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Kathleen S. Keller

Kathleen S. Keller

Feb 9, 2007

Kathleen S. "Kay" Keller, 87, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born March 1, 1919, in Plains, the daughter of Paul Archie and Carrie Inez Malone Myers. She graduated from Plains High School in 1938. A longtime Arlington resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1982, she was a homemaker and farmer. She belonged to Trinity...

Phyllis A. Rowland

Phyllis A. Rowland

Feb 9, 2007

Phyllis A. Rowland, 72, died Feb. 9, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Jan. 16, 1935, in Geneseo, the daughter of Marion and Lois E. Rusk Buckbee. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a bakery worker at Dillon's. She belonged to Crossroads Christian Church. In October 1951, she married Adrian Blasé, in Hutchinson. He died April...

Maebert Main

Maebert Main

Feb 9, 2007

Maebert Main, 83, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 29, 1923, in Sedgwick, the daughter of Jesse E. and Furilla Mae Hare Cox. A longtime Hutchinson resident, having lived prior in Dodge City, and Fort Wayne, Ind., she was the manager of the former Moose Lodge swimming pool and worked for Taco Grande for more...

Gary Colley

Gary Colley

Feb 7, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gary Colley, 66, died Feb. 7, 2007, at his home, Columbus, Ohio. He was born March 9, 1940, in Hutchinson, the son of Herman and Verna Pauls Colley. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Ohio in 1991, he was a former auto body repairman and paint technician. On Aug. 31, 1979, he married Debbie Davis in...

Mary A. Graber

Mary A. Graber

Feb 6, 2007

PRETTY PRAIRIE - Mary Alice Graber, 77, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Aug. 21, 1929, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of W. H. "Billy" and Mary Alice "Mollie" Collingwood Seyb. In 1947, she graduated from Pretty Prairie High School, then attended Southwestern College, and graduated from Wesley School of Nursing in 1952. A...

Pauline Clough

Pauline Clough

Feb 6, 2007

Pauline Clough, 86, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 6, 1920, in Lost Springs, the daughter of Frederick and Fannie Peterson Baustian. She was a 1938, graduate of Lost Springs High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1986, moving from the Lerado community, she was a homemaker and a nurses' aide for Kingman County...

Jessie V. Cokeley

Jessie V. Cokeley

Feb 6, 2007

Jessie Viola Cokeley, 101, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1905, in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Annie Timby Reichardt. A long time Hutchinson community resident, moving for Gridley, she was a homemaker. She belonged to New Hope Baptist Church, Extension Home Unit, and Bible Study Club. Tatting was one of her...

Ruby I. Elzey

Ruby I. Elzey

Feb 5, 2007

Ruby I. Elzey, 81, died Feb. 5, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1925, in Naylor, Mo., the daughter of Thomas J. and Addie Roundtree Hunt. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. In 1947, she married George L. Elzey in St. Joseph, Mo. He died in...

Steven J. Gilmore

Steven J. Gilmore

Feb 5, 2007

BUHLER - Steven J. Gilmore, 52, died Feb. 5, 2007. He was born Feb. 21, 1954, in Hutchinson, the son of James H. and Helen L. Eldredge Gilmore. In 1972, he graduated from Nickerson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was foreman for G&B Masonry Contractors. He was of the Christian faith. Survivors include: his mother; a sister, Christine...

Kenneth Dale Osborn

Kenneth Dale Osborn

Feb 4, 2007

Kenneth Dale Osborn, 74, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital, ICU. He was born Dec. 1, 1932, in Penalosa, the son of Robert and Lottie Thelma Dahl Osborn. He graduated in 1951 from Cunningham High School. A resident of Emmett for 16 years, moving to Hutchinson in 1995, he was an electrician, retiring from KP&L in 1995. He belonged...

Darrell L. Gaston

Darrell L. Gaston

Feb 4, 2007

Darrell Laurence Gaston, 79, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 29, 1927, in Sylvia, the son of Boyde F. and Viola Shankle Gaston. He graduated from Chase High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1959, he owned Gaston Feed Transport. He belonged to Faith Baptist Church, Hutchinson. He was also a member of the Hutchinson-Reno...

Richard A. Jarmer

Richard A. Jarmer

Feb 4, 2007

Richard Allen Jarmer, 53, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Oct. 1, 1953, in Hutchinson, the son of Joseph and Darlene Barnes Jarmer. In 1972, he graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Tulsa, Okla., moving here at the end of 2006, he was a construction worker...

Rhoda M. Denning

Rhoda M. Denning

Feb 4, 2007

Rhoda M. Denning, 77, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born May 19, 1929, in Battle Creek, Mich., the daughter of Raymond and Velma Baker Good. In 1947, she graduated from West Frankfort High School, Frankfort, Ill., and received her clinical technician degree in 1955 from Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Denver. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was...

Esther H. Shea

Esther H. Shea

Feb 4, 2007

Esther H. Shea, 92, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Eudora Nursing Center. She was born June 20, 1914, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John Baptist and Mary Magdalene Klug Kaiser. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Hutchinson. On Aug. 12, 1932, she married Thomas James Shea in Newton. He died Oct....

Leona F. Stauffer

Leona F. Stauffer

Feb 2, 2007

Leona F. Stauffer, 93, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 14, 1913, in Nickerson, the daughter of Burdette and Nina Riley Gleason. She had lived in Reno and Pratt Counties, before moving to Rawlins, Wyo., from 1941 to 1999, moving back to Hutchinson in 1999, she was a homemaker, and was a switchboard...

Katheryn Ediger

Katheryn Ediger

Feb 2, 2007

Katheryn Ediger, 93, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Buhler, the daughter of Jacob R. and Mary Braun Hiebert. She attended school in Buhler. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church. On Dec. 31, 1948, she married Henry "Hank" Ediger...

Betty F. Aleman

Betty F. Aleman

Feb 2, 2007

Betty Frances Aleman, 80, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 29, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Arcidio and Rita Garcia Aleman. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a silk finisher for both the former Barritt Cleaners and Haskard Cleaners. She belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Survivors include: four brothers, Luis,...

Lucile Mcrevey

Lucile Mcrevey

Jan 31, 2007

Lucile McRevey, 92, died Jan. 31, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1914, in Arlington, the daughter of John Fred and Effie Dorthea Reed Witte. A resident of Hutchinson since 1950, moving from Plevna, she was a homemaker. On Aug. 19, 1941, she married Frank Joseph McRevey in Ellinwood. He died Jan. 9, 1974. Survivors...

Nile Layton Burns

Nile Layton Burns

Jan 30, 2007

Nile "Layton" Burns, 84, died Jan. 30, 2007. He was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Partridge, the son of William and Inez Burns. In 1940, he graduated from Partridge High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was owner of Smith's Market from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. He belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. He was a...

M. Lavetta "Rusty" Braden

M. Lavetta "Rusty" Braden

Jan 29, 2007

M. Lavetta "Rusty" Braden, 69, died Jan. 29, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 8, 1937, in Zenda, the daughter of Claude W. and Marjorie L. Amerine Braden. In 1955, she graduated from Grant County Rural High School, graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield in 1959, and graduated as a registered nurse from Ventura County College in...

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