Leona Mae Dillard
Mar 25, 2008
Leona M. Dillard, 87, died March 25, 2008, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 28, 1920, on a farm near Haviland, the daughter of Vernon and Mae Bryant Sneed. She graduated from Haviland High School and held a B.S. in Commerce degree from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, and an M.B.S. degree from Columbia University, New York...
Patsy L. Roberts
Mar 25, 2008
Patsy L. "Pat" Roberts died March 25, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born January 2, 1925 in Sulpher, Oklahoma to Joseph B. and Hazel Mae Williamson Fortier. She received her High School diploma in 1942 from Stephens College in Columbia, MO and received an Associate of Arts also from Stephens in 1946. Pat married Dick C. Roberts in Hutchinson...
Charles A. Wilson, Sr.
Mar 25, 2008
Charles Albert Wilson Sr. passed away March 25, 2008, at Reno County Hospice House in Hutchinson at the age of 74. He was born April 17, 1933, in Wagoner County, Okla. His parents were Charles C. Wilson and Alberta Techau Wilson. Oct. 13, 1951, he married Shirley Ann Posey in Okay, Okla. He is survived by his wife; two sons,...
Lee R. Seems
Mar 23, 2008
ARLINGTON - Lee R. Seems, 70, died March 23, 2008, at Mennonite Friendship Manor in South Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Lebanon, the son of Elmer and Ida Fay Manchester Seems. He graduated from Esbon High School in the class of 1955. A resident of Arlington, he was a lineman for Sprint Telephone. He belonged to Arlington...
Ruth E. Smith
Mar 22, 2008
Ruth E. Smith, 80, died March 22, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 27, 1927, in St. John, Ks. She was raised by her Aunt and Uncle Howard and Alma Cappell after the death of her parents. She graduated from St. John High School in 1945, and attended Business College in Wichita. She was a bookkeeper for...
Fred A. Green
Mar 22, 2008
Fred A. Green, 91, formerly of Hutchinson, died March 22, 2008, at Meadowlark Adult Care Home, Wichita. He was born Sept. 27, 1916, in Hugo, Okla., the son of William T. and Bertha Head Green. He was an electrician. He belonged to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 661. He belonged to the First Baptist Church. He was...
Wilma P. Chase
Mar 19, 2008
Wilma Pearl Chase, 99, died March 19, 2008, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Jan. 1, 1909, in Burrton, the daughter of William E. and Mable Ida Rogers Baughman. She was a graduate of Burrton High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1941, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Baptist Church, Hutchinson. On May 13,...
Phyllis Schmitt
Mar 18, 2008
Phyllis Schmitt, 83, died March 18, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 27, 1924, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of William E. and Astrid Akerson Rostine. She was a 1942, graduate of Hutchinson High School, was a graduated of Hutchinson Junior College and had attended Kansas State University. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a homemaker,...
Susan J. Higdon
Mar 17, 2008
Susan J. Higdon, 73, died March 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 22, 1934, in Holton, the daughter of John A. and Anna B. Metzler Brown. A Hutchinson resident of seven years, she was a waitress and a homemaker. Survivors include: sons, Everett and wife, Diana, Pratt, Jim and wife, Chris, Buhler, and Kenneth, La Crosse; brothers,...
Lawrence G. Corwin
Mar 15, 2008
Lawrence G. Corwin, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 28, 1928, in Hutchinson, the son of Francis and Gladys Goble Corwin. He attended Hutchinson schools. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he was an electrician for Republic Paper Company and P.C.A. in Hutchinson. He belonged to Westbrook Baptist Church. He was a member of...
Jean Evans
Mar 15, 2008
Jean Evans, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Bellbuckle, Tenn., the daughter of Pruitt and May Brewer Wood. She was a 1949 graduate of Woodbury, Tenn., High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. On Oct. 28, 1949, she married William Dale "Bill" Evans. He died...
Betty L. Shook
Mar 15, 2008
Betty Lee Shook, 86, died March 15, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital, E.R. She was born Feb. 27, 1922, in Kirksville, Mo., the daughter of Maurice LaVern and Alta Lee Wright Wait. She graduated in 1940, in Kirksville, Mo., and in 1943, she graduated from St. Mary School of Nursing, Quincy, Ill. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a registered nurse...
Jean Evans
Mar 15, 2008
Jean Evans, 79, died March 15, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Bellbuckle, Tenn., the daughter of Pruitt and May Brewer Wood. She was a 1949 graduate of Woodbury, Tenn., High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. On Oct. 28, 1949, she married William Dale "Bill" Evans. He died...
Eileen M. O'Sullivan
Mar 15, 2008
Eileen M. O'Sullivan, 90, died March 15, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 18, 1918, in New York City, New York, the daughter of Eugene and Emma Louise Ernst McCaffrey. She went to Holy Family School in Union City, New Jersey, and Washington Square College, New York City, New York. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had been a...
Barbara A. Macdonald
Mar 14, 2008
Barbara Amelia Macdonald, 85, died March 14, 2008, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 20, 1922, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of Robert J. and Jessie Lee Stremming Laubengayer. She was a graduate of Salina High School, Salina, and Pine Manor Junior College, Brookline, Mass. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Salina, she was a...
Jean Ann Arbuckle
Mar 14, 2008
Jean Ann Arbuckle, 84, died March 14, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born March 15, 1923, in Salina, the daughter of J. Roy and Grace A. Williams Miller. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed traveling, trips to England, winters in Mexico and her Evergreen, Colorado home. In the 1950 to 1960s, she was a championship level golfer at Prairie...
Ruby I. Robison-Hoss
Mar 14, 2008
Ruby I. Robison-Hoss, 95, formerly of Hutchinson, died March 14, 2008, in Trego County Hospital, Wakeeney, Ks. She was born Oct. 11, 1912, in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, the daughter of John A. and Ora C. Mayes Guilliams. She graduated from Tecumseh, Oklahoma High School in 1930, and attended Salt City Business College for one year. She had been a resident of...
Jean Shull
Mar 13, 2008
Jean Shull, 90, died March 13, 2008, at Hester Care Center. She was born Nov. 13, 1917, in Clayton, N.M., the daughter of Chester R. and Oleta M. Bishop Davidson. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. She co-owned the newspapers at Burns and Potwin. She was a dental supply wholesaler, as well as a floral and gift wholesaler,...
Ellis W. "Buss" Thomas
Mar 12, 2008
Ellis W. "Buss" Thomas, 89, died March 12, 2008, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born Oct. 10, 1918, in Teresita, Mo., the son of Albert Harney and Beulah Pauline George Thomas. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, having lived in Sun City, Ariz., from 1981 to 2007, then returning to Hutchinson, he was a grain broker with Bunge Grain Co....
Dora C. Mckeown
Mar 11, 2008
Dora Catharina McKeown, 79, died March 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Antwerp, Belgium, the daughter of Victor and Florina DePrekel Keteleer. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a cosmetologist. She belonged to the V.F.W. Auxiliary Bob Campbell Post No. 1361, and the Women of the Moose Hutchinson Chapter No. 1371. On March 15,...
