Deborah Dee Thomas Mcintire
Nov 23, 2006
On November 23, 2006, Debbie went to spend time with the Father and have coffee with the angels. At her side was the love of her life and her family. She ascended with a smile and a giggle well recognized by all. Her legacy is that she gave us all a foundation in Christ, literally giving us Heaven. She loved...
Margaret Austin
Nov 22, 2006
Margaret Austin, 72, died Nov. 22, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 29, 1934, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clifton C. and Alpha Edna Pennington Shackelford. In 1953, she graduated from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she worked for Kresses Five and Dime and worked in food service at Winans Grade School and Montgomery Ward....
Essie L. Daray
Nov 21, 2006
WICHITA - Essie L. Daray, 92, died Nov. 21, 2006, at Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita. She was born June 30, 1914, in Trinity, Texas, the daughter of William Robert and Tennessee C. "Tinnie" Young Lewis. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. A resident of Wichita, formerly of Hutchinson from 1979 to 1997, she was...
Thelma R. Headings
Nov 21, 2006
Thelma Ruth Headings, 79, died Nov. 21, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 11, 1927, near Galva, Iowa, the daughter of Grant T. and Ida Mae Snodgrass Larrance. In 1945, she graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, formerly of Hesston, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Golden Plains Free Methodist...
Joyce J. Hase
Nov 21, 2006
NICKERSON - Joyce Jean Hase, 72, died Nov. 21, 2006, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born April 8, 1934, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William E. "Bill" and Doris P. Lanning Griffin. In 1952, she graduated from Nickerson High School. A lifetime resident of the Nickerson community, she was a homemaker, farmer, had worked at Bornholdt Plantland and the...
Jim Ecker
Nov 20, 2006
NICKERSON - Jim Ecker, 78, died Nov. 20, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sep. 30, 1928, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., the son of Paul Edwin and Grace Elizabeth Glunt Ecker. A resident of Nickerson the past three months, moving from California, he worked for McDonnel Douglas Aircraft for 31 years. He served in the U.S. Army. On June 12,...
Joan "Jodi" Bruce
Nov 20, 2006
Joan "Jodi" Bruce, 77, died Nov. 20, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 20, 1929, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Harold David and Naomi Pearl Farrell Byer. In 1947, she graduated from Hutchinson High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First United Methodist Church, Hutchinson. She was a member...
Harold F. Shipley
Nov 20, 2006
Harold Frank Shipley, 57, died Nov. 20, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born May 25, 1949, in Langdon, the son of Frank Elbert and Mary Areba "Reba" Ball Shipley. In 1967, he graduated from Hutchinson High School, and Hutchinson Community College in 1982. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he worked for Underground Vaults and Storage for 18 years,...
Merlin A. Dickinson
Nov 18, 2006
Merlin A. "Sonny" Dickinson, 78, died Nov. 18, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Nov. 28, 1927, in Hartville, Mo., the son of Alfred Benjamin and Ruth Ada Schull Dickinson. In 1946, he graduated from Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Ind. In 1947, he graduated from junior college in Riverside, Calif., and Wichita State University in 1963. A...
Shawn M. Terwey Battiste
Nov 18, 2006
Shawn M. Terwey Battiste, 37, died Nov. 18, 2006, at her home. She was born Feb. 27, 1969, in Cloquet, Minn., the daughter of Dennis J. and Diane M. Flake Terwey. She graduated from Buhler High School in 1987. A resident of Hutchinson, moving to Newton in the last six months, she was a CNA at Presbyterian Manor, Newton. She...
Pedro Vieyra
Nov 18, 2006
Pedro "Pete" Vieyra, 82, died Nov. 18, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 12, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Louis Chavando and Bibiana Velasquez Vieyra. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired foreman for Santa Fe Railroad. He belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson, Holy Name Society, and was a groundskeeper for...
Helen M. Keefer
Nov 18, 2006
Helen M. Keefer, 87, died Nov. 18, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 13, 1919, in McAllen, Texas, the daughter of James L. and Margaret Teresa Powers Simmons. She graduated from St. Mary High School, and attended Our Lady of the Lake College, both in San Antonio. A resident of Hutchinson since 1955, moving from...
Billy Dean "Bill" Taggart
Nov 17, 2006
Billy Dean "Bill" Taggart, 81, died Nov. 17, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 11, 1925, in Castleton, the son of Leroy and Effie Louise Wakefield Taggart. He retired from Morton Salt Co. as a forklift operator. He belonged to First Christian Church, AARP Chapter 451, Delos V. Smith Senior Center, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No....
Billy D. Taggart
Nov 17, 2006
Billy Dean "Bill" Taggart, 81, died Nov. 17, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 11, 1925, in Castleton, the son of Leroy and Effie Louise Wakefield Taggart. He retired from Morton Salt Co. as a forklift operator. He belonged to First Christian Church, AARP Chapter 451, Delos V. Smith Senior Center, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No....
Victoria Sallee
Nov 16, 2006
Victoria Sallee, 88, died Nov. 16, 2006, at Wesley Towers Hester Care Center. She was born June 25, 1918, in Scott City, the daughter of Peter Michael and Kathryn Kessler Frank. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Keyston Class, and the former Homemaker's Class, all at the...
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...
