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E. Maynard Moore

E. Maynard Moore

Dec 6, 2007

E. Maynard Moore, 91, died Dec. 6, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. He was born Sept. 13, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of Eugene C. and Carrie L. Farthing Moore. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934. A resident of Hutchinson since 1978, moving from Salina, he was an engineer for Boeing for 20 years, and retired from...

Rodney D. Davis

Rodney D. Davis

Dec 5, 2007

Rodney D. Davis, 48, died Dec. 5, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 29, 1958, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold O. and June H. Eaton Davis. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a 17-year employee holding various positions including lift technician with Collins Bus Industries. He was an avid fisherman and water sportsman. Survivors...

George H. Ewald

George H. Ewald

Dec 5, 2007

George H. Ewald, 90, died Dec. 5, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 24, 1917, in Hutchinson, the son of George J. and Anna I. Flintrop Ewald. He graduated from St. Teresa's High School in 1935 and from Salt City Business College in1937. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked as a carhop in the late 1920s to...

Leo H. Leclair, Sr.

Leo H. Leclair, Sr.

Dec 3, 2007

Leo H. LeClair Sr., 83, died Dec. 3, 2007, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 31, 1924, in rural Concordia, the son of Homer and Bertha Detrixhe LeClair. He attended Reno County schools. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a car salesman and retired as general manager of Boyd Motors. He belonged to First Christian Church, Lysle...

Kathleen L. Graebner Enriquez

Kathleen L. Graebner Enriquez

Dec 3, 2007

Kathleen L. Graebner-Enriquez, 62, died Dec. 3, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 24, 1945, in Macksville, the daughter of Burl and Dorothy Paullin. She was a Macksville High School graduate. She worked as a Registered Nurse in Hutchinson and Wichita, having worked for Hutchinson Hospital for five years. She attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church....

Verla N. Bartley

Verla N. Bartley

Dec 3, 2007

Verla N. Bartley, 87, died Dec. 3 2007, at the Texas County Memorial Hospital, Huston, Mo. She was born Jan. 22, 1920, in Tonkawa, Okla., daughter of Clarence and Mary Grace Wooderson Pickard. She attended the schools in Tonkawa, Okla. and in Burrton. A resident of Hutchinson from 1938 to 2003 before moving to Licking Mo., she was a homemaker....

Otis R. Griggs

Otis R. Griggs

Dec 3, 2007

WINFIELD - Otis Ray Griggs, 86, died Dec. 3, 2007, at Good Samaritan Village, Winfield. He was born Oct. 17, 1921, in Brooksville, the son of Otis and Melvena Lindquist Griggs. He attended Brookville High School and graduated from Marion High School in 1939. He also received his bachelor's degree in animal husbandry in 1951 from Kansas State University and...

Marian R. Reimer

Marian R. Reimer

Dec 2, 2007

Marian R. Reimer, 85, died Dec. 2, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Commerce, Okla., the daughter of Roy and Ruth Gustin Sanderson. She graduated from Goodland High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1945, she was a secretary for Dillons Bakery and Jones Electric. She belonged to Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, the Order of...

Maxine H. Alexander

Maxine H. Alexander

Dec 1, 2007

Maxine H. Alexander, 91, died Dec. 1, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 2, 1916, in Sloan, Iowa, the oldest daughter of Dan and Leola Polly Hunter. She graduated from Sloan High School in 1934. She received a degree in physical education from Iowa State Teacher's College, (now the University of Northern Iowa) in 1938 and did...

Dale E. Logsdon

Dale E. Logsdon

Dec 1, 2007

Dale E. Logsdon, 58, died Dec. 1, 2007, at the Veterans Administration Nursing Home, Wichita. He was born March 16, 1949, in Pratt, the son of Mervin Eugene and Carymal Vay Swonger Logsdon. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he worked in power plant operations. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1996, retiring as chief petty officer in 1996....

