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Marie Wamhoff
Aug 14, 2006
Marie Wamhoff, 97, died Aug. 14, 2006 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 17, 1908 in Ellsworth County, the daughter of Walter and Anna Svoboda Brown. A Hutchinson resident since 1992, moving from Holyrood, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Holyrood and attended Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hutchinson. Marie had a special way...
Mary June Stucky
Aug 14, 2006
Mary June Stucky, 79, died Aug. 14, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 19, 1927 in Sylvia, the daughter of James Myron and Mildred Audrey Miles Shepherd, Sr. She graduated from Sylvia High School in 1946. A Hutchinson resident since 1946, she was an operator, service assistant and clerk for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., retiring after 32-plus years...
Roy E. Borecky, Sr.
Aug 14, 2006
Roy Edward Borecky, Sr., 83, died Aug. 14, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 5, 1923 in Burdett, the son of Edward and Rachel Heinze Borecky. A resident of Hutchinson since 1969, moving from Burdett. He was owner or A&B Motors, retiring in 1999. He also owned several restaurants in Burdett. He was a member of Veteran of...
Howard C. Lemen
Aug 12, 2006
Howard C. Lemen, 87, died Aug. 12, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 27, 1919, in Hutchinson, the son of John Henry and Blanche Cora Owston Lemen. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a self-employed painter, later working for USD 308. He retired in 1984. He belonged to the Friends Church, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Reno...
Henry H. Christman
Aug 12, 2006
Henry H. Cristman, 83, died Aug. 12, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 30, 1923, in Jackson, Ohio, the son of Frank H. and Stella Christman. A resident of Hutchinson since 1954, he retired from Cessna/Eaton Hydraulics after 28, years. He belonged to the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68. He served in the U.S. Navy during...
Dr. Leo A. Rogers
Aug 11, 2006
Dr. Leo A. Rogers, D.D.S., 91, died Aug. 11, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 30, 1914, on a farm near Castleton, Reno County, the son of William and Betty Pinkston Rogers. Educated in a rural elementary school he graduated from Castleton High School in 1932. He attended Hutchinson Junior College, class of 1934 and Kansas State...
Janice E. Witt
Aug 11, 2006
Janice E. "Jan" Witt, 58, died Aug. 11, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 3, 1948, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Wayne A. and Angeline V. Parmenter Stoughton. She was a 1966, graduate of Buhler High School and attended Salt City Business College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, living a short time in Livermore, Calif., she was...
Ernie R. Wiens
Aug 10, 2006
Ernie R. Wiens, 85, died Aug. 10, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born July 28, 1921, in Inman, the son of Henry D. and Katie Regehr Wiens. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a carpenter. He belonged to the American Quarterhorse Association. On Feb. 12, 1984, he married Shirley A. Stephens in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include:...
Wilma M. Latham
Aug 9, 2006
Wilma M. "Sis" Latham, 85, died Aug. 9, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 3, 1921, in Lewis, the daughter of Arlie Ruben and Lottie S. Abrams LoVette. She was a 1939 graduate of Garfield High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1957, she was a bookkeeper for Hutchinson Iron and Metal for more than 20 years....
Candace R. Hess
Aug 9, 2006
Candace R. Hess, 47, died Aug. 9, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 19, 1959, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold Martin and Lavon Hilton Barkley. She was a hairdresser. Survivors include: her mother; three sons, Tommy Dick and Joshua Dick, both of Sheltonville, Neb., and Kyle Hess, McPherson; three brothers, Greg Martin, Hutchinson, Jeremy Barkley and Jarrod...
Richard D. Mcknight
Aug 6, 2006
Richard D. McKnight, 70, died Aug. 6, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 26, 1935, in Attica, the son of Glenn and Vivian Mock McKnight. He graduated from Anthony High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1963, he was a 21-year employee at Meschke's Clothing and spent 20 years as a salesman for Roberts-Hutchline Inc. He belonged to the...
Mary E. Fast
Aug 6, 2006
Mary E. Fast, 91, died Aug. 6, 2006, at Thorne Care Center. She was born April 6, 1915, in rural Cawker City, the daughter of Guy B. and Nellie Mary Bailey Chapman. She graduated from Asherville High School in 1934. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker and accounts payable clerk for Chalmers/Borton and also for the former Mammels...
Ruby E. Lovald
Aug 5, 2006
Ruby E. Kerwood Lovald, 93, died Aug. 5, 2006, at Infinia in Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 15, 1912 in rural Manchester, Okla., the daughter of Alexander Riley and Ella Huston Kerwood. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933 and was a Hutchinson resident since 1925. She was a window decorator for Woolworth's Department Store. She belonged to the...
Dr. Owen C. Taylor
Aug 3, 2006
Dr. Owen C. "Bud" Taylor, 77, died Aug. 3, 2006 at Hospice House. He was born July 11, 1929, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the son of Harold and Genevieve L. Norton Taylor. He graduated in 1947 from Coopersville High School, Coopersville, Mich. In 1950, he received his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan and graduated in 1954 from the University of...
Harry L. Oswalt
Aug 3, 2006
Harry L. "Ozzie" Oswalt, 83, died Aug. 3, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Jan. 30, 1923 in Dearborn, Mich. the son of Harry and Irene Chapman Oswalt. He graduated from Garden City High School and attended Kansas State and Kansas University. After growing up in Ponca City, Okla., he moved to Garden City and then moved to Arlington...
Annie M. Turner
Aug 3, 2006
Annie M. Turner, 67, died Aug. 3, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 22, 1939, in Pritchett, Colo., the daughter of Glen Jackson Potter and Ellen M. Smith Green. She graduated from Sylvia High School, Sylvia, in 1957. A longtime area resident, she was an 18-year clerk for Reno County Courthouse treasury department, retiring in 1996. She...
Carlene E. Ward
Aug 2, 2006
Carlene Elaine "Carrie" Ward, 46, died Aug. 2, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital Emergency Room. She was born Sept. 10, 1959, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Paul Eugene and Verna Mae Loftis Smith. She received her G.E.D. and graduated from Hutchinson Community College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was an employee of Process Improvement Department, Hutchinson Hospital. She was of...
Jesse E. Weeks
Aug 2, 2006
Jesse E. Weeks, 83, died August 2, 2006 at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born March 25, 1923, in Council Grove, the son of Bailey and Melinda Ann "Linnie" Belt Weeks. He graduated from Council Grove High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1985, he had been an auto mechanic for John North Ford in Emporia for 30 years and...
Jessie J. Donham
Aug 2, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Jessie J. Donham, 90, died Aug. 2, 2006, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Sept. 10, 1915, in Nowata County, Okla., the daughter of William and Della Tovey Gillespie. A resident of Hutchinson since 1959, she had worked at Hutch Bag-Co. and retired from R.L. Polk Co. After retirement she worked for Don's Friendly Tavern. She belonged...
Gladys Morrison
Aug 2, 2006
Gladys Birket Morrison, 98, died Aug. 2, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 17, 1907, in Tribune, the daughter of Myrtle Couchman Bowles. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Arizona for several years, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church and American Legion Auxiliary, Lysle Rishel Post No. 68. She had...
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