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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
E. Bert Martin, Jr.
Dec 30, 2007
E. Bert Martin Jr., 90, died Dec. 30, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 6, 1917, in Pueblo, Colo., the son of E. Bert Martin Sr. and Ethel Frame Martin. He graduated from Englewood Colorado High School and attended Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla., and Taylor Instrument School, Rochester, N.Y. He was a resident of California for 60...
Chester A. Graham
Dec 30, 2007
Chester Arthur Graham, 91, died Dec. 30, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born March 31, 1916, in Schenectady, N.Y., the son of Chester Arthur Graham Sr., and Violet Pearl Myers Graham Ballard. A resident of Hutchinson since 1936, he was a machinist with Cessna for 37 years, retiring in 1978. He was a former member of the...
Charles R. Smith
Dec 27, 2007
Charles R. "Bob" Smith, 89, died Dec. 27, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Nov. 27, 1918, in Ellsworth County, the son of Fred M. and Ruth E. McCall Smith. He graduated in 1937 from Brookville High School. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident, and had formerly lived at Buhler Sunshine Meadows Retirement Home. He had 21 years of...
Edith E. Yoder Phillips Cline
Dec 27, 2007
Edith Evelyn Yoder Phillips Cline, 96, died Dec. 27, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 15, 1911, on a farm north west of Inman, the daughter of Levi M. and Tillie Yoder. A longtime resident of the Hutchinson and Inman areas, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Mitchell United Methodist Chapel and Monitor Church of the Brethren....
Jeannice Posey
Dec 27, 2007
Jeannice "Spottie" Posey, 78, died Dec. 27, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born March 6, 1929, in La Crosse, the daughter of Fred Arthur and Elizabeth Gross Erb. A resident of Hutchinson since 1945, she was a homemaker. On July 28, 1948, she married Raymond "Spot" Snyder in Hutchinson. He died April 6, 1973. On Jan. 7, 1974, she...
