Pearl A. Toms
Mar 13, 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Pearl Alice Toms, 81, died March 13, 2006, at Pikes Peak Care Center, Colorado Springs. She was born Sept. 1, 1924, in Medora, the daughter of Clarence and Bessie Trotter Barnes. An Arlington resident since 1991, formerly of Hutchinson and Lake George, Colo., she had worked alongside her husband in several family-owned businesses in Hutchinson. She...
Theodore R. Wilt
Mar 12, 2006
SYLVIA ñ Theodore R. Wilt, 89, died March 12, 2006, at Infinia Health Care Center. He was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Plevna, the son of Harry Oscar and Edna Clement Wilt. A lifetime Sylvia and Reno County resident, he worked in maintenance at K.S.I.R., had his own repair shop and worked as a mechanic at the former Chevrolet dealership...
Fred B. Ridge
Mar 12, 2006
Fred Benjamin "Ben" Ridge Jr., 68, died March 12, 2006, at Reynosa, Mexico. He was born Sept. 17, 1937, in Grantsburg, Wis., the first child of Fred Benjamin and Irene Pearl Pennel Ridge Sr. He attended school in Turon. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he farmed at Yaggy Plantation, and then was an auto mechanic and service station owner. He belonged...
Suzanne L. Schmidt
Mar 11, 2006
Suzanne L. Schmidt, 39, died March 11, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1966, in San Diego, the daughter of Jerry D. and Freda L. Cartwright Schmidt. She graduated in 1987 from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a TECH employee and had formerly been employed with McDonaldÃs and OliverÃs. She was...
Ruth. V. Mattson
Mar 10, 2006
Ruth V. Mattson, 89, died March 10, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 8, 1916, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Paul C. and Lillie Bell Chamberlain Buskirk. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1935. A longtime resident of the rural Andover Community in McPherson County, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Andover...
Leslie J. Torrence
Mar 10, 2006
Leslie Joy Torrence died March 10, 2006, at the Hospice House. The daughter of Frank Leslie and Etta May Clark Joy, she was born March 12, 1919, at Luray. She was married for 58 years to the late Dale "Jake" Torrence, a former jeweler of Hutchinson. Survivors include: a son, Dr. Michael D. Torrence, of Hutchinson; two daughters, Gayle Evans...
Rosalie A. Montgomery
Mar 10, 2006
Rosalie A. Montgomery, 73, died March 10, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 1932, in Little River, the daughter of Ernest A. and Mabel L. Richter Corwin. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 16, 1950, she married John Montgomery in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Karla Rumback and husband, Donald,...
Gregg A. Armbruster
Mar 8, 2006
Gregg A. Armbruster, 51, died March 8, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 17, 1954, in Hutchinson, the son of William E. and Gertrude Biggs Armbruster. He graduated from Hutch-inson High School in 1972, attended Hutchinson Community College and graduated in 1973 from Central Kansas Area Vo-Tech with a degree in auto mechanics. A lifetime Hutchinson resident,...
Weston J. Hendrickson
Mar 8, 2006
Weston Joseph "Wes" Hendrickson, 72, died March 8, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 2, 1934, in Ford, the son of Ralph Henry and Elizabeth Anne Tockert Hendrickson. He was a 1952 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifelong Hutch-inson resident, he was a locomotive engineer for Santa Fe Railroad for 40 years. He belonged to American...
James E. Moore
Mar 8, 2006
NICKERSON - James E. Moore, 81, died March 8, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 30, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Oscar and Ethel Eaxley Moore. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Nickerson resident, he had been a welder for several local companies and worked for the City of Nickerson after his retirement....
Irene I. Collins
Mar 7, 2006
Irene I. Collins, 86, died March 7, 2006, in her home in Hutchinson. She was born May 27, 1919, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Joseph Fredrick and Frances I. "Bell" Krehbiel Wenzel. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she graduated from Pretty Prairie High School and was a machinist at Cessna from 1969 until retiring in 1980. On May 24, 1936,...
James T. Mattison
Mar 7, 2006
James T. Mattison, 53, died March 7, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 1, 1952, at Hutchinson, the son of Jack E. and Barbara Knowlton Mattison. In 1970, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. He was employed at Decker and Mattison Co. He was a member of Ducks Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club. Survivors...
Delfino Anzo
Mar 6, 2006
Delfino "Tony" Anzo, 69, died March 6, 2006, at North Las Vegas. He was born Dec. 25, 1936, in Lyons, the son of Rafael and Concepcion Alatorre Anzo. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired machinist for Cessna and Eaton. He belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Chur-ch. He was a U.S. Army veteran from 1959 to 1962. On June...
Zona Myrtle Bridges
Mar 4, 2006
Zona Myrtle Bridges, 79, of Hutchinson, died March 4, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Leo Leslie and Winifred Naomi Lee Starks. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she and her husband owned and operated Trader John Used Furniture and J & H Wholesale Used Cars. She was a hostess, waitress and receptionist,...
Dorothy M. Waddle
Mar 3, 2006
Dorothy Mae Waddle, 79, died March 3, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 7, 1926, in Abbyville, the daughter of John and Lizzie Matt-hew Herriman. She was a homemaker. She attended Countryside Baptist Church. She married Howard Campbell. She then married Ken Waddle. Survivors include: a son, Robert Lee Campbell, Plevna; a daughter, Linda Cooper and...
Esther M. Neufeld
Mar 3, 2006
Esther Mary Neufeld, 79, died March 3, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Inman, the daughter of John F. and Eva Scherling Neufeld. She graduated from Inman High School. A resident of Hutchinson from 1948 to 1959, then moving to Wichita until 1995, she resided in Buhler Sunshine Home for five years,...
Christina F. Parks
Mar 3, 2006
Christina F. Parks, 85, died March 3, 2006, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Redwing, the daughter of Adolph and Matilda Mauler Kahler. A resident of Hutchinson since 1995, she retired from the Halstead Hospital housekeeping department in 1981, and was formerly a nurse aide at St. Elizabeth and Grace Hospitals, worked...
S. Darine Risley
Mar 2, 2006
Susan Darline Risley, 86, died March 4, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 11, 1919, in Arlington, the daughter of Willie O. and Susan Powell McCalla. A Hutchinson resident most of her life, she retired after serving as a nurse's aide at the Hutchinson Hospital for 30 years. On Oct. 28, 1937, she married Willard Hewitt...
Alvine Johnson
Mar 2, 2006
Alvine "Nicky" Johnson, 84, died March 2, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 19, 1922, in Pollard, the daughter of Elmer and Nora Buckbee Nickel. She was raised in the Pollard-Lyons area. A resident of Hutchinson since the mid 1970s, moving from McPherson, she had worked for A.C. Fink Tire Co., McPherson, in the 1940s. Then she and...
Viola F. Burditt
Feb 28, 2006
ARLINGTON - Viola F. Burditt, 101, died Feb. 28, 2006, in Sun City, Ariz. She was born Dec. 31, 1904, in Abbyville, the oldest daughter of Rudolph and Anna Miller. She attended Westminster School near Abbyville, Arlington High School and Bethany College, Lindsborg, studying music. A longtime Arlington resident, moving to Arizona in 1998, she was a postal clerk in...
