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Elmer L. Munger
May 24, 2006
Elmer Lewis Munger, 91, died May 24, 2006, at Elm Grove Estates. He was born Jan. 4, 1915, in Manhattan, the son of Harold Hawley and Julia Jane Green Munger. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1936, from Kansas State University, received his Masters of Science Degree in 1938, from Kansas State University, and received his Ph.D. in...
David J. Blackim
May 24, 2006
David J. Blackim, 71, died May 24, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born April 8, 1935, in Wichita, the son of David Francis and Virginia Nordyke Blackim. He graduated in 1954 from Hutchinson High School, received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 and his Master of Science degree in 1961, both from Emporia State University. He taught...
David J. Blackim
May 24, 2006
David J. Blackim, 71, died May 24, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Wichita, the son of David Francis and Virginia Nordyke Blackim. He graduated in 1945 from Hutchinson High School, received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 and his Master of Science degree in 1961, both from Emporia State University. He taught...
Gladys M. Kretzer
May 23, 2006
Gladys M. Kretzer, 93, died May 23, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1912, in Gypsum, the daughter of Elmer and Lilly Kilmer Hoffman. She attended Gypsum High School. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Forest Park Presbyterian Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. On June 24, 1929, she...
L. Marceline Webster
May 21, 2006
L. Marceline Webster, 84, died May 21, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born June 16, 1921, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Leo C. and Esther Van Dolah Ree-ves. She graduated in 1939 from Hutchinson High School, and in 1941 from Hutchinson Junior College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Park Place Christian...
Melvin D. Norris
May 21, 2006
Melvin D. Norris, 49, died May 21, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 28, 1956, in Queens, N.Y., the son of Joe and Mae Ellen Johnson Norris. He graduated from Andrew Jackson High School, Queens, N.Y., and attended Hutchinson Community College. A Hutchinson resident for 30 years, he was the owner and operator of Norris Truck Wash, Hutchinson....
Catherine J. Ross
May 20, 2006
Catherine June Ross, 90, died May 20, 2006, at Infinia Nursing Home, Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1916, in Virgil, the daughter of Walter L. and Lena Allis Evans. She graduated from Virgil High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, she was a secretary at the Pentagon and later was a secretary at the former Carey Salt Co....
Catherine J. Ross
May 20, 2006
Drene Ann Hipple, 74, died May 20, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1931, in Lincoln, the daughter of Robert U. and Reva S. Hendrickson Herman. She graduated in 1949 from Lincoln High School and then graduated from Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, secretary...
Drene A. Hipple
May 20, 2006
Drene Ann Hipple, 74, died May 20, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 13, 1931, in Lincoln, the daughter of Robert U. and Reva S. Hendrickson Herman. She graduated in 1949 from Lincoln High School and then graduated from Adela Hale Business College, Hutchinson. A Hutchinson resident since 1983 moving from Lincoln, she was a telephone operator...
Lahonda J. Buie
May 20, 2006
LaHonda Jean Buie, 65, died May 20, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born June 15, 1940, in Douglas, the daughter of Floyd Clark and Stella Irene Rob-erts. She graduated from Derby High School in 1958, and then graduated from Brown Mackie College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was the owner of Buie's Bargain Center. She was baptized...
Marion G. Cunningham
May 19, 2006
Marion G.L. "Ace" Cunningham, 84, died May 19, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 2, 1922, in Hartner, the son of Charles and Dora Shaw Sallee. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a mechanic at Cessna, retiring in 1984. He belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361 and was a 50-year member of...
Mary N. Wyer
May 19, 2006
Mary Naomi Wyer, 97, died May 19, 2006, at Creekside Nursing Home, Plano, Texas. She was born Oct. 16, 1908, in Sylvia, the daughter of George and Clara Yust Snowbarger. A resident of Plano, Texas, formerly a longtime Hut-chinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church and was a volunteer for the Girl Scouts. On...
Edward E. Newman
May 14, 2006
Edward E. "Ed" Newman, 89, died May 14, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 9, 1916, on a farm south of Rozel, the son of E.W. "Ted" and Gertrude Sibley Newman. He graduated in 1934 from Rozel High School. He was a tool and die maker and industrial sales representative his entire working career, retiring in 1981....
Alice Louise Gray
May 13, 2006
Alice Louise Gray, 67, died May 13, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 16, 1939, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John W. and Pauline Louise Tuxhorn Durflinger. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired secretary, working for the former Wiley's Department Store...
Stephen M. Schwinn
May 12, 2006
Stephen Matthew Schwinn, 46, died May 12, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital, ICU. He was born Sept. 2, 1959, in Great Bend, the son of James Joseph and Helen Nadine Miller Schwinn. He graduated from Hutch-inson High School and the Wichita Drafting College. He was a resident of Hutchinson for 33 years. Survivors include: his parents, James and Helen, Pretty Prairie;...
Callie E. Smalling
May 12, 2006
Callie Eveleen Smalling, 82, died May 12, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1923, in Dewey, Okla., the daughter of Elmer F. and Dimple A. Martin Peterson. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, a clerk for Woolworth's and a self-employed bookkeeper. She was a former member of Bethany Nazarene Church, Full Gospel Church...
Larry M. Ipson
May 12, 2006
Larry M. Ipson, 62, died May 12, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 11, 1943, in Guymon, Okla., the son of Ralph and Alice Garton Ipson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, moving from Alden, he worked at Eaton Hydraulics. He attended Mount Olivet Worship Center and belonged to the Machinist Union Local...
Delphia M. Scherer
May 11, 2006
Delphia Mae "Dell" Scherer, 86, died May 11, 2006, at Golden Plains. She was born Nov. 26, 1919, in Sylvia, the daughter of Abel and Amelia Augusta Snowbarger Vigil. She graduated in 1938 from Lyons High School, and attended cosmetology school in Wichita. A resident of Hutchinson since 1986, she retired in 1984 from Bank of America at Westchester, Calif....
John W. Godbey
May 10, 2006
John Wesley Godbey, 95, went to his heavenly home, May 10, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 12, 1911 in Ellis, the son of John Wesley and Luella Williams Godbey. He graduated from Salina High School in 1929. After retirement he moved to Tucson, Ariz., for 15 years, then Duncan, OK for six years...
Randall J. "Randy" Feezor
May 10, 2006
Randall J. "Randy" Feezor, 52, went to meet the Lord on May 10, 2006, passing away at his home after his battle with cancer. He was born to wonderful parents, George W. and Karen Pedersen Feezor, on July 10, 1953, in Hays. He was a 1971 Hutchinson High School Graduate. A Hutchinson resident since 1958, moving from Hays, he worked...
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