Nila J. Showalter
Nov 24, 2007
Nila J. Showalter, 77, died Nov. 24, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1930, Amarillo, Texas, the daughter of William D. and Harriet E. Martin Norris. A lifelong resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in the class of 1947. She was a baker at the Hutchinson Town Club and later at Furr's Cafeteria. She...
Betty J. Shull
Nov 23, 2007
Betty J. Shull, 84, died Nov. 23, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Nov. 3, 1923, at Braman, Okla., the daughter of Lorenzo Arthur and Elizabeth Patton Sturm. She was a 1942 graduate of Blackwell High School, Blackwell Okla. She was a retired custodian for USD 428, Great Bend. She belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church, Great Bend, and...
Charlotte A. Buschman
Nov 23, 2007
Charlotte A. Buschman, 81, died Nov. 23, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born June 14, 1926, at Winfield, the daughter of Charles and Lucille Rumford Dunn. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1962, she was a receptionist. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church and the Lysle Rishel American Legion Auxiliary, Unit...
Lois I. Buggeln
Nov 21, 2007
Lois I. Buggeln, 85, died Nov. 21, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. She was born Aug. 4, 1922, at Larned, the daughter of Denver and Hazel Hutton Luman. She attended Nickerson High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. On June 7, 1942, she married Charles W. Buggeln at...
John T. Southards
Nov 20, 2007
John T. Southards, 74, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Inman. He was born June 20, 1933, in Trousdale, the son of Clarence Richard and Goldie Elizabeth Gilbert Southards. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired machinist for Eaton Corporation. He belonged to the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served in...
Harold J. Doerksen
Nov 20, 2007
Harold J. "Bob" Doerksen, 77, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 28, 1930, in rural Inman, Kansas, the son of Jacob W. and Kathryn A. Ediger Doerksen. He attended country schools in Inman. A longtime Burrton resident, he was a power plant manager at K.S.I.R., Hutchinson. He belonged to Zion Lutheran Church and the Curry-Ross...
Helen Amerman
Nov 19, 2007
Helen Amerman, 96, died Nov. 19, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Feb. 6, 1911, at Partridge, the daughter of Clyde and Edna Mae Hodge Kitch. She graduated in 1927, from Partridge High School, was a 1938 Sterling College graduate, and completed post graduate studies at the University of Kansas. A Partridge resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1999, she...
Nancy Jean Schissler
Nov 17, 2007
Nancy Schissler, 59, died Nov. 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 5, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Bill and Oma Smith Rayl Decker. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1966. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a former cook for Heart Ministries, Victory Village. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. On April...
Shon C. Hammerschmidt
Nov 17, 2007
Shon C. Hammerschmidt, 37, died Nov. 17, 2007, at his home, Hesston. He was born Sept. 7, 1970, the son of Robert S. and Diana M. Leach Hammerschmidt. He graduated in 1989 from Hutchinson High School and attended Wichita State University. He worked in lab production at Hospira, McPherson. He was an Air Force veteran with 7 years of service,...
Clarence E. Killingsworth
Nov 15, 2007
Clarence E. Killingsworth, 100, died peacefully Nov. 15, 2007, at Dillon Living Center. He was born Sept. 23, 1907, in Denver, Mo., the son of Charles and Ethel Hopewell Killingsworth. A Hutchinson resident since 1950, formerly of Liberal and Pratt, he was the manager for Graves Truck Line. He was one of Jehovah's Witness. On June 2, 1932, he married...
Michael W. Keeler
Nov 15, 2007
Michael Wayne Keeler, 51, died Nov. 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital, after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 19, 1955, at Wichita, the son of Wayne Keeler and Jean Rollins. He graduated in 1973, from Hutchinson High school. A Hutchinson resident for more than 40 years, he had been a roofer for Hamilton Roofing. He was of the Christian...
Marjorie Lois Stiggins
Nov 14, 2007
Marjorie Lois Stiggins, 77, died Nov. 14, 2007, at Deseret Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 18, 1930, the daughter of Lemuel Russell and Ruth Theresa Bates Hendrickson. In 1948, she graduated from Buhler High School. She was also a graduate of Grace School of Nursing, a resident of Hutchinson since 1941, and worked as a registered nurse at...
George D. James, Jr.
Nov 14, 2007
George D. James, Jr., 83, died Nov. 14, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 9, 1923, at Florence, the son of George D. and Myrtle Morris James Sr. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941. A resident of Hutchinson since 1926, he was a foreman at the former Hutchinson Foundry and Steel, was a project engineer at...
Elizabeth H. Summers
Nov 14, 2007
Elizabeth H. Summers, 95, died Nov. 14, 2007, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born May 6, 1912, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles Henry "C.H." and Elva Kathryn Burnham Humphreys. She graduated from Hutchinson High School, attended Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., and the University of Kansas. She was a...
Veda J. Jennings
Nov 14, 2007
Veda Joy Jennings, 78, died Nov.14, 2007, at Deseret Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 6, 1929, the daughter of Phillip and Irene Sloterback Smith, Hutchinson. She was a homemaker. On May 13, 1974, she married Robert Jennings at Hutchinson. He died June 6, 2003. She is survived by a sister, Kathy Sheppard, South Hutchinson. She was preceded...
Burl "Bernie" Walters
Nov 12, 2007
Burl "Bernie" Walters, 81, died Nov. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 17, 1926, at Proctor Okla., the son of John and Marie Rickert Walters. A long time resident of Arlington, he worked as a retired grain elevator operator for Whiteside Elevator Co-op. Survivors include: numerous stepchildren, including Cindy Combs and Ted Pauley, both of Hutchinson; a...
Jean Rowland Martens
Nov 11, 2007
Jean Rowland Martens, 79, died Nov. 11, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Oct. 20, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Martin and Mary Burdick Rowland. She graduated from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a mother, homemaker and helped train horses with her husband. She was a charter and lifetime member of Union Valley...
Quindine Buffington
Nov 11, 2007
Quindine Buffington, 62, died Nov. 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov.11, 1944, in Brandon, Miss., the daughter of Arlue and Audrey Walters Buffington. She was a homemaker, She belonged to New Hope Baptist Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: a son Kevin Chesteen, Pearl, Miss.; two daughters, Shannon Chesteen and Yowanda Gardner, both of Hutchinson; 16 grandchildren; and nine...
Bertrice Ann Oberg
Nov 8, 2007
Bertrice Ann Oberg, 97, died Nov. 8, 2007, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born Aug. 30, 1910, in Minneola, the daughter of Thomas Maughlin and Lenora Blanche Wilson Beard. She graduated from Stafford High School in 1928, and from Grace Hospital School of Nursing in 1934. A resident of Holyrood, formerly of Partridge, she was a registered nurse...
Luetta C. Carson
Nov 7, 2007
LuEtta C. Carson, 50, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born on Nov. 27, 1956, at Parsons, the daughter of Conley Kay and Shirley Christine Likins Abney. She was a longtime Parsons resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1973. A graduate of Hutchinson Community College, she was a homemaker. She belong to Park Place Christian Church. On Dec....
