Lela D. Coleman
Nov 10, 2005
Lela D. Coleman, 96, died Nov. 10, 2005, at Minnequa Medical Center, Pueblo, Colo. She was born March 25, 1909, in Castleton, the daughter of Jared Hamilton and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Holdeman Benson. She graduated from Castleton High School and was valedictorian. A longtime Reno County resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Castleton Union Church. She married O.E....
Viola E. Hamby
Nov 7, 2005
Viola Elizabeth Hamby, 73, died Nov. 7, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1932, in Harperscorner, Ill., the daughter of Walter William and Gertrude Rice Doubet. She graduated from Farmington High School, Farmington, Ill. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a certified nurse's aide with Golden Plain. She belonged to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Glassford, Ill. On...
George W. Lower
Nov 4, 2005
George W. Lower, 68, died Nov. 4, 2005, at Hwy 50 and Scott Blvd, as a result of a vehicle accident. He was born Dec. 2, 1936, in Hardtner, the son of Charles Jacob and Bonnis Elizabeth Crisler Lower. He graduated from Wichita State University in 1970. A resident of Hutchinson, moving from Oklahoma City, he was a Quality Assurance...
Petronella Taylor
Nov 4, 2005
Petronella Taylor, 78, died Nov. 4, 2005, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 12, 1927, in Nijmegen, Holland, the daughter of Johannes and Elizabeth van der Bilt. A resident of Hutchinson since 1948, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Eastwood Church of Christ. She married Louis Taylor Feb. 27, 1946 at The Haque, Holland. He died Jan....
Frederick A. Lewis
Nov 3, 2005
Frederick "Rick" A. Lewis, 52, died Nov. 3, 2005, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 24, 1953, in Wichita, the son of Dean Allen "Tony" and Liberty Stratton Lewis. He completed high school in 1975. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a master mason for Drytonic Co., a car salesman and a former correctional officer for the Reno...
William E. Starr
Nov 2, 2005
NICKERSON - William E. "Bill" Starr, 91, died Nov. 2, 2005, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 1, 1914, in New York, the son of George and Florence Jung Starr. He grew up in Timken, graduated from Bison High School, in 1931 and attended Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. A Reno County area resident since...
Myrtle Jaye
Nov 1, 2005
Myrtle Jaye, 88, of Wichita, loving wife, mother and grandmother, peacefully passed away after a short illness, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center. The longtime Hutchinson resident, daughter of Hoyt and Laura Duncan, was born Jan. 25, 1917, in Ingalls. She married Dale Jaye Aug. 10, 1934, and celebrated 69 years together before his death in 2004. Also...
Anthony C. Leonard
Oct 31, 2005
WICHITA - Anthony Clay Leonard, 1 year old, died Oct. 31, 2005, at St. Joseph Hospital, Wichita. He was born Nov. 6, 2003, in Hutchinson, the son of Daniel R. Leonard and Erikka E. Bueford. Survivors include: his parents; grandparents, Marilyn and Jerry Leonard, Wichita, Roxanna and Shawn Miller, Hutchinson, and Roberta and Phillip Bueford, Las Vegas; and great-grandmothers, Charlotte...
Gladys P. Ebright
Oct 30, 2005
Gladys P. Ebright, 94, died Oct. 30, 2005, at New Mark Care Center, Kansas City, Mo. She was born March 19, 1911, in Norwich, the daughter of John H. and Lulu Cloud Gosch. She graduated from Norwich High School and Southwestern College. A longtime Hutchinson resident, and past resident of Hays, she was a retired teacher. She belonged to First...
Mamie V. Might
Oct 30, 2005
WICHITA - Mamie Virginia Might, 88, died Oct. 30, 2005, at Presbyterian Manor, Wichita. She was born Feb. 3, 1917, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the daughter of James Edward and Clara Elizabeth Mayberry Might. The family moved to Hutchinson when she was four years old. She attended a country grade school, Prosperity School, for eight years, and then graduated from...
