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Anne E. Miller
Nov 29, 2006
Anne Elaine Miller, infant, died Nov. 29, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 2006 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Delmar McKenzie and Suzanne Carter McKenzie Miller. The family are members of First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: her parents, of the home; a brother, Charles Miller, of the home, two sisters, Kathleen Miller and Elizabeth Miller, both...
Callie M. Drake
Nov 29, 2006
Callie M. Drake 75, died Nov. 29, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 15, 1931 in Crestview, Fla. She attended schools in Crestview, Fla. A resident of Hutchinson since 1958, moving from Crestview, she worked for Hutchinson Hospital as a surgery technician for 15 years and also at Hutchinson High School cafeteria. She was of the Baptist faith....
Dean F. Pickerill
Nov 29, 2006
Dean F. Pickerill, 91, died Nov. 29, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 28, 1915, in Ness County, the son of Frank J. and Jesse F. McKelvey Pickerill. In 1933, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he was owner and operator of Pickerill Concrete and Block Co. for 40 years. He belonged to...
Delmar C. Hill
Nov 27, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Delmar C. Hill, 83, died Nov. 27, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born March 18, 1923, in Worcester, N.Y., the son of Fenton L. and Lillian Wellman Hill. He graduated from Worcester High School. A Hutchinson and South Hutchinson resident for the past 61 years, he was retired correctional officer for KSIR, and following retirement worked...
Velda E. Cavanaugh
Nov 27, 2006
Velda E. Cavanaugh, 89, died Nov. 27, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 5, 1917 in Rozel, the daughter of Denver and Hazel Hutton Luman. She graduated in 1935 from Nickerson High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1943, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church, Tro-M Sunday School Class, volunteered in the...
Bessie F. Hooker
Nov 27, 2006
Bessie Fern Hooker, 82, died Nov. 27, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 29, 1924, in Liberal, the daughter of Elmer and Susie Orth Summers. A resident of Hutchinson since 1977, moving from Arlington, she was a homemaker. She was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361 Auxiliary for 45 years....
J. Marvin Smith
Nov 26, 2006
He was a steel salesman and a WWII Navy Veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife Ila Smith. He is survived by a son: Roger Smith of Burrton and two daughters: Stephanie Burden of Udall, and Shelley Frazier of Jacksonville Beach, FL and their families.
Rennie J. Borders
Nov 25, 2006
Rennie Joe Borders, 74, died Nov. 25, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born Aug. 6, 1932, in Waverly, Mo., the son of Gene and Ethel Williams Borders. He graduated from Buhler High School. A resident of Hutchinson most of his life, he was a baker at Rainbow Bakery for 24 years and then worked for Hutchinson...
Edd Rogers
Nov 24, 2006
Edd Rogers, 58, died Nov. 24, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1947, in Commerce, Texas, the son of Billy Joe and Grace Etta Moore Rogers. He graduated in 1966, from Commerce High School and then graduated from East Texas State University. A Hutchinson resident since 1991, moving from Wichita, where he had lived since 1976,...
Elizabeth A. Boger
Nov 23, 2006
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Boger, 87, died Nov. 23, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Odin, the daughter of Robert and Amelia Tinkel Korkish. She graduated from Odin schools. A resident of Hutchinson for 54 years, moving from Hoisington, she was a homemaker and had worked at Hoisington Drug Store. She belonged to the Church...
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...
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