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Jesus Antonio Martinez

Jesus Antonio Martinez

Apr 10, 2008

Jesus Antonio Martinez, three days, died April 10, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 7, 2008, in Hutchinson, the son of Reymundo Flores and Rosaelia Jasso-Martinez. The family belongs to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Survivors include: his father, Reymundo Flores, his mother, Rosaelia Jasso-Martinez; grandparents, Rosalio Sr. and Guadalupe Flores, and Otilia Martinez, all of Hutchinson;...

Audrey Dunlap

Audrey Dunlap

Apr 9, 2008

Audrey Jane Dunlap, 91, died April 9, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, where she was a resident for six years. She was born May 8, 1916, at Peace Creek, Reno County, to Cecil and Louise Grub Clothier. She was a resident of Sylvia before moving to Hutchinson almost 65 years ago. She graduated from Sylvia High School in 1933 and...

Dorothy Marvin

Dorothy Marvin

Apr 9, 2008

Dorothy Marvin, 97, died April 9, 2008, with staff she loved from the Good Samaritan Center and Hospice Care of Kansas at her side. She was born March 20, 1911, at Milwaukee, the daughter of Fredrich and Julia Pleva Mentzel. She lived in Milwaukee for 90 years, and lived in Menomonie Wis. from 2001 to 2004, and then she moved...

Randy O'Toole

Randy O'Toole

Apr 9, 2008

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Randy O'Toole, 45, died April 9, 2008, at Hospice House. He was born July 17, 1962, at Girard, the son of Frank and Rosemary Volmer O'Toole. He graduated in 1980 from Girard High School and Pittsburg State University, as a Physical Education and History graduate. He was an operations manager for Ramsey Oil and Propane until retiring...

Lou Talbott

Lou Talbott

Apr 8, 2008

Lou Jane Talbott, 60, died April 8, 2008, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born May 13, 1947, in Pratt, to Richard Lee and Jean Fincham Talbott. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Dodge City and attended the University of New Mexico and St. Mary's of the Plains, in Dodge City. She was a homemaker. She...

Eldon W. Eagles

Eldon W. Eagles

Apr 7, 2008

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Eldon W. "Buzz" Eagles, 88, of Springfield, Mo., formerly of Hoisington, Kansas, made a peaceful transition from this life to the next at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday April 7, 2008, in the Manor at Elfindale, Springfield, Mo. Buzz joins the love of his life for over 60 years, Elsie, who passed away April 17, 2007. He was born...

Eva L. Osborn

Eva L. Osborn

Apr 6, 2008

Eva L. Osborn, 69, died April 6, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born June 28, 1938, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles O. and Berniece Stout Zumalt. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1956. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2550. On March 26, 1959, she...

Velda L. Howell

Velda L. Howell

Apr 6, 2008

Velda L. Howell, 85, died April 6, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born May 6, 1922, in Trego County, the daughter of John Grant and Oliva Knox Dawson She graduated from Hoisington High School in 1940. She was a homemaker and a Christian. On May 8, 1953, she married Bobby James Howell, Sr. in Oklahoma City. He died on...

Michael J. Bogner

Michael J. Bogner

Apr 4, 2008

Michael "Mike" J. Bogner, 78, died April 4, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 21, 1929. He was a handyman extraordinaire. On May 17, 1996, he married Delores M. Jerry. She survives. Other survivors include: two sisters, Mercedes Seibel and Georgie Urien; six stepchildren; 15 step-grandchildren; 29 step-great-grandchildren; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by a...

Stanley M. Flora, Jr.

Stanley M. Flora, Jr.

Apr 3, 2008

Stanley Mac Flora Jr., 67, died April 3, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 27, 1940, in Brazoria, Texas, the son of Stanley Mac and Viola Ruth Ewing Flora. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired union pipefitter, and retired from the City of Hutchinson Park Department where he worked in plumbing and maintenance. He belonged...

