Callie E. Smalling
May 12, 2006
Callie Eveleen Smalling, 82, died May 12, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 8, 1923, in Dewey, Okla., the daughter of Elmer F. and Dimple A. Martin Peterson. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker, a clerk for Woolworth's and a self-employed bookkeeper. She was a former member of Bethany Nazarene Church, Full Gospel Church...
Larry M. Ipson
May 12, 2006
Larry M. Ipson, 62, died May 12, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 11, 1943, in Guymon, Okla., the son of Ralph and Alice Garton Ipson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Hutchinson, moving from Alden, he worked at Eaton Hydraulics. He attended Mount Olivet Worship Center and belonged to the Machinist Union Local...
Delphia M. Scherer
May 11, 2006
Delphia Mae "Dell" Scherer, 86, died May 11, 2006, at Golden Plains. She was born Nov. 26, 1919, in Sylvia, the daughter of Abel and Amelia Augusta Snowbarger Vigil. She graduated in 1938 from Lyons High School, and attended cosmetology school in Wichita. A resident of Hutchinson since 1986, she retired in 1984 from Bank of America at Westchester, Calif....
John W. Godbey
May 10, 2006
John Wesley Godbey, 95, went to his heavenly home, May 10, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 12, 1911 in Ellis, the son of John Wesley and Luella Williams Godbey. He graduated from Salina High School in 1929. After retirement he moved to Tucson, Ariz., for 15 years, then Duncan, OK for six years...
Randall J. "Randy" Feezor
May 10, 2006
Randall J. "Randy" Feezor, 52, went to meet the Lord on May 10, 2006, passing away at his home after his battle with cancer. He was born to wonderful parents, George W. and Karen Pedersen Feezor, on July 10, 1953, in Hays. He was a 1971 Hutchinson High School Graduate. A Hutchinson resident since 1958, moving from Hays, he worked...
Raymond C. Lipe
May 9, 2006
Raymond C. Lipe, 80, died May 9, 2006, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born May 20, 1925 in Hutchinson, the son of Orville L. and Martha Achilles Lipe. He graduated in 1943 from Hutchinson High School. He was a retired Optical Dispenser for Dr.'s Loy, Polson & Schuetz, Great Bend, for over 30 years and had formerly worked...
Marguerete L. Blunt
May 9, 2006
Marguerete L. Blunt, 97, died May 9, 2006 at Hester Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 22, 1908, in Kansas City, the daughter of Asa Lee and Sophronia Eudora Fowler Cook. She graduated from the Academy of Kansas University, Kansas City. A longtime Kansas City resident who had lived in Hutchinson since 1972. She was a homemaker and was...
Betty Lou Vieyra
May 8, 2006
Betty Lou Vieyra, 73, died May 8, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 6, 1932, in Hays, the daughter of Harold A. and Lulu Bell Hance Bookless. She attended Hutchinson Public Schools. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. On Aug. 23, 1953, she married Rojelio Velasquez "Jupe" Vieyra in Hutchinson. He died May 27, 2004....
Leota Mae Stevens
May 7, 2006
Leota Mae Stevens, 85, died May 7, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1921, in Waverly, the daughter of Clinton Ralph and Velma Mae Kukuk Chapman. She was a 1938, graduate of Waverly High School and received her teacher's degree from Kansas State Teachers College. She received her bachelor's degree from McPherson College in 1954, her...
Leota Mae Stevens
May 7, 2006
Leota Mae Stevens, 85, died May 7, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 27, 1921, in Waverly, the daughter of Clinton Ralph and Velma Mae Kukuk Chapman. She was a 1938, graduate of Waverly High School and received her teacher's degree from Kansas State Teachers College. She received her bachelor's degree from McPherson College in 1954, her...
Dorothy E. Nunemaker
May 3, 2006
Dorothy Elaine Nunemaker, 79, died May 3, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 13, 1926, in Newton, the daughter of Calvin G. and Elsie A. Fensky Hoffman. She graduated from Burdett High School in 1944 and from Halstead School of Nursing in 1947. A resident of Hutchinson, she was a practicing nurse for more than 35 years. She...
Ethyl Talbott
May 3, 2006
Ethyl Talbott, 94, died May 3, 2006, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 4, 1911, in Fellsburg, the daughter of John H. and Lettie Smith Jamison. She was a 1929 graduate of Kinsley High School. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She had been active in the former E.U.B. Church. On Jan. 11, 1930,...
Patsy Marie Kneisley
May 2, 2006
Patsy Marie Kneisley, 77, died May 2, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Nov. 2, 1928, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Franklin W. and Norma Dorser Giles. She graduated from Center High School, Kansas City, MO. She was a resident of Hutchinson since 2001, formerly of Kansas City, MO, Huntsville, Ala., Germany, Wahington D.C., Fort Dix,...
Rosa M. Morris
May 1, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Rosa May King-Hahn Morris, 86, died May 1, 2006, at Garden Terrace Health Care Center. She was born Jun 11, 1919, in Nickerson, the daughter of Charles E. and Florence Marie Ross King, and then was raised by her Uncle and Aunt Harry and Marie Hoffman. She graduated in 1936 from Hutchinson High School. A longtime South...
Barbara F. Perry
Apr 30, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Barbara F. Perry, 78, died April 30, 2006, at Hospice House. She was born June 9, 1927, in Bridgeport-Wichita, the daughter of L.H. and Susan Burney Merideth. She was a 1945 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A longtime South Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker and a sales clerk in the music department for the former Wiley's...
Walter F. Main
Apr 29, 2006
KINGMAN - Walter Felix "Sonny" Main, 70, died April 29, 2006, at Kingman Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 26, 1935, in Sulphur, Okla. the son of Albert Leo and Frances Lou-ise Wilson Main. He attended high school in Hiwasse, Ark., and attended correctional officer training in Jefferson City, Mo. He was a professional truck driver for 47 years. He...
Lydia L. Hurty
Apr 28, 2006
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Lydia L. Graber Hurty, 96, died April 28, 2006, at Pretty Prairie Sunset Home. She was born Sept. 27, 1909, in Pretty Prair-ie, the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Graber Schrag. She graduated from Pretty Prairie High School and Bethel College, North Newton. She was a retired elementary school teacher of 23 years. She belonged to the...
Robert I. Christiansen
Apr 27, 2006
Robert I. Christiansen, 92, died April 27, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Feb. 9, 1914, at Chicago, the son of Christian A. and Ellen Swanson Christiansen. He was a graduate of Austin High School, North Park Academy, Columbia Business College, Chicago, and took courses in production control at Illinois Institute of Technology. From 1970 to 1977, he owned...
Jack E. Holtby
Apr 24, 2006
PRETTY PRAIRIE - Jack E. Holtby, 58, died April 24, 2006, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Sept. 5, 1947, in Lyons, the son of Donald L. Holtby and Joyce E. Fail. A Pretty Prairie resident since 1970, he graduated from Lyons High School, Hutchinson Community College, and attended Pittsburg State University. He...
Galen E. Perkins
Apr 24, 2006
Galen E. Perkins, 91, died April 24, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 15, 1915, in St. Joseph, Mo., the son of Guy E. and Lottie Rachel Whitson Perkins. A Reno County resident since 1919, he graduated from Partridge High School in 1935. He was a barber, bus driver, and he retired from farming in 1990. He...
