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Janice Kay Brawner
Oct 15, 2006
HUTCHINSON - Janice K. "Jan" Brawner, 55, died Oct. 15, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March, 29, 1951, in Wichita, the daughter of Thomas E. and Alice M. Fitzmorris Drake. She graduated from the Mount Caramel Academy in 1969 and attended Emporia State University. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker and has been a scanning...
Mary Gertrude Gates
Oct 13, 2006
Mary Gertrude Gates, 85, died Oct. 13, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 5, 1921, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of Alphonsus H. "Ted" and Margaret M. O'Hara Flanagan. She graduated in 1937 from Gretna High School, Gretna, Neb. A resident of Hutchinson since 2002, moving from Lyons, where she had lived for 38 years, she...
Frank Leroy Clark
Oct 13, 2006
Frank Leroy Clark, 81, died Oct. 13, 2006 at his home, Hutchisnon. He was born Sept 10, 1925 in Wichita, the son of Frank Marion and Gertrude Ilene Blakenhagen Clark. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident, having lived in Haven, Wichita, Kansas City and St. Joseph, MO. He will be missed by his guardian, staff and friends. He was preceded...
Milton O. Warren
Oct 13, 2006
Milton O. Warren, 85, died Oct. 13, 2006 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born April 10, 1921, in Maion County, the son of Lemaul and Katie Evans Warren. He was a longtime Hutchinson resident. Survivors include a brother, Leonard C., Hutchinson. Graveside service will be at 9 a.m. Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may sign the...
Elizabeth C. Ojeda
Oct 12, 2006
Elizabeth C. Ojeda, 89, died Oct. 12, 2006 at Hospice Houses. She was born May 19, 1917, in Wellington, the daughter of Jose and Alejandria Flores Caudillo. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a retired independent house cleaner. She belonged to Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson. On Oct. 10, 1937, she married John Francis Ojeda in...
Donald A. Smith
Oct 9, 2006
McPHERSON - Donald A. Smith, 70, died Oct. 9, 2006, in McPherson. He was born March 13, 1936, in Aitkin, Minn., the son of Rex Deward and Lillian Eleanor Rustad Smith. A resident of McPherson for 14 years, moving from Phoenix, he was a master mechanic and owner and operator of Apache Diesel Service, Phoenix. He served in the 121st...
Bob Helms
Oct 8, 2006
Bob Helms, 66, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 8, 2006, passing away at the Hospice House. He was born Jan. 14, 1940, in Anthony, the son of Callie Jack and Stella Mae Cha- sey Helms. A 1958 graduate of Anthony High School, he was a 43-year employee with IBM, retiring in 2005. Twenty-five of those years were...
William Fidel Pina
Oct 7, 2006
William Fidel "Bill" Pina, 58, died Oct. 7, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born March 23, 1948, in Hutchinson, the son of Amado Pina Jr. and Mercedes Figueroa Pina. He graduated from Hutch-inson High School in 1966. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was an employee of the Santa Fe Railroad and Hutchinson Hospital. He belonged to Our Lady...
Jimmy C. Skinner
Oct 7, 2006
Jimmy Charles "Jim" Skinner, 70, died Oct. 7, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born July 19, 1936, in Canton, Texas, the son of Johnny and Jewel Pearlee Patrick Skinner. He was owner of Skinner Discount Center. He belonged to New Hope Baptist Church, Hutchinson, and served with the National Guard. On May 4, 1987, he married Theresa Rose Pruitt...
Brighton D. Ledgerwood
Oct 6, 2006
Brighton Dean Ledgerwood,was stillborn Oct. 6, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He is the son of Justin Dean Ledgerwood and Kristi Faithe Oster Sanger. Survivors include: his parents, Hutchinson; four brothers, Tyler, Nicholas, Thomas and Benjamin, all of Hutchinson; grandparents, Darlene and Vick Bryant, Marquette, Kenneth and Norene Oster, Fargo, N.D., and Vickie and Jim VanHoose, Hutchinson; great-grandmother, Phyllis Miller, Hutchinson;...
Gladys A. Jackson
Oct 6, 2006
Gladys A. Jackson, 84, peacefully passed away Oct. 6, 2006, at Hospice House of Salina. She was born March 20, 1922, in Burin, Newfoundland, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Charlotte Ross Anderson. A Hutchinson resident since 1987, moving here from Oregon, she was a homemaker and mom. She was of the Episcopalian faith. On Feb. 19, 1970, she married...
Betty J. Joyner
Oct 5, 2006
Betty J. Joyner, 83, died Oct. 5, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital ICU. She was born Jan. 19, 1923, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Leo David and Laree Ellen Duley Ferron. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had lived in Tulsa, Okla. from 1972 to 1988. She was a homemaker and administrative assistant for...
Jeanette O'Halloran
Oct 2, 2006
Jeanette O'Halloran, 87, died Oct. 2, 2006 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 6, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Homer E. and Marie Eales Baldwin. She was a 1937 graduate of Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson, she worked for the Register of Deeds office at Reno County Courthouse. She belonged to First Christian Church...
Mollie A. Coberly Hedrick
Oct 1, 2006
Mollie Anne Coberly Hedrick, 83, died Oct. 1, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 2, 1923, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Lester Waite and Beulah Davis Hoover. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941, and attended Hutchinson Community College for one year. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the...
Ann E. Snyder
Oct 1, 2006
Ann E. Kollhoff Snyder, 87, died Oct. 1, 2006 at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born June 20, 1919 in Dorrance, the youngest child of Andreas and Marie Catherine Fritzler Keller. She attended Lucas Schools. She lived at her rural residence east of Nickerson for the last 60 years. She was a homemaker and had been active in dairying...
Earl Kirk
Sep 29, 2006
Earl L. Kirk died September 29, 2006, in Sanibel, Fla., after a short illness. Born Nov. 13, 1912, in Hutchinson, Kan., son of Albert Earl and Gladys Moore Kirk. He lived a full and wonderful life, traveling the world with his beloved wife, Mary Ann, and daughters Diane and Karen. A longtime Hutchinson resident, Earl had lived in Sanibel...
Alvin F. Befort
Sep 29, 2006
Alvin F. "Al" Befort, 67 died Sept. 29, 2006 at Galachia Heart Hospital, Wichita. He was born Oct. 3, 1938, in Munjor, the son of Cy and Clara Dreher Befort. He graduated from Great Bend High School and Fort Hays State University. A resident of Hutchinson for the last 21 years, formerly of Great Bend, Wichita, Garden City and Mulvane,...
Esther M. Keevert Ewing
Sep 28, 2006
Esther M. Keevert Ewing, 93, died Sept. 28, 2006, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. She was born Oct. 18, 1912, in Winfield, the daughter of Clinton and Ruby Sea- bridge Haworth. A resident of Hutchinson since 1954, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 20, 1931, she married Charles H. Keevert. He died Feb. 8, 1980. On Dec. 31, 1982,...
Richard L. Evans, Jr.
Sep 27, 2006
Richard L. Evans Jr., 85, died Sept. 27, 2006, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers. He was born July 23, 1921, in rural Hutchinson, the son of Richard L. Evans Sr. and Flora Dixon Evans. He graduated from Partridge High School in 1938, and Kansas State University in 1942 with a degree in agriculture. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, he...
Max B. Miller
Sep 27, 2006
Max Benson Miller, 59, loving father, husband and friend, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, at the Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was diagnosed with ALS, better known as Lou Gerhig's Disease, in March 2005 and died of complications related to the disease. He was born June 22, 1947, on a farm between Oakley and Scott City, the son of Fay...
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