Kathryn Jean Lovrien
Apr 26, 2008
Kathryn Jean Lovrien, 84, of Placentia Calif., formerly of Hutchinson, died April 26, 2008 at Placentia Calif. She was born April 11, 1924, at Beaver County Okla., to Lester C. and Mattie Mae Cates Bidstrup. She was a Placentia, Calif. resident and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941, as the Class Valedictorian. She went to Adela Hale Business College...
James M. Shepherd
Apr 26, 2008
James Myron Shepherd, 79, joined his Lord in the early morning hours, Saturday April 26, 2008, at his Lee's Summit, Missouri home. He was born in 1929, to James Myron and Mildred Miles Shepherd Sr. at Sylvia, KS. After retirement, they moved to Colorado for the next 12 years with his church membership being with Lake George Christian Church. Jim...
Ray D. Brown
Apr 25, 2008
HAVEN - Ray Darrell Brown, 76, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Haven on April 25, 2008. He was born July 8, 1931, in McPherson, the son of Ray E. and Flora Marshall Brown. He graduated from Lyons High School, Lyons, KS, and then graduated from Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A resident of Haven for two...
Thelma G. Bright
Apr 24, 2008
Thelma G. Bright, 90, died April 24, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 8, 1917, in Oklahoma County, Okla., the daughter of Dewitt and Evelina Stewart. She was a homemaker and belonged to the A.M.E. Methodist Church. She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star and Reno County Extension Home Unit. On March 9, 1936,...
Kenneth M. Blevins
Apr 24, 2008
Kenneth M. Blevins, 80, died April 24, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born August 31, 1927, at Wichita, Kansas, to Charles K. and Alice Leota McVay Blevins. He was retired from radio and television broadcasting, working for various stations including KTVH, KAKE, KWBW and KSKU. He graduated from Wichita North High School in 1945. He attended Central College, McPherson,...
Norma J. Dunlap
Apr 23, 2008
Norma J. Dunlap, 79, gave her life to Jesus Christ at an early age and continued to serve him throughout her life. She passed away April 23, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sep. 12, 1928, at Montrose, the daughter of Roy and Anna Robinette Quick. She attended elementary school in a one-room schoolhouse at Brenham. In 1946,...
Lois Daile Bramley
Apr 22, 2008
PLEVNA - Lois Daile Bramley, 89, died April 22, 2008, at Windsor Place, Lawrence. She was born Oct. 15, 1918, in Abbyville, to Clyde and Edna May Hodge Kitch. She was a lifetime resident of Abbyville and the Plevna community. She graduated form Abbyville High School in 1936. She was a homemaker, farmer and a cook for Plevna Schools. She...
"Bear" Hubbs
Apr 22, 2008
"Bear" Hubbs, 59, died April 22, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born March 14, 1949, at Sedalia Mo., to Lloyd Dean Sites and Violet Laverne Hubbs Sites. He was an independent mechanic, farm hand and all around junker. He was of the Baptist faith. On March 22, 1980 he married Annette Joletta Teague in Hutchinson. She survives. He is...
Leon A. Daines
Apr 21, 2008
Leon A. "Cotton" Daines, 79, died April 21, 2008, at his residence. He was born on March 13, 1929, at Springdale, Ark., the son of Fred Otis and Addie Walden Daines. He attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson. He was a truck driver for Borton Inc. for 35 years. He was a Hutchinson resident. He served in the U.S....
Mildred L. Friesen
Apr 21, 2008
PARTRIDGE - Mildred L. Friesen, 90, died April 21, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1917, in Inman, to Henry and Agnes Pauls Nickel. She had been a Reno County resident since 1947. She graduated form Wichita East High School in 1935. She was a homemaker and she and her husband farmed in Reno County near Pretty...
Gertrude D. "Trudy" Link
Apr 21, 2008
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Gertrude D. "Trudy" Link, 92, died April 21, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 7, 1915, in Greenwood County, KS, the daughter of William Joseph and Josephine Freeman Churchman. She was retired from the Reno County Courthouse. She belonged to the South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. On Dec. 5, 1936, she married Eugene Albert...
Lois M. Smith
Apr 20, 2008
Lois M. Smith, 97, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord April 20, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1910, in Simpson, the daughter of Ralph and LaVina Rodman Weaver. She was a high school and Adele Hale Business College graduate. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired bookkeeper...
Beulah M. Arnold
Apr 18, 2008
Beulah M. Arnold, 92, died April 18, 2008, at Hester Care Center at Wesley Towers. She was born April 21, 1915, in Pueblo, Colo., the daughter of Arthur David and Matilda Ann Wade Woodcock. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1933, and Kansas State University in 1938. She had been a resident of Hutchinson since 2001, moving here from...
Cora Schmidt
Apr 18, 2008
ARLINGTON - Cora Schmidt, 95, died April 18, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Jan. 10, 1913, in Gypsum, the daughter of Pearl and Nellie Reeves Rininger. She graduated from Bucklin High School. She moved to the Arlington community in 1940, from Wilmore. She was a nurse's aide at Grace Hospital. She belonged to the Arlington United Methodist Church....
Doris S. Moore
Apr 15, 2008
BUHLER - Doris S. Moore 91, died April 15, 2008 at the Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born Jan. 24, 1917, on the family farm south of Cedar Vale, the daughter of Frank and Olive Sollers Seaman. She attended the Chautauqua County rural schools, graduated in 1933 from Cedar Vale High School, and attended American Business College in Wichita....
Aaron James "Aj" Walton
Apr 14, 2008
Aaron James "AJ" Walton, born to Autumn and Aaron Walton, died minutes after birth at the Hutchinson Hospital on April 14, 2008. AJ is survived by his parents; his sisters, Ava and Adalyn; grandparents, James and Denise Walton, and Brad and Debbie Johnson, Stafford; great-grandparents, Royce and Marsha Johnson, Hutchinson, and Elizabeth Sullivan, Claude, Texas. He was preceded in death...
Georgiann Welch
Apr 14, 2008
Georgiann Welch, 84, died April 14, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 1923, at Hutchinson, the daughter of George T. and Charline Graves Allison. She was a retired bookkeeper for Architectural Millwork and had also worked at Wiley's and Gordon's. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church. On April 11, 1943, she married Donald R. Harmon....
Freda Chapman
Apr 12, 2008
Freda Chapman, 90, died April 12, 2008, at Deseret Health Care, Hutchinson. She was born May 29, 1917, in Bee Branch, Ark., the daughter of Amos and Lou Ward Hall. A resident of Hutchinson since 1959, she was a homemaker and ran a day care out of her home for 10 years. On Nov. 8, 1936, she married Jack Chapman...
Geraldine L. Ruzich
Apr 12, 2008
Geraldine Lois Ruzich, 85, died April 12, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 8, 1922, in Stafford, the daughter of Lloyd Emmett and Myrtle Lenore Minks Burns. She was a 1940, graduate of Sylvia High School and attended Pittsburg State University. She has been a Hutchinson resident since 1942. She was secretary to the Superintendent of Schools...
Edward W. Parris
Apr 12, 2008
Edward Walker Parris, 64, died April 12, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 24, 1943, in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Olin Worthing and Velma Lee Parker Parris. He had lived in Pratt for 15 years, moving to Hutchinson in 2007. He was the general manager of Ninnescah Rural Electric, Pratt, retiring in 2004, with 15 years of...
