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Jane Reece
Dec 26, 2005
LERADO - Jane Reece, 94, died Dec. 26, 2005, at Hospice House. She was born Dec. 19, 1911, in Fort Morgan, Colo., the daughter of Orin and Lizzie Long Ferguson. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School and attended Sterling College. A longtime Laredo resident, moving to Hutchinson in 1992, for a short time she taught at a one-room school...
Joyce E. Taylor
Dec 25, 2005
Joyce E. Taylor, 79, died Dec. 25, 2005, at Via Christ Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus ER, Wichita. She was born April 20, 1926, in Plevna, the daughter of Ralph Edward and Grace Pearl Obleness Secrest. She graduated from Nickerson High School in 1944. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Crossroads Christian Church and volunteered for Hospice of...
George M. Nye
Dec 22, 2005
George M. Nye, 91, died Dec. 22, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 8, 1914, in Hutchinson, the son of George M. and Cordelia W. Kershner Nye. He had been employed by Krause Plow Corp. until retiring after 30 years. He belonged to South Hutchinson Mennonite Church. He married Mildred Winfree. She died in August 1975. On Feb....
Edward W. Karohl
Dec 22, 2005
Edward W. Karohl, 91, died Dec. 22, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 28, 1914, at St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Earnest A. and Mary E. Wise Karohl. He graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo., and received his Engineering Degree from Omaha University. A longtime Omaha, Neb., resident, moving to Hutchinson in 2004,...
Harold L. Harris
Dec 21, 2005
Harold L. Harris, 68, died Dec. 21, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 19, 1937, in Ada, Okla., the son of William Otis and Maude Ann Detty Harris. He graduated from Sylvia High School, Hutchinson Community College and earned a degree from the National Crime Prevention Institute. A longtime resident of Reno County, he worked for the...
Kathleen J. Vaughn
Dec 20, 2005
Kathleen J. Vaughn, 74, died Dec. 20, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 22, 1931, in Plevna, the daughter of Floyd and Otilla Nusser Wright. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 1997, moving from Coffeyville, where she had lived since 1952. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. In July 1952, she married Russell D. Vaughn. Survivors...
Vickie Lynn Demoret
Dec 19, 2005
Vickie Lynn Demoret, 50, died Dec. 19, 2005, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born April 15, 1955, at St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Jackson and Francis J. Armstrong Blanton. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was manager of Town and Country Village Mobile Home Park. She belonged to Christian Living Ministries, Hutchinson. On March 25, 1972, she married...
Charles C. Furstenberg
Dec 19, 2005
Charles C. Furstenberg, 84, died Dec. 19, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born November 13, 1921, in Castleton, the son of Ben and Myrtle Evert Furstenberg. A lifetime Castleton resident, he was a retired farmer. He attended St. Agnes Catholic Church, Castleton and St. Teresa's Catholic Church, Hutchinson. Survivors include: a brother, Raymond, Castleton; and a sister, Dorothy...
Larry D. Corkins
Dec 18, 2005
Larry Dale Corkins, 43, died Dec. 18, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Aug. 5, 1962 in Hutchinson, the son of Larry and Claudine R. Woodall Corkins. He was a 1980 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a self-employed master siding contractor. On Feb. 24, 1990, he married Darla Hoefer in Hutchinson....
Travis J. Dreiling
Dec 18, 2005
Travis J. Dreiling, 26, died Dec. 18, 2005, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, select Specialty Hospital, Wichita. He was born March 7, 1979, in Hutchinson, the son of Tim and Shellie L. Hale Dreiling. He was a 1997 graduate of Nickerson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a chef at Houlihan's Restaurant. He was...
Gary Bott
Dec 17, 2005
Gary Bott, 56, died Dec. 17, 2005, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born May 3, 1949, in Hutchinson, the son of Fred and Rosemary Elliston Bott. He graduated in 1967 from Hutchinson High School, and in 1972 received his degree in Business Administration from Emporia State University. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was employed by Farmland Industries Steel Production...
Virginia I. Link
Dec 17, 2005
Virginia Ione Link, 86, died Dec. 17, 2005, at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 19, 1919, in rural Bartlett, the daughter of Harold Holman and Minnie Etta Clark Leap. She attended Chase High School until the 11th grade and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1937. She graduated from Dague Business College in 1938. A Hutchinson resident...
James A. Todd
Dec 16, 2005
James Alvin Todd, 41, died Dec. 16, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 24, 1964, in Cadillac, Mich., the son of Charles A. and Harriett Plaunt Todd. A resident of Hutchinson for 10 years, he was employed as a flooring installer at Liberty Homes Inc. On Oct. 20, 2000, he married Tammy L. Fairchild, in Hutchinson....
G. Cleo May Kness
Dec 16, 2005
G. Cleo May Kness, 94, died Dec. 16, 2005, at Hester Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 28, 1911, in East Lynne, Mo., the daughter of Frank L. and Buelah M. Moore Newman. She graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1929. She was a homemaker and had a religious program on KSOK Radio Station of Arkansas...
Jovita Christine Toland
Dec 16, 2005
Jovita Christine Toland, 22, died Dec. 16, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital, following a sudden illness. She was born Oct. 15, 1983, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Loren Ray and Lillian Salas Toland. She attended Morgan Elementary, Liberty Middle Schools and graduated in 2002 from Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she worked retail sales at Lowe's in Hutchinson. She...
Raymond L. Gordon
Dec 14, 2005
Raymond L. Gordon, 93, died Dec. 14, 2005, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 7, 1912, in Temple, Okla., the son of James Edward and Albion Floy Houston Gordon. He graduated in 1929 from Sterling High School and in 1936 from Sterling College. He owned a print shop in Sterling, worked for Cessna during World War II,...
E. Maxine Castle
Dec 14, 2005
E. Maxine Castle, 73, died Dec. 14, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born June 6, 1932, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of William J. Bryan and Adah Catherine Elliott Lintecum. She graduated in 1950 from Nickerson High School, and in 1960, from Sidney's Hairdressing College. A longtime Nickerson resident, she was a beautician, owning Maxine's Beauty Salon, Nickerson. She...
Erwin C. Wascher
Dec 13, 2005
ALTAMONT, Ill. - Erwin Carl Wascher, 87, died Dec. 13, 2005, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was the father of the Rev. Judith Kay Wascher, Windom. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Altamont, Ill. Kull Funeral Chapel, Altamont, is in charge of arrangements.
Gayle L. Horyna
Dec 13, 2005
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Gayle L. Horyna, 57, died Dec. 13, 2005, at her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 31, 1948, in Anthony, the daughter of Herman V. and Helen L. Cochran Swafford. A South Hutchinson resident since 1969, she was a homemaker. She belonged to First United Methodist Church. On July 3, 1965, she married Robert L. Horyna...
Olin F. Allen
Dec 13, 2005
Olin F. Allen, 77, died Dec. 13, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Feb. 8, 1928, in Winfield, the son of Fred Marshall and Jessie Bynum Allen. He graduated in 1946 from Winfield High School, Winfield, and in 1952, he graduated from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, where he received his master's in 1961. A longtime...
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