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Katheryne W. Hamilton
Feb 26, 2006
Katheryne W. Hamilton, 97, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 23, 1908, in Fort Morgan, Colo., the daughter of Thomas S. and Della Baylor Work. She was a 1925 graduate of Fort Morgan High School and a 1929 graduate of Sterling College. She taught school in Rolla from 1929 to 1931,...
J.B. Diller Parsons
Feb 26, 2006
J.B. Diller Parsons, 91, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 24, 1914, in Cassody, the son of Phillip H. and Melinda Diller Parsons. He graduated from Cassody High School in 1933. A resident of Hutchinson for the past six years, moving from Cottonwood Falls, he was a farmer and rancher before going to...
Evans G. Freese
Feb 26, 2006
Evans Glenn Freese, 86, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 21, 1920, in rural Tonkawa, Okla., the son of Reid and Mary Pearl Hetrick Freese. He graduated from Richmond High School in 1938 and Kansas State in 1949. A resident of Hutchinson for 51 years, he was an engineer at Cessna of Hutchinson, retiring...
Bertie N. Argo
Feb 25, 2006
Bertie N. Argo, 87, died Feb. 25, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Leo and Ferle Mary Harlan Cross. She was a retired Reno County Courthouse clerk and later worked for the city of Hutchinson. She belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints....
Jessie E. Wharton
Feb 25, 2006
Jessie E. Wharton, 94, died Feb. 25, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 22, 1911, in Purcell, Okla., the daughter of Jesse Walter and Hattie Preston Eslick. She graduated from Purcell High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church. On Oct. 17, 1931, she married Philip T. Wharton in...
Robert C. Bacon
Feb 24, 2006
Robert C. Bacon, 81, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1924, in Reno County, the son of Stuart Virgil and Aileen Ruth Strandberg Bacon. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College and Kansas State University. A lifetime Reno County resident, he was a farmer. He belonged to Park Place Christian Church, serving...
Helen M. Cole
Feb 24, 2006
Helen Mae "Dolly" Cole, 79, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 2, 1926, in Red Wing, the daughter of Adolph and Matilda Maul-er Kahler. She attended St. Teresa's Catholic Scho-ol. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, moving from Denver, she was a silk finisher at Jimmy Hayes Cleaners, Hutchinson, and moved to Denver in 1960,...
Clara E. Parks
Feb 24, 2006
Clara E. Parks, 91, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Nov. 5, 1914, in Seward County, the daughter of James and Mary Beliel Shinkle. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Langdon and Plevna, she was a school cook at Fairfield High School, was a seamstress and quilter winning several awards at the Kansas...
Amanda M. Morgenstern
Feb 23, 2006
Amanda M. Morgenstern, 85, died Feb. 23, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born July 20, 1920, in Russell County, the daughter of Samuel and Lena Morgenstern. She graduated in 1943 from Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1943, she worked for Bunge Grain Corp., retiring in 1985. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Survivors...
Maritta Joy Zahorsky
Feb 23, 2006
Maritta Joy Zahorsky, 68, died Feb. 23, 2006, at the Hutchinson Hospital Emergency Room. She was born June 13, 1937, in Clearwater, Neb., the daughter of Carl Melvin and Juanita Crum Miller. She graduated from Clearwater High School in 1954, and from Central Christian College, McPherson, 1957, and in 1963, she graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. A...
Wilbur O. "Bill" Burnett
Feb 22, 2006
Wilbur O. "Bill" Burnett, 92, died Feb. 22, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 15, 1913, in New London, Iowa, the son of Benjamin Harris and Odessa Barker Burnett. A Hutchinson resident since 1949, moving from Kansas City, Mo., he was a 30-year employee of Ark Valley Electric Company, retiring in 1979 as a lineman. He belonged...
Rita G. Aleman
Feb 22, 2006
Rita G. Aleman, 101, died Feb. 22, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 22, 1904, in Zacatecas, Mexico, the daughter of Luis and Leocaria Rivas Garcia. She attended Hutchinson Public Schools. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, South Hutchinson. On March 15, 1919, she married Arcidio...
Bonnie D. Jantz
Feb 21, 2006
Bonnie D. Jantz, 74, died Feb. 21, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 20, 1931, in rural Zimmerdale, the daughter of Joseph Allen and Anna Um-holtz Hershberger. She graduated from Sedgwick High School where she was the valedictorian of her class. A resident of Hutchinson since 1953, she was a homemaker and worked for the Kansas State...
Frank G. Ashens
Feb 20, 2006
Frank Gerald Ashens, 85, died Feb. 20, 2006, at Mennonite Manor. He was born July 15, 1920, in Aurora, Mo., the son of Ransom Henry and Tina Bell Harville Ashens. After attending school in Aurora, Mo., at age 17 he signed up with the Civilian Conservation Corp. He spent six months at Caledonia, Minn., and then one and a half...
Velma E. Baker
Feb 19, 2006
Velma E. Baker, 92, died Feb. 19, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 24, 1913, near Conway Springs, the daughter of Roy and Irene Bell Hopper. She graduated from Conway Springs High School and Venus Academy of Cosmetology, Wichita. A resident of Hutchinson for 60 years, she was a homemaker and worked at Long's. On June 6,...
Helen R. Rowland
Feb 18, 2006
Helen Rhogene Rowland, 104, died Feb. 18, 2006, at Ralph Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born June 11, 1901, on the family farm north of Hutchinson, the firstborn child of Charles William and Iowa Gabriella Vincent Rowland. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School and the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia. A lifetime resident of...
Willard D. Murphy
Feb 17, 2006
Willard D. "Bill" Murphy, 84, died Feb. 17, 2006, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born May 9, 1921, in Leivasy, W. Va., the son of David Andrew and Myrtle Whitney Murphy. He graduated from Nuttall High School, Lookout, W.Va. The family later moved to Washington D.C., where Willard worked for the Civil Service Commission for five years. He...
Lloyd W. Ludlow
Feb 17, 2006
Lloyd Wayne Ludlow, 84, died Feb. 17, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 8, 1922, in Winona, the son of Roy Alexander and Violet Ethel David Ludlow. He graduated from Winona High School. A resident of Hutchinson, he retired in 1983 as the District Sales Manager for Stauffer Seed Co. He belonged to Crossroads...
Art Tiedtke
Feb 17, 2006
Art Tiedtke, 96, died Feb. 17, 2006, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born July 22, 1909, in Dodge City, the son of German immigrants Wilhelm and Anna Meister Tiedtke. After his father's death in 1915, he moved to Hutchinson with his mother and siblings, where he lived the majority of his life. At the age of 15, he began...
Verne M. Ayers
Feb 16, 2006
Verne M. Ayers, 88, died Feb. 16, 2006, at Dillon Living Center. He was born Jan. 20, 1918, in Pratt, the son of Roland Franklin and Bessie Emma Weikal Ayers. He graduated in 1936 from Pratt High School and in 1941 from Emporia State University, with a business degree. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he had also lived at Marion County...
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