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Mary Nisly
Jun 26, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Mary Nisly, 86, died June 26, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born July 10, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Samuel A. and Delila Beiler Nisly. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, she lived in South Hutchinson. She was a retired nurse's aid, working 24 years at the former Grace Hospital and Hutchinson Hospital, then...
Vada V. Tucker
Jun 25, 2006
Vada V. Tucker, 87, died June 25, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 27, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ernest W. and Gertrude M. Nelson Schroll. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she had worked for Saylor Cleaners for 20 years. She belonged to Community Church of the Brethren. On Feb. 27, 1937, she married C. Wayne Tucker...
Doris N. Morris
Jun 25, 2006
Doris Nadine Morris, 91, died June 25, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 2, 1914, in Nickerson, the daughter of Michael Walter and Mary Viola Yaple Blanchfield. She was a 1934 graduate of Sterling High School. A lifetime resident of Reno County, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Mitchell Chapel United Methodist Church and United Methodist...
Esther M. Laws
Jun 24, 2006
Ester M. Laws, 59, died June 24, 2006 at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 27, 1947 in Ellis, the daughter of Bonaventure P. and Helen E. Weber Brungardt. She graduated from Wakeeney High School and attended Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson most of her life, she was a homemaker and certified...
Garnett R. Fields
Jun 22, 2006
Garnett R. Fields, 96, died June 22, 2006, in Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 11, 1910, in Talmage, the daughter of Lewis Elmer and Helen Steele Chase. She graduated from Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1940, she was a homemaker and worked as a secretary for Krause Plow during World War II. She belonged to First...
Carl J. Balzer
Jun 22, 2006
Carl John Balzer, 81, died June 22, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1924 on the family farm near Inman, the son of Peter W. and Anna Siemens Balzer. He graduated in 1942 from Buhler High School. a 34 year resident of Inman, moving to Hutchinson in 1984, he was a farmer, Allis Chalmers dealer and salesman...
Glenn L. Simpson
Jun 21, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Glenn L. Simpson, 74, went to be with his Lord, June 21, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born April 15, 1932, in rural Stanton County, the son of Roy Douglas and Martha Ellen Jones Simpson. He graduated in 1950 from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime South Hutchinson resident, he was a cabinet maker and finish carpenter,...
Ruth E. Gnuse
Jun 21, 2006
Ruth Edna Gnuse, 91, died June 21, 2006 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born July 4, 1914 in Quincy, IL, the daughter of William and Anna Dicks Hillman. She graduated in 1931 from Quincy High School, Quincy, IL. A Hutchinson resident since 1958, she was a teacher for 22 years at Quincy, IL public schools, retiring in 1958....
Richard T. Parker
Jun 21, 2006
Richard T. "Dick" Parker, 82, died June 21, 2006, at the Thorne Care Center at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 12, 1923, in El Dorado, Kan., the son of Arthur and Frieda Jones Parker. In 1936, Parker and his younger brother, Jack, were taken from an orphanage in Hutchinson by the Kent sisters, Mabel, Mattie, Isabel and their...
Thomas N. Johnson
Jun 19, 2006
Thomas N. "Tom" Johnson, 87, died June 19, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. He was born May 29, 1919, in Henryetta, Okla., the son of Albert Wesley and Bessie Millicent Hall Johnson. He graduated from Iola High School in 1937 and from Kansas State University in 1957. A resident of Hutchinson since 1961, he was a cost estimator for English...
Marian E. Tigner
Jun 19, 2006
Marian E. Tigner, 86, died June 19, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 27, 1919, in Swan, Iowa, the daughter of Ross E. and Hazel N. Falor Buckley. She graduated from Liberty Center High School, Liberty Center, Iowa, in 1937. In 1961, she graduated from Sterling College and received her reading specialist degree from Emporia State University. A...
Cleo F. Kornelson
Jun 19, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Cleo Fern Kornelson, 83, died June 19, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital emer gency room. She was born Feb. 10, 1923, in Fort Dodge, the daughter of Roy Wallace May and Amy Elnora Stoughton. She was a 1941 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, living 28 years in Valley Falls and returning to Reno County...
Evelyn M. Yutzy
Jun 18, 2006
Evelyn Marie Whitecotton Yutzy, 80, died June 18, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 2, 1925, in Garden City, the daughter of Oliver Whitecotton and Thelma Thompson Whitecotton Martin. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Seventh Day Adventist Church. On Dec. 29, 1956, she married Mahlon R. Yutzy in Newton....
Donald M. Stiles
Jun 16, 2006
Donald M. Stiles, Jr., 74, died June 16, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1931, in Mankato, the son of Donald M. and Ruth E. Brown Stiles Sr. He graduated in 1949, from Hutch-inson High School, and attended Wentworth Military Academy and the University of Kansas. A resident of Hutchinson since 1938, he was the owner of...
Clara C. Luman
Jun 15, 2006
Clara C. Luman, 75, died June 15, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, due to an accidental fall in her home June 4. She was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Sylvia, the daughter of John K. and Laura Jane Helm Nusser. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1948. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she moved with her family from Sylvia...
Charles V. Williams
Jun 14, 2006
Charles Vincent "Chuck" Williams, 42, died June 14, 2006. He was born June 8, 1964, in Hutchinson, the son of Robert P. and Judy Haynes Williams Sr. A longtime resident of the San Fernando Valley area in California, returning to Hutchinson three months ago, he was an automotive painter. Survivors include: his father, Robert P. "Bob" Williams Sr., Hutchinson; his...
Carolyn K. Mcmahon
Jun 14, 2006
Carolyn Kay McMahon, 66, died June 14, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 26, 1939, in Salina, the daughter of Goodhardt Lawrence Giersch and Ellen Mae Holmes. She graduated from Abilene High School in 1957, Abilene, and attended Fort Hays State University. A Hutchinson resident, she was as retired health industry worker of 25 years. She was...
Sherry Devaul
Jun 14, 2006
Sherry DeVaul, 54, died June 14, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1952, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Eugene Richard and Joan Lee Gregg DeBerry. She graduated from Buhler High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was retired crank shaft grinder for Consolidated Manufacturing. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and was a Mary Kay...
Grace V. Sands
Jun 13, 2006
Grace Vita Sands, 72, went home in the hands of the Lord on June 13, 2006. She was born Jan. 26, 1934 in Sicily, Italy, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Defilippo Laudani. She was a graduate of Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Mass. She studied X-Ray technology at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Mass. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a...
Irvin A. Pauls
Jun 13, 2006
BUHLER - Irvin A. "Irv" Pauls, 80, died June 13, 2006, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Inman. He was born Dec. 30, 1925, in rural Reno County, near Buhler, the son of A.J. and Marguerite Reg-ehr Pauls. A lifetime Buhler area resident, he was a hardware salesman for Colladay Hardware Co. for 36 years, retiring in 1990. Following his retirement,...
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