Courtney Ivan Chaney
Jan 17, 2007
Courtney Ivan Chaney, 43, died Jan. 17, 2007, at his home. He was born June 27, 1963, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Charles Sylvester Chaney Sr. and Gloria Jean Donnell. He graduated in 1981 from St. John High School and attended McPherson College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was an independent construction worker and mechanic. On June 27,...
Alta M. Bleything
Jan 16, 2007
Alta May Bleything, 82, died Jan. 16, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Jan. 9, 1925, in Lake City, the daughter of Albert and Alma Vanderplas Shmidl. She graduated from Lake City High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First Christian Church, T.O.P.S., Phi Beta Thi sorority and was past president of the...
Maryalma Fair
Jan 15, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Maryalma Fair, 92, died Jan. 15, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born June 30, 1914, in Geneseo, the daughter of Porter and Myrtle Mae Loutzenhiser Liscum. In 1932, she graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended Salt City Business College. A lifetime area resident, she was a farmer's wife. She was past president of Lincoln...
Edward J. Kobetich
Jan 15, 2007
Edward J. Kobetich, 65, died Jan. 15, 2007, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Clay Center, the son of John Edward and Hilda I. Ayres Kobetich. In 1959, he graduated from Abilene High School. He received a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Nebraska, and...
Helena L. Wooldridge
Jan 15, 2007
Helena L. Wooldridge, 89, died Jan. 15, 2007, at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 19, 1917, in Wichita, the daughter of Thomas and Lilly Brandenberg Crabb. A longtime Kingman resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1993, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson, Round Table Club, United Methodist Women and the Veterans of...
Marilyn J. Pritchard
Jan 14, 2007
Marilyn J. Pritchard, 72, died Jan. 14, 2007, at Hutchison Hospital. She was born Dec. 30, 1934, in Sterling, the daughter of Roy Albert and Ruby May Strait Lyon. She was a homemaker. On May 2, 1954, she married Robert I. Pritchard in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: a son, David W., Salina; three daughters, Barbara J. Fallis, Buhler,...
Eleanor C. Kale
Jan 14, 2007
Eleanor C. Kale, 86, died Jan. 14, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 5, 1920, in Larned, the daughter of Wiley Buchanan and Mattie Dazey Compton. She graduated from Larned High School, received her bachelor's degree from Hays State Teachers College, her master's degree from Southwestern University, Weatherford, Okla., and her second master's degree from Kansas University. A...
Thelma E. Thode-Groth
Jan 14, 2007
Thelma E. Thode-Groth, 98, died Jan. 14, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 26, 1908, in rural Sterling, the daughter of Edward Foraker and Anna Barbara Royer Drake. In 1926, she graduated from Reno County High School, Nickerson. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a farm housewife. She was a former member of Saxman Presbyterian Church....
Christine Ann Lehman
Jan 14, 2007
Christine Ann Lehman, 1 month 21 days, died Jan. 14, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Nov. 23, 2006, in Wichita, the daughter of Scott Butler and Shelley Ann Rupiper Lehman. Her parents were long time residents of Hutchinson. Her parents and family belonged to the Church of the Holy Cross. Survivors include: her parents; two brothers,...
Virgil Dean Johnson
Jan 13, 2007
INMAN - Virgil D. Johnson, 78, died Jan. 13, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Little River, the son of Carl W. and Myrtle L. Briggs Johnson. He graduated in 1946, from Little River High School. A longtime resident of the Windom and Inman areas, he was a farmer, stockman, and retired from KPL...
Clara Belle Haworth
Jan 11, 2007
Clara Belle Haworth, age 94, died January 11, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born near Arlington, October 1, 1912, to S.P. and Emma Dillard Burling. She attended High Point one-room country grade school, Arlington High School and Emporia Teachers College. On June 6, 1937, Clara Belle married Millard Haworth, and they started farming in the Arlington area. He...
Mary A. Lickey
Jan 10, 2007
Mary Ann Lickey, 75, died Jan. 10, 2007 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 19, 1931 in Haven, the daughter of Clifford Glen and Emma Ketchum Robinson. In 1949 she graduated from Haven High School. A Haven resident, formerly of El Paso, Texas and the Wichita area. She was a bookkeeper for several banks in Hutchinson and Wichita area,...
George A. Benson
Jan 10, 2007
George A. Benson, 85, died Jan. 10, 2007, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born March 29, 1921, in Lamar, Colo., the son of Roy and Maudie McKenney Benson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School Class of 1939, attended Hutchinson Junior College for a year and held the state record for the pole vault from 1939 to 1969....
Odessa J. Sasse
Jan 9, 2007
Odessa J. Sasse, 78, died Jan. 9, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 21, 1928, in rural Smith County, the daughter of Wilhelm and Elsbeth Kirchhoff. A resident of Hutchinson since 1986, moving from Gaylord, she was a homemaker and worked part time for TECH. She belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church and various church groups. On Dec. 1,...
Shirley L. Dalton
Jan 8, 2007
Shirley Leigh Sparr Dalton, 77, died at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1929, in rural Clearwater, the daughter of Sidney Leigh and Gladys Mae Latta Sparr. She attended grade school at a country school in Murdock. She graduated from Mt. Carmel Academy in Wichita, from WU-Wichita University and St. Francis School of Medical Technology ASCP. A longtime...
Bonnie E. Wells
Jan 7, 2007
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Bonnie Emeline Wells, 82, died Jan. 7, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 26, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of James Littleton and Grace Bell Wallace Wilson. A lifetime area resident, wintering in southern Texas for 20-years, she was a homemaker, an Avon representative for 20 years, worked at the Kansas State Fair...
The Rev. D. Duane Hall
Jan 6, 2007
The Rev. D. Duane "D.D." Hall, 90, died Jan. 6, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 23, 1916, in Waverly, Neb., the son of Oscar Harrison and Itha Maye Schoonover Hall. He graduated in 1935 from Waverly High School, Waverly, Neb., in 1941 from Manhattan Christian College, and attended Kansas State University. A resident of Hutchinson since...
Clarence L. Park
Jan 6, 2007
Clarence Leonard Park, 83, died Jan. 6, 2007, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 29, 1923, in Cunningham, the son of Harry and Ella Tague Park. A Hutchinson resident since 1955, moving from Turon, he was a farmer and rancher. He was a Methodist. He was also a 50-year member of Hutchinson Reno Masonic Lodge No. 124, A.F....
Joyce A. Lockwood
Jan 6, 2007
Joyce Ann Lockwood, 66, died Jan. 6, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 15, 1940, in Ripley, W.Va., the daughter of Albert and Roxie O. Janney Randolph. She graduated in 1957, from Seabreeze High School, Daytona Beach, Fla. A resident of Hutchinson for seven years, moving from Murfreesboro, Tenn., she was a homemaker. She belonged to Westside Baptist...
Jeff Allen Rush
Jan 5, 2007
TOPEKA - Jeff Allen Rush, 46, died Jan. 5, 2007, at the Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was born Nov. 20, 1960, in Hutchinson, the son of Jimmie D. and Lois M. Smyres Rush. He had been a Topeka resident since 1972, moving from Winfield. He belonged to Park Place Christian Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: his mother, Lois Rush, Hutchinson;...