Velma M. Schank

Velma M. Schank

Nov 30, 2007

Velma M. Schank, 86, died Nov. 30, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 4, 1921, in Abbyville, the daughter of Earl and Florence Julia Waddle Lehman. She graduated in 1939 from Nickerson High School. A lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area, she had worked at Pegues and the Kwik Shop on West 17th. She belonged...

Corinne W. Dutschmann

Corinne W. Dutschmann

Nov 29, 2007

Corinne W. Dutschmann, 83, died Nov. 29, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 26, 1923, in Barton County, the daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth Popp Nuss. She graduated from Salt City Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. On May 8, 1948, she married Eldon M....

Archlee "Lee" Austin Wilson-Colby

Archlee "Lee" Austin Wilson-Colby

Nov 29, 2007

Archlee "Lee" Austin Wilson-Colby, 88, died Nov. 29, 2007. Survivors include: Daughters,Irene Veschi and husband Ron, Orangevale Calif., Ann Colby Kearns and husband John, Nashville Tenn., Linda Colby Popp and husband Richard, Hutchinson; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday April 22, 2008, Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, with the Rev. John Warring...

Archlee A. Wilson-Colby

Archlee A. Wilson-Colby

Nov 29, 2007

Archlee "Lee" Austin Wilson-Colby, 88, died Nov. 29, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born Sept. 15, 1919, in Covert, the daughter of Ray Lorraine and Bernice Mae Bolthinghouse Austin. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1937, and attended Hutchinson Community College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she had been a journalist for the Hutchinson News,...

Archlee Austin Wilson-Colby

Archlee Austin Wilson-Colby

Nov 29, 2007

Archlee "Lee" Austin Wilson-Colby, 88, died Nov. 29, 2007. Survivors include: Daughters,Irene Veschi and husband Ron, Orangevale Calif., Ann Colby Kearns and husband John, Nashville Tenn., Linda Colby Popp and husband Richard, Hutchinson; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday April 22, 2008, Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, with the Rev. John Warring...

Brenda K. Miller

Brenda K. Miller

Nov 29, 2007

Brenda Kay Miller, 49, died Nov. 29, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 7, 1958, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Robert G. and Gerry M. Van Der Leest Rietveld. She was a 1976 graduate of Hutchinson High School and a 1986, graduate of Hutchinson Community College School of Nursing. A resident of Hutchinson for most of...

Dr. Harlan Woerpel

Dr. Harlan Woerpel

Nov 28, 2007

Dr. Harlan R. "Doc" Woerpel, 78, died Nov. 28, 2007, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born on Jan. 12, 1929, on the Woerpel homestead, 3 miles west of Fairfax, South Dakota, the third son of Albert and Laura Ott Woerpel. He graduated as Valedictorian of his 1947 Fairfax High School class. He attended Chillicothe Business College in Missouri....

Mildred E. Puls

Mildred E. Puls

Nov 26, 2007

Mildred E. Puls, 94, died Nov. 26, 2007, peacefully at her home, Hutchinson, leaving her loving earthly family on her journey to the Lord. She was born Feb. 13, 1913, in Harvey County, the daughter of Edward H. and Rosa Clara Russell Kauth. In 1931, she graduated from Newton High School. She was a realtor with Don M. Stiles &...

Jackie Gagnebin-Dutton

Jackie Gagnebin-Dutton

Nov 26, 2007

Jackie Gagnebin-Dutton, 83, died Nov. 26, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 15, 1924, in Madison, the daughter of William A. and Ethyl Bailey Neighbors. She was a Buhler High School graduate. A Hutchinson resident for most of her life, she had worked for the former Detroiter Mobile Homes, for Upholstery Unlimited and had been a shuttle...

Elizabeth Corwin

Elizabeth Corwin

Nov 25, 2007

Elizabeth "Ann" Corwin, 78, died Nov. 25, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 24, 1928, the daughter of Melvin and Edna Hilgenfeldt Spencer. A Hutchinson resident since 1951, moving from Little River, she was retired from OK Service Station. She belonged to Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church, and was a member of RSVP and Elmdale Senior Center....

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