Mary E. Wendland
Jun 15, 2007
Mary E. Wendland, 95, died June 15, 2007, at Hester Care Center. She was born Sept. 1, 1911, in rural Lyndon, the daughter of LaForrest and Annie Peterson Elliott. She was a 1928 graduate of Lyndon High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, to prepare herself to teach in a rural school. Her early schools were in rural...
William J. Boor
Jun 14, 2007
William J. "Bill" Boor, 84, died June 14, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital ER. He was born on July 16, 1922, in Beaver, the son of Wenzel H. and Anna Marie Hipp Boor. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Ellinwood where they lived for 23 years. He graduated from Hanston High School. He was a retired construction worker....
Steven Clary
Jun 13, 2007
Steven Clary, 58, died June 13, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 23, 1949, in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Timothy Titus and Beulah Franklin Clary. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a self-employed truck driver. On Sept. 1, 1968, he married Mary Sarras. She survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Matthew, Gardner, and John, Norton;...
Janice M. Cooke
Jun 13, 2007
Janice M. Cooke, 77, died June 13, 2007, at Pioneer Ridge Care Center, Lawrence. She was born March 19, 1930, in Dodge City, the daughter of Dr. Guy L. and Marion Brown Cowen. She graduated from Dodge City High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1963, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. On Dec....
Josephine A. Flora
Jun 12, 2007
Josephine Anne "Josie" Flora, 71, died June 12, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 12, 1935, in Hutchinson, the daughter of James Wilbour and Christine Josephine Haas Walden. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, owner of Flora's Custom Quilting and a longtime Avon representative. She was a lifetime member of both Kansas State Rabbit...
Doris C. Leighnor
Jun 12, 2007
Doris C. Leighnor, 75, died June 12, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 21, 1931, in Junction City, the daughter of Roy Johnson and Louise Moore Johnson Clewell. She was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School and graduated from Hutchinson Junior College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 1, 1951, she...
Edith M. Day
Jun 12, 2007
ARLINGTON - Edith M. Day, 86, died June 12, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 26, 1921, northwest of Langdon, the daughter of Harry Daniel and Goldie Myrtle Powell Mitchell. She attended schools in Sylvia, Arlington and had graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939. She also attended Salt City Business College. A resident of Reno...
Joseph F. Warren
Jun 10, 2007
PLEVNA - Joseph F. Warren, 63, died June 10, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 29, 1944, in Denver, the son of Joseph and Carrol F. Kuskey Warren. He was a resident of Plevna for the last year, moving from Pratt, where he was a 40 year resident. He was a diesel mechanic for Doonan's Trailer Corp, Great...
Lois I. Sparks
Jun 10, 2007
MOUNT HOPE - Lois I. Sparks, 86, died June 10, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 26, 1920, in Mulhall, Okla., the daughter of Ira Mont and Bessie Bland Lowrie. She put herself through high school and graduated in 1943 from Mulhall High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. A resident of Mount...
Margo Neufeld
Jun 9, 2007
Margo Neufeld, 58, died June 8, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born Sept. 21, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Abe S. and Orlean K. Geis Neufeld. She graduated in 1966, from Hutchinson High School, attended Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas, and in 1984, completed her LVN, in Paris, Texas. A resident of Hutchinson, spending 15 years...
Phillip A. Meier
Jun 8, 2007
Phillip A. "Phil" Meier, 88, died June 8, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 13, 1918, in Haven, the son of Louis E. and Albina K. O'Neal Meier. He graduated from Haven High School in 1937. A resident of Hutchinson since 1949, he had worked for Panhandle Eastern and was the owner and manager of...
Dorothy L. Armour
Jun 7, 2007
Dorothy L. Armour, 93, died June 7, 2007 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 17, 1913 in Haven, the daughter of Guy W. and Laura Peckham Astle. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and received her bachelor's degree in political science from Washburn University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1922, she...
Neola D. Vogts
Jun 5, 2007
Neola D. Vogts, 80, died June 5, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born on June 21, 1926, in Plainville, the daughter of Leo and Clio Hazel Bessey Westhusin. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1964, moving here from Pratt. She attended Codell High School graduating in 1944. She retired from Eaton Corp. assembly line in 1990 after 20...
Thelma M. Lingerfelt
Jun 3, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Thelma Meleese Lingerfelt, 91, died June 3, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 17, 1915, in Foss, Okla., the daughter of William Tinley and Arka Geneva Crabb Carpenter. She was a Hutchinson, Reno County, resident since 1932. She graduated from Foss High School, Foss, Okla., then attended Hutchinson Community College. She was a...
Barbara J. Miller
Jun 1, 2007
Barbara Jean Miller, 82, died June 1, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 17, 1924, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Paul F. and Sidney H. Schuck Smith. She graduated from Kanopolis High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, and had worked for Dillon's and the Hutchinson Recreation Commission. She belonged to First...
Carolyn J. Duggan
May 31, 2007
Carolyn J. Duggan, 67, died May 31, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Sept. 13, 1939, in Hillsboro, the daughter of Harry and Susie Smith Decker. She graduated from Roxbury High School in 1957, and Brown Mackie College, Salina. A resident of Hutchinson since 1962, she was a secretary for USD 308 Vo-tech, retiring in 2002. She...
C. Pearl Denslow
May 31, 2007
BURRTON - C. Pearl Denslow, 91, died May 31, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 10, 1915, in Elkhart, the daughter of Charles William and Nancy Adolene Gaden Swagerty. She had lived in the Stratton, Colo., community before moving to Burrton in 2001. She had worked in a clothing store in Elkhart, and had partnered with another couple...
Hopkins C. Cushing
May 30, 2007
Hopkins C. "Hop" Cushing, 84, died May 30, 2007, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 8, 1923, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Frank and Marian Springer Cushing Sr. He graduated from Minneapolis West High School in 1940, and from the University of Minnesota in 1944. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired grain broker with...
Robert M. Reichert
May 30, 2007
Robert M. "Bob" Reichert, 87, died May 30, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center. He was born March 22, 1920, in DeWitt, Iowa, the son of John Martin and Lucy Eby Reichert. He graduated in 1937, from Springfield (Mo.) High School, and in 1951 from Kansas State University. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, moving from Salina, he was a mechanical...
Carl H. Obermite
May 30, 2007
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Carl "Harold" Horst Obermite, 85, died May 30, 2007, at Christus Spohn Hospital South, Corpus Christi, Texas. He was born July 3, 1921, in Neu-Pillkaller, Ostpreussen, East Prussia, Germany, the son of Eduard and Emma Thieler Obermeit. He moved to the United States in 1956, and was a longtime resident of Inman and Hutchinson, moving to...
