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Maebert Main
Feb 9, 2007
Maebert Main, 83, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Hospice House. She was born Nov. 29, 1923, in Sedgwick, the daughter of Jesse E. and Furilla Mae Hare Cox. A longtime Hutchinson resident, having lived prior in Dodge City, and Fort Wayne, Ind., she was the manager of the former Moose Lodge swimming pool and worked for Taco Grande for more...
Gary Colley
Feb 7, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gary Colley, 66, died Feb. 7, 2007, at his home, Columbus, Ohio. He was born March 9, 1940, in Hutchinson, the son of Herman and Verna Pauls Colley. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving to Ohio in 1991, he was a former auto body repairman and paint technician. On Aug. 31, 1979, he married Debbie Davis in...
Mary A. Graber
Feb 6, 2007
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Mary Alice Graber, 77, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born Aug. 21, 1929, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of W. H. "Billy" and Mary Alice "Mollie" Collingwood Seyb. In 1947, she graduated from Pretty Prairie High School, then attended Southwestern College, and graduated from Wesley School of Nursing in 1952. A...
Pauline Clough
Feb 6, 2007
Pauline Clough, 86, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 6, 1920, in Lost Springs, the daughter of Frederick and Fannie Peterson Baustian. She was a 1938, graduate of Lost Springs High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1986, moving from the Lerado community, she was a homemaker and a nurses' aide for Kingman County...
Jessie V. Cokeley
Feb 6, 2007
Jessie Viola Cokeley, 101, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1905, in Villisca, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Annie Timby Reichardt. A long time Hutchinson community resident, moving for Gridley, she was a homemaker. She belonged to New Hope Baptist Church, Extension Home Unit, and Bible Study Club. Tatting was one of her...
Ruby I. Elzey
Feb 5, 2007
Ruby I. Elzey, 81, died Feb. 5, 2007, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1925, in Naylor, Mo., the daughter of Thomas J. and Addie Roundtree Hunt. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. In 1947, she married George L. Elzey in St. Joseph, Mo. He died in...
Steven J. Gilmore
Feb 5, 2007
BUHLER - Steven J. Gilmore, 52, died Feb. 5, 2007. He was born Feb. 21, 1954, in Hutchinson, the son of James H. and Helen L. Eldredge Gilmore. In 1972, he graduated from Nickerson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was foreman for G&B Masonry Contractors. He was of the Christian faith. Survivors include: his mother; a sister, Christine...
Kenneth Dale Osborn
Feb 4, 2007
Kenneth Dale Osborn, 74, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital, ICU. He was born Dec. 1, 1932, in Penalosa, the son of Robert and Lottie Thelma Dahl Osborn. He graduated in 1951 from Cunningham High School. A resident of Emmett for 16 years, moving to Hutchinson in 1995, he was an electrician, retiring from KP&L in 1995. He belonged...
Darrell L. Gaston
Feb 4, 2007
Darrell Laurence Gaston, 79, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 29, 1927, in Sylvia, the son of Boyde F. and Viola Shankle Gaston. He graduated from Chase High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1959, he owned Gaston Feed Transport. He belonged to Faith Baptist Church, Hutchinson. He was also a member of the Hutchinson-Reno...
Richard A. Jarmer
Feb 4, 2007
Richard Allen Jarmer, 53, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Oct. 1, 1953, in Hutchinson, the son of Joseph and Darlene Barnes Jarmer. In 1972, he graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Tulsa, Okla., moving here at the end of 2006, he was a construction worker...
Rhoda M. Denning
Feb 4, 2007
Rhoda M. Denning, 77, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Buhler Sunshine Home. She was born May 19, 1929, in Battle Creek, Mich., the daughter of Raymond and Velma Baker Good. In 1947, she graduated from West Frankfort High School, Frankfort, Ill., and received her clinical technician degree in 1955 from Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Denver. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was...
Esther H. Shea
Feb 4, 2007
Esther H. Shea, 92, died Feb. 4, 2007, at Eudora Nursing Center. She was born June 20, 1914, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John Baptist and Mary Magdalene Klug Kaiser. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Hutchinson. On Aug. 12, 1932, she married Thomas James Shea in Newton. He died Oct....
Leona F. Stauffer
Feb 2, 2007
Leona F. Stauffer, 93, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 14, 1913, in Nickerson, the daughter of Burdette and Nina Riley Gleason. She had lived in Reno and Pratt Counties, before moving to Rawlins, Wyo., from 1941 to 1999, moving back to Hutchinson in 1999, she was a homemaker, and was a switchboard...
Katheryn Ediger
Feb 2, 2007
Katheryn Ediger, 93, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Buhler, the daughter of Jacob R. and Mary Braun Hiebert. She attended school in Buhler. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Faith Baptist Church. On Dec. 31, 1948, she married Henry "Hank" Ediger...
Betty F. Aleman
Feb 2, 2007
Betty Frances Aleman, 80, died Feb. 2, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 29, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Arcidio and Rita Garcia Aleman. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a silk finisher for both the former Barritt Cleaners and Haskard Cleaners. She belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Survivors include: four brothers, Luis,...
Lucile Mcrevey
Jan 31, 2007
Lucile McRevey, 92, died Jan. 31, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 17, 1914, in Arlington, the daughter of John Fred and Effie Dorthea Reed Witte. A resident of Hutchinson since 1950, moving from Plevna, she was a homemaker. On Aug. 19, 1941, she married Frank Joseph McRevey in Ellinwood. He died Jan. 9, 1974. Survivors...
Nile Layton Burns
Jan 30, 2007
Nile "Layton" Burns, 84, died Jan. 30, 2007. He was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Partridge, the son of William and Inez Burns. In 1940, he graduated from Partridge High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, he was owner of Smith's Market from 1965 until his retirement in 1985. He belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist Church. He was a...
M. Lavetta "Rusty" Braden
Jan 29, 2007
M. Lavetta "Rusty" Braden, 69, died Jan. 29, 2007, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 8, 1937, in Zenda, the daughter of Claude W. and Marjorie L. Amerine Braden. In 1955, she graduated from Grant County Rural High School, graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield in 1959, and graduated as a registered nurse from Ventura County College in...
Irma M. Karohl
Jan 28, 2007
Irma M. Karohl, 91, died Jan. 28, 2007, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 30, 1915, in Cherokee, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Delia Champion Stieneke. A longtime resident of Omaha, Neb., moving to Hutchinson in 2004, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Rockbrook United Methodist Church, Omaha, and was also a member of Order...
Dorothy K. Wilson
Jan 25, 2007
Dorothy K. "Dottie" Wilson, 80, died Jan. 25, 2007, at Kansas Medical Center, Andover. She was born Aug. 19, 1926, in Germantown, Pa., the daughter of Joseph B. and Henrietta Guckus Knipe. She graduated from Stevens School for Women, Germantown, and attended Pennsylvania State University. A longtime Hutchinson resident, moving to Wichita after retirement, she was the retired former co-owner...
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