Mattie Bontrager
Nov 16, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Mattie Bontrager, 100, died Nov. 16, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born April 22, 1906, in Haven, the daughter of Harvey J. and Lizzie Yoder Miller. A lifetime Reno County resident, she was a homemaker, cook for Yoder Grade School and co-owner of Jerry's Cafe. She belonged to South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. On Sept....
Dr. Marion M. Sumner
Nov 15, 2006
Dr. Marion M. Sumner passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. He was born in 1926, in Independence, Kansas. Rod Sumner survived a hardscrabble childhood during the depression, often going without dinner if the men in the family didn't catch anything hunting or fishing that day. He excelled in school, to which he walked barefoot in three feet of snow,...
Jean Mary Conway
Nov 14, 2006
Jean Mary Conway, 66, a loving wife, mother and very special friend to many, passed peacefully away Nov. 14, 2006 at her home, with her family and friends at her side, in Hutchinson after a brave 12-year battle with cancer. Known to most as Jeanne, she was born July 7, 1940 in Astoria, Queens, New York, the daughter of Christian...
Jean V. Volin
Nov 12, 2006
LYONS - Jean V. Volin, 87, died Nov. 12, 2006, at Thorne Care Center of Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born July 30, 1919, in Pawnee Rock, the daughter of Eugene Fox and Alice French Bloom. She was a graduate of Pawnee Rock High School, class valedictorian. A resident of Hutchinson since 1994, formerly of Lyons, she was a retired...
E. Ross Ball
Nov 11, 2006
Earl Ross Ball, 82, died Nov. 11, 2006, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 12, 1924 in Minneola, the son of David Earl and Mabel Elizabeth Orr Ball. He graduated from Minneola High School in 1942, attended Sterling College and graduated from Fort Hays State in 1951, and then with his master's degree in 1963. He was...
Kenneth J. Humphries
Nov 10, 2006
Kenneth Jerrell Humphries, 70, died Nov. 10, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 28, 1936 in Georgia, the son of Hershel and Bonnie Humphries. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired independent employee. He served in the U.S. Navy. Survivors include: two sons, Aaron Boyd and William Crawford, both of Hutchinson; a daughter, Frances Davis, Wichita; two...
Ruthe E. Baugh
Nov 9, 2006
Ruthe Elaine Baugh, 58, died Nov. 9, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold and Phyllis Lee Baugh. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1966 and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia State. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a correctional officer for Hutchinson Correctional...
Clair D. Hyter
Nov 9, 2006
Clair D. Hyter, 94, died Nov. 9, 2006 at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born March 29, 1912 in Hutchinson, the son of Harry A. and Elizabeth Hoerr Hyter. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Junior College and the University of Kansas, and graduated from the Washburn School of Law in 1938. A lifetime Hutchinson...
Mary M. Cilek
Nov 9, 2006
Mary "Frances" Maxwell Cilek, 97, died Nov. 9, 2006 at Cheyenne Meadows Living Center, Hoisington. She was born Jan. 16, 1909 in Clay Center, the daughter of James Howat and Jessie Irene Spence Maxwell. She attended primary school in Clay Center and graduated from High School in Manhattan in 1926. She attended and graduated from KSU in 1930. She taught...
Nona Ragsdale
Nov 8, 2006
Nona Ragsdale, 61, died Nov. 8, 2006 at her home in Tucson, Ariz. She was born March 6, 1945 at Hutchinson, the daughter of Martin and Dolly Guettsche Tucker. In 1963 she graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Tucson since 2004, formerly of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and longtime employee of Central State Bank and Starks Siding...
Helen Marie Vannaman
Nov 6, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Helen Marie Vannaman was born Oct. 20, 1917, and died Nov. 6, 2006, at Mennonite Manor in South Hutchinson, Kan. The daughter of Viola Hensley and Hiram Hirshel Brown, Helen grew up in rural Ford County, attended Bucklin High School and received her nursing diploma from St. Anthony Hospital, Dodge City, Kan., in 1938. She was a...
Emma Gehring
Nov 5, 2006
Emma Gehring, 83, died Nov. 5, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1923 at Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Tobias and Frances Graber Schrag. A lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area, she was a homemaker She belonged to First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, was a volunteer for Et Cetera Shop, took worship service tapes to Pleasant View Nursing...
Edna J. Walter
Nov 4, 2006
Edna J. Walter, 100, died Nov. 4, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born July 23, 1906, in Covington, in the Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of Henry and Amanda Muchow Kroening. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1925. A resident of Hutchinson since 1929, she was a homemaker and taught for four years at a country school in Lincoln....
Elizabeth B. Yost
Nov 4, 2006
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - Elizabeth B. "Betty" Yost, 88, died Nov. 4, 2006, at John Knox Village, Lee's Summit, Mo. She was born Jan. 16, 1918, in Joplin, Mo., the daughter of Harry and Esther Nelson Basye. She graduated from high school in Webb City, Mo. A longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Lee's Summit 10 years ago, she was a...
Travis D. Graebner
Nov 1, 2006
Travis D. Graebner, 32, died Nov. 1, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital ER. He was born April 2, 1974, in Hutchinson, the son of Don and Kathleen Graebner. He attended Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he had worked for Hamilton LaGreca and Dillons. He was baptized at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. Survivors include: a daughter, Tiffanie Dawn Graebner, Hutchinson;...
Michael R. Luna
Oct 31, 2006
Michael Ray Luna, 35, died Oct. 31, 2006 at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 23, 1971, the son of Ray A. Luna and Stella M. Blea. He attended Hutchinson Catholic schools and Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a window tinter and stereo installation for Audio Video Solutions. He attended Church of the Holy Cross,...
Melvin Howell
Oct 31, 2006
Melvin Howell passed away Oct. 31, 2006, at Ralph Thorne Care Center. He was 81 years old. He was born Nov. 29, 1924, in Burrton, the son of M.L. and Bessie Ann Barnes Howell. The youngest of five children, he was preceded in death by a brother, Dan Howell and two sisters, Vivian Armour and Ruth Heller. He is survived...
Maurice D. Long
Oct 30, 2006
Maurice D. "Morrie" Long, 82, died Oct. 30, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital's intensive care unit. He was born Aug. 26, 1924, in Wichita, the son of Carl Clifton and Margaret M. Jones Long. In 1941 he graduated from North High School, Wichita, and attended Wichita State University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1974, formerly of St. John, he was retired...
Charles R. Adamson, Sr.
Oct 29, 2006
Charles Richard "Charlie" Adamson Sr., 76, died Oct. 29, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Nov. 24, 1929, in Arkansas City, the son of Clarence Levi and Lucinda Caroline Ogden Adamson. A resident of Hutchinson for 10 years, moving from Cunningham, he was the owner of Skelly Service Station, Cunningham, for seven years, was a mechanic, truck...
Fred C. Graber
Oct 29, 2006
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Fred C. Graber, 91, died Oct. 29, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born May 12, 1915, in Pretty Prairie, the son of Henry C. and Carrie Krehbiel Graber. He graduated from Pretty Prairie High School. A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie community, he was a retired farmer and dairyman. He belonged to...