Roberta W. Crain
Oct 30, 2005
Roberta W. Crain, 89, died Oct. 30, 2005, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 5, 1916, in Mount Vernon, Ind., the daughter of Robert and Edith Walters Randolph. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934. A resident of Hutchinson since 1919, she was a homemaker and waitress at Shrum's Cafe from 1934 to 1956. She also...
George E. Kumorowski
Oct 30, 2005
George Edward Kumorowski, 84, died Oct. 30, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Oct. 25, 1921, in Nickerson, the son of John F. and Louie Iona Henderson Kumorowski. He graduated from Washburn, Mo., High School, Hutchinson Junior College in 1948, attended Kansas State University and graduated from the Coyne Electrical School in Chicago. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he retired...
Maxine G. Stremel
Oct 29, 2005
Maxine Griffin Stremel, 93, died Oct. 29, 2005, at Hester Care Center. She was born July 18, 1912, in Newton, the daughter of James J. and Gertrude Smith Griffin. She graduated in 1930 from Garden City High School and in 1932 from Hardin College, Mexico, Mo. A resident of Hutchinson since 1937, she was a nurse's aide at St. Elizabeth...
Eunice L. Pankow
Oct 28, 2005
Eunice L. Pankow, 86, died Oct. 28, 2005, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 10, 1919, in rural Haven, the daughter of Orla and Marie Nicklaus Koontz. She graduated from Haven High School and Adela Hale Business College. A lifetime Reno County resident, she was the business manager for the Hutchinson Public Library for 26...
Steven F. Greever
Oct 25, 2005
Steven F. Greever, 39, died Oct. 25, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. He was born June 11, 1966, in Hutchinson. He was the son of Richard W. and stepmother Betty Greever, and mother Claudia Wendel and stepfather Tom Wendel. He was a construction worker. He was active in Narcotics Anonymous. Survivors include: his parents; two stepbrothers, Bill Graves, Hutchinson, Captain...
Robert D. Brower
Oct 24, 2005
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Robert D. Brower, 87, died Oct. 24, 2005, in Clearlake, Houston. He was born Nov. 26, 1917, in Inman, the son of John and Minnie Brower. A lifetime South Hutchinson resident until moving to Texas in March of 2005, he was the owner of Brower Body and Fender, South Hutchinson. He was a former member of South...
Donnell Axtell
Oct 23, 2005
STERLING - Donnell Axtell, 88, died Oct. 23, 2005, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. He as born Sept. 7, 1917, in Sterling, the son of Burton F. and Ava Bancroft Axtell. He graduated in 1935, from Sterling High School. A longtime Sterling resident, he was a retired dairy farmer. He belonged to Sterling United Presbyterian Church, Sterling Lions Club, serving as...
Leonard Goering
Oct 23, 2005
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Leonard "Joe" Goering, 85, died Oct. 23, 2005, in his home, South Hutchinson. He was born July 30, 1920, in Pretty Prairie, the son of John P. and Lydia Graber Goering. A lifetime Reno County resident, living in Pretty Prairie and South Hutchinson, he was a farmer and woodworker. He was a cabinetmaker for Architectural Millwork Inc....
Paul Corey
Oct 22, 2005
Paul Corey, 60, died Oct. 22, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born April 5, 1945, in Winona, Minn., the son of Chester Paul and Pauline Corey. A Hutchinson resident for 12 years, he was a truck driver. In 1994, he married Lorie A. DeBerry in Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: his father, Arizona; three brothers, Kenny Snook, Roger...
David V. Mcamis
Oct 22, 2005
David Victor McAmis, 63, died Oct. 22, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born June 3, 1942, in Atchison, the son of Ernest Victor and Anna Marie Robertson McAmis. A Hutchinson resident for the last 20 years, he was a car man for the Santa Fe Railroad. Survivors include: two sons, David W. McAmis, Douglas, and Phillip McAmis, Hutchinson; a...
