Alvin R. Smith
Mar 26, 2007
Alvin R. "Smitty" Smith, 76, died March 26, 2007, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 17, 1930, in Blackwater, Mo., the son of George D. Smith and Kathryn R. Hamilton Brayman. In 1949, he graduated from Pilot Grove,( Mo.) High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he had been a rancher and plant technician for Western Union with 30...
Vernon L.P. Carder, Sr.
Mar 25, 2007
Vernon Lee Paul Carder Sr., 77, died March 25, 2007, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Ness City, the son of Theodore Roosevelt and Dortha Niamah Hertel Carder. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, he worked for Cargill Salt for 44 years retiring in 1995. He was a former member of Assembly of God...
Wilma J. Spangler
Mar 25, 2007
Wilma J. Spangler, 82, died March 25, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 29, 1924, in Tonkawa, Okla., the daughter of William H. and Della Esther Mendenhall Johnston. In 1942, she graduated from Hutchinson High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Christian Church, Hutchinson. She was also a member of Christian...
Madyson Ann Pitzer
Mar 25, 2007
Madyson Ann Pitzer was stillborn March 25, 2007, at Rice County Hospital. She was the daughter of Jason Wade Penner and Stephanie Ann Pitzer. Her parents are lifetime residents of Hutchinson. Survivors include: her parents; a brother, Braxton, of the home; grandparents, Jess and Jean Penner and Douglas J. and Debra Ann Pitzer, all of Hutchinson; aunts and uncles, Jill...
J.F, Shafer
Mar 25, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - J.F. Shafer, 84, died March 25, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Southwest City, Mo., the son of John F. and Hazel Brooks Shafer Sr. He had attended Wichita East High School through his junior year, moved with family to Tribune and graduated in the Class of 1940 at Greeley...
Ruth P. Gowens
Mar 23, 2007
Ruth Pauline Gowens, 87, died March 23, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 30, 1920, in Trousdale, the daughter of Jay and Blanche Greene Gould. A resident of Hutchinson since the mid 60s, moving from Pratt, she was a retired nursery nurses' aide at the former St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hutchinson. On April 14, 1956, she married Martin...
Frank C. Stecklein
Mar 20, 2007
Frank Clarence Stecklein, 88, died March 20, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 6, 1918, in Ness City, the son of Andrew and Rosa Dinges Stoecklein. A resident of Hutchinson since 1957, he was a mechanic for Detroiter Mobile Homes, Wesley Towers and McDonalds retiring in 1998. He belonged to St. Teresa Catholic Church,...
Joe C. Phleger
Mar 20, 2007
Joe C. Phleger, 91, died March 20, 2007, at Bethany Home, Lindsborg. He was born March 2, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of Arthur and Elva Green Phleger. In 1934, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked for Beach Electric and Johnson Sheet Metal before owning and operating Phleger Heating and Air Conditioning Co.,...
Wayne A. Blue
Mar 19, 2007
LINCOLN, Neb. - Wayne Allen Blue, 73, died March 19, 2007, at his home in Lincoln, Neb. He was born March 16, 1934, in Colorado, the son of Byron M. and Beatrice Vivian Marshall Blue. He was a 1952 graduate of Arlington High School. A resident of Lincoln, Neb., since 2003, formerly a resident of Arlington since 1952, he retired...
Frederick J. Burke
Mar 16, 2007
Frederick J. "Fred" Burke, 77, died March 16, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Jan. 26, 1930, in Rodman, N.Y., the son of William and Ida Patterson Burke. He graduated from Carthage High School, Carthage, N.Y., and attended Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. A resident of Hutchinson since 1969, he was retired from the U.S. Navy after...
Louise M. Barnett
Mar 15, 2007
RESTON, Virginia - Louise Murine Barnett, passed away March 15, 2007, at Reston Hospital, Reston, Virginia. Louise was born Aug. 18, 1917, in Arlington, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Anna Blodgett-Delventhal. She married Ralph Barnett April 3, 1935, in Hutchinson, Kansas. He died March 6, 1997. Louise is survived by daughter, Norma Barnett, Reston, Virginia; daughter, Phyllis Gable and...
Ann F. Smith
Mar 15, 2007
Ann F. Smith, 90, died March 15, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1916, in Ness City, the daughter of Charles Wesley and Pearl Grace Phillips Foster. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933, and in 1935, from Venus Beauty Academy, Wichita. She was a homemaker and beautician at Innes Department Store Beauty Shop, Wichita....
Arthur G. Moye, Jr.
Mar 13, 2007
Arthur G. "Hucklebuck" "Huck" Moye Jr., 58, peacefully passed away on March 13, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 14, 1949, in Enid, Okla., the son of Arthur and Grace Purify Moye Sr. He attended Garfield Elementary School, Enid; Buhler High School; and graduated in 1967 from Hutchinson High School. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson....
Donald L. Smith
Mar 11, 2007
Donald Lee Smith, 77, died March 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 16, 1929, in Hutchinson, the son of Henry and Rosa Sayers Smith. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he had worked for Morton Salt, Mega Manufacturing, KSIR, and Eaton Corp. for 23 years, retiring in 1992. He belonged to First Baptist Church, Hutchinson. He also was...
Richard K. Welborn
Mar 10, 2007
Richard K. "Dick" Welborn, 91, died March 10, 2007, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 8, 1916, in La Cygne, the son of Richard Gregory and Lelah Frances Rose Welborn. In 1934, he graduated from Hutchinson High School and in 1936, he graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1933, he was the retired...
Dorothy A. Skoch
Mar 10, 2007
Dorothy A. Skoch, 84, died March 10, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born June 9, 1922, in Silver Lake, the daughter of John and Clara Tenopir Johnston. She was a graduate of Irving, Kansas High School and Palmer Secretarial College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1947, she was a secretary and retired bookkeeper for Wilson Machine Company....
Trinidad R. Ruelas
Mar 9, 2007
Trinidad R. Ruelas, 97, died March 9, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 6, 1909, in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico, the son of Margarito and Placida Ramirez Ruelas. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he served for more than 30 years for Union Pacific Railroad, retiring in 1975, and also was a lawn care provider for many prominent businessmen. He...
Clifford Dale Newell, Sr.
Mar 8, 2007
Clifford Dale Newell Sr., 80, died March 8, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born Feb. 16, 1927, in McAllaster, the son of Andrew J. and Mabel L. Keever Newell. A resident of Reno County since 1981, he was a farmer. He belonged to Full Gospel Assembly Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post...
Nina Casey
Mar 8, 2007
Nina "Irene" Casey, 84, died March 8, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Village, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 3, 1922 in Nickerson, the daughter of Ezra A. and Charlotte B. Neuenschwander Schott. She attended Hutchinson schools. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a deli worker for Dillon's deli, and then later worked at Dillon's Warehouse. On Aug. 31, 1940, she...
Marylou G. Gentry
Mar 7, 2007
Marylou G. Gentry, 89, died peacefully March 7, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital, after a short illness. She was born Oct. 1, 1917, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Frederick C. and Alice Leonard Gunn. A resident at Wesley Towers for the last 2 1/2 years, she moved there from Sheboygan, Wis. She graduated from Southwest High School, Kansas City,...
