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Michael J. Armstrong
Oct 6, 2007
Michael J. "Mike" Armstrong, 55, died peacefully at his home, as a result of liver cancer, Oct. 6, 2007, surrounded by family, he left this earth in time to make his heavenly tee time. He was born Oct. 19, 1951, in Pittsburg, the son of Robert and Virginia Clouse Armstrong. He graduated in 1969 from Trinity High School, and attended...
George L. Scott
Oct 4, 2007
George Leon "Scotty" Scott, 88, died Oct. 4, 2007, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 4, 1919, in Coffeyville, the son of Harry Chester and Lenora Mae Morris Scott. He graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1937, and attended Cowley County Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1954, he was owner operator of Countryside Golf...
Vivian L. Clark
Oct 3, 2007
Vivian L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 3, 2007, at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 22, 1917, in Maize, the daughter of Otis W. and Ethel M. Falbush Adamson. She was a Wichita and Halstead resident most of her life. She had worked for Comley-Neff Lumber, Wichita and had been the bookkeeper for E.C. Clark Hardware and...
Alice R. Farney
Oct 3, 2007
Alice Rosedell Nickels Farney, 91, slipped peacefully from this life into that place especially prepared for her by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Oct. 3, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Nov. 10, 1915, near Buhler, the daughter of Urey W. and Mary V. Schroeder Nickels. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933. She was raised...
Helen Ann Dean
Oct 1, 2007
Helen Ann Dean, 82, died Oct. 1, 2007, at Peach Tree Place, Weatherford, Texas. She was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Lake Forest, Ill., the daughter of George W. and Mildred White Wilson. She graduated in 1944 from the College of William & Mary Richmond Professional Institute. A resident of Hutchinson since 1952, she was a homemaker and retired in1978,...
Lois P. Locke
Sep 30, 2007
Lois P. Locke, 89, died Sept. 30, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born July 17, 1918, in Saline County, the daughter of Clarence and Lottie Banker Garrison. She was a longtime resident of the Langdon community moving to Hutchinson in 2006. She graduated from Salina High School with the class of 1935, and attended Kansas State University....
Elinor M. Kampe
Sep 29, 2007
Elinor M. Krampe, 99, died Sept. 29, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center. She was born July 20, 1908, in Silica, the daughter of Bernard and Dina Deuser Krampe. She graduated from Ellinwood High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she had been a housekeeper for Father Leroy Metz, Waterloo, and a nurses' aide at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She attended the...
Gerald D. Steierl
Sep 28, 2007
Gerald "Jerry" Duane Steierl, 76, died Sept. 28, 2007, at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. He was born June 10, 1931, in Sterling, the son of Roy Konrad and Bernadine Stubbs Steierl. He attended Jefferson Grade School, rural Sterling. He grew up farming the family farm North of Nickerson, eventually moving into Nickerson, where he lived for 10 years, before moving to...
Frieda V. Ahrens
Sep 26, 2007
Frieda V. Ahrens, 84, died Sept. 26, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1923, in Karval, Colo., the daughter of Gotthilf and Anna Bertha Theresa Frohreich Witt. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Blue Cliff High School, Karval, Colo., in 1941. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Walnut and Campbell Church...
Richard L. Fritschen
Sep 25, 2007
Richard L. Fritschen, 71, died Sept. 25, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 22, 1936, in Hays, the son of Leonard T. and Isabelle M. Hirt Fritschen. He was a Hutchinson resident since 1968. He graduated from Dorrance High School. He received his bachelor's degree in elementary education and his master's degree in administration and curriculum from Fort...
Lois C. Scott
Sep 25, 2007
Lois C. Scott, 87, died Sept. 25, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 12, 1920, in Burrton, the daughter of Andrew J. and Catherine Schilling Brown. She was a 1939 graduate of Halstead High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she retired as co-owner of Scott's Café and Service in Haven and Halstead. She was also a...
Beulah N. Fast
Sep 23, 2007
Beulah N. Fast, 85, died Sept. 23, 2007, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 22, 1921, in Lexington, Ky., the daughter of Clyde D. and Esta Ann Johnson Sturgeon. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She went to Hutchinson High School, graduating with the class of 1940. She was homemaker and worked for five years...
Barry B. Arnett
Sep 23, 2007
Barry B. "Arnery" Arnett, 68, died Sept. 23, 2007 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 22, l939, in Independence, the son of Charles Cecil and Dorothy Alice Stopher Arnett. He worked for USD 309, the Hutchinson Sports Arena, the Reno County Weed Department and retired from Morton Salt Company. He belonged to Hutchinson Wesleyan Church, the Moose Lodge No....
James Turley
Sep 23, 2007
James "Jim" Turley, 70, died Sept. 23, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Blue Rapids, the son of Charles Albert "A.C." and Ruth Elizabeth Baker Turley. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1955. a resident of Hutchinson since 1975, moving from Medina, Ohio, he was a salesman for Target Lighting, now known as Budget...
I. Lynn Pattinson
Sep 22, 2007
I. Lynn Pattinson, 45, died Sept. 22, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born March 31, 1962, in Bellflower, Calif., the daughter of Rex Davis Jackson and Judith Renee Nelson. She attended Chaffee High School, Ontario, Calif. She was a cashier at Dillions Northgate and formerly worked in production at Electrex. She belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of...
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
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
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
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
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...
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