Lillian M. Brewer
Dec 16, 2007
Lillian M. Brewer, 89, died Dec. 16, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born April 9, 1918, in Navarre, the daughter of Oren Clifford and Ethel Mae Rock. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1936, and attended the College of Emporia. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Concordia, she was a homemaker. She belonged to...
Nevaeh Lynn Leshore
Dec 15, 2007
Nevaeh Lynn LeShore, 26 days old, died Dec. 15, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Nov. 19, 2007, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Jamie LeShore and Cheri Herald. Survivors include: her parents; a brother, Adonis Petty-Gray; a sister, Alexis Herald; grandparents, Maria Guzman, Lora Herald and Jimmy LeShore, all of Hutchinson; great-grandparents, Santos and Jane Amaya, and...
H.E. Bofink
Dec 15, 2007
H.E. "Pete" Bofink, 83, died Dec. 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1924, in Jackson, Mich., the son of H.E. and Dorothy Zerman Bofink. He graduated in 1942, from Jackson High School, Jackson, Mich. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was the vice president of the printing plant for R.L. Polk Co., retiring after 47 years...
Payton A. Mitchell
Dec 12, 2007
Patyon Allen Mitchell, four months, died Dec. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 19, 2007, in Hutchinson, the son of Curtis and Pam Mitchell. Survivors include: his parents, Hutchinson; a brother, Gregory Davis, Hutchinson; a sister, Madison Paige Mitchell, Hutchinson; grandparents, Jay and Jo Davis, Hutchinson, Linda and Lyle Housh, Hutchinson, and Bob and Charlotte Mitchell, Camdenton,...
Nellie G. Douglas
Dec 12, 2007
Nellie Geraldine "Gerry" Douglas, 92, died Dec. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 4, 1915, in Colwich, the daughter of Arthur L. and Laura E. Givens Beer. She was a 1935 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A Hutchinson resident for most of her life, she was retired from American Investors Life Insurance Company. She belonged to Church...
Curtis H. Bruce
Dec 11, 2007
Curtis H. Bruce, 46, died Dec. 11, 2007, at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt. He was born Dec. 10, 1961, in Fairfax, Va., the son of Norman Lee Bruce Sr. and Viola Cash Bruce. A resident of Hutchinson since 1990, moving from Kansas City, he was a former sous chef for the Grand Prairie Hotel. He retired from the Army...
Dale E. Garber
Dec 10, 2007
Dale E. Garber, 79, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 28, 1928, in Rice County, the son of Leo W. and Ellen M. Gillock Garber. He attended Thomas Grove Schools in Reno County. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he worked in tool and dye at Deluxe Specialties. He was a former member of the Bob...
Lucy M. Hayes
Dec 10, 2007
Lucy Maxine Hayes, 91, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Columbia (Mo.) Manor Care Center. She was born May 16, 1916, in Barry County, Mo., the daughter of Ora and Stella Powell Richardson. She was a Hutchinson High School graduate. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, having lived in Wichita and Omaha, Neb., she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Church...
Wayne A. Strawn
Dec 10, 2007
WALTON - Wayne A. "The Glass Man" Strawn, 45, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Integris Baptist Hospital, Oklahoma City. He was born July 1, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Donald W. and Diana J. McVey Strawn. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1980. He was a glass technician, Safelite, Wayne's Auto Glass and then Chapman Auto Glass. He...
Willis D. Harder
Dec 10, 2007
Willis D. Harder, 78, went to be with his Lord and Savior Dec. 10, 2007, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born May 28, 1929, in Sterling, the son of Lawrence Edgar and Emma Louise Strouse Harder. He graduated in 1947 from Inman High School. A resident of Hutchinson since1959, he was a radar technician for the Federal Aviation...
Sherry Wright
Dec 8, 2007
Sherry L. Wright, 76, died Dec. 8, 2007, in the Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the daughter of Bert A. and Pearl E. Campbell Martin. She graduated from Cheyenne (Wyo.) High School, in 1949. In 1953, she graduated from the University of Wyoming, receiving a degree in pharmacy....
Gerald Keith Hitz
Dec 7, 2007
Gerald "Keith" Hitz, 86, died Dec. 7, 2007, at Mennonite Manor. He was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Topeka, the son of John Finley and Ivey Spangler Hitz. He was a 1938 graduate of Topeka High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Kodiak, Alaska, he went to work as a Hutchinson Sanitation Inspector, and in 1969, he...
E. Maynard Moore
Dec 6, 2007
E. Maynard Moore, 91, died Dec. 6, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. He was born Sept. 13, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of Eugene C. and Carrie L. Farthing Moore. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934. A resident of Hutchinson since 1978, moving from Salina, he was an engineer for Boeing for 20 years, and retired from...
Rodney D. Davis
Dec 5, 2007
Rodney D. Davis, 48, died Dec. 5, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 29, 1958, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold O. and June H. Eaton Davis. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a 17-year employee holding various positions including lift technician with Collins Bus Industries. He was an avid fisherman and water sportsman. Survivors...
George H. Ewald
Dec 5, 2007
George H. Ewald, 90, died Dec. 5, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 24, 1917, in Hutchinson, the son of George J. and Anna I. Flintrop Ewald. He graduated from St. Teresa's High School in 1935 and from Salt City Business College in1937. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked as a carhop in the late 1920s to...
Leo H. Leclair, Sr.
Dec 3, 2007
Leo H. LeClair Sr., 83, died Dec. 3, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 31, 1924, in rural Concordia, the son of Homer and Bertha Detrixhe LeClair. He attended Reno County schools. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a car salesman and retired as general manager of Boyd Motors. He belonged to First Christian Church, Lysle...
Kathleen L. Graebner Enriquez
Dec 3, 2007
Kathleen L. Graebner-Enriquez, 62, died Dec. 3, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 24, 1945, in Macksville, the daughter of Burl and Dorothy Paullin. She was a Macksville High School graduate. She worked as a Registered Nurse in Hutchinson and Wichita, having worked for Hutchinson Hospital for five years. She attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church....
Verla N. Bartley
Dec 3, 2007
Verla N. Bartley, 87, died Dec. 3 2007, at the Texas County Memorial Hospital, Huston, Mo. She was born Jan. 22, 1920, in Tonkawa, Okla., daughter of Clarence and Mary Grace Wooderson Pickard. She attended the schools in Tonkawa, Okla. and in Burrton. A resident of Hutchinson from 1938 to 2003 before moving to Licking Mo., she was a homemaker....
Otis R. Griggs
Dec 3, 2007
WINFIELD - Otis Ray Griggs, 86, died Dec. 3, 2007, at Good Samaritan Village, Winfield. He was born Oct. 17, 1921, in Brooksville, the son of Otis and Melvena Lindquist Griggs. He attended Brookville High School and graduated from Marion High School in 1939. He also received his bachelor's degree in animal husbandry in 1951 from Kansas State University and...
Marian R. Reimer
Dec 2, 2007
Marian R. Reimer, 85, died Dec. 2, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Commerce, Okla., the daughter of Roy and Ruth Gustin Sanderson. She graduated from Goodland High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1945, she was a secretary for Dillons Bakery and Jones Electric. She belonged to Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, the Order of...
