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Orville L. Field

Orville L. Field

Sep 21, 2007

Orville Lloyd Field, 87, died Sept. 21, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 16, 1919, in Reno County, the son of Lee Charles and Hattie Ruth Hoag Field. He graduated in 1938, from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Reno County, he was a farmer and retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He belonged to the...

Connie Sue Guthrie

Connie Sue Guthrie

Sep 20, 2007

Connie Sue Guthrie, 60, died Sept. 20, 2007, at her home, Salina. She was born Dec. 15, 1946, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George A. and Mildred Cunday Benson. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1964, attended Hutchinson Community College, and graduated from St. Elizabeth's School of Radiological Technology, Hutchinson. A resident of Salina since 1968, she worked at...

Dorothy Stalcup Kline

Dorothy Stalcup Kline

Sep 20, 2007

Dorothy Stalcup Kline, 84, died Sept. 20, 2007, at Hospice House, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 13, 1923, in Burrton, the eldest child of J.H. and Lela Jones Stalcup. She graduated from Burrton High School and was the senior class valedictorian, and then received a degree in education from Emporia State Teacher's College. Following...

Ruth M. Hook

Ruth M. Hook

Sep 19, 2007

Ruth M. Hook, 91, died Sept. 19, 2007, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Oct. 9, 1915, in Turon, the daughter of John Henry and Mary Alice Rose Jones. She was a Sylvia resident most of her life before moving to South Hutchinson. She was a homemaker and had been an Avon representative. She belonged to Walnut and Campbell Church...

Michelle R. Luckey

Michelle R. Luckey

Sep 19, 2007

Michelle R. Luckey, 45, died Sept. 19, 2007, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, Pa. She was born Sept. 12, 1962, in Sterling, the daughter of Ralph Russell Cain and Donna Lou Tillery Raya. She attended Nickerson schools. A resident of Stroudsburg for the last 16 years, formerly of Hutchinson and Wantaugh, N.Y., she was an emergency medical technician for...

Ethel M. Geesling

Ethel M. Geesling

Sep 18, 2007

Ethel Marie McMichael Milburn Geesling, 84, died Sept. 18, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Dec. 17, 1922, in rural Penalosa, the daughter of Edward and Pearl McCormac McMichael. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 2004, moving from Turon, and was formerly of Penalosa. She graduated from Penalosa High School, Kansas State University and the University...

Gary C. Tipton

Gary C. Tipton

Sep 18, 2007

Gary C. Tipton, 67, died Sept. 18, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 1, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Carl and Monica B. Battershell Tipton. He was a resident of South Hutchinson. He attended schools in Hutchinson. He was a business agent for Iron Workers Union, Local No. 606. He served in the U.S. Army. He belonged...

Norma J. Parks

Norma J. Parks

Sep 17, 2007

Norma J. Parks, 75, died Sept. 17, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 1, 1931, in Woodard, Okla., the daughter of Will and Ruby Cavin Thomas. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she worked for the American Red Cross. She belonged to Union Valley Bible Church. On...

Sandra L. Barnett

Sandra L. Barnett

Sep 16, 2007

Sandra Lynn Barnett, 61, died Sept. 16, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Modale, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth Eugene and Lila Belle Withem Ritchison. She attended Tech High School in Omaha, Neb. A resident of Hutchinson since 2005, she was general manager of Payday Money Store. Survivors include: four daughters, Lori Lynn...

Harold T. Dill

Harold T. Dill

Sep 15, 2007

Harold T. Dill, 66, died Sept. 15, 2007, at Salina Regional Health Care Center. He was born July 27, 1941, in Warren, Ohio, the son of Kenneth and Mary Gairy Dill. He was a 1959 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson for most of his life, he was a retired printer for The Hutchinson News. He belonged...

Luella Mae Gaeddert

Luella Mae Gaeddert

Sep 15, 2007

Luella Mae Gaeddert, 93, died Sept. 15, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Sept. 21, 1913, in Abbyville, the daughter of Edward J. and Mary Krenzin Oyer. A lifetime resident of the Abbyville Community, before moving to Pleasant View Home in December 2001, she was a farm wife and homemaker. She attended Medora Community Church. Her hobbies...

Hope R. Carlson

Hope R. Carlson

Sep 15, 2007

Hope Rachel Carlson, 87, died Sept. 15, 2007, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Harrisburg, Penn., the daughter of Harry and Sara Reed Wenrion. She was a beautician. She was a Jehovah's Witness. She was married to Herbert Russel Carlson. He preceded her in death. Survivors include: a sister, Eva Jane Williams, Hutchinson. She...

Mary A. Sergeant

Mary A. Sergeant

Sep 14, 2007

Mary A. Sergeant, 94, died Sept. 14, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born Nov. 6, 1912, in Fredonia, the daughter of Joseph P. and Sarah Jane Cox Bentley. A resident of Hutchinson since 1975, she retired as chief operator from AT&T, Stafford, after 29 years. She had also worked at the Duetch Ammunition Factory, California, during...

Gene Avers

Gene Avers

Sep 14, 2007

Gene Avers, 87, died Sept. 14, 2007, at the Hospice House. He was born July 23, 1920, in Manhattan, the son of Thomas B. and Verna Bell Avers. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1938 and attended Kansas State University for two years in topographical engineering. He worked at Fort Riley on a...

Helen M. Kraus

Helen M. Kraus

Sep 13, 2007

Helen Maxine Kraus, 88, died Sept. 13, 2007, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Langdon, the daughter of Joe and Dora Almeda Plush Cole. She graduated from Langdon High School in 1937 and attended McPherson College. A longtime resident of Pretty Prairie, she was a homemaker and farm wife. She belonged to New...

John H. Stevens

John H. Stevens

Sep 12, 2007

John H. "Jack" Stevens, 84, died Sept. 12, 2007, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community, Lawrence. He was born Aug. 31, 1923, in Hutchinson, the son of Myles and Iva Streeter Stevens. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941 and the University of Kansas in 1947. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was the retired co-owner of the former Stevens,...

Mabel D. Barnes

Mabel D. Barnes

Sep 11, 2007

Mabel D. Barnes, 89, died Sept. 11, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 27, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Glen William and Viola Mabel Moore Mackey. A Hutchinson resident, she attended Hutchinson schools. She retired in 1982 as bookkeeper at Wiley Department Store, having worked there for 25 years. She belonged to Trinity United...

Carolyn A. Wilk

Carolyn A. Wilk

Sep 9, 2007

CORONA, Calif. - Carolyn Ann Wilk, 69, died Sept. 9, 2007, at Corona Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 3, 1937, in Woodston, the daughter of John T. and Rachel Byrdene Adams Perkins. She was a former Hutchinson resident, living in California since 2001. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1955 and from Hutchinson Community College School of...

Leonard H. Dirks

Leonard H. Dirks

Sep 9, 2007

Leonard Henry Dirks, 86, died Sept. 9, 2007, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 5, 1921 in Beaver County, Okla., the son of Tobias T. and Katy Zielkie Dirks. He had lived in the Hutchinson community since 1949. He is a 1940 graduate of Greenough (Okla.) High School. He was a World War II veteran of the...

Lloyd C. Yoder

Lloyd C. Yoder

Sep 8, 2007

Lloyd C. Yoder, 72, died Sept. 8, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Oct. 29, 1934, in Yoder, the son of Tobias C. and Barbara Nissley Yoder. He graduated in 1952 from Haven High School. A resident of South Hutchinson for 50 years, he retired as a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office after 36 years of service....

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