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Elizabeth H. Summers

Elizabeth H. Summers

Nov 14, 2007

Elizabeth H. Summers, 95, died Nov. 14, 2007, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born May 6, 1912, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles Henry "C.H." and Elva Kathryn Burnham Humphreys. She graduated from Hutchinson High School, attended Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., and the University of Kansas. She was a...

Veda J. Jennings

Veda J. Jennings

Nov 14, 2007

Veda Joy Jennings, 78, died Nov.14, 2007, at Deseret Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 6, 1929, the daughter of Phillip and Irene Sloterback Smith, Hutchinson. She was a homemaker. On May 13, 1974, she married Robert Jennings at Hutchinson. He died June 6, 2003. She is survived by a sister, Kathy Sheppard, South Hutchinson. She was preceded...

Burl "Bernie" Walters

Burl "Bernie" Walters

Nov 12, 2007

Burl "Bernie" Walters, 81, died Nov. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 17, 1926, at Proctor Okla., the son of John and Marie Rickert Walters. A long time resident of Arlington, he worked as a retired grain elevator operator for Whiteside Elevator Co-op. Survivors include: numerous stepchildren, including Cindy Combs and Ted Pauley, both of Hutchinson; a...

Jean Rowland Martens

Jean Rowland Martens

Nov 11, 2007

Jean Rowland Martens, 79, died Nov. 11, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 20, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Martin and Mary Burdick Rowland. She graduated from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a mother, homemaker and helped train horses with her husband. She was a charter and lifetime member of Union Valley...

Quindine Buffington

Quindine Buffington

Nov 11, 2007

Quindine Buffington, 62, died Nov. 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov.11, 1944, in Brandon, Miss., the daughter of Arlue and Audrey Walters Buffington. She was a homemaker, She belonged to New Hope Baptist Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: a son Kevin Chesteen, Pearl, Miss.; two daughters, Shannon Chesteen and Yowanda Gardner, both of Hutchinson; 16 grandchildren; and nine...

Bertrice Ann Oberg

Bertrice Ann Oberg

Nov 8, 2007

Bertrice Ann Oberg, 97, died Nov. 8, 2007, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born Aug. 30, 1910, in Minneola, the daughter of Thomas Maughlin and Lenora Blanche Wilson Beard. She graduated from Stafford High School in 1928, and from Grace Hospital School of Nursing in 1934. A resident of Holyrood, formerly of Partridge, she was a registered nurse...

Luetta C. Carson

Luetta C. Carson

Nov 7, 2007

LuEtta C. Carson, 50, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born on Nov. 27, 1956, at Parsons, the daughter of Conley Kay and Shirley Christine Likins Abney. She was a longtime Parsons resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1973. A graduate of Hutchinson Community College, she was a homemaker. She belong to Park Place Christian Church. On Dec....

Beatrice M. Daniels

Beatrice M. Daniels

Nov 7, 2007

Beatrice "Bea" M. Daniels, 97, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 2, 1910, in Meade, the daughter of E.D. and Alice May Patterson Kimber. She graduated in 1928 from Meade High School. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Meade, she was a bookkeeper and accountant for B.P.H. Implement, Hutchinson, and was...

Bernice M. Lawson

Bernice M. Lawson

Nov 7, 2007

Bernice Margaret Lawson, 88, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Hester Care Center. She was born June 8, 1919, the daughter of William Windsor and Erma Bernice Dick Gunn Jr. in Rural Courtland Republic County, Kansas. She was a longtime resident and had also lived in the Langdon and Penalosa communities. She was a graduate of Superior High School, Neb., in...

William Archie Sanderson

William Archie Sanderson

Nov 5, 2007

William Archie Sanderson, 85, died Nov. 5, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital ICU. He was born July 14, 1922, at Goodland, the son of Edward and Grace Ione Jackson Sanderson. He attended and graduated from Hutchinson High School 1940 and then attended Hutchinson Community College. In 1947 he graduated from Denver University, Denver, Colo. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson....

