Donald E. Mendenhall
Sep 10, 2006
INMAN - Donald E. Mendenhall, 63, died Sept. 10, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born Jan. 17, 1943, in Hutchinson, the son of Cecil Eugene and Kathryn I. Flemming Mendenhall. A longtime resident of South Hutchinson, moving from Wichita, he was a meat cutter at McConnell Air Force Base, retiring in 1989. Survivors include: two brothers, Cecil...
Doris J. Winslow
Sep 10, 2006
Doris Juanita Smith Winslow, 101, died Sept. 10, 2006, at Medicalodge, Goddard. She was born April 19, 1905, in Hoisington, the daughter of Harry H. and Mary Ann Knight Smith. She was a 1923 graduate of Hoisington High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, moving from Pratt in 1943, she was a homemaker and co-owner and operator of Winslow Printing...
Deborah Ann Polk Murphy
Sep 9, 2006
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - Deborah Ann Polk Murphy, 50, died Sept. 9, 2006, after a 3 1/2-year battle with cancer. She was born in 1956 in Hutchinson daughter of Calvin and Earline Polk. She graduated from Hutchinson, High School and Salt City Business College. A resident of Highland Ranch, she was a lab technician for pharmaceutical companies in McPherson, Albuquerque,...
Gayla "Kaye" Baker
Sep 8, 2006
Gayla "Kaye" Baker, 69, lost a courageous three-year battle with lung cancer at Hospice House on Friday, Sept. 8, 2006. She was born March 31, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Gale A. and Agnes Nunemaker Locke. She graduated in 1955 from Arlington High School and in 1956 from Adela Hale Business College. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, formerly of...
Jeffrey R. Wegele
Sep 5, 2006
Jeffrey R. Wegele, 48, died Sept. 5, 2006, at his home. He was born June 30, 1958, in Great Bend, the son of Leslie Vernon and Doris Ann Cromer Wegele. He graduated from Skyline High School, Pratt, and received his A.A. from Hutchinson Community College. He was a resident of Hutchinson since 1989. He belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church....
Gwendolyn J. Barton
Sep 5, 2006
Gwendolyn J. "Gwen" Barton, 78, died Sept. 5, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1927 in Kinsley, the daughter of Will E. and Myrtle E. Keener Johnson. She graduated in 1945 from Hutchinson High School. a lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a retired cashier at the former Alco North Store. She belonged to Faith United Methodist Church,...
Peggy E. Laster
Sep 4, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Peggy E. Laster, 79, died Sept. 4, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born Aug. 27, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of William Albert and Nina Viva Lord O'Connell. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1945 and Hutchinson JUCO in 1947. A lifetime Hutchinson area resident, she worked as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell and...
Larry L. Giffin
Sep 4, 2006
Larry L. Giffin, 66, died Sept. 4, 2006 at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec. 19, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of George W. and Marie Beck Giffin. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1957 and from Hutchinson Junior College in 1960. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired senior customer engineer with IBM, working there...
Doris L. Brentlinger
Sep 3, 2006
Doris Lorraine Brentlinger, 75, died Sept. 3, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 24, 1930, in rural Reno County near Sterling, the daughter of George and Florence Tucker Stiggins. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1948. She was a homemaker and worked at Hadley Day Care Center for seven years. She belonged to South Hutchinson United Methodist...
Bessie Graber
Sep 2, 2006
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Bessie Graber, 94, died Sept. 2, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born April 4, 1912, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Jacob G. and Frances Graber Graber. She graduated from Pretty Prairie High School in 1930. A lifetime Pretty Prairie resident, she was a homemaker and cook at Prairie Sunset Home, 17 years....
Josephine L. Stecklein
Aug 31, 2006
Josephine L. Stecklein, 84, died Aug. 31, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born April 9, 1922, in Liebenthal, the daughter of John Peter and Rose Schaffer Legleiter. She graduated from Lie-benthal High Sch-ool. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Teresa Catholic Church, Hutchinson. On May 25, 1943, she married Frank Clarence Stecklein...
Ruby L. Adamson
Aug 30, 2006
Ruby L. Adamson, 25, died Aug. 30, 2006, at Golden Plains Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. l, 1921 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Earnest and Winifred Barnes Reed Adamson. She graduated from Adela Hale Business College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she worked for Fairmont Poultry Co. in Dodge City, Sherwin-Williams Paint Store and for 30 years was the...
Mary A. Frye
Aug 30, 2006
Mary Ann Frye, 85, died Aug. 30, 2006 at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River. She was born July7, 1921, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Frank and Anna Mae Sinn Rose. A Hutchinson High School graduate, she was a lifetime Hutchinson resident. She formerly was employed by Western Foods and was in the alterations department of the former Pegues Store....
Cindy L. Dirksen
Aug 29, 2006
Cindy L. Dirksen, 59, died Aug. 29, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1946, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Wilbur H. and Marie Gibson Rod-gers. She graduated from Hutc-hinson High School in 1964 and attended Hu-tch JUCO for a year. She was a homemaker and previous owner of "R" Cafe and a bookkeeper. She belonged to Grace...
Carl L. Riley
Aug 28, 2006
Carl L. Riley, 81, died Aug. 28, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 22, 1925, in Medford, Okla., the son of Thomas William Sr. and Bessie Emmaline Scott Riley. A resident of Hutchinson for 34 years, he worked for ACME Fou-ndry and Smelter Manufacturing, both in Blackwell, Okla., Cessna, Hutchinson, and Kansas Jack, McPherson. After retirement, he worked...
Anna L. Coberly
Aug 27, 2006
Anna Louise Coberly, 99, died Aug. 27, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born March 17, 1907, in Comanche County, the daughter of Carsten and Caroline Schenk Nickelson. She graduated from Wilmore High School in 1928 and attended Hays College in the summers of 1929 to 1931. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, she taught school for five...
Richard C. Harr
Aug 26, 2006
Richard C. Harr, 98, died Aug. 26, 2006, at his daughter's home, Arlington. He was born Sept. 21, 1907, in Wichita, the son of Charles H. and Eva Belle Calef Harr. A resident of Hutchinson since 1929, he was a retired mechanic for International Harvester. He belonged to Westside Baptist Church. On May 5, 1931, he married Margaret L. Teter...
Margaret E. Kumorowski
Aug 25, 2006
ABBYVILLE - Margaret Ellen Kumorowski, 80, died Aug. 25, 2006, at her home, Abbyville. She was born Jan. 11, 1926, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Alvin and Olive Ellen Harmon Helm. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Abbyville Community Church and the Quilting Club of Abbyville. On Sept. 21, 1942, she married James Joseph "Joe" Kumorowski in Hutchinson....
Larry N. Carson
Aug 24, 2006
Larry N. Carson, 64, died Aug. 24, 2006, at Hospice House. He was born Aug. 1, 1942, in Missouri, the son of Richard and Alma Norvell Carson. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a sales representative for the Sleep Shop & Furniture Gallery and had formerly been with Cessna and Western Auto. He belonged to American Legion Lysle Rishel Post...
Laurel E. Steele
Aug 24, 2006
Laurel Esther Steele, 89, died Aug. 24, 2006, at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 8, 1916, in Nickerson, the daughter of John and Frances Stuart Nininger. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1936. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had lived in Salina from 1957 to 1980. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Community...
