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Gerald D. Steierl

Gerald D. Steierl

Sep 28, 2007

Gerald "Jerry" Duane Steierl, 76, died Sept. 28, 2007, at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. He was born June 10, 1931, in Sterling, the son of Roy Konrad and Bernadine Stubbs Steierl. He attended Jefferson Grade School, rural Sterling. He grew up farming the family farm North of Nickerson, eventually moving into Nickerson, where he lived for 10 years, before moving to...

Frieda V. Ahrens

Frieda V. Ahrens

Sep 26, 2007

Frieda V. Ahrens, 84, died Sept. 26, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1923, in Karval, Colo., the daughter of Gotthilf and Anna Bertha Theresa Frohreich Witt. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She graduated from Blue Cliff High School, Karval, Colo., in 1941. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Walnut and Campbell Church...

Richard L. Fritschen

Richard L. Fritschen

Sep 25, 2007

Richard L. Fritschen, 71, died Sept. 25, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 22, 1936, in Hays, the son of Leonard T. and Isabelle M. Hirt Fritschen. He was a Hutchinson resident since 1968. He graduated from Dorrance High School. He received his bachelor's degree in elementary education and his master's degree in administration and curriculum from Fort...

Lois C. Scott

Lois C. Scott

Sep 25, 2007

Lois C. Scott, 87, died Sept. 25, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 12, 1920, in Burrton, the daughter of Andrew J. and Catherine Schilling Brown. She was a 1939 graduate of Halstead High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she retired as co-owner of Scott's Café and Service in Haven and Halstead. She was also a...

Beulah N. Fast

Beulah N. Fast

Sep 23, 2007

Beulah N. Fast, 85, died Sept. 23, 2007, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 22, 1921, in Lexington, Ky., the daughter of Clyde D. and Esta Ann Johnson Sturgeon. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She went to Hutchinson High School, graduating with the class of 1940. She was homemaker and worked for five years...

Barry B. Arnett

Barry B. Arnett

Sep 23, 2007

Barry B. "Arnery" Arnett, 68, died Sept. 23, 2007 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 22, l939, in Independence, the son of Charles Cecil and Dorothy Alice Stopher Arnett. He worked for USD 309, the Hutchinson Sports Arena, the Reno County Weed Department and retired from Morton Salt Company. He belonged to Hutchinson Wesleyan Church, the Moose Lodge No....

James Turley

James Turley

Sep 23, 2007

James "Jim" Turley, 70, died Sept. 23, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Blue Rapids, the son of Charles Albert "A.C." and Ruth Elizabeth Baker Turley. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1955. a resident of Hutchinson since 1975, moving from Medina, Ohio, he was a salesman for Target Lighting, now known as Budget...

I. Lynn Pattinson

I. Lynn Pattinson

Sep 22, 2007

I. Lynn Pattinson, 45, died Sept. 22, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born March 31, 1962, in Bellflower, Calif., the daughter of Rex Davis Jackson and Judith Renee Nelson. She attended Chaffee High School, Ontario, Calif. She was a cashier at Dillions Northgate and formerly worked in production at Electrex. She belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Orville L. Field

Orville L. Field

Sep 21, 2007

Orville Lloyd Field, 87, died Sept. 21, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 16, 1919, in Reno County, the son of Lee Charles and Hattie Ruth Hoag Field. He graduated in 1938, from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Reno County, he was a farmer and retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He belonged to the...

Connie Sue Guthrie

Connie Sue Guthrie

Sep 20, 2007

Connie Sue Guthrie, 60, died Sept. 20, 2007, at her home, Salina. She was born Dec. 15, 1946, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George A. and Mildred Cunday Benson. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1964, attended Hutchinson Community College, and graduated from St. Elizabeth's School of Radiological Technology, Hutchinson. A resident of Salina since 1968, she worked at...

Dorothy Stalcup Kline

Dorothy Stalcup Kline

Sep 20, 2007

Dorothy Stalcup Kline, 84, died Sept. 20, 2007, at Hospice House, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born June 13, 1923, in Burrton, the eldest child of J.H. and Lela Jones Stalcup. She graduated from Burrton High School and was the senior class valedictorian, and then received a degree in education from Emporia State Teacher's College. Following...

Ruth M. Hook

Ruth M. Hook

Sep 19, 2007

Ruth M. Hook, 91, died Sept. 19, 2007, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Oct. 9, 1915, in Turon, the daughter of John Henry and Mary Alice Rose Jones. She was a Sylvia resident most of her life before moving to South Hutchinson. She was a homemaker and had been an Avon representative. She belonged to Walnut and Campbell Church...

Michelle R. Luckey

Michelle R. Luckey

Sep 19, 2007

Michelle R. Luckey, 45, died Sept. 19, 2007, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, Pa. She was born Sept. 12, 1962, in Sterling, the daughter of Ralph Russell Cain and Donna Lou Tillery Raya. She attended Nickerson schools. A resident of Stroudsburg for the last 16 years, formerly of Hutchinson and Wantaugh, N.Y., she was an emergency medical technician for...

Ethel M. Geesling

Ethel M. Geesling

Sep 18, 2007

Ethel Marie McMichael Milburn Geesling, 84, died Sept. 18, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Dec. 17, 1922, in rural Penalosa, the daughter of Edward and Pearl McCormac McMichael. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 2004, moving from Turon, and was formerly of Penalosa. She graduated from Penalosa High School, Kansas State University and the University...

Gary C. Tipton

Gary C. Tipton

Sep 18, 2007

Gary C. Tipton, 67, died Sept. 18, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 1, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Carl and Monica B. Battershell Tipton. He was a resident of South Hutchinson. He attended schools in Hutchinson. He was a business agent for Iron Workers Union, Local No. 606. He served in the U.S. Army. He belonged...

Norma J. Parks

Norma J. Parks

Sep 17, 2007

Norma J. Parks, 75, died Sept. 17, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 1, 1931, in Woodard, Okla., the daughter of Will and Ruby Cavin Thomas. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she worked for the American Red Cross. She belonged to Union Valley Bible Church. On...

Sandra L. Barnett

Sandra L. Barnett

Sep 16, 2007

Sandra Lynn Barnett, 61, died Sept. 16, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Modale, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth Eugene and Lila Belle Withem Ritchison. She attended Tech High School in Omaha, Neb. A resident of Hutchinson since 2005, she was general manager of Payday Money Store. Survivors include: four daughters, Lori Lynn...

Harold T. Dill

Harold T. Dill

Sep 15, 2007

Harold T. Dill, 66, died Sept. 15, 2007, at Salina Regional Health Care Center. He was born July 27, 1941, in Warren, Ohio, the son of Kenneth and Mary Gairy Dill. He was a 1959 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson for most of his life, he was a retired printer for The Hutchinson News. He belonged...

Luella Mae Gaeddert

Luella Mae Gaeddert

Sep 15, 2007

Luella Mae Gaeddert, 93, died Sept. 15, 2007, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born Sept. 21, 1913, in Abbyville, the daughter of Edward J. and Mary Krenzin Oyer. A lifetime resident of the Abbyville Community, before moving to Pleasant View Home in December 2001, she was a farm wife and homemaker. She attended Medora Community Church. Her hobbies...

Hope R. Carlson

Hope R. Carlson

Sep 15, 2007

Hope Rachel Carlson, 87, died Sept. 15, 2007, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, in Harrisburg, Penn., the daughter of Harry and Sara Reed Wenrion. She was a beautician. She was a Jehovah's Witness. She was married to Herbert Russel Carlson. He preceded her in death. Survivors include: a sister, Eva Jane Williams, Hutchinson. She...

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