Howard Nelson
Jan 1, 2007
Howard Nelson, 81, died Jan. 1, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 27, 1925, in Arlington, the son of Leonard and Mabel Simmons Nelson. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1943. A longtime Arlington community resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1974, he was an Arlington farmer and stockman, worked for Reno County Sheriff's Department as a warrant...
Julia Zella Southards
Dec 31, 2006
Julia Zella Southards, 93, died Dec. 31,2006 at Waldron Place. She was born August 13, 1913, in Dodge City, the daughter of John and Neonetta Hedrick. She gradusted in 1930, from Havana High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was the manager of the fashion department for Montgomery Ward, managed the Snack Shop at Grace Hospital, then worked in the...
Robert A. Hooker
Dec 31, 2006
Robert A. Hooker, 78, died Dec. 31, 2006, at the Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 9, 1928, in Winona, the son of Robert B. and Estella M. Thouvenell Hooker. He was a 1946 graduate of Winona High School, a 1951 graduate of Fort Hays State University, with a degree in math and science, and had attended Wichita State...
Edythe E. White
Dec 30, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Edythe E. White, 99, died Dec. 30, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 13, 1907, in Chase, the daughter of Harry N. and Jennie E. Gockstetter Marshall. She was a graduate of Emporia State Teachers College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker and former school teacher. She belonged to First Christian...
Marvin P. Hoskinson
Dec 26, 2006
Marvin Paul Hoskinson, 93, died Dec. 26, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 25, 1913, in Watonga, Okla., the son of Howard C. and Daisy E. King Hoskinson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, where he had been a Kansas State Wrestling Champion. A longtime Hutchinson and Burrton resident, he was retired from Cessna Fluid Power...
Charles E. Bohnstedt
Dec 23, 2006
Charles Edward Bohnstedt, 88, died Dec. 23, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 28, 1918, in Alney, Ill., the son of Ross and Elsie Guess Bohnstedt. He graduated from high school in Indianapolis and later from Purdue University with a degree in electrical engineering. A resident of Hutchinson since 1992, formerly of Somerset, N.J., he was a...
Phyllis E. Meinen
Dec 23, 2006
Phyllis E. "Gran" Meinen, 68, passed away peacefully Dec. 23, 2006 at her home with her family by her side, Maricopa, Ariz. She was born Sept. 15, 1938, in Peoria, Ill., the daughter of Ralph Fred and Edna Mae Thurman Sepp. She moved with her mother and brother to Hutchinson in 1948. She was a machinist for Eaton Corp., retiring...
Geneva M. Hayes
Dec 22, 2006
Geneva M. Hayes, 80, died Dec. 22, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 30, 1926, in Haven, the daughter of Dr. B.S. and Nellie J. Givens Anspach. She graduated in 1944 from Haven High School and in 1948 from Northwestern University. A Hutchinson resident since 1953, moving from Norman and Purcell, Okla., she was a music and...
Mary E. Drew
Dec 21, 2006
WICHITA - Mary Emily Drew, 85, died Dec. 21, 2006, at the Catholic Care Center, Wichita. She was born April 26, 1921, in Arlington, the daughter of Orin Francis and Katherine Elizabeth Davis Clapp. She graduated in 1939 from Larned High School, attended College of Emporia, and graduated in 1942 from Newman Hospital School of Nursing, Emporia. A Hutchinson resident...
Norma J. Richardson
Dec 20, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Norma Jean Richardson, 75, died Dec. 20, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 16, 1931, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles Leroy and Mabel E. Sowers Davis. She attended Hutchinson schools. A resident of South Hutchinson, she was a retired waitress at the Pastime Restaurant. On July 10, 1948, she married Wilburn J. Richardson...
Joyce E. Prickett
Dec 18, 2006
Joyce E. Prickett, 75, died Dec. 18, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 22, 1931, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Horace B. and Mildred Marie Hauser VanCampen. She was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired cashier from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. She belonged to Park Place Christian Church...
Steven R. Beals
Dec 18, 2006
Steven R. Beals, 55, died Dec. 18, 2006 at Hospice House, Hutchisnon. He was born Oct. 6, 1951 in Hutchinson, the son of Richard Lee and Donna Nadean White Beals. In 1970 he graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Salina Business School. A lifelong resident of Hutchinson, he was the bookkeeper at Montezuma Co-op for several years. Survivors include:...
Margaret Lundstrom
Dec 17, 2006
Memorial services for Margaret Gowans Lundstrom, 75, a long-time Hutchinson resident and member of a pioneering Kansas family, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church. A reception will follow at the church. She died Dec. 17 in Des Moines, Iowa, with her family beside her. A unique combination of loving homemaker and brainy mathematics professor, she was...
A. Ione Hidde
Dec 16, 2006
A. Ione Hidde, 84, went to be with the Lord Dec. 16, 2006, passing at her home in Casper, Wyo. She was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Jacksonburg, W. Va., the daughter of Arch and Alma Ash Cain. In 1940, she graduated from Raymond, Kan., High School and in 1941 from the Adale Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A Hutchinson resident...
Verla M. Mccay
Dec 15, 2006
Verla Mae McCay, 69, died Dec. 15, 2006 at Hospice House. She was born Jan. 30, 1937 in California, the daughter of Jack and Opal Babbitt. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Colorado, she was a retired seamstress for Collins Professional Cars and Bus Service. She married Ervin McCay. He died in 1986. Survivors include: a son, Rodney Blehm,...
Harold J. Heimerman
Dec 14, 2006
Harold Joseph Heimerman, 76, died Dec. 14, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 12, 1930, in Wright, the son of Aloys Anthony and Mary Barbara Menges Heimerman. He graduated in 1948, from St. Teresa's High School, and in 1950, from Adela Hale Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was an automotive salesman. He belonged to the Church...
Leland W. Marcotte
Dec 14, 2006
Leland W. "Lee" Marcotte, 80, died Dec. 14, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Dec. 14, 1926, in Aurora, the son of Narcisse Ambrose and Martha Mary Jette Marcotte. He graduated from Salt City Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a miller for William Kelly Flour Mill for 25 years, and then retired from Carey Salt after...
Maurine C. Wilkerson-Summey
Dec 13, 2006
Maurine C. "Rene" Wilkerson-Summey, 90, died Dec. 13, 2006, at her home. She was born Jan. 3, 1916, in Monett, Mo., the daughter of Guy Golden and Delia Patterson Carr. She graduated high school in LaHunta, Colo., in 1934. A resident of Hutchinson since 1943, she was the owner and operator of Wilkerson's Adult Care Home, for 30 years. She...
William H. Hipp
Dec 12, 2006
William H. "Red" Hipp, 86, died Dec. 12, 2006 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 8, 1920, in Randolph, Miss., the son of Vernon D. and Ottley Maude Bishop Hipp. He graduated from Randolph High School. A resident of Hutchisnon since 1956, he was an aircraft mechanic for Wells Aircaft for many years. He served in the U.S....
Anne V. Phillips
Dec 12, 2006
Anne V. Phillips, 88, died Dec. 12, 2006 at her home in Sterling. She was born May 31, 1918, in Malmo, Sweden, the daughter of Malta and Kristina Pearsson Benzow. She moved to the United States from Sweden as a young girl. She had been a resident of Hatboro, PA for more than 60 years before moving to Sterling. She...
