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Carrie Ann Steed
Apr 2, 2006
Carrie Ann Steed, 88, died April 2, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 14, 1917, in Sterling, the daughter of Hubert and Julia Shuler Steed. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936, Hutchinson Community College and the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She taught school for 35 years at Prosperity and North Reno Schools, retiring in...
Helen L. Hobbs
Apr 2, 2006
ARLINGTON - Helen L. Hobbs, 92, died April 2, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1913, the second daughter of Oscar W. and Mabel Brooks Dilliard. The family lived two and a half miles east of Langdon. Being raised in the Langdon area, she lived in Arlington from 1935 until moving to Mennonite Manor in...
Emma Jean Trent
Apr 1, 2006
Emma Jean Trent, 80, died April 1, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital, ICU. She was born May 3, 1925, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Rufus Milton and Frances Dov-ie Tucker Lindsey. She attended Ce-ntral High School. A lifetime Hu-tchinson resident, she was a homemaker, retired from Hutchinson Bag Company as a surge operator, and during World War II, was a "Rosie...
Donald R. Paque
Apr 1, 2006
Donald Roger Paque, 73, died April 1, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. He was born April 23, 1932, in Green Bay, Wis., the son of Ray and Evelyn Vandeleest Paque. He graduated high school at Green Bay. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he retired in 1995, as the owner and operator of Venture Industries and Mid-America Wholesale. He was a...
Edward N. Housley
Mar 31, 2006
Edward Noble Housley, 88, died March 31, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 11, 1917, in Hominy, Okla., the son of Frank P. and Mary Emma Noble Housley. He graduated from Hominy, Okla., High School. He was a retired oilfield worker for Homestake Oil Company, Burrton, and also worked for Eaton Metal, Builder Supply Company, and the Boardfoot....
Glenda J. Clarke
Mar 28, 2006
Glenda J. Clarke, 66, died March 28, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born March 6, 1940, in Blackwell, Okla., the daughter of John and Lola Calvert Clarke. A Hutchinson resident for most of her life, she retired from T.E.C.H. in 1996. She is survived by her host family, Steve and Toni Marcus, Hutchinson. Funeral services will be held at...
Timmy Lee Snowden, Jr.
Mar 28, 2006
STERLING - Timmy Lee Snowden, Jr., 28, died March 28, 2006, at El Paso, Texas, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born Feb. 17, 1978, in Pamona, Calif., the son of Timmy Lee and Donna Louise Persson Snowden, Sr. He graduated in 1996, from Nickerson High School. He was a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, being honorably discharged...
Adam C. Egbert
Mar 27, 2006
Adam C. Egbert, 27, died March 27, 2006, near Paola. He was born Dec. 22, 1978, in Hutchinson, the son of Brian and Tess Drake Egbert. He graduated from Nickerson High School in 1997. He was an electrician working for PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. He belonged to the Catholic Church, the Nickerson Baseball Club and I.B.E.W. Local No. 304. Survivors...
Lorene Ada Keens
Mar 26, 2006
Lorene P. Keens, 92, made her transition March 26, 2006, at Elm Grove Estates, in Hutchinson, Kan. Her life was full of faith, family and friends. She was born Lorene Ada Palmer, Aug. 25, 1913, in Newburg, Iowa, to Charles Au-stin Palmer and Nora Belle Palmer. She attended grade schools in Newburg, Iowa and Carpenter, Wyo. She graduated from Grinnell...
Phyllis D. Young
Mar 23, 2006
Phyllis D. Young, 77, died March 23, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born March 30, 1928, in Summitt, S.D., the daughter of James Edward and Hazel Lila Driessen Kennison. A resident of Hutchinson since 1951, she was a waitress and the manager of Margaret's Restaurant and worked for Hutchinson Bag Co. She belonged to the Father's House. On Aug....
Maxine Lindburg
Mar 23, 2006
Maxine Lindburg, 87, died March 23, 2006, at The Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 22, 1918, in Langdon, the daughter of Frank E. and Elfa Leola Stewart Parker. She was a graduate of Langdon High School and attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Emporia State Teachers College and the University of Colorado at Boulder. A longtime Hutchinson resident,...
Glen Olen England
Mar 23, 2006
Glen Olen England, 71, died March 23, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 22, 1935, in Anderson, Mo., the son of Leamon Lawson and Pearl May Smith England. He graduated high school at the Yokosuka, Japan Naval Base. A resident of Hutchinson since 1944, he worked for Kelly Mills and Rainbow Bakery. He belonged to the Baptist...
Howard W. Raymond
Mar 22, 2006
Howard Wayne Raymond, 78, died March 22, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Nov. 19, 1927, in Haven, the son of Ernest Olen and Lena Mae Harvey Raymond. Following the death of his mother, Lena, his father Ernest married Zora Hanson. She preceded him in death. A longtime Arlington resident, he graduated from Arlington High School. A Hutchinson resident...
Ralph A. Barnes
Mar 22, 2006
Ralph A. Barnes, 85, died March 22, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born May 30, 1920, in rural Hutchin-son, the son of George C. and Ruby Minkler Barnes. He was a 1939 graduate of Buhler High School and a 1946 graduate of Adela Hale Business College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a former real estate broker...
Clifford V. Steierl
Mar 19, 2006
Clifford V. "Bud" Steierl, 84, died March 19, 2006, at Good Samaritan, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 22, 1921, in rural Sterling, the son of John C. and Vesta G. Hawver Steierl. He graduated from Nickerson High School in 1940. A longtime Hutch-inson resident, he was a papermaker and farmer. He belonged to First Southern Baptist Church. He was a...
Viola Shaw
Mar 19, 2006
Viola Nightengale Unruh Shaw, 95, died March 19, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 9, 1911, in Verden, Okla., the daughter of Abraham J. and Ella Schmidt Nightengale. She lived in Montezuma, Ks. and DeRidder, La. before moving to Hutchinson in 1946. She attended school in Lamar, Colo. She worked for Highland Growers, DeRidder, and after moving...
William L. Mitchell
Mar 18, 2006
William L. "Bill" Mitchell, 81, died March 18, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Homer and Addie Painter Mitchell. He graduated in 1942, from Hutchinson High School, attended Hu-tchinson Co-mmunity College and graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan School of Law. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson,...
James V. Sitton
Mar 18, 2006
ARLINGTON - James Vern Sitton, 94, died March 18, 2006, at Golden Plains Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 26, 1911, in Preston, the son of Otho Gragford "OG" and Mamie Haines Sitton. A longtime resident of Arlington, moving to Hutchinson in 2002, he was a farmer and owned Sitton Mechanic Shop. He belonged to Arlington United Methodist Church....
Lillian E. Torrez
Mar 16, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Lillian Edna Alfaro Torrez, 79, died March 16, 2006, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Feb. 2, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Pablo Jose and Maria Briseno Alfaro. A lifetime area resident, she graduated from Hutch-inson High School in 1945 and was a graduate of Salt City Business College. She was a former secretary for DBQ...
Patricia Ann Driggers
Mar 15, 2006
Patricia Ann "Pat" Driggers, 73, died March 15, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 20, 1932, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Gladys Neff Carlson. She was a 1950 graduate of Central High School, St. Joseph, Mo., and attended St. Joseph Junior College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1966, she was a clothing buyer...
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