Phillip A. Meier
Jun 8, 2007
Phillip A. "Phil" Meier, 88, died June 8, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 13, 1918, in Haven, the son of Louis E. and Albina K. O'Neal Meier. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937. A resident of Hutchinson since 1949, he had worked for Panhandle Eastern and was the owner and manager of...
Dorothy L. Armour
Jun 7, 2007
Dorothy L. Armour, 93, died June 7, 2007 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 17, 1913 in Haven, the daughter of Guy W. and Laura Peckham Astle. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and received her bachelor's degree in political science from Washburn University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1922, she...
Neola D. Vogts
Jun 5, 2007
Neola D. Vogts, 80, died June 5, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born on June 21, 1926, in Plainville, the daughter of Leo and Clio Hazel Bessey Westhusin. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1964, moving here from Pratt. She attended Codell High School graduating in 1944. She retired from Eaton Corp. assembly line in 1990 after 20...
Thelma M. Lingerfelt
Jun 3, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Thelma Meleese Lingerfelt, 91, died June 3, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 17, 1915, in Foss, Okla., the daughter of William Tinley and Arka Geneva Crabb Carpenter. She was a Hutchinson, Reno County, resident since 1932. She graduated from Foss High School, Foss, Okla., then attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a...
Barbara J. Miller
Jun 1, 2007
Barbara Jean Miller, 82, died June 1, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 17, 1924, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Paul F. and Sidney H. Schuck Smith. She graduated from Kanopolis High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, and had worked for Dillon's and the Hutchinson Recreation Commission. She belonged to First...
Carolyn J. Duggan
May 31, 2007
Carolyn J. Duggan, 67, died May 31, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Sept. 13, 1939, in Hillsboro, the daughter of Harry and Susie Smith Decker. She graduated from Roxbury High School in 1957, and Brown Mackie College, Salina. A resident of Hutchinson since 1962, she was a secretary for USD 308 Vo-tech, retiring in 2002. She...
C. Pearl Denslow
May 31, 2007
BURRTON - C. Pearl Denslow, 91, died May 31, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 10, 1915, in Elkhart, the daughter of Charles William and Nancy Adolene Gaden Swagerty. She had lived in the Stratton, Colo., community before moving to Burrton in 2001. She had worked in a clothing store in Elkhart, and had partnered with another couple...
Hopkins C. Cushing
May 30, 2007
Hopkins C. "Hop" Cushing, 84, died May 30, 2007, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 8, 1923, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Frank and Marian Springer Cushing Sr. He graduated from Minneapolis West High School in 1940, and from the University of Minnesota in 1944. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired grain broker with...
Robert M. Reichert
May 30, 2007
Robert M. "Bob" Reichert, 87, died May 30, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born March 22, 1920, in DeWitt, Iowa, the son of John Martin and Lucy Eby Reichert. He graduated in 1937, from Springfield (Mo.) High School, and in 1951 from Kansas State University. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, moving from Salina, he was a mechanical...
Carl H. Obermite
May 30, 2007
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Carl "Harold" Horst Obermite, 85, died May 30, 2007, at Christus Spohn Hospital South, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born July 3, 1921, in Neu-Pillkaller, Ostpreussen, East Prussia, Germany, the son of Eduard and Emma Thieler Obermeit. He moved to the United States in 1956, and was a longtime resident of Inman and Hutchinson, moving to...
Billie Dean Day
May 29, 2007
Billie Dean "Bill" Day, 68, died May 29, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born on Aug. 7, 1938, in Buffalo, the son of Fred C. and Ida Marguerite Osborne Day. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson. He was a retired Mechanic for Eaton Corp. He served in U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1960. He was of the...
Elva P. Bishop
May 29, 2007
Elva P. Bishop, 77, died May 29, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center. She was born on July 10, 1929, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles and Estella Pearl Lewis Kerns, but was raised by her stepfather Bill Metzler and her mother. She was a lifelong resident of Hutchinson. She attended Hutchinson schools. She was a homemaker. On June 29, 1947,...
Norval N. Kline, Jr.
May 28, 2007
Norval N. Kline Jr., 90, died May 28, 2007, in Phoenix. He was born Dec. 15, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of Norval N. Kline and Maude Lamont Kline. He was a lifelong resident of Hutchinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934, from Hutchinson Junior College in 1936, and the University of Kansas school of business in 1938....
Eldon T. Morti
May 28, 2007
Eldon T. Morti, 78, died May 28, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born on Aug. 14, 1928, in rural Yates Center, the son of William Truman and Viola Emma Semisch Morti. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a 1946 graduate of Luray High School, received his bachelor's degree from...
Floyd Keith Rayl
May 27, 2007
Floyd Keith Rayl, 81, deid May 27, 2007 at Hospice House. He was born Sept 7, 1925, in Hutchinson the son of Clarence Morgan and Nellie Ora Miller Rayl. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943 and attended Hutchinson Junior College and Salt City Business College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a clerk for the Santa Fe...
Marie K. Vesper
May 26, 2007
Marie K. Vesper, 89, died May 26, 2007 at Buhler Sunshine Home, Buhler. She was born Oct. 1, 1917 in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Rudolph and Anna Stucky Krehbiel. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Grace Bible Church. On March 3, 1944, she married Quinton R. Vesper in Moundridge. He died Sept....
Avriel Evelyn Keefer
May 25, 2007
Avriel Evelyn "Ace" Keefer, 102, died May 25, 2007, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center. She was born Oct. 17, 1904, in Claflin, the daughter of James Phillip and Rose Anna Smearer Starks. She graduated from Claflin High School in 1922, attended Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Cranston School of Music, Kansas City, Mo., and Waterman School of Music, Los Angeles....
Don E. Williams
May 25, 2007
Don E. Williams, 85, died May 25, 2007, at Thorne Care Center. He was born June 2, 1921, in Woodward, Okla., the son of Earl Winston and Rachel Margaret Coombes Williams. He graduated in 1939, from Woodward High School, and in 1940 from Wichita Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, he had been an agent with State Farm...
Phyllis M. Smythe
May 24, 2007
Phyllis M. Smythe, 91, died May 24, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. She was born May 20, 1916, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles W. and Ollie Conley Pool. She graduated in 1933 from Hutchinson High School, in 1935 from Hutchinson Community College, and attended Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she taught school...
Lawrence Lang
May 24, 2007
Lawrence Dean "Larry" Lang, 84, died May 24, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 23, 1923, in Pendennis, the son of Charles "Dee" and Melinda "Dorothy" Warnken Lang. He grew up on the family farm in Lane County and had been a longtime Hutchinson resident. He was a mechanic in his early years and drove for Santa Fe...
