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Edward W. Karohl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Dr. Armour H. Evans

Dr. Armour H. Evans

Dec 12, 2005

Dr. Armour H. Evans, 99, died Dec. 12, 2005, at Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. He was born May 28, 1906, in Wellington, the son of R.W. and Maggie Nee Lambe Evans. He graduated from Wellington High School, Southwestern College in 1929, Iliff School of Theology in 1932, Iliff School of Theology in 1934, and received his Master Hospital Administration at Northwestern...

Lonnie D. Klein

Lonnie D. Klein

Dec 11, 2005

Lonnie Duane Klein, 37, died Dec. 11, 2005, in Hutchinson. He was born June 17, 1968, in Hayward, Calif., the son of Dennis D. and Jeanne S. Mitchell Klein. A resident of Hutchinson, he was a fabricating welder. Survivors include: his parents; a sister, Denise Neubauer and husband, Phil; and a nephew, Dylan Neubauer, all of Burrton. Private services will...

Robert L. Poltera

Robert L. Poltera

Dec 10, 2005

Robert L. "Bob" Poltera, 81, died Dec. 10, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 18, 1923, in Coldwater, the son of Lutzie Henry and Viola Genevieve Shelton Poltera. He graduated from Coldwater High School in 1941 and attended Washburn University. A resident of Hutchinson since 1960, moving from Greensburg, he was a John Deere Dealer for 25...

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