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Nila J. Showalter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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