Mae Belle Avery
Jun 25, 2008
Mae Belle Avery, 83, died June 25, 2008, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center. She was born May 21, 1925, in Protection, daughter of Ollie and Anna Troyer Schrock. She was a 1943 graduate of Protection High School and longtime resident of Hutchinson. She was a food service employee with USD 308, retiring from Hutchinson High School. She belonged to...
Marjorie L. Braden
Jun 25, 2008
Marjorie L. Braden, 96, died June 25, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 23, 1912, in Haviland, daughter of Daniel and Mabel Deets Amerine. She graduated from Haviland High School in 1929. She was a resident of Hutchinson after moving from Anthony in 1996. She was a Clerk/Operator of the O.T.A.S.C.O. Store in Anthony for many...
Evelyn M. Smith
Jun 24, 2008
Evelyn M. Smith, 92, died June 24, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 19, 1916, at Fort Lupton, Colo., daughter of Tracy and Opal Lovelady Decker. She graduated from Ft. Lupton, Colo. High School in 1933 and later attended Colorado State College in Greeley, Colo. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1951. She was an Audiologist...
Ralph E. Seibel
Jun 22, 2008
Ralph E. "Gene" Seibel, 83, died June 22, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Florence, Ks., to Ernest and Agnes Waner Seibel. He attended school in the Peabody Burns area, graduating in 1942. He also attended Salt City Business College. Ralph served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 as a combat M.P. A resident...
Ruth Ann Stucky
Jun 21, 2008
Ruth Ann Stucky, 88, died June 21, 2008, at Thorne Care Center. She was born June 27, 1919, at the family home near Murdock, Kan., the daughter of Peter H. and Mary Krehbiel Stucky. She graduated from Belmont High School. She had lived in Murdock until moving to Hutchinson in 1958. She worked in the dietary department at Hutchinson Hospital...
Michael D. Armstrong
Jun 20, 2008
WICHITA - Michael D. Armstrong, 26, died June 20, 2008, at his home, Wichita. He was born Jan. 15, 1982, in Wichita, the son of Michael J. and Barbara J. Davis Armstrong. He graduated from Buhler High School in 2000, attended Hutchinson Community College, and Mobile Dynamics, Phoenix, Ariz. A resident of Wichita, being raised in Hutchinson, he was an...
Harriett D. Foss
Jun 19, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Harriett Dixon Foss, 92, died June 19, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 17, 1915, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Lloyd and Vera Osbourne Dixon. Harriett graduated from Partridge High School in 1933 and then received her teacher's degree from Emporia State Teachers College. She worked as a teacher in the Reno County Schools...
Junivee Leota Black
Jun 17, 2008
Junivee Leota Black, 82, died June 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 3, 1926, in Montezuma, the daughter of Joseph and Willie Mae Unruh. Junivee grew up on a farm near Montezuma. She was a 1944 graduate of Montezuma H.S, Montezuma and was a library school graduate of Emporia State University in 1949. She taught two years...
Clinton D. Thrasher, Jr.
Jun 17, 2008
ARLINGTON - Clinton "Clint" D. Thrasher Jr., 53, died June 17, 2008, in Bossier City, La. He was born Nov. 6, 1954, in Arlington, the son of Clinton D. and Gladys J. Parkhurst Thrasher. He attended school in Arlington, and then Fairfield High School. He lived in Benton, La., and was formerly of Arlington. He was a thoroughbred horse trainer....
Mary E. Bitter
Jun 16, 2008
Mary E. Bitter, 70, died June 16, 2008, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 7, 1937. On April 16, 1964, she married James C. Bitter. He died in 1981. Survivors include: a son, Randy, Hutchinson; a daughter, Barbara Bitter, Hutchinson; a brother, John Overholster, Logansport, Ind.; a sister, Wilma Lictenberger, Wren, Ohio; twin granddaughters, Ashli...
Terry Lang
Jun 16, 2008
Terry Lang, 57, died June 16, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 3, 1951, in Hutchinson, the son of Otto Clifford and Dorothea Margurite Cain Lang. He graduated in 1970, from Belle Carter High School, Wichita. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was an electronics salesman and independent caterer. He attended the Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church,...
Edwin L. Ediger
Jun 15, 2008
Edwin L. "Ed" Ediger, 91, went to be with his Lord and Savior, June 15, 2008. He was born Sept. 11, 1916, near Buhler, Ks, the son of Henry B. and Mary Letkeman Ediger. He graduated in 1934 from Hutchinson High School and then graduated from Hutchinson Community College. He attended Emporia State University. A Hutchinson resident since 1929, he...
Glen A. Willesen
Jun 15, 2008
The family of Glen Allan Willesen, 72, is saddened to announce his passing on Sunday, June 15, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. Glen was born in Hutchinson, Kan., on April 15, 1936, to Charles E. and Leona Jessie Agneta (Ahrendsen) Willesen. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and married Vicki Sue Beyer on...
Micah A. Nelson
Jun 12, 2008
Micah Anthony Nelson, died June 12, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 12, 2008, in Hutchinson, the son of Anthony Darryl Nelson and Angel Ann Marie Stapleton. Survivors include: his parents; a brother, Damion Robert Royse; and a sister, Heavyn LeAnne Marie Nelson. There will be no services. Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, is in charge of arrangements.
Veldon Heflling
Jun 10, 2008
Veldon Hefling, 76, died June 10, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 28, 1931, in Hoisington, son of Floyd V. and Hazel Griffen Hefling. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a 1950 graduate of Hutchinson High School and graduated from Kansas State University in 1958 with an engineering degree. He was an engineer with Farmland Industries...
Martha A. Davis
Jun 9, 2008
Martha A. Davis, 57, died June 9, 2008, in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 28, 1950, in Alva, Okla., the daughter of Raymond J. and Marjorie Lou Rudy Chambers. She graduated in 1968 from Hutchinson High School and on May 14, 1999, she graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1960, she was a Health Information Technician...
Mike J. Engle
Jun 6, 2008
Mike J. Engle, 73, died June 6, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 9, 1935, in Evanston, Ill., son of Mike and Minnie Marie Richter Engle. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson. He served in the U.S. Navy. He retired in 1997 from the Eaton Dept. of Maintenance. On June 4, 1955, he married Christine Spaulding. On...
Clyde M. Hull
Jun 4, 2008
BURRTON - Clyde M. Hull, 80, died June 4, 2008, at Mennonite Manor. He was born October 12, 1927, in Grand Summitt, son of Charles Luther and Nola Avis Powers Hull. He graduated from Grenola High School, Grenola. He retired from Cessna, Hutchinson after 30 years of service. He was a Past Master of Cable Masonic Lodge #299 at Arlington....
Birddella M. Hiebert
Jun 4, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Birddella May Hiebert, 86, died June 4, 2008, at her home in South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 14, 1921, in Rockford, Ill., daughter of James L. and Esther Hauert Southworth. She attended South Hutchinson Schools. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. She was a member...
Thomas D. Keltch
Jun 4, 2008
ARLINGTON - Thomas D. Keltch, 67, died June 4, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 26, 1941, in Alva, Okla., son of Thomas William and Hazel V. Erion Keltch. He resided in Arlington. He graduated from Cherokee, Okla. High School in 1960 and later attended Oklahoma State University. He was an inspector for the Kansas State Fire...
