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Steven L. Bond
Sep 5, 2007
Steven L. Bond, 62, died Sept. 5, 2007, at the University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, Mo., from complications from an automobile accident. He was born Aug. 21, 1945, in Hutchinson, the son of Franklin and Margaret Stehle Bond. He graduated in 1963 from Nickerson High School, and in 1965 from the vocational college at Kansas State College, Pittsburg. A lifetime...
Roy Lee Kinast
Sep 5, 2007
Roy Lee Kinast, 64, died Sept. 5, 2007 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 13, 1942, in Hinsdale, Ill., the son of Vernon Arnold and Georgia Ruth Harrell Kinast. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was an independent contract salesman. He was a U.S. Army veteran. On Sept. 24, 1963, he married Judy Ann Abernathy in Miami, Okla....
Esther E. Hiett
Sep 4, 2007
Esther E. Hiett, 102, died Sept. 4, 2007 at Wesley Towers Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 18, 1905 in Spring Hill, the daughter of Joe E. and Lillie Hines Wolf. She was a resident of hutchinson since 1927. She attended Haven High School graduating with the class of 1923 and also attended Fairmount College, now Wichita State...
Darrell E. Walker
Sep 3, 2007
Darrell E. Walker, 77 died September 3, 2007 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 7, 1929 in Abbyville, the son of Jasper E. and Esther S. Dunn Walker. He was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. In 1947, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. He was a retired Route Salesman for the former Betts Bakery. On Sept. 10, 1950 he...
Carol G. Johnston
Sep 1, 2007
Carol G. Johnston, 78, died Sept. 1, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 1, 1929, in Norwich, the daughter of Chester G. and Veda Eleanor Wills Johnston. She was a Hutchinson resident for 25 years. In 1947, she graduated from Norwich High School and then the Adela Hale Business College. She was a manager at Cessna Credit...
Dorothy L. Smoley Trebilcock
Aug 30, 2007
Dorothy L. Smoley Trebilcock, 81, died August 30, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 16, 1926, Spring Hill, the daughter of Lee and Laura Bell Turner Mayes. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a homemaker and retired employee of the former Hutchinson National Bank and Central Bank and Trust Company. She was a member of First...
Ivan D. Smith
Aug 28, 2007
Ivan D. Smith, 85, died Aug. 28, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 24, 1922, near Delphos, the son of Rupert H. and Vesta M. Durst Smith. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 2002, moving from Bella Vista, Ark. He graduated from Delphos High School in 1940 and attended Salt City Business College and later graduated from...
Carol A. Herdt-Wilburn
Aug 25, 2007
Carol Ann Herdt-Wilburn, 68, died Aug. 25, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born March 24, 1939, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Frederick and Elsie Bender Herdt. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1957 and attended Hutchinson Junior College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a private home caregiver and bookkeeper. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Survivors...
Robert J. Schank
Aug 25, 2007
Robert J. "Bob" Schank, 87, died at his residence at Elm Grove Estates. He was born Jan. 12, 1920, in Coldwater, the son of Ferdinand and Anna Menzer Schank. He graduated from Coldwater High School in 1938. He was the owner of Dillons franchised Kwik Shop on West 17th Avenue, from 1964 to 1982. He had also been a Beechcraft...
Margaret E. Opdyke
Aug 24, 2007
Margaret Ellen Opdyke, 98, died Aug. 24, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born July 5, 1909, in Attica, the daughter of W.D. and Parie Kinion Stuart. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 5, 1951, she married Howard E. Opdyke in Hutchinson. He died Oct. 8, 1996. Survivors include: a brother, Oscar Stuart and his...
Juanita M. Ayers
Aug 23, 2007
Juanita Mae Ayers, 86, died Aug. 23, 2007, at Dillon Living Center. She was born May 15, 1921, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Edward and Gladys M. Swartz Willis. She graduated from Pratt High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, having lived at Marion County Lake and in Nickerson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to United Methodist...
Josiah Roper
Aug 23, 2007
Josiah Roper, was stillborn Aug. 23, 2007, at Wichita. He was the son of David and Tonya Foster Roper. Survivors include: his parents, his brothers and sisters, Levi, Seth, Gabe, Caleb, Faith, Noah, Mercy, Elijah, and Felicity; grandparents, Gary and Lana Foster, Abbyville, and Rex and Marilyn Roper, Everson, Wash. Service was held Friday at their home, Abbyville. Elliott Mortuary,...
Russ T. Templeton
Aug 20, 2007
Russ T. "Gramps" Templeton, 92, died Aug. 20, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 16, 1914, in Webb City, Mo., the son of Tommy T. and Linnie Mae Creech Templeton. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident. He was the owner and operator of Templeton Service Stations. He also served as the mayor of South Hutchinson and...
Mary M. Miller
Aug 19, 2007
PARTRIDGE - Mary Martha Miller, 88, went to be with the Lord Aug. 19, 2007, at her home. She was born April 10, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Abraham F. and Sarah Miller Nisly. She attended East Eureka Country School in Reno County. A resident of Partridge, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Center Amish Mennonite Church....
Richard F. Waddle
Aug 17, 2007
ABBYVILLE - Richard F. "Dick" Waddle, 75, died Aug. 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 12, 1931, in Abbyville, the son of Fred S. and Edna P. Krauter Waddle. He graduated in 1949, from Abbyville High School. He was a lifelong farmer and was a machinist for Cessna for 25 years. He belonged to New Life Christian...
Myron Krenzin
Aug 16, 2007
Myron Krenzin, 88, died Aug. 16, 2007, at Dillon Living Center. He was born Oct. 27, 1918, in Plevna, the son of Ernest Edward and Leah Oyer Krenzin. He attended Plevna High School for three years, and then graduated in 1941, from Hutchinson High School. He attended Hutchinson Community College. He was a dairyman, administrator and marketing specialist for the...
Verling D. Huffman
Aug 15, 2007
Verling D. Huffman, 88, died Aug. 15, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born Nov. 25, 1918, in Hutchinson, the son of George Edmund and Mary Evangeline Miller Huffman. He graduated from Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a fireman for the Hutchinson City Fire Department, was appointed...
Norman G. Loop
Aug 14, 2007
Norman Guy Loop, 79, died Aug. 14, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 16, 1928, in Hardy, Neb., the son of Guy Albert and Alice Juliette Clark Loop. He has been a Hutchinson resident since 1961. He graduated from Hardy High School in 1946. He worked for Ideal Cement Plant, Superior, Neb., later working for Champlin Petroleum...
Wilburn J. Richardson
Aug 12, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Wilburn J. Richardson, 79, died Aug. 12, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Southland, Texas, the son of Sam Jones and Mary Ellen Gentry Richardson. He was a longtime resident of the Abbyville and Arlington areas, moving to South Hutchinson in 2005. He was the owner and operator of...
Alberta E. Alstatt
Aug 11, 2007
Alberta E. "Bert" Alstatt, 74, died Aug. 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 1, 1933, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Albert and Blanche Wilhite Hammond. She was a lifelong Reno County resident. She attended Langdon High School. She worked at Fraese Drug and later at the Medical Center pharmacy as an assistant and bookkeeper. She belonged to...
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