Jane Davis

Jane Davis

Nov 4, 2007

Marilyn "Jane" Davis, 65, went to be with her Lord after a year-long battle with lung cancer, Nov. 4, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 19, 1942, in Great Bend, the daughter of George Jr. and Ruth Huddleston Murdy. She lived in Hoisington until she graduated from Hoisington High School in 1960, then attended Colorado Women's College...

Donald L. Kretzer

Donald L. Kretzer

Nov 4, 2007

Donald Leroy "Sonny" Kretzer, 77, died Nov. 4, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Jan. 30, 1930, in Gypsum, the son of Oscar Leroy and Gladys Mae Hoffman Kretzer. He graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson JUCO. He was a retired electrician and custom harvester. He belonged to Methodist Church and the IBEW-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers....

Josefina Anzo

Josefina Anzo

Oct 31, 2007

Josefina "Josephine" Anzo, 89, died Oct. 31, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Lamar, Colo., the daughter of Sotero and Guadelupe Torres Vieyra. A resident of Hutchinson for over 50 years, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson, the Ladies Altar Society at the church, and the...

Loretta J. Hendrixson

Loretta J. Hendrixson

Oct 31, 2007

Loretta J. Hendrixson, 81, died Oct. 31, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 11, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Hermon O. and Laura G. LacKamp Mattenley. She graduated in 1944, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired secretary and treasurer for First Congregational Church, Hutchinson. She belonged to First Congregational Church,...

Gary Knuckles

Gary Knuckles

Oct 29, 2007

Gary Knuckles, 57, died Oct. 29, 2007, at Lake Kanopolis, Kanopolis. He was born Oct. 20, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of George and Dorothy Crabtree Knuckles. He graduated from Chapman High School in 1968 and Missouri Southern, Joplin, Mo. He lived in Salina before moving to Hutchinson in 2001. He was a registered nurse at the Hutchinson...

James Christian Senko

James Christian Senko

Oct 28, 2007

James Christian "Jim" Senko, 82, died Oct. 28, 2007, at Golden Plains Heath Care Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1925, in Ellinwood, the son of Anton Clarence and Edna Katherine Hermes Senko. He was a 1942 graduate of Ellinwood High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired master machinist, having worked for Dresser Atlas Industries, Houston, and...

Eileen R. Warrington

Eileen R. Warrington

Oct 28, 2007

Eileen R. Warrington, 83 died Oct. 28, 2007. at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 7, 1924, in Corwin, the daughter of Jared F. and Millie Ann Clark Cox. She graduated from Zenda Rural High School in 1940. She was a homemaker and co-owner of Warrington Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning. She belonged to the Assembly of God. On...

Karen K. Schmucker

Karen K. Schmucker

Oct 27, 2007

Karen K. Schmucker, 41, died Oct. 27, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 27, 1966, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Melvin F. and Marilyn Sittner Fesler. She graduated from Fairfield High School and Sterling College. She was a lifetime Plevna and Abbyville community resident. She was an elementary school teacher at Fairfield East Elementary School, Arlington, for the...

Marilyn K. Hageman

Marilyn K. Hageman

Oct 26, 2007

Marilyn Kay Hageman, 63, died Oct. 26, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Feb. 16, 1944, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ivan Charles and Barbara Arvilla Byerly Randles. She graduated in 1962, from Alden High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a secretary for USD No. 308 at Farris Elementary for seven years, and Graber Elementary...

Evelyn M. Siegrist

Evelyn M. Siegrist

Oct 26, 2007

Evelyn Mae Siegrist, 80, died Oct. 26, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born March 14, 1927, in Garden City, the daughter of John E. and Dorothy Dodd Loeppke. She graduated in 1944 from Langdon High School, and then graduated from Sterling and Emporia State College. A longtime Sterling community resident, moving to Hutchinson in 2004, she was...

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