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Zola F. Mcgonigle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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