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Vera V. Burk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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