Lois A. Michelstetter
Oct 19, 2007
EVANSTON, Wyo. - Lois Alma Michelstetter, 90, died Oct. 19, 2007, at Tender Heart Assisted Living, Evanston, Wyo. She was born Jan. 15, 1917, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Adelbert Rudolph and Jessie Anna Benedict Michelstetter. A resident of Evanston, Wyo., she was a schoolteacher for the Evanston School District for 39 years. She belonged to Union Presbyterian Church, where...
Kathryn Jo Harbaugh
Oct 17, 2007
Kathryn Jo Harbaugh, 54, died Oct. 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital ICU. She was born July 20, 1953, in Medicine Lodge, the daughter of Jacob George and Barbara Jean Taylor Harbaugh. She attended Sharon elementary school system and the Institute of Logopedics, Wichita. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1994. She was a client with TECH. She enjoyed bowling,...
Aubrey Lee Justus
Oct 17, 2007
Aubrey Lee Justus, 83, died Oct. 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 16, 1924, in Sitka, Ark., the son of Clarence and Zona Mann Justus. A longtime resident of Michigan, moving to Hutchinson in 1990, he retired from Michigan Gas and Electric Co., after 33 years, in 1986. He attended The Corner Stone Baptist Church, Hutchinson. He...
Alfred L. Darnell
Oct 16, 2007
Alfred L. "Al" Darnell, 89, died Oct. 16, 2007, at Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers. He was born Oct. 6, 1918, in Vandalia, Mo., the son of Alfred L. and Elizabeth Williams Darnell. He was a Sterling resident from 1956 to 1973, and a Wickenburg, Ariz., resident until moving to Hutchinson in 1985. He was the owner and operator...
Andrew A. Bontrager
Oct 16, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Andrew A. Bontrager, 98, died Oct. 16, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 12, 1909, in rural Haven, the son of Andrew F. and Fannie Borntrager Bontrager. He attended Yoder schools. He was a resident of the Haven and Yoder area all his life. He was a farmer, and was ordained minister at the age...
Wilbur C. Bruegger
Oct 14, 2007
Wilber C. "Speedy" Bruegger, 86, died Oct. 14, 2007, in Joplin, Mo. He was born Aug. 17, 1921, in Bushton, the son of Edwin John and Mattie Bell Keys Bruegger. He was a 1939 graduate of Bushton High School and was an alumnus of Fort Hays State University. He was raised in Bushton, lived in Farmington, N.M., for 38 years,...
Myrtle M. Engle
Oct 13, 2007
Myrtle M. "Mirt" Engle, 69, died Oct. 13, 2007, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 11, 1938, in Shoal Creek, N.C., the daughter of Eskel and Ethel Early Self. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1961. She was a homemaker. She belonged to The Father's House. On Dec. 30, 1989, she married Mike Engle in Hutchinson....
Gerald E. Culver
Oct 13, 2007
Gerald E. Culver, 79, died Oct. 13, 2007, at William Newton Hospital, Winfield. He was born May 22, 1928, in Lamont, the son of Lesslie C. and Clara Mae Burkey Culver. He was a 1936 graduate of Claflin High School. He was a resident of Winfield. He worked as a bank teller with Hutchinson National Bank for over 45 years,...
Janice Arlene Parry
Oct 12, 2007
Janice Arlene Parry, 69, died Oct. 12, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 5, 1938, in rural Jewell, the daughter of Howard Kenneth and Leona Mabel Plumly Lienberger. She was a longtime Hutchinson resident. She was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a lifetime member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68...
Arthur L. White
Oct 12, 2007
Arthur L. "Short" White, 78, died Oct. 12, 2007, at Deseret, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 10, 1929, in Salem, Ill., the son of James Albert and Harriett Morrison White. He graduated in 1947, from Salem (Ill.) High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1964, moving from Illinois, he worked for Illinois Central, then Santa Fe, with 31 years of...
Barbara June Scheuermann
Oct 9, 2007
Barbara June Scheuermann, 75, died Oct. 9, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born June 15, 1932, in Colby, the daughter of Walter and Wilma Baughman Chase. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and had worked for the former Grace Hospital. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. She was a member of Circle 3 and the...
Cecil R. Price
Oct 8, 2007
Cecil Raye Price, 49, died Oct. 8, 2007, at his home. He was born May 21, 1958, in North Carolina, the son of William and Myrtle Self Price. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a carpenter and surveyor. Survivors include: his mother and stepfather, Myrtle and Mike Engle, Hutchinson; a brother, Craig Milligan, Lancaster, Calif.; and a sister, Kathy...
Doris P. Griffin
Oct 7, 2007
Doris P. Griffin, 91, died Oct. 7, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 16, 1915, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Henry Thomas and Gladys Lena Bobey Lanning. She attended Hutchinson High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Nickerson in 1978, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Fairview United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and...
Michael J. Armstrong
Oct 6, 2007
Michael J. "Mike" Armstrong, 55, died peacefully at his home, as a result of liver cancer, Oct. 6, 2007, surrounded by family, he left this earth in time to make his heavenly tee time. He was born Oct. 19, 1951, in Pittsburg, the son of Robert and Virginia Clouse Armstrong. He graduated in 1969 from Trinity High School, and attended...
George L. Scott
Oct 4, 2007
George Leon "Scotty" Scott, 88, died Oct. 4, 2007, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 4, 1919, in Coffeyville, the son of Harry Chester and Lenora Mae Morris Scott. He graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1937, and attended Cowley County Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1954, he was owner operator of Countryside Golf...
Vivian L. Clark
Oct 3, 2007
Vivian L. Clark, 90, died Oct. 3, 2007, at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 22, 1917, in Maize, the daughter of Otis W. and Ethel M. Falbush Adamson. She was a Wichita and Halstead resident most of her life. She had worked for Comley-Neff Lumber, Wichita and had been the bookkeeper for E.C. Clark Hardware and...
Alice R. Farney
Oct 3, 2007
Alice Rosedell Nickels Farney, 91, slipped peacefully from this life into that place especially prepared for her by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Oct. 3, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born Nov. 10, 1915, near Buhler, the daughter of Urey W. and Mary V. Schroeder Nickels. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933. She was raised...
Helen Ann Dean
Oct 1, 2007
Helen Ann Dean, 82, died Oct. 1, 2007, at Peach Tree Place, Weatherford, Texas. She was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Lake Forest, Ill., the daughter of George W. and Mildred White Wilson. She graduated in 1944 from the College of William & Mary Richmond Professional Institute. A resident of Hutchinson since 1952, she was a homemaker and retired in1978,...
Lois P. Locke
Sep 30, 2007
Lois P. Locke, 89, died Sept. 30, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born July 17, 1918, in Saline County, the daughter of Clarence and Lottie Banker Garrison. She was a longtime resident of the Langdon community moving to Hutchinson in 2006. She graduated from Salina High School with the class of 1935, and attended Kansas State University....
Elinor M. Kampe
Sep 29, 2007
Elinor M. Krampe, 99, died Sept. 29, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center. She was born July 20, 1908, in Silica, the daughter of Bernard and Dina Deuser Krampe. She graduated from Ellinwood High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she had been a housekeeper for Father Leroy Metz, Waterloo, and a nurses' aide at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She attended the...
