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Dorothy M. Norquist

Dorothy M. Norquist

May 8, 2007

Dorothy Marie Norquist, 85, died May 8, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 29, 1921, in Liberal, the daughter of Ralph and Margaret Frisbie Summers. A Hutchinson resident since 1987 moving from the Abbyville community. She graduated from Liberal High School and she attended Stevens College, Mo. and Hutchinson Community College. She was a homemaker. She belonged...

Timothy O'Hara Fenton

Timothy O'Hara Fenton

May 7, 2007

Timothy O'Hara Fenton, 42, died May 7, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born on Aug. 10, 1964, in Newport Beach, Calif., the son of Thomas Joseph and Hannah Newburn Fenton. He was a Hutchinson resident most of his life. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, played basketball and graduated from Hutchinson Community College, attended and played basketball on an...

Brooke Noel Barker

Brooke Noel Barker

May 6, 2007

On Sunday, May 6, 2007, Brooke Noel Barker of Hutchinson passed away at the age of 23 years. She was born on Dec. 19, 1983, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Stan and Lisa Schmitt Barker. She attended Hutchinson Public Schools and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 2003. She belonged to and was an active member of First Presbyterian Church...

Dennis E. Mckenna

Dennis E. Mckenna

May 5, 2007

Dennis E. McKenna, 60, died May 5, 2007, at his home, South Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 28, 1946, in Hutchinson, the son of Lawrence L. and Betty J. Cole McKenna. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, he was a maintenance mechanic for Morton Salt Co. for 28 years. He belonged to First Assembly of God Church, Steelworkers Local No. 12606,...

Roxie Doll

Roxie Doll

May 4, 2007

Roxie Doll, 55, died May 4, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born March 19, 1952, in Oakley, the daughter of Alfred Martin and Evon Marie Desmarteau Homm. She graduated from Marian High School, Hays, in 1970. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a bookkeeper for Hutchinson National Bank from 1979 to 1989. She belonged to the Catholic faith. On...

Nellie R. Clark

Nellie R. Clark

May 3, 2007

Nellie R. Clark, 92, died May 3, 2007, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 26, 1915, in Harper County, Okla., the daughter of Jesse B. and Eva Jane Rogers Smalley. She attended Protection schools and graduated from Adela Hale Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1955, she was a retired bookkeeper for Adam's Parker Furniture, and a...

Lyle G. Clements

Lyle G. Clements

May 1, 2007

Lyle G. Clements, 84, died May 1, 2007 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 18, 1922, in Martland, Neb., the son of Clarence E. and Eva C. Hill Clements. He graduated from Davenport, Neb. High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1969, having lived in Wichita and Salina, he had been a farmer and also worked for Beech Aircraft,...

Georgia Elmo Ditgen

Georgia Elmo Ditgen

May 1, 2007

Georgia Elmo Ditgen, 86, died May 1, 2007 at Wesley Towers, Hester Care Center. She was born April 3, 1921 in Sterling, the daughter of Vernon Oren and Lucy Belle Ferrier Caywood. She graduated in 1938 from Sterling High School. A longtime Reno County resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Westbrook Baptist Church, the Christian Women's Club and...

Emma L. Banz

Emma L. Banz

May 1, 2007

Emma Lee Banz, 90, died May 1, 2007 at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 13, 1916 in ruralAlden, in Rice County, the daughter of Ernest and Mabel Hendricks Monson. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1933. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, she worked for Carey Salt Company for 25 years in the accounting department. She...

Zelma E. Zarnowski

Zelma E. Zarnowski

Apr 29, 2007

Zelma E. Zarnowski, 82, April 29, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 11, 1925, in Burdett, the daughter of Charles and Mildred Fagen Dovel. She graduated from Hanston High School. A resident of Hutchinson most of her life, she was a bus driver for Buhler USD No. 313, for 25 years. On Dec. 7, 1952, she married Albert...

