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Reverend Dr. William Soule

Reverend Dr. William Soule

Jul 21, 2007

William "Bill" Soule, 78, passed away at Hospice House, on Saturday July 21, 2007. He was born July 7, 1929, in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Lloyd and Elizabeth Minor Soule. He graduated in 1947 from Johnsonburg High School, Johnsonburg, Pa., Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa., and McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., receiving his doctor of ministry in 1987. He was...

Donna J. House

Donna J. House

Jul 20, 2007

Donna Joyce House, 71, died July 20, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born April 25, 1936, in Picher, Okla., the daughter of Billings and Naomi Crawford. She worked for HUBCO, retiring in 1998 after 30 years. She belonged to the Loyal Order of the Moose No. 982 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2550. Survivors include: two...

Wanda H. Brohammer

Wanda H. Brohammer

Jul 20, 2007

Wanda H. Brohammer, 84, died July 20, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Feb. 19, 1923, in Cushing, Okla., the daughter of A.T. and Letha Abercrombie McClure. She was a longtime resident of Hutchison, moving from Wellington. She graduated from Carmen (Okla.) High School in 1941 and attended one year at Oklahoma A&M. She retired from being...

Karleen King Good

Karleen King Good

Jul 18, 2007

Karleen King Good, 87, died July 18, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 14, 1920, in Hutchinson, the daughter of A.R. and Wilhelmina Anderson King. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938, Hutchinson Community College in 1940, Kansas State College and the University of Kansas Medical Center Nursing School in 1944. A resident of Hutchinson, having...

Fred D. Yoder

Fred D. Yoder

Jul 18, 2007

Fred D. Yoder, 83, died July 18, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 24, 1923, in Yoder, the son of Daniel and Bertha Nisly Yoder. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, he was a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office for 30 years, retiring in 1978. He belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Methodist Men,...

Gary L. Corkins

Gary L. Corkins

Jul 15, 2007

Gary L. Corkins, 72, died July 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 16, 1935, in Liberal, the son of Burnis L. and Elizabeth Hamilton Corkins. He was a longtime Hutchinson and Buhler resident. He was a retired supervisor for Republic Paper Board Co., working there for 45 years. He belonged to the Moose Lodge, National Quarter Horse...

Marguerite Blessing Lackamp

Marguerite Blessing Lackamp

Jul 15, 2007

Marguerite Blessing LacKamp, 94, died July 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 27, 1913, in Roxbury, the daughter of Willard and Edith Lilly Blessing. She graduated from Inman High School in 1931. She was a long time resident of Hutchinson and Inman. She and her husband owned and operated City Market in Inman. She belonged to St....

Jack E. Robinson

Jack E. Robinson

Jul 13, 2007

Jack Eugene Robinson was born Jan. 28,1931, in Hutchinson, the son of Carl and Mildred (Morris) Robinson. Jack died July 13, 2007, at his home in Louisburg, Mo. at the age of 76 years, 5 months and 15 days. Jack spent his early years in the Hutchinson area until enlisting in the U.S Air Force. After one tour of duty,...

Charlotte E. Urban

Charlotte E. Urban

Jul 13, 2007

Charlotte E. Urban, 84, died July 13, 2007, at Ottawa County Health Care, Minneapolis. She was born Oct. 24, 1922, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Otto and Katie E. Petro Zent. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Minneapolis for the last year and a half, she was a buyer for Wiley's...

Ron D. Childs

Ron D. Childs

Jul 13, 2007

Ron D. Childs, 64, died July 13, 2007, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born May 5, 1943, in Hutchinson, the son of Kenneth E. and Anna Smith Childs. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a cook for Bernard's Restaurant. Survivors include: two sons, Mike D., Hutchinson, and Mark A., Newton; a sister, Betty Charter, Hutchinson; six grandchildren;...

Donna R. Lawrence

Donna R. Lawrence

Jul 12, 2007

Donna R. Lawrence, 83, died July 12, 2007, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Mo. She was born Oct. 17, 1923, in Kremlin, Okla., the daughter of James A. and Stella Mabel Brown Herbison. She graduated from Kremlin (Okla.) High School. She was a homemaker. She married Roy A. Lawrence in Arizona. He died June 17, 1975. Survivors include: a sister, JoAnn...

Lona M. Wight

Lona M. Wight

Jul 12, 2007

Lona M. Wight, 94, died July 12, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 23, 1912, in Offerle, the daughter of August W. and Lucy J. Boehme Rehmert. She graduated from Oelrichs High School in 1932, Oelrichs, South Dakota, and attended Chadron Normal School for a year, Chadron, Neb., to get her teaching certificate. A resident of Hutchinson, she...

Charles M. Amrine

Charles M. Amrine

Jul 11, 2007

Charles M. "Chuck" Amrine, 81, died July 11, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born March 5, 1926, in Ft. Morgan, Colo., the son of Riley M. and Ethel L. Coffman Amrine. He was a Hutchinson resident since 1942. He was a 1944 graduate of Hutchinson High School. He was a retired owner of Midwest Supply. He was a World...

Oscar O. Tope

Oscar O. Tope

Jul 11, 2007

Oscar O. Tope, 87, died July 11, 2007, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Jan. 19, 1920, in Turon, the son of Omer and Mary Davis Tope. He was a 1938, graduate of Cunningham High School. A resident of Arlington since 1946, he was a farmer and had worked for Cessna Fluid Power...

Donald H. Hurst

Donald H. Hurst

Jul 11, 2007

Donald H. Hurst, 82, died July 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born on Nov. 23, 1924, in Nowata, Okla., the son of Frank "Dugan" and Emma Elizabeth Richards Hurst. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson. He was raised in Hollow Pool outside of Buhler. He had attended Buhler schools. He retired from Cessna in 1981 and had...

Gertrude L. Dame

Gertrude L. Dame

Jul 10, 2007

Gertrude L. Dame, 92, died July 10, 2007 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 19, 1914, in Eureka, the daughter of Walter and Lena Allis Evans. She was a Sylvia resident for 55 years before moving to Hutchinson in 1996. She attended Virgil High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson,...

Pauline S. Gisel

Pauline S. Gisel

Jul 10, 2007

Pauline Sanders Gisel, 88, died July 10, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 3, 1918 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harvey Herbert and Rita A. Vetter Alumbaugh. She was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1939. She was a homemaker and had been an assistant for Dr. Borra. She was a member of...

Virginia M. Yates

Virginia M. Yates

Jul 8, 2007

WICHITA - Virginia May Yates, 83, died July 8, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born March 10, 1924, in Abbyville, the daughter of John Harold "Bab" and Iva Rea Stevens Ginn. She graduated from Abbyville High School in 1942. A resident of Wichita, formerly of Abbyville, she was a homemaker. On May 1, 1945, she married James...

Anita M. Corwin

Anita M. Corwin

Jul 7, 2007

Anita May Corwin, 78, died July 7, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born May 28, 1929, in Kingman, the daughter of Clifford and Lena Simmonds Moore. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1948. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a cook for school district No. 308, mainly at Lincoln and Allen Elementary Schools. She belonged to the...

Lester Dean Wall

Lester Dean Wall

Jul 5, 2007

PLANO, Texas - Lester Dean Wall, 64, died July 5, 2007, at Presbyterian Hospital, Denton, Texas. He was born Aug. 19, 1942, in Hutchinson, the son of John and Alice Mable Warkentine Wall. He graduated from Buhler High School in 1960, and Emporia State Teachers College in 1965. He was born and raised in the Hutchinson and Buhler areas, and...

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