James L. Prickett
Sep 23, 2006
ARLINGTON - James L. "Jim" Prickett, 66, died Sept. 23, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Hutchinson, the son of Harvey Lawrence and Alpha Muriel Brooks Prickett. He graduated from Arlington High School and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime Arlington resident, he was a supervisor for Eaton, retiring after 40 years of service. He...
Lola M. Bailey
Sep 22, 2006
KINGMAN - Lola Marie Bailey, 72, died Sept. 22, 2006, at Kingman Hospital. She was born Dec. 23, 1933, in Stafford County, the daughter of A.V. and Faye I. Leahmann Moody. She graduated from Hutch-inson High School and attended Pratt Community College. A longtime Kingman resident, she was a cook for Kingman public schools and the former Pennock Care Home,...
Murl Morgan
Sep 22, 2006
Murl Morgan, 91, died Sept. 22, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Dec. 15, 1914, in Mammoth Springs, Ark., the daughter of Clarence and Nancy Abernathy. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker and owner and operator of Morgan Rides at Carey Park. She belonged to Grace Christian Church. On Oct. 14, 1933, she married...
Wilma M. Benson
Sep 22, 2006
Wilma Marie Benson, 97, died Sept. 22, 2006 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 26, 1909 in Bonner Springs, the daughter of Oscar Murrey and Alberta O. Oliphant Jones. She attended Hutchinson public schools. A longtime Reno County resident, she had worked for Richards-Scheble Candy Factory, was a sales clerk at Wiley's Department Store and was co-owner...
Rose M. Hale
Sep 18, 2006
Rose Marie Hale, 82, died Sept. 18, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 25, 1923, in Hutchinson the daughter of Clarence Morgan and Nellie Ora Miller Rayl. She was a 1942 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A liftime resident of Hutchinson she was a retired head processor for Hutchinso Public Library, She belonged To Zion Lutheran Church, Hutchinson....
Jack K. Banta
Sep 17, 2006
Jack passed this life Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born to Glen De and Blanche Banta on June 24, 1925. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. Shortly thereafter, he started his professional baseball career in Olean, New York, moving quickly into triple A baseball in Montreal, Canada. He was sent to the...
Stuart S. Sanders
Sep 17, 2006
Stuart S. Sanders, 55, died Sept. 17, 2006, at his mother's home, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 2, 1951, in Blackwell, Okla., the son of Stanley E. and Jeannine Nelson Sanders. He graduated from Buhler High School, attended Hutchinson Community College and graduated from Emporia State University. He belonged to Grace Episcopal Church. He was an officer of People First....
David Fields
Sep 17, 2006
David "Carl" Fields, 95, died Sept. 17, 2006 at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 24, 1911 in Dickinson County, the son of Wiley Blount and Mary Lou Bullington Fields. He was a 1929 graduate of Talmage High School and attended Emporia Teachers College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1940, he worked for A.D. Rayl Motor Company from...
William M. Eldredge
Sep 17, 2006
William Max "Bill" Eldredge, 77 died Sept. 17, 2006 of natural causes at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 31, 1929 in Wichita, the son of William McKinley and Clara Edith Seiberling Eldredge. He was the owner of Eldrege Mattress Factory for the last 15 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Survivors include:...
Roy L. Frost, Sr.
Sep 16, 2006
Roy L. Frost Sr., 85, died Sept. 16, 2006, at Dillon Living Center. He was born Oct. 8, 1920, in Hutchinson, the son of Roy M. and Beulah F. Young Frost. He attended Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College and the University of Kansas. He was a longtime resident of Hutchinson, living in Bella Vista, Ark., from 1980 to 1994....
Noah S. Headings
Sep 16, 2006
Noah S. Headings, 88, died Sept. 16, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 4, 1917, in rural Reno County, the son of Samual J. and Sarah Borntrager Headings. A resident of Hutchinson since 2003, moving from Hesston, where he had lived since 1990, he was a retired custodian for Master Machine Tools and a farm laborer....
Sydney L. Rhodes
Sep 14, 2006
Sydney L. Rhodes, 66, died Sept. 14, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital after a 31/2 year battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 24, 1939 in Boone, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur Deen Merill and Barbara Lee Vauter Fling. She graduated from Dodge City High School and Dodge City Community College and received her bachelor's degree in elementary education and library...
Frances H. Bishop
Sep 12, 2006
Frances H. Bishop, 98, died Sept. 12, 2006, at Dillon Living Center. She was born Jan. 1, 1908, in rural Hardtner, the daughter of Zora William and Luella Mae Hull Allen. She graduated from Hardtner High School and received her teaching certificate from Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, Okla. A Hutchinson resident since 1943, moving from Wichita, she had taught...
Bertha L. Smith
Sep 12, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Bertha L. Smith, 75, died Sept. 12, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 1, 1930, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Elmer Vernon and Beulah Dittmeyer Nichols. A lifetime area resident, she was a former bookkeeper for Gordon's Ladies Wear and an administrative assistant for S.R.S., retiring in 1993. In her retirement, she was...
Stephanie M. Trotter
Sep 11, 2006
Stephanie Trotter, 27, died Sept. 11, 2006 in Phoenix. She was born June 6, 1979, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Michael L. and Susan M. Yadon Trotter. She was a longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Phoenix one year ago. Survivors include: a son, Javaughn Trotter, Hutchinson; her father, Chehalis, Wash.; her mother Susan Steierl, Hutchinson; grandparents, Jim and Marjorie...
Donald E. Mendenhall
Sep 10, 2006
INMAN - Donald E. Mendenhall, 63, died Sept. 10, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Jan. 17, 1943, in Hutchinson, the son of Cecil Eugene and Kathryn I. Flemming Mendenhall. A longtime resident of South Hutchinson, moving from Wichita, he was a meat cutter at McConnell Air Force Base, retiring in 1989. Survivors include: two brothers, Cecil...
Doris J. Winslow
Sep 10, 2006
Doris Juanita Smith Winslow, 101, died Sept. 10, 2006, at Medicalodge, Goddard. She was born April 19, 1905, in Hoisington, the daughter of Harry H. and Mary Ann Knight Smith. She was a 1923 graduate of Hoisington High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Pratt in 1943, she was a homemaker and co-owner and operator of Winslow Printing...
Deborah Ann Polk Murphy
Sep 9, 2006
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - Deborah Ann Polk Murphy, 50, died Sept. 9, 2006, after a 3 1/2-year battle with cancer. She was born in 1956 in Hutchinson daughter of Calvin and Earline Polk. She graduated from Hutchinson, High School and Salt City Business College. A resident of Highland Ranch, she was a lab technician for pharmaceutical companies in McPherson, Albuquerque,...
Gayla "Kaye" Baker
Sep 8, 2006
Gayla "Kaye" Baker, 69, lost a courageous three-year battle with lung cancer at Hospice House on Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. She was born March 31, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Gale A. and Agnes Nunemaker Locke. She graduated in 1955 from Arlington High School and in 1956 from Adela Hale Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, formerly of...
Jeffrey R. Wegele
Sep 5, 2006
Jeffrey R. Wegele, 48, died Sept. 5, 2006, at his home. He was born June 30, 1958, in Great Bend, the son of Leslie Vernon and Doris Ann Cromer Wegele. He graduated from Skyline High School, Pratt, and received his A.A. from Hutchinson Community College. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1989. He belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church....
