Joseph C. Huna
Jun 3, 2008
PARTRIDGE - Joseph C. "Joe" Huna, 90, died June 3, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born October 3, 1917, in Kanopolis, the son of Frank J. and Teresia Rychietnik Huna. He was a resident of Partridge since 1958, recently moving to Hutchinson. He was a graduate of Ellsworth High School. He was the owner of the Partridge Grocery Store....
O. J. Packebush
Jun 2, 2008
PARTRIDGE - O.J. "Pack" Packebush, 80, died June 2, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 2, 1927, in Hooker, Okla., the son of O.R. and Sarah Jane Penniston Packebush. He graduated in 1945, from Hutchinson High School and then attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a farmer and stockman in the Partridge Community, and also had operated...
David M. Miller
May 31, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - David M. Miller, 92, died May 31, 2008, at Mennonite Manor. He was born March 19, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of David J. and Mary Yutzy Miller. He was a farmer, and belonged to the Plainview Mennonite Church. On May 12, 1940, he married Laura Wagler in Hutchinson. She died June 22, 1985. On Dec. 27,...
Robert C. Martindell
May 31, 2008
Robert C. "Bob" Martindell, 86, died May 31, 2008, in Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born May 4, 1922, in Hutchinson, the son of Donald C. and Edith Brown Martindell. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940 and received his undergraduate and Law Degree from the University of Kansas. He...
Beryl L. Lander
May 30, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Beryl L. Lander, 86, died May 30, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 18, 1922, in Wichita, the daughter of Paul Griffin and Bertha Hanes Pool. She graduated from Wichita East High School. She was a homemaker and had worked for Continental Trailways Bus Co. She was a member of the Culture Club, Drama...
Kenneth R. Southards
May 29, 2008
Kenneth R. Southards, 70, died May 29, 2008, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 3, 1938, in the Trousdale Hotel, Trousdale, son of Walter F. Southards Sr. and Alta Ellis Southards. He was a 1956 graduate of Belpre High School and attended Pratt Community College. He worked at Morton Salt Co. as well as Hutchinson Community College....
Merle H. England
May 29, 2008
Merle H. England, 87, died May 29, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 8, 1920, in Burrton, the son of Henry Lee and Mary Lorena Haddock England. He graduated in 1939, from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a sales representative for beverage companies. He belonged to the First Christian Church, Veterans of Foreign...
Bernice Louise Flanders
May 28, 2008
Bernice Louise Flanders, 80, died May 28, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Stafford, daughter of Walter Leroy Sr. and Ella Gere Kent. She was a 1946 graduate of Stafford High School and a 1948 graduate of Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Countryside...
Benjamin Morlan Collins
May 26, 2008
Benjamin Morlan Collins, 24, died May 26, 2008, in rural Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 10, 1983, in Wichita, son of Arthur J. and Sallie Pendleton Collins. He was a 2002 graduate of Emporia High School and received his associate degree in Fire Science from Hutchinson Community College, where he was currently attending. A resident of Hutchinson for six years,...
Bertha A. Kaiser
May 25, 2008
MEDORA - Bertha A. Kaiser, 93, died May 25, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 3, 1914, in Jefferson County, Neb., the daughter of Bernhard and Justine Fast Friesen. She was a homemaker and a longtime resident of Medora. She belonged to the Church of the Holy Cross. On July 16, 1934, she married John M. Kaiser in...
Calvert E. Sims
May 23, 2008
Calvert E. Sims, 91, passed away May 23, 2008, at his home, South Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 15, 1916, in Hutchinson, to Claude E. and Alice Hinman Sims and lived through high school in Coldwater, Ks. He soon joined the CCC, and worked in Kansas and Minnesota before entering the Navy in 1937, serving on the USS Reid in...
Harold Dale Loyd
May 22, 2008
Harold Dale Loyd, 81, died May 22, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born May 8, 1927, in Clifton, to Emery B. and Edna Pearl Jackson Loyd. He worked for Northern Natural Gas for 11 years in Liberal. He was a service station owner in Little River, worked for Krause Plow from 1964 to 1975, and for Consolidated Rebuilders from...
Margaret F. Keeler
May 22, 2008
Margaret F. Keeler, 81, died May 22, 2008, at her daughter's home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 20, 1926, in Langdon, the daughter of Grover and Amy Wagoner Williams. She was a homemaker and she owned and operated cafes in Hutchinson and Wichita. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. Her passions were her family, camping, cooking, and when possible...
Ruby E. Farthing
May 21, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Ruby E. Farthing, 91, died May 21, 2008, at Wheaton House at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 11, 1916, in rural Partridge, Kansas, the daughter of Odus Grant and Flora Ann Brooks Hill. She attended rural Partridge Schools. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a teller and bookkeeper at Central Kansas Credit Union....
Dale A. Hughes
May 21, 2008
Dale A. Hughes, 71, of Hutchinson died May 21, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 29, 1937, at Rockland, Maine, the son of Hugh J. and Dorothy Rich Hughes. He retired from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant, and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. After his time in...
Velma U. Wilson
May 21, 2008
Velma U. Wilson, 80, died May 21, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born March 8, 1928, at Newton, to John and Mary Unruh Bafus. She was a homemaker and graduated from Newton High School in 1946. She belonged to the First Christian Church, Hutchinson. On Aug. 13, 1946, she married Richard O. Wilson in Hutchinson. He died Feb....
Andrew A. Hoffman
May 20, 2008
Andrew A. "Andy" Hoffman, 83, died May 20, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 20, 1925, at Minneola, to Albert Nicholis and Rose Kuhl Hoffman. He worked for Dillons Stores for 38 years starting as a Meat Cutter and retiring as Warehouse Manager; following retirement, he went back to work for Dillons as a flower and...
Billie Orwig
May 19, 2008
Billie Orwig, 81, died May 19, 2008, at Clare Bridge Brookdale Senior Center in Wichita. She was born Jan. 2, 1927, at Atwood Okla., to George and Ola McKenzie Stallings. She was a Hutchinson resident since 1974 moving from Manhattan. She graduated from Wewoka (Okla.) High School. She was a homemaker, and for many years worked as school secretary at...
John Robert Hirst
May 19, 2008
PARTRIDGE - John Robert "Bob" Hirst, 84, died May 19, 2008, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born Jan. 7, 1924, at Hutchinson, the son of George Walter and Zella D. Holaday Hirst. He was a lifetime resident of Partridge, and he graduated from Partridge High school in 1942, and then earned his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice....
Orrel Glenn Cavanaugh
May 18, 2008
Orrel Glenn Cavanaugh, 86, died May 18, 2008, at Thorne Care Center. He was born Feb. 28, 1922, at Nickerson, the son of Charles and Norma (Moorman) Cavanaugh. He joined the Navy in 1942 and served on the USS DeLong Escort Destroyer. After the Navy he moved to the Chicago area and then retirement to Clearwater, Fla. He moved back...
