate of Reno Community School. A Hutchinson area resident most her life, she was an Administrative Assistant for USD 308. She belonged to the Westside...
Janelle Krenzin
Feb 17, 2008
Janelle Krenzin, 84, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born March 29, 1923, in Plevna, the daughter of Walter Edwin and Olive Claire Pieplow Rapp. She graduated from Reno County School, now Nickerson High School. A lifetime resident, she was a homemaker. She was a member of Ladies Bridge Club and the Study Club. On...
Lloyd D. Musick
Feb 17, 2008
Lloyd Dean Musick, 80, died Feb. 17, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 5, 1927, in Hutchinson, the son of Leslie V. and Opal H. Lambert Musick. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1946 and attended Hutchinson Community College. He worked for 16 years at Carey Salt and was a car salesman for both Davis-Child and...
Ruth S. Luna
Feb 16, 2008
Ruth S. Luna, 95, died Feb. 16, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 2, 1913, in Dodge City, the daughter of Tommie R. and Stella Bell Enser Southards. A resident of the Hutchinson area since 1942, moving from St. John, she was a homemaker. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church. On...
Evie J. Nisly
Feb 16, 2008
Evie J. Nisly, 22, died Feb. 16, 2008, at her home. She was born Jan. 18, 1986, in San Salvador, El Salvador, the daughter of Arthur and Lillian Joy Miller Nisly. She was a Hutchinson resident. She belonged to Center Amish Mennonite Church, near Partridge. Survivors include: her parents; two brothers, Kevin Arthur and Karlin John, both of the home;...
Gerald E. Sheahan
Feb 16, 2008
Gerald Edward Sheahan, 75, died Feb. 16, 2008, at the emergency room at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1932, in Kingman, the son of William Lawrence and Mabel Rowley Sheahan. He graduated from Zenda High School in 1950. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired carpenter. He belonged to Holy Cross Catholic Church, the Hutchinson Carpenters...
Susan Ryan
Feb 15, 2008
Susan Darrow Ryan, 95, died Feb. 15, 2008, at Dillon Living Center. She was born Sept. 5, 1912, in Blaine County, Okla., the daughter of Edwin Lyman and Marie Louise Driever Darrow. A longtime resident of Oklahoma City, moving to Dillon Living Center in 2001, she had worked as a guard at Tinker Air Force Base during World War II,...
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