Rubina Regier
Jan 21, 2008
Rubina Regier, 93, died Jan. 21, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Burrton, the daughter of Cornelius F. and Sarah Peters Friesen. She graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, moving from Moundridge, she was a homemaker, and a salesperson at Ben Franklin, Duckwalls and Skaggs. She belonged to...
Nelda M. Herbison
Jan 20, 2008
Nelda M. Herbison, 88, died Jan. 20, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 26, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Sterling and Pearl Burge Miller. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a cook for Trinity Catholic Junior and Senior High School, Holy Cross Catholic School, the Hutchinson Town Club and the former Leonida's Hollywood Grill. She...
George R. Stevener
Jan 20, 2008
George Ray Stevener, 70, died Jan. 30, 2008, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 23, 1937, in Hutchinson, the son of Lee Roy and Amanda Marie Gustafson Stevener. He graduated in 1956 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of California and Texas, he worked for PetSmart, and had owned and operated a Fish and Pet...
Maxine J. Edwards
Jan 19, 2008
Maxine Jewel Edwards, 80, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 9, 1927, in Naylor, Mo., the daughter of Noble A. and Pearl Lee Hunt Bass. She was a homemaker. On July 29, 1944, she married James L. Edwards in Hutchinson. he died Aug. 17, 2001. Survivors include: three sons, James II, and John, both of...
Thelma B. Forwalder
Jan 18, 2008
Thelma B. Forwalder, 97, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 22, 1910, in rural Pratt, the daughter of Nathan O. and Mary Jane Redfern Jones. She graduated from Liberal High School, and attended Wichita Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Wichita and Sterling, moving to Mennonite Manor in 1995, she...
Daniel B. Baker
Jan 18, 2008
Daniel Brewster Baker, 69, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 10, 1938, in Salina, the son of Aurther Frederick and Hester Mae Brewster Baker. He graduated from Cunningham High School and attended John Brown University. A resident of South Hutchinson since 1960, he had been a security guard with Pinkerton's Security, working at Carey Salt,...
Alvin L. Hrabe
Jan 17, 2008
Alvin Lee Hrabe, 79, died Jan. 17, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 2, 1928, in Plainville, the son of Leo William and Sophie Mazanek Hrabe. A resident of Hutchinson since 1991, moving from Hickory, N.C., he was a retired craftsman for Williams Woodcarving, Hickory, N.C., retiring in 1989. He was of the Lutheran faith. On July 15,...
Jeri Kaup
Jan 16, 2008
Jeri Kaup, a longtime resident of Smith County who has lived in Hutchinson since 2000, died on January 16, 2008, in Hutchinson at the age of 83. Her given name was Geraldine Sadie Jessie Davis, born in Denver, Colorado on January 30, 1924 to Robert J. Davis and Mary Almeda (Johnson) Davis. After graduating from Denver North High School in...
Scott E. Wilcox
Jan 12, 2008
Scott E. Wilcox, age 50, died peacefully Saturday morning in Oklahoma City after a courageous 12 month struggle with pancreatic cancer. Born near Flint, Michigan, the family moved to Ohio where Scott became an Eagle Scout at age 16. He graduated in 1975 from Austintown Fitch High School and later from Youngstown State University with majors in Accounting and Computer...
Laurence D. Moyer
Jan 12, 2008
Laurence Donald Moyer, 83, died Jan. 12, 2008, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson, KS. He was born November 30, 1924, in Anthony, KS the son of Ernest and Lockie Fitts Moyer. He was preceded in death by his mother and father of Argonia, Ks., a brother, Jay Moyer of Argonia, KS., and a sister, Virginia McDaniel of Maize, KS....
Richard J. Murphy
Jan 12, 2008
Richard J. "Murph" Murphy, 60, died Jan. 12, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct 14, 1947, in Newburyport, Mass., the son of Frederick T. and Margaret T. Foley Murphy. He graduated from Newburyport High School, received his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and attended Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson for 10 years, he was a...
Kenneth W. Love
Jan 11, 2008
Kenneth Wayne Love, 87, died Jan. 11, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1920, in Vinland, the son of the Rev. Vernie Delbert and Mollie Deay Love. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1940, and attended Hutchinson JUCO, he played basketball and football at both schools. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a salesman for...
Joyce M. Cezar
Jan 10, 2008
DWIGHT - Joyce M. Cezar, 79, went home to be with Jesus on January 10, 2008, at Hospice House of Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on November 20, 1928, in Parsons, the daughter of Coy and Muriel Higgins. She graduated from Parsons High School, Parsons Junior College, and Pittsburg State University. Joyce taught school, grades K-12, for many years. She...
Jolan Kiraly
Jan 9, 2008
Jolan Kiraly, 72, died Jan. 9, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 8, 1935, in Kisfalud, Hungary, the daughter of Janos and Erzsebet Kovacs Megyeri. She moved to Wichita in 1956 and then shortly afterward moved to Hutchinson. She worked at Dillons Bakery from 1968 until her retirement in 1995. She belonged to St. Teresa Catholic Church. She...
Lillian W. Benjamin
Jan 9, 2008
Lillian W. Benjamin, 89, died Jan. 9, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 3, 1918, in Inman, the daughter of Cornelius and Anna Schmidt Willems. She and her husband owned a dairy farm for 30 years; later she had worked for both Virginia's and Wiley's clothing stores. She belonged to First Congregational Church, Hutchinson. On Dec. 18, 1941,...
William J. Myers
Jan 8, 2008
William J. "Bill" Myers, 66, died Jan. 8, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 18, 1941, in Salina, the son of Charles "Charlie" Myers and Estel Geske Hibler. He attended Hutchinson High School, graduating in 1960. He was a Master Sgt. In the United States Air Force, with 22 years of service, retiring in 1984, also serving in...
Geraldine V. Shelton
Jan 5, 2008
Geraldine Veta "Gerry" Dragoo Shelton, 88, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1919, at Harper, the daughter of Jack and Mable Bowen Vines. She graduated from Wichita North High School in 1936; she was a resident of Hutchinson since 1946. She was a retired CNA at Wesley Towers and a restaurant...
Goldie May Hefling
Jan 5, 2008
Goldie May Hefling, 76, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Hospice House. She was born May 25, 1931, in Lebanon, Mo., the daughter of Ernie James and Velma May Richards Lawson. She graduated in 1950 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, and had taught swimming for the Red Cross for 40 years. On Oct. 26,...
Dorris E. Sanders
Jan 5, 2008
Dorris Evelyn Sanders, 94, died Jan. 5, 2008, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson, after a short battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 12, 1913, in Belpre, the daughter of Harry T. and Farnia A. "Fannie" Sette Hamler. She graduated in 1931 from Hutchinson High School, attended Salt City Business College, and graduated in 1940 from Grace Hospital School...
Edwin Lloyd Tomlin, Jr.
Jan 4, 2008
Edwin L. "Ed" Tomlin Jr., 46, died Jan. 4, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 6, 1961, in Hutchinson, the son of Judith Ann Lemen Tomlin. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he attended Hutchinson High School. He was a journeyman carpenter, recently working at an ethanol plant in Iowa. Before the end, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord...