Pamela J. Chain

Pamela J. Chain

Apr 2, 2008

Pamela J. Chain, 61, of Grafton, Wisconsin, formerly of Hutchinson, died April 2, 2008, at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was born March 3, 1947, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the daughter of Theodore and Clora Yarberry Mielke. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1965 and later received her Associate's Degree from the University of Kentucky in 1983. A...

Joe Krafels

Joe Krafels

Apr 2, 2008

Joe Krafels, 82, died April 2, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital after a sudden illness. He was born Aug. 4, 1925, at Scammon, the son of Joe and Nona Johnson Krafels. He graduated from Winfield High School and Wichita State University. He was a teacher and coach at Hoisington High School, coming to Hutchinson High in 1956, where he was the...

Alyce A. Young-Wilken

Alyce A. Young-Wilken

Mar 30, 2008

Alyce A. Young-Wilken, 59, Died March 30, 2008, at the Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 16, 1949, at Tecumseh, Neb., daughter of John and Ellenora Dorn Schmidt. In 1967 she graduated from Sterling (Neb.) High School and received her A.A. from Hutchinson Community College. She was a Paramedic R.N. and E.R. nurse with the Hutchinson Hospital for over 25...

Graydon L. Scott

Graydon L. Scott

Mar 30, 2008

Graydon L. Scott, 82, died March 30, 2008 at his home. He was born Sept. 23 1925, the son of Mary Elizabeth Collins and Roy Scott. He graduated from Ottumwa, Iowa, High School. After World War II he moved to work with his mother and stepfather on the John C. Jones Ranch south of Garden City. He retired in 1983...

Barbara R. Wenner

Barbara R. Wenner

Mar 28, 2008

Barbara Ruth Wenner, 90, died March 28, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Sept. 11, 1917, in Senecaville, Ohio, the daughter of Walter C. and Stella E. Hardesty Moorehead. She graduated high school in Senecaville, Ohio. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a retired nurses aide at Grace Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Hospital. On April 17, 1940, she married...

Destenie Olivia Marie Heller

Destenie Olivia Marie Heller

Mar 27, 2008

Destenie Olivia Marie Heller, seven weeks, died March 27, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 7, 2008, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, the daughter of Richard Dean Heller II and Lataisha Gwenn-Jean Miller. Survivors include: her parents, Richard Dean Heller II, and Lataisha Gwenn-Jean Miller, Hutchinson; brothers, Wesley and Eric Heller; sisters, Zoie Heller, and Dalizah Malloy;...

Krista A. Wiliams

Krista A. Wiliams

Mar 27, 2008

Krista A. Williams, 43, died March 27, 2008, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born Oct. 8, 1964, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Kenneth A. and Barbara J. Keefer. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1983 and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a...

Gladys J. Thrasher

Gladys J. Thrasher

Mar 27, 2008

Gladys J. Thrasher, 80, died March 27, 2008, at her home in Arlington. She was born Feb. 16, 1928, in Tryon, Okla., the daughter of Euel Ivis and Mabel Miller Parkhurst. She attended Castleton Schools at Castleton. A resident of Arlington, she was a homemaker and worked for many years as a cook in food service at the Arlington Schools....

Vesta J. Pownell

Vesta J. Pownell

Mar 25, 2008

Vesta J. Pownell, 81, died March 25, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born April 18, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ernest and Alice Hill Pownell. She was a 1944 graduate of Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Junior College and the University of Colorado and graduated from Emporia State Teachers College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she retired in 1981...

Betty J. Kempton

Betty J. Kempton

Mar 25, 2008

Betty Jean Kempton, 79, died March 26, 2008, at Topeka Westwood Manor, Topeka. She was born April 11, 1928, in Sabetha, the daughter of Burt and Mary Whitman Kistner. She attended schools in Hiawatha and graduated from Hiawatha High School. A resident of Topeka since 1995, formerly of Hutchinson and Hiawatha, she was a homemaker and previously worked as a...

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