Gloria J. Hempstid
Dec 21, 2007
HAVEN - Gloria J. Hempstid, 88, died Dec. 21, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 11, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Guy and Mabel, Burris Swanson. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and Kansas State University. She was the Co-Owner of Hempstid Variety Store in Haven for over 40 years. She attended the Haven United...
Dessia M. Nieciecki
Dec 20, 2007
Dessia Mae Nieciecki, 76, died Dec. 20, 2007, in North Fort Myers, Fla. She was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Bloomington, Ind., the daughter of Millard and Lillie Elkins Robertson. She graduated from Bloomington (Ind.) High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was the retired owner and operator of Hearts Desire framing and needlework shops, with locations in Hutchinson, Great...
Bobbie F. Ford
Dec 20, 2007
GROVE, Okla. - Bobbie F. Ford, 78, died Dec. 20, 2007, at the Grove Nursing Center. He was born Nov. 10, 1929, in Hutchinson, the son of Winifred and Ada Jones Ford. He was a former Hutchinson and Topeka resident. He belonged to the American Legion, Topeka, and the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, Grove. He was a chief master...
Bertha E. Wipf
Dec 20, 2007
Bertha E. Wipf, 104, died Dec. 20, 2007, at Thorne Care Center. She was born March 5, 1903, in rural Reno County, the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Keller Wipf. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Sterling, she had worked as an operator for Sterling Telephone Company for 28 years, and then worked in the billing department for Mid Kansas...
Edward D. Hays
Dec 19, 2007
Edward D. "Eddie" Hays, 89, died December 19, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson, Ks. He was born Oct. 6, 1918, in Lyons, Ks., an only child of Charles Edward Hays and Bessie Leah Maxwell Hays. On June 5, 1940, he married Esther Anna Smith. She survives. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson, having moved from Lyons, Ks., with...
Norman J. Hesterberg
Dec 19, 2007
Norman J. Hesterberg, 89, died Dec. 19, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 30, 1917, in Ellis, Neb., the son of Henry and Christena Cordsen Hesterberg. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1927, moving from Ellis, Neb., he was the co-owner and operator of Quality Floor Center, Hutchinson, and then worked at Bybee...
Harold G. Hoffman
Dec 18, 2007
Harold G. Hoffman, 80, died Dec. 18, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 1, 1927, at Wichita, the son of Harold and Cleora Richardson Hoffman. In 1945 he graduated from Wichita East High School and attended Wichita State University. He was a PGA Golf Professional for 34 years, retiring in 1988 from Carey Park Golf Course. He belonged...
Cleta D. Blessing Friesen
Dec 17, 2007
Cleta D. Blessing Friesen, 87, died Dec. 17, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 17, 1920, at Roxbury, the daughter of Willard and Edith May Lilly Blessing. In 1938, she graduated from Inman High School and attended Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. She was the co-owner of Ike's Food Market in Inman for 26 years and...
Lillian M. Brewer
Dec 16, 2007
Lillian M. Brewer, 89, died Dec. 16, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born April 9, 1918, in Navarre, the daughter of Oren Clifford and Ethel Mae Rock. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1936, and attended the College of Emporia. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Concordia, she was a homemaker. She belonged to...
Nevaeh Lynn Leshore
Dec 15, 2007
Nevaeh Lynn LeShore, 26 days old, died Dec. 15, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Nov. 19, 2007, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Jamie LeShore and Cheri Herald. Survivors include: her parents; a brother, Adonis Petty-Gray; a sister, Alexis Herald; grandparents, Maria Guzman, Lora Herald and Jimmy LeShore, all of Hutchinson; great-grandparents, Santos and Jane Amaya, and...
H.E. Bofink
Dec 15, 2007
H.E. "Pete" Bofink, 83, died Dec. 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1924, in Jackson, Mich., the son of H.E. and Dorothy Zerman Bofink. He graduated in 1942, from Jackson High School, Jackson, Mich. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was the vice president of the printing plant for R.L. Polk Co., retiring after 47 years...
Payton A. Mitchell
Dec 12, 2007
Patyon Allen Mitchell, four months, died Dec. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 19, 2007, in Hutchinson, the son of Curtis and Pam Mitchell. Survivors include: his parents, Hutchinson; a brother, Gregory Davis, Hutchinson; a sister, Madison Paige Mitchell, Hutchinson; grandparents, Jay and Jo Davis, Hutchinson, Linda and Lyle Housh, Hutchinson, and Bob and Charlotte Mitchell, Camdenton,...
Nellie G. Douglas
Dec 12, 2007
Nellie Geraldine "Gerry" Douglas, 92, died Dec. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 4, 1915, in Colwich, the daughter of Arthur L. and Laura E. Givens Beer. She was a 1935 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A Hutchinson resident for most of her life, she was retired from American Investors Life Insurance Company. She belonged to Church...
Curtis H. Bruce
Dec 11, 2007
Curtis H. Bruce, 46, died Dec. 11, 2007, at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt. He was born Dec. 10, 1961, in Fairfax, Va., the son of Norman Lee Bruce Sr. and Viola Cash Bruce. A resident of Hutchinson since 1990, moving from Kansas City, he was a former sous chef for the Grand Prairie Hotel. He retired from the Army...
Dale E. Garber
Dec 10, 2007
Dale E. Garber, 79, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 28, 1928, in Rice County, the son of Leo W. and Ellen M. Gillock Garber. He attended Thomas Grove Schools in Reno County. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he worked in tool and dye at Deluxe Specialties. He was a former member of the Bob...
Lucy M. Hayes
Dec 10, 2007
Lucy Maxine Hayes, 91, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Columbia (Mo.) Manor Care Center. She was born May 16, 1916, in Barry County, Mo., the daughter of Ora and Stella Powell Richardson. She was a Hutchinson High School graduate. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, having lived in Wichita and Omaha, Neb., she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Church...
Wayne A. Strawn
Dec 10, 2007
WALTON - Wayne A. "The Glass Man" Strawn, 45, died Dec. 10, 2007, at Integris Baptist Hospital, Oklahoma City. He was born July 1, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Donald W. and Diana J. McVey Strawn. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1980. He was a glass technician, Safelite, Wayne's Auto Glass and then Chapman Auto Glass. He...
Willis D. Harder
Dec 10, 2007
Willis D. Harder, 78, went to be with his Lord and Savior Dec. 10, 2007, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. He was born May 28, 1929, in Sterling, the son of Lawrence Edgar and Emma Louise Strouse Harder. He graduated in 1947 from Inman High School. A resident of Hutchinson since1959, he was a radar technician for the Federal Aviation...
Sherry Wright
Dec 8, 2007
Sherry L. Wright, 76, died Dec. 8, 2007, in the Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, the daughter of Bert A. and Pearl E. Campbell Martin. She graduated from Cheyenne (Wyo.) High School, in 1949. In 1953, she graduated from the University of Wyoming, receiving a degree in pharmacy....
Gerald Keith Hitz
Dec 7, 2007
Gerald "Keith" Hitz, 86, died Dec. 7, 2007, at Mennonite Manor. He was born Aug. 12, 1921, in Topeka, the son of John Finley and Ivey Spangler Hitz. He was a 1938 graduate of Topeka High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, moving from Kodiak, Alaska, he went to work as a Hutchinson Sanitation Inspector, and in 1969, he...