Letha B. Enfield

Letha B. Enfield

Apr 28, 2007

Letha Beverly Ann Enfield, 70, died April 28, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born July 30, 1936, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Dale Clarence and Nellie Geraldine Beer Douglas. She graduated in 1954, from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she had been a sales representative for Morton Salt Co. for over 20 years; she was...

Roschelle A. Hester

Roschelle A. Hester

Apr 27, 2007

Roschelle Ann "Shelley" Hester, 47, died April 27, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 28, 1959, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Willie D. and Diana G. Boyd Miller. She graduated in 1978. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Baptist faith. Survivors include: two sons, William, California, and Lorenzo, Hutchinson; a...

Hoby D. White

Hoby D. White

Apr 26, 2007

Hoby Dean White, 44, died April 26, 2007. He was born Sept. 12, 1962, in Hutchinson, the son of Thornton L. "Todd" and Patricia Jo Wells White. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1981, and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, formerly living in Guymon, Okla., for nine years, he was a grain elevator operator for Cereal...

Hazel D. Rockhold

Hazel D. Rockhold

Apr 26, 2007

ARLINGTON - Hazel Doris Rockhold, 85, went to be with our Lord on April 26, 2007. She died peacefully at the Johnson County Nursing Center in Olathe. She was born in Carter, Okla., to Hugh and Mary Bullard on June 26, 1921. Hazel attended Southwestern University in Weatherford, Okla., and graduated with a degree in secondary education. Throughout the years,...

Caleb R. Buster

Caleb R. Buster

Apr 25, 2007

GOODLAND - Caleb Robert Buster, two months, died April 25, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Feb. 23, 2007, in Colby, the son of Alan and Jolene Wallace Buster. Survivors include: his parents; a brother, Alan Jr., of the home; and grandparents, Sandra Murphy, Liberty, Mo., and Henry and Lori Wallace, Hutchinson. He was preceded in death...

Jack S. Hughes

Jack S. Hughes

Apr 24, 2007

LYONS - Jack Statton Hughes, 78, died April 24, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 25, 1928, in Emporia, the son of Horace and Mabelle Statton Hughes. He was a 1946 graduate of Emporia High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. A resident of Lyons since 1962, he was a machinist and toolmaker for Lyons...

Robert P. "Bob" Cowan

Robert P. "Bob" Cowan

Apr 22, 2007

Robert P. "Bob" Cowan, 89, died April 22, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 26, 1918, in La Junta, Colo., the son of Richard William and Nellie Smith Cowan. He attended Nickerson schools. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a heating technician, civilian employee at Hutchinson Naval Air Station, and when it closed, was civilian employee for McConnell...

Maxine E. Estes

Maxine E. Estes

Apr 21, 2007

SYLVIA - Maxine E. Estes, 91, died April 21, 2007, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born March 17, 1916, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Katherine Erion Josephson. She graduated from Sylvia High School. A lifetime resident of Sylvia, moving to Pretty Prairie, she was a restaurant owner and operator, linotype operator at the Sylvia...

Michael W. Wedel

Michael W. Wedel

Apr 21, 2007

Michael W. Wedel, 37, died April 21, 2007, at his home. He was born July 15, 1969, in Hutchinson, the son of the Rev. Larry and Raelene M. Cox Wedel. He graduated from Central Christian High School in 1987, and attended Bethel College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he worked at Tyson Foods, South Hutchinson. He belonged to Corner Stone...

Hazel L. Sturdevant Bradley Moore

Hazel L. Sturdevant Bradley Moore

Apr 20, 2007

Hazel Letha Sturdevant Bradley Moore was born April 7, 1912, the sixth of seven children to the late Thomas M. and Stella Dugan Sturdevant in Windyville, Mo. She was preceded in death by her four sisters, and brothers-in-law, and two brothers and sisters-in-law. She was a 1931 graduate of Windyville High School, Windyville, Mo. On Feb. 5, 1934, she married...

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