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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Elsie K. Eagles
Apr 18, 2007
Elsie Katherine Eagles, beloved wife and mother, passed away from this world on April 18, 2007. Elsie was born Elsie Katherine Herdt on Christmas Day 1924, in Hoisington, to John and Katherine Zimmerman Herdt. She graduated from Hoisington High School in 1942. She married Eldon W. "Buzz" Eagles of Hoisington on June 28, 1947, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hoisington. They...
Howard J. Carey, Jr.
Apr 17, 2007
Howard J. "Jake" Carey Jr., 89, died April 17, 2007, at Via Christi Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Aug. 18, 1917, in Hutchinson, the son of Howard J. Carey Sr. and Louise Banks Carey. In 1934, he graduated from Hutchinson High School, in 1938 from Dartmouth University and the University of Michigan school of law in...
Frank A. Stuckey
Apr 17, 2007
Frank Albert "Zeke" Stuckey, 85, died April 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 17, 1921, in Hutchinson, the son of George Harr and Helen Fearl Stuckey. In 1939, he graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College for a year. He was a member of the first class of the civilian pilot training program in...
Ferne M. Hadley
Apr 16, 2007
Ferne M. Hadley, 87, died April 16, 2007, at Deseret Health Care, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 18, 1919, in South Hutchinson, the daughter of Joseph Albert and Hattie A. Ireton Cox. In 1937, she graduated from Hutchinson High School and in 1939, she graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area, she was a teacher...
Ava B. Schlegel
Apr 15, 2007
Ava Bonnie Schlegel, 80, died April 15, 2007, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1926, in Michigan Valley, the daughter of Omar and Leora Larrimore Williams. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired telephone operator. She belonged to Telephone Pioneers of America. On Feb. 26, 1954, she married Sylvester F. "Si" Schlegel. He died...
