Luchendia "Lou" Vanhoose Sauers
May 13, 2008
Luchendia "Lou" VanHoose Sauers, 86, died May 13, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1922, at Fairland Okla., to Bob and Myrtle Hill Hunter. She had worked 10 years for Beardslee's Fabrics and then the Singer Co. for 12 years, retiring in 1985. On Aug. 17, 1939, she married Joe D. VanHoose in Miami, Okla. He...
Gracia L. Lee
May 12, 2008
Gracia L. Lee, 75, died May 12, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born March 26, 1933, in Wichita, Ks., the daughter of William Gerald and Grace Showalter Harris. She graduated in 1951, from Rose Hill High School and attended the University of Kansas. A resident of Hutchinson since 1967, having also lived in Rose Hill, she was a...
Loretta V. Havercroft Barnes
May 11, 2008
Loretta V. Havercroft Barnes, 91, died May 11, 2008, at Hester Health Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1917. On Aug. 21, 1941, she married Glenn E. Barnes. He died July 3, 1988. Survivors include: a brother, Harry Havercroft, Eugene, Ore.; four sisters, Melva Jefferies, Eugene, Ore., Kay Hornibrook, Corvallis, Ore., Pauline Rear, Junction City, Ore.,...
Marion C. Day
May 10, 2008
Marion Carl Day, 74, died May 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 15, 1933, in Kingman County, Ks., the son of William W. and Emma Rose Wenzel Day. He graduated in 1951, from Pretty Prairie High School. He had been a resident of Hutchinson since 1956. He owned Marion Day Excavating for over 35 years. He was...
F. "Ed" Ball
May 10, 2008
F. "Ed" Ball, 89 died May 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 29, 1918, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy S. and Mary E. Schrock Ball. He graduated in 1936, from Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Community College, and the Adela Hale Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired C.L.U. Salesman for New England...
Bernice G. Perkins
May 9, 2008
ESTES PARK, Colorado - Bernice G. Perkins, 89, died May 9, 2008, at Estes Park Medical Center. She was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Rooks County, Ks, the daughter of Roy E. and Jennie Smith Adams. She was a resident of Hutchinson from 1947 to 1996, then moved to Estes Park, Colo. She started working at the former St. Elizabeth...
Florence A. Dunn
May 7, 2008
Florence A. Dunn, 101, died May 7, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 5, 1906 in Ellinwood, the daughter of Louis and Elisa Maria Hauser Tieperman. She was a homemaker and a Hutchinson resident. She attended Kinsley High School and graduated in 1924. She also graduated from Mrs. Sandar's Business College in Hutchinson. She belonged to the...
Jacob Smith
May 5, 2008
Jacob "Jake" Smith, 26, died May 5, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 14, 1982, in Hutchinson, the son of Terry and Lanette Havlik Smith. He graduated in 2001 from Buhler High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a pallet builder for ContainerCraft. He belonged to the Church of Holy Cross Catholic Church. Survivors include: his...
Lela D. Reed
May 5, 2008
Lela Daisy Reed, 97, died May 5, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 19, 1911, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel Thomas Sherman and Louisa May Small Wise. She graduated from Great Bend High School in the class of 1929. A Hutchinson resident for many years, she was an auto parts saleswoman, and bookkeeper for D.C. Potter...
Steven L. Faulkner
May 5, 2008
Steven L. "Stevie" Faulkner, 51, died May 5, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 26, 1956, in Independence, the son of Claude Elvis and Mary Louise Woodall Faulkner. He was a musician and a caretaker. On Oct. 25, 1998, he married Rita Faye Chestnut in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: a brother, Ellis, Spokane, Wash.; niece,...
Faye Ann Sallee
May 4, 2008
HOUSTON, Texas - Faye Ann Sallee, 42, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008, at her home. Survivors include: husband, Richard; children, Brian, Valerie and Natalie Sallee; parents, Bill and Katie Depew; brothers and sisters-in-law, Harlen and Peri Depew, Bob and Polly Depew, Dave and Brenda Depew. Funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kingsland Baptist Church, Katy, Texas. Second funeral 10...
Robert Fred Crandall
May 2, 2008
KINGMAN - Robert Fred "Bob" Crandall, 55, died May 2, 2008. He was born Dec. 30, 1952 at Hutchinson, to Fred N. and Georgia Moore Crandall. He graduated form Kingman High School, and attended Southwestern College. Bob lived on the family farm most of his life. He was a self-employed contractor who was known and liked throughout the community. Friends...
Grace Cox
May 1, 2008
Grace Teresa Cox, 89, died May 1, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 17, 1918, in Diamond Township, Burke County, North Dakota, the daughter of Michael and Alfreda Johnson Conway. She was raised in LaCrosse, Wis., and was a resident of Hutchinson since 1962. She received her education at St. Michael's Catholic High School, LaCrosse, Wis....
George J. Sanders
Apr 29, 2008
George J. Sanders, 48, died April 29, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 19, 1960, in Orange County, Calif., the son of James Rogers and Betty Lee Moreno Sanders. He graduated from Beech Hill High School, Beech Hill, Tenn., and Hutchinson Community College, with an A.A. in secondary education, and attended McPherson College, McPherson. He was a Med...
Ruth A. Berridge
Apr 29, 2008
Ruth A. Berridge, 90, died April 29, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 1, 1917, in rural Nickerson, the daughter of Milo and Mary Ringer Hungerford. She was a resident of Hutchinson for 30 years. She graduated from Hutchinson High and attended Hutchinson Community Junior College. She worked six years as a cashier at Hutchinson's Fox Theatres. She...
Howard R. Hunter
Apr 28, 2008
Howard R. "Bud" Hunter, Hutchinson, died April 28, 2008, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson, at the age of 90. Howard was born in Topeka, Kansas, on November 6, 1917, to Clarence and Myrtle Renstrom Hunter. Howard graduated from Topeka High School in 1935 and Washburn University in 1939 followed by graduate work at the University of Kansas. During World War II,...
Charles Viron Rucker
Apr 27, 2008
Charles V. Rucker, D.C., 66, died April 27, 2008 at the Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1941, to Viron and Charlotte Rampenthal Rucker. He graduated form Hutchinson High and Palmer Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. He worked for Rucker Chiropractic Clinic. On June 1, 1974, he married Vickie J. Beltz at Haven. She survives. Other survivors include: mother, of Hutchinson;...
Carl M. Barnes
Apr 27, 2008
Carl M. Barnes, 91, died April 27, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 20, 1916, at Hutchinson, the son of Frank Earl and Sarah Elizabeth Roof Barnes. He retired from the Hutchinson Fire Department in 1966 with 23 and a half years of service. He then worked for Cessna from 1966 and retired in 1981....
Ruth A. Dehm
Apr 26, 2008
Ruth A. Dehm, 87, died April 26, 2008, at Buhler Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community. She was born Aug. 31, 1920, at Cincinnati, Iowa, the daughter of William Samuel Robert and Alta Belle Harrelson Hamilton. She was a Hutchinson resident, and graduated form Green City, Mo., High School. She was a buyer for the children's department at Wiley Department Store for...
