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Laurence D. Moyer

Laurence D. Moyer

Jan 12, 2008

Laurence Donald Moyer, 83, died Jan. 12, 2008, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson, KS. He was born November 30, 1924, in Anthony, KS the son of Ernest and Lockie Fitts Moyer. He was preceded in death by his mother and father of Argonia, Ks., a brother, Jay Moyer of Argonia, KS., and a sister, Virginia McDaniel of Maize, KS....

Richard J. Murphy

Richard J. Murphy

Jan 12, 2008

Richard J. "Murph" Murphy, 60, died Jan. 12, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct 14, 1947, in Newburyport, Mass., the son of Frederick T. and Margaret T. Foley Murphy. He graduated from Newburyport High School, received his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and attended Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson for 10 years, he was a...

Kenneth W. Love

Kenneth W. Love

Jan 11, 2008

Kenneth Wayne Love, 87, died Jan. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1920, in Vinland, the son of the Rev. Vernie Delbert and Mollie Deay Love. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940, and attended Hutchinson JUCO, he played basketball and football at both schools. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a salesman for...

Joyce M. Cezar

Joyce M. Cezar

Jan 10, 2008

DWIGHT - Joyce M. Cezar, 79, went home to be with Jesus on January 10, 2008, at Hospice House of Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on November 20, 1928, in Parsons, the daughter of Coy and Muriel Higgins. She graduated from Parsons High School, Parsons Junior College, and Pittsburg State University. Joyce taught school, grades K-12, for many years. She...

Jolan Kiraly

Jolan Kiraly

Jan 9, 2008

Jolan Kiraly, 72, died Jan. 9, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 8, 1935, in Kisfalud, Hungary, the daughter of Janos and Erzsebet Kovacs Megyeri. She moved to Wichita in 1956 and then shortly afterward moved to Hutchinson. She worked at Dillons Bakery from 1968 until her retirement in 1995. She belonged to St. Teresa Catholic Church. She...

Lillian W. Benjamin

Lillian W. Benjamin

Jan 9, 2008

Lillian W. Benjamin, 89, died Jan. 9, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 3, 1918, in Inman, the daughter of Cornelius and Anna Schmidt Willems. She and her husband owned a dairy farm for 30 years; later she had worked for both Virginia's and Wiley's clothing stores. She belonged to First Congregational Church, Hutchinson. On Dec. 18, 1941,...

William J. Myers

William J. Myers

Jan 8, 2008

William J. "Bill" Myers, 66, died Jan. 8, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 18, 1941, in Salina, the son of Charles "Charlie" Myers and Estel Geske Hibler. He attended Hutchinson High School, graduating in 1960. He was a Master Sgt. In the United States Air Force, with 22 years of service, retiring in 1984, also serving in...

Geraldine V. Shelton

Geraldine V. Shelton

Jan 5, 2008

Geraldine Veta "Gerry" Dragoo Shelton, 88, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1919, at Harper, the daughter of Jack and Mable Bowen Vines. She graduated from Wichita North High School in 1936; she was a resident of Hutchinson since 1946. She was a retired CNA at Wesley Towers and a restaurant...

Goldie May Hefling

Goldie May Hefling

Jan 5, 2008

Goldie May Hefling, 76, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born May 25, 1931, in Lebanon, Mo., the daughter of Ernie James and Velma May Richards Lawson. She graduated in 1950 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, and had taught swimming for the Red Cross for 40 years. On Oct. 26,...

Dorris E. Sanders

Dorris E. Sanders

Jan 5, 2008

Dorris Evelyn Sanders, 94, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson, after a short battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 12, 1913, in Belpre, the daughter of Harry T. and Farnia A. "Fannie" Sette Hamler. She graduated in 1931 from Hutchinson High School, attended Salt City Business College, and graduated in 1940 from Grace Hospital School...

Edwin Lloyd Tomlin, Jr.

Edwin Lloyd Tomlin, Jr.

Jan 4, 2008

Edwin L. "Ed" Tomlin Jr., 46, died Jan. 4, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 6, 1961, in Hutchinson, the son of Judith Ann Lemen Tomlin. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he attended Hutchinson High School. He was a journeyman carpenter, recently working at an ethanol plant in Iowa. Before the end, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord...

Albert "Al" Ensz

Albert "Al" Ensz

Jan 4, 2008

Albert "Al" Ensz, 85, died Jan. 4, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 4, 1922, in Inman, the son of George and Marie Hildebrand Ensz. He attended school in Inman. A resident of Hutchinson, he was the former owner and operator of Wasson Supply Inc., Hutchinson. He was associated with the business for 50 years, starting out working...

Wilma M. Shackelford

Wilma M. Shackelford

Jan 3, 2008

Wilma Mae Shackelford, 80, died Jan. 3, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Aug. 10, 1927, in rural Yoder, the daughter of A.H. and Blanche Wilhite Hammond. She graduated from Cranford College in 1985. A longtime resident of Yankee Run at Kanopolis Reservoir, she was a waitress at the former George's Cafe and Elwood Cafe, and retired...

Karen S. Inghram

Karen S. Inghram

Jan 2, 2008

Karen Sue Inghram, 71, died Jan. 2, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 4, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of James Albert and Mary E. Burch Henry. She attended schools in Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. On Oct. 15, 1977, she married David Lee Inghram in Hutchinson....

Marie J. Kaiser

Marie J. Kaiser

Jan 2, 2008

Marie J. Kaiser, 92, died Jan. 2, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 23,1915, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Alfred Ray and Phoebe Loretta Rucker Teter. She attended the Hutchinson school system. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was one of the original residents at Elm Grove Estates. She was a homemaker and a nurse's aide at...

Curtiss E. Hadley

Curtiss E. Hadley

Jan 2, 2008

Curtiss E. Hadley, 81, died Jan. 2, 2008, at the Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock, Ark., as a result of complications from heart surgery. He was born July 6, 1926, in Hutchinson, the son of Eldon and Laura Schlegel Hadley. He attended Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he was the owner of Hadley Floor Covering and Life and...

C. David Hayes

C. David Hayes

Jan 1, 2008

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - C. David Hayes, 67, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Table Rock Lake, Mo. He was born May 22, 1940, in Mocksville, N.C., the son of Richard D. and Mary Martin Hayes. He had received his Masters Degree in the field of science from the University of Texas at El Paso. A resident of Huntsville, Texas, he was...

Audra M. Mettscher

Audra M. Mettscher

Jan 1, 2008

Audra M. Mettscher, 80, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1927, at Worth, Mo., the daughter of Ralph and Effie L. Fickle Gladstone. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a hairdresser and a homemaker. She belonged to Zion Lutheran Church, Women of the Moose Chapter 1371, and was a former member of Sweet...

Betty Mezger

Betty Mezger

Jan 1, 2008

Betty Mezger, 83, of Hutchinson, KS., passed away peacefully on Weds., January 2, 2008, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease at The Sweet Life of Rosehill, Shawnee, KS. She was born October 11, 1924 near Liberal, KS., the third child of Nathan and Mary Jane Redfern Jones. She graduated from Preston High School in May 1942. During WWII, she took...

Nellie A. Mathis

Nellie A. Mathis

Jan 1, 2008

SOUTH. HUTCHINSON - Nellie Alta Mathis, 93, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born March, 3, 1914, in Plato, Mo., the daughter of James M. Gaddy and Etta Florence Smith. She attended school in Missouri. A longtime resident, moving to Hutchinson in1942 from Missouri, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First United Methodist Church,...

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