Timothy R. Hjort
Dec 9, 2006
WICHITA - Timothy R. "Tim" Hjort, 56, died Dec. 9, 2006, in Wichita. He was born May 5, 1950, in Hutchinson, the son of Roger William and Bonnie Mae Dirks Hjort. In 1968 he graduated from Hutchinson High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Emporia State University and his law degree from the University of Kansas. He was a...
Walter F. Murphy
Dec 7, 2006
LITTLE RIVER - Walter F. "Whitey" Murphy, 81, died Dec. 7, 2006, at Sandstone Heights and Village Nursing Home, Little River. He was born Feb. 12, 1925, in Rosalia, the son of Thomas J. and Zora Frick Murphy, Sr. A former resident of Hutchinson, he was a pumper in the oil field. Survivors include: two sisters, Ruth Varney, Lyons and...
Debra B. Orthwein
Dec 6, 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Debra Bickel Orthwein, 47, lost her one year battle with cancer, passing on Dec. 9, 2006, at Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born Jan. 29, 1959, in Hutchinson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., for 23 years, she worked at the Olympic Training Center, for many years in...
Bonnie J. Bass
Dec 5, 2006
Bonnie J. Bass, 58, died Dec. 5, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 17, 1948, in Coldwater, the daughter of Estol and Helen Rouk Bilyeu. A resident of Hutchinson since 1971, she was a homemaker. She was married to Hugh Bass in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Gary and Tim Raney, both of Oklahoma; a...
Beryl Miller
Dec 5, 2006
ARLINGTON - Beryl Miller, 88, died Dec. 5, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 30, 1917, South West of Springfield, Colo., her parents were William and Mary Barnett, they moved to central Kansas, when she was a teenager. She retired as a nurse's technician from Hutchinson Hospital, after working there for more than 20 years. She was an...
Vernon E. Janssen
Dec 5, 2006
LITTLE RIVER - Vernon E. Janssen, 85, died Dec. 5, 2006, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. He was born Jan. 4, 1921, in Lorraine, the son of Herman G. and Christina Steenbock Janssen. He graduated in 1939 from Lorraine High School and in 1948, from Kansas State University. A longtime resident of Little River, he had...
Marjorie E. Schuller
Dec 4, 2006
Marjorie Evelyn Schuller, 88, died Dec. 4, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 15, 1918, in Storm Lake, Iowa, the daughter of Philip and Grace Armstrong Frederick. In 1936, she graduated from Rembrandt High School and attended Buena Vista College. In 1959, she graduated from Sterling College and had post-graduate work at Emporia State and Wichita State University....
Pearl A. Myers
Dec 3, 2006
Pearl Adell Myers, 86, died Dec. 3, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born March 6, 1920, in Arlington, the daughter of Sylvester Tobias and Flora Adell Shipley Krob. She graduated from Arlington High School and Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A longtime resident of Little River, moving to Hutchinson in 1981, she was a homemaker and worked...
Robert L. Yutzy, Sr.
Dec 2, 2006
ENID, Okla. - Robert L. Yutzy Sr., 72, went to be with his Lord on Dec. 2, 2006, at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1934, in Nickerson, the son of Daniel and Mary Hochestler Yutzy. He grew up in Iowa, attending schools there. A former resident of Hutchinson, moving to Enid in 1999, he was a truck driver....
Phillip G. Hoefer
Nov 30, 2006
Phillip G. Hoefer, 68, died Nov. 30, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 4, 1938, in Hutchinson, the son of Orval "Hap" and Alma Jean Robison Hoefer. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, living in Great Bend from 1961 to 1972, he worked at Dillon's Food Stores Transportation Division from 1972 to 1998. He belonged to Westside Baptist Church....
Anne E. Miller
Nov 29, 2006
Anne Elaine Miller, infant, died Nov. 29, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 2006 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Delmar McKenzie and Suzanne Carter McKenzie Miller. The family are members of First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: her parents, of the home; a brother, Charles Miller, of the home, two sisters, Kathleen Miller and Elizabeth Miller, both...
Callie M. Drake
Nov 29, 2006
Callie M. Drake 75, died Nov. 29, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 15, 1931 in Crestview, Fla. She attended schools in Crestview, Fla. A resident of Hutchinson since 1958, moving from Crestview, she worked for Hutchinson Hospital as a surgery technician for 15 years and also at Hutchinson High School cafeteria. She was of the Baptist faith....
Dean F. Pickerill
Nov 29, 2006
Dean F. Pickerill, 91, died Nov. 29, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 28, 1915, in Ness County, the son of Frank J. and Jesse F. McKelvey Pickerill. In 1933, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he was owner and operator of Pickerill Concrete and Block Co. for 40 years. He belonged to...
Delmar C. Hill
Nov 27, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Delmar C. Hill, 83, died Nov. 27, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 18, 1923, in Worcester, N.Y., the son of Fenton L. and Lillian Wellman Hill. He graduated from Worcester High School. A Hutchinson and South Hutchinson resident for the past 61 years, he was retired correctional officer for KSIR, and following retirement worked...
Velda E. Cavanaugh
Nov 27, 2006
Velda E. Cavanaugh, 89, died Nov. 27, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1917 in Rozel, the daughter of Denver and Hazel Hutton Luman. She graduated in 1935 from Nickerson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1943, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Tro-M Sunday School Class, volunteered in the...
Bessie F. Hooker
Nov 27, 2006
Bessie Fern Hooker, 82, died Nov. 27, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 29, 1924, in Liberal, the daughter of Elmer and Susie Orth Summers. A resident of Hutchinson since 1977, moving from Arlington, she was a homemaker. She was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361 Auxiliary for 45 years....
J. Marvin Smith
Nov 26, 2006
He was a steel salesman and a WWII Navy Veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife Ila Smith. He is survived by a son: Roger Smith of Burrton and two daughters: Stephanie Burden of Udall, and Shelley Frazier of Jacksonville Beach, FL and their families.
Rennie J. Borders
Nov 25, 2006
Rennie Joe Borders, 74, died Nov. 25, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Waverly, Mo., the son of Gene and Ethel Williams Borders. He graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson most of his life, he was a baker at Rainbow Bakery for 24 years and then worked for Hutchinson...
Edd Rogers
Nov 24, 2006
Edd Rogers, 58, died Nov. 24, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1947, in Commerce, Texas, the son of Billy Joe and Grace Etta Moore Rogers. He graduated in 1966, from Commerce High School and then graduated from East Texas State University. A Hutchinson resident since 1991, moving from Wichita, where he had lived since 1976,...
Elizabeth A. Boger
Nov 23, 2006
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Boger, 87, died Nov. 23, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Odin, the daughter of Robert and Amelia Tinkel Korkish. She graduated from Odin schools. A resident of Hutchinson for 54 years, moving from Hoisington, she was a homemaker and had worked at Hoisington Drug Store. She belonged to the Church...
