Jack S. Hughes
Apr 24, 2007
LYONS - Jack Statton Hughes, 78, died April 24, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 25, 1928, in Emporia, the son of Horace and Mabelle Statton Hughes. He was a 1946 graduate of Emporia High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. A resident of Lyons since 1962, he was a machinist and toolmaker for Lyons...
Robert P. "Bob" Cowan
Apr 22, 2007
Robert P. "Bob" Cowan, 89, died April 22, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Jan. 26, 1918, in La Junta, Colo., the son of Richard William and Nellie Smith Cowan. He attended Nickerson schools. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a heating technician, civilian employee at Hutchinson Naval Air Station, and when it closed, was civilian employee for McConnell...
Maxine E. Estes
Apr 21, 2007
SYLVIA - Maxine E. Estes, 91, died April 21, 2007, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born March 17, 1916, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Katherine Erion Josephson. She graduated from Sylvia High School. A lifetime resident of Sylvia, moving to Pretty Prairie, she was a restaurant owner and operator, linotype operator at the Sylvia...
Michael W. Wedel
Apr 21, 2007
Michael W. Wedel, 37, died April 21, 2007, at his home. He was born July 15, 1969, in Hutchinson, the son of the Rev. Larry and Raelene M. Cox Wedel. He graduated from Central Christian High School in 1987, and attended Bethel College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he worked at Tyson Foods, South Hutchinson. He belonged to Corner Stone...
Hazel L. Sturdevant Bradley Moore
Apr 20, 2007
Hazel Letha Sturdevant Bradley Moore was born April 7, 1912, the sixth of seven children to the late Thomas M. and Stella Dugan Sturdevant in Windyville, Mo. She was preceded in death by her four sisters, and brothers-in-law, and two brothers and sisters-in-law. She was a 1931 graduate of Windyville High School, Windyville, Mo. On Feb. 5, 1934, she married...
Elsie K. Eagles
Apr 18, 2007
Elsie Katherine Eagles, beloved wife and mother, passed away from this world on April 18, 2007. Elsie was born Elsie Katherine Herdt on Christmas Day 1924, in Hoisington, to John and Katherine Zimmerman Herdt. She graduated from Hoisington High School in 1942. She married Eldon W. "Buzz" Eagles of Hoisington on June 28, 1947, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hoisington. They...
Howard J. Carey, Jr.
Apr 17, 2007
Howard J. "Jake" Carey Jr., 89, died April 17, 2007, at Via Christi Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Aug. 18, 1917, in Hutchinson, the son of Howard J. Carey Sr. and Louise Banks Carey. In 1934, he graduated from Hutchinson High School, in 1938 from Dartmouth University and the University of Michigan school of law in...
Frank A. Stuckey
Apr 17, 2007
Frank Albert "Zeke" Stuckey, 85, died April 17, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 17, 1921, in Hutchinson, the son of George Harr and Helen Fearl Stuckey. In 1939, he graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College for a year. He was a member of the first class of the civilian pilot training program in...
Ferne M. Hadley
Apr 16, 2007
Ferne M. Hadley, 87, died April 16, 2007, at Deseret Health Care, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 18, 1919, in South Hutchinson, the daughter of Joseph Albert and Hattie A. Ireton Cox. In 1937, she graduated from Hutchinson High School and in 1939, she graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area, she was a teacher...
Ava B. Schlegel
Apr 15, 2007
Ava Bonnie Schlegel, 80, died April 15, 2007, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1926, in Michigan Valley, the daughter of Omar and Leora Larrimore Williams. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired telephone operator. She belonged to Telephone Pioneers of America. On Feb. 26, 1954, she married Sylvester F. "Si" Schlegel. He died...
Zayne George Mcvey
Apr 15, 2007
Zayne George McVey, 9, died April 15, 2007, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Sept. 9, 1997, in Dallas, the son of Lanny Wayne and Dawn Raquel Gier McVey. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was a home schooled-third grader and had attended Pleasantview Academy. He belonged to Medora Community Bible Church. He was a Jr. Usher, Jr....
Robert J. Gilliland
Apr 14, 2007
Robert J. Gilliland, 89, died April 14, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 25, 1918, in Arkansas City, the son of James Finney and Charlotte Inches Gilliland. He graduated in 1936 from Hutchinson High School, in 1938 from Hutchinson Junior College in 1940 from the University of Kansas, and in 1942 from the University of Kansas School...
Norma Lee Anderson Stuckey
Apr 14, 2007
Norma Lee Anderson Stuckey, 83, died April 14, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 7, 1923, in Topeka, the daughter of Chester Leonard and Allie Lee Weekly Anderson. In 1941, she graduated from Wichita High School East and University of Kansas in 1945. She was a resident of Hutchinson. She belonged to First Presbyterian Church, Pi Beta Phy...
Mark Logan
Apr 13, 2007
SYLVIA - Mark Logan, 54, went to be with his Lord April 13, 2007, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born Dec. 24, 1952, in Okmulgee, Okla., the son of Garland M. and Lola Faye Morgan Logan. He graduated in 1971 from Buhler High School and then graduated from Salina VoTech College. A resident of Sylvia for...
Dolores M. Kaiser
Apr 11, 2007
Dolores M. Kaiser, 87, died April 11, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 12, 1919, at Smith Center, the daughter of Joseph V. and Ruby Dennis Wolfe. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired clerk for the Social Security Administration. She belonged to Holy Cross Catholic Church. She married Carl M. Kaiser in LaCrosse. He Survives....
Thelma L. Brown
Apr 9, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Thelma Leonette Brown, 100, died April 9, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born March 24, 1907, in Lenora, the daughter of Porter Lee and Nellie Margaret Hoyt Breeden. She was a graduate of Lenora High School. A resident of Reno County since 1926, she was a homemaker and bookkeeper for Brown Produce for 23...
Vivian D. Mcfadden
Apr 9, 2007
NICKERSON- Vivian D. McFadden, 97, died April 9, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 6, 1910, in rural Alden, the daughter of Burt W. and Cese Emma Monson Vincent. She graduated from Reno County High School in Nickerson, received a bachelor of arts degree from Sterling College and had worked on a master's at Emporia State...
Paul R. Plush
Apr 7, 2007
NICKERSON - Paul R. Plush, 84, died April 7, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 21, 1923, in Pratt, the son of Reggie Lee and Bessie Wynona Parrish Plush. A Nickerson resident since 2003, moving from Montrose, Colo., he was a truck driver for Navaho Freight Lines and Denver-Albuquerque Freight Ways for 23 years of service retiring in...
Bruce Bennett
Apr 4, 2007
Bruce Bennett, 48, died April 4, 2007, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis campus, Wichita. He was born May 27, 1958, in Ottawa, the son of Willard T. and Barbara L. Leecy Bennett. He graduated from Nickerson High School, and attended the McPherson College auto restoration program and Friends University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1961, he had...
Dr. David Lukens
Apr 2, 2007
HUTCHINSON - Dr. David Lukens passed away with his beloved wife and daughter by his side on April 2, 2007, after a long and courageous battle with heart disease. David was born on a small farm in Atchison, Kan., on Nov. 21, 1924. After the death of his father in 1926, his mother moved to Hutchinson, Kan., where she married...
