James W. Brown
Feb 23, 2007
James W. Brown, 81, died Feb. 23, 2007 at Hospice House. He was born September 13, 1925, in Manhattan, the son of Floyd K. and Maye Williams Brown. He graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Kansas State and Ottawa Universities. He served in the Merchant Marines. On Jan. 1, 1945 he married Jeanne Wolford. They were married for 25...
Jerry A. Lowrey
Feb 23, 2007
Jerry Arlo Lowrey, 64, died Feb. 23, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1942, in Hutchinson, the son of Willard "Bill" and Elsie Cooper Lowrey. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1962. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a master carpenter and owner of Lowrey Construction. He attended Westbrook Baptist Church and belonged to the Sandhill...
Maryellen Westfall
Feb 22, 2007
Maryellen Westfall, 85, died Feb. 22, 2007, at the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Geriatric Center, Winchester. She was born Nov. 21, 1921, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Jesse Earnest and Lottie Isabelle Murphy Frederick. She graduated from Salt City Business College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, moving to Winchester in 2002, she was a retired painter and wallpaper hanger. She was...
Ronald C. Johnson
Feb 21, 2007
Ronald C. Johnson, 74, died Feb. 21, 2007, at his home. He was born Dec. 30, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Cleon C. and Lucy C. Turner Johnson. He attended schools in Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson, he worked in plant maintenance at Western Resources, formerly K.P.L. He belonged to Forest Park Presbyterian Church, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post...
Mabel C. Kiene
Feb 20, 2007
Mabel Constance "Connie" Kiene, 95, died Feb. 20, 2007, at her daughter's home. She was born April 6, 1911, in Sheerness, Kent, England, the daughter of Alfred G. and Lydia Mabel Broadhurst Jenks. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, she was a secretary for Bermuda Gas and Electric for 23 years. She belonged to the Church of England. In 1934,...
Zola F. Mcgonigle
Feb 20, 2007
Zola Fern McGonigle, 87, Hutchinson, died Feb. 20, 2007, at the Pleasant View Home, in Inman. She was born May 22, 1919, in rural Sterling, Reno County, the daughter of Emerson Bristol and Norma Evelyn Baker Belden. Zola was a graduate of Alden High School. As a young lady she worked for J.C. Penney in Sterling. Later, she was a...
Fae Elland
Feb 19, 2007
Fae Elland, 95, died Feb. 19, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 7, 1911, in Bucklin, the daughter of Charles and Nellie Dellinger Redfield. She was a 1929, graduate of Bucklin High School, Bucklin. A resident of Hutchinson since 1961, moving from Garden City, she was a homemaker and had been a beautician in Bucklin. She...
Shirley Mae Brubaker
Feb 18, 2007
BUHLER - Shirley Mae Brubaker, 67, died Feb. 18, 2007, at her home, Buhler. She was born Feb. 6, 1940, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Delmar and Esther Jenkins Barkman. She was a 1958 graduate of Buhler High School. A resident of Buhler since 1974, moving from Hutchinson, she was a skip tracer for Transunion Credit Bureau for 25 years....
Lillian A. Browning
Feb 17, 2007
Lillian Alberta Browning, 95, died Feb. 17, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born June 3, 1911, in Ellinwood, the daughter of Albert and Lillian Emma Yeager Schroder. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1990, formerly of Los Angeles, she was a former dental and medical assistant. She belonged to First Church of...
James Krieg
Feb 17, 2007
James "Jamie" Krieg, 62, died Feb. 17, 2007, at Hospice House. He was born March 14, 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold Andrew and Ruth Lucille Poulton Krieg. He graduated in 1962 from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a retired carpenter for Dillons stores. He attended Grace Bible Church. On Nov. 25, 1999, he...
Virginia Frances "Ginny" Hulet
Feb 16, 2007
Virginia Frances "Ginny" Hulet, 88, died Feb. 16, 2007, at Wesley Towers, Hester Care Center. She was born Aug. 7, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Milford Willis and May Verne Allphin Hartmann. She graduated in 1936, from Hutchinson High School, attended Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, Okla., the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas State University, Manhattan, and the Adela...
Norman "Butch" Regehr
Feb 15, 2007
INMAN - Norman "Butch" Regehr, 72, died Feb. 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital ICU. He was born Jan. 2, 1935, in Hutchinson, the son of Aaron D. and Esther Fehdrau Regehr. He graduated from Inman High School in 1952. A longtime resident of Inman, he was a retired loadout for Buhler Mills, Nabisco and ADM Flour Mills. He belonged to...
Edward M. Allen
Feb 15, 2007
Edward M. "Mike" Allen, 74, died Feb. 15, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 17, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Edward H. and Maxine Taylor Allen. He graduated in 1950 from Chase High School and in 1957 from Fort Hays State College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1959, he worked for 30 years at Morton Salt Co.,...
Harriet Withrow
Feb 14, 2007
Harriet Withrow, 87, died Feb. 14, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 5, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ernest and Winifred Barnes Reed Adamson. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she had been an operator with Southwestern Bell Telephone from 1949 to 1962, and then worked for Deming Studios. She belonged to the First Assembly of God Church. On...
Wendell C. Fjelstad
Feb 14, 2007
Wendell Claire Fjelstad, 84, died Feb. 14, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 22, 1922, in Stanley, N.D., the son of Peder Paul and Aleitha Blanche Martin Fjelstad. A resident of Hutchinson since 1988, moving from Arkansas City and Topeka, he was a salesman for Kansas Gas Service Company, working in Topeka, Hiawatha and Arkansas City, retiring in...
Martha M. Traffas
Feb 13, 2007
Martha M. "Mardi" Traffas, 96, died Feb. 13, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 19, 1910, in Chicago, the daughter of George and Martha Virbukas Zaromskis. A Hutchinson resident since 1974, moving from Sharon, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Church of the Holy Cross, Altar Society and St. Veronicas Circle of Holy Cross, The National...
Nima M. Newington
Feb 13, 2007
Nima M. Newington, 78, died Feb. 13, 2007, at Pleasant View Nursing Home in the Plaza, Inman. She was born May 19, 1928, in Detroit, the daughter of Frederick O. and Emma May Rowan Newington. She had attended school in Topeka. A resident of Hutchinson since 2001, formerly of Topeka, she was a secretary at medical offices. She belonged to...
William P. Owens
Feb 12, 2007
William P. "Bill" Owens, 98, died Feb. 12, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 15, 1908, in Emporia, the son of Owen Thomas and Elizabeth Rees Owens. In 1929, he graduated from Emporia High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was business owner of Owens Tractor Implement, Emporia, A & W Restaurants of McPherson and Hutchinson, and...
Marie E. Lang
Feb 12, 2007
Marie Erika Lang, 90, died Feb. 12, 2007 at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born April 24, 1916 in Aberdeen, Idaho, the daughter of Henry Gerhard and Anna L. Kopper Fast. She graduated in 1936 from Whitewater High School. A longtime Sylvia area resident, moving to Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and farmer's wife. She belonged to First...
Frankie L. Meador
Feb 11, 2007
Frankie L. Meador, 101, died Feb. 11, 2007, at Riverside Village Retirement Center, Wichita. She was born April 19, 1905, in Nickerson, the daughter of James Frank and Carrie Mae Jones Whitt. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1925. A resident of Wichita since 2005, haveing been a longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Feb. 17, 1932...
