Marjory E. Johnson
Oct 22, 2005
Marjory E. Johnson, 87, died Oct. 22, 2005, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 13, 1918, in McPherson, the daughter of Frank R. and June Luella Morse Jackson. She graduated from McPherson High School. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a retired lingerie buyer for the former Wiley's Department Store. She belonged to Faith United Methodist...
Perry "Andy" Anderson
Oct 19, 2005
Perry "Andy" Anderson, 70, died Oct. 19, 2005, in his home, Hutchinson. He was born March 16, 1935, in Anderson, S.C., the son of Clarence E. and Lillie Mae Love Anderson. A Hutchinson resident since 1958, he worked for Central Distributing for 20 years and was in sales for Laird Noller Automotive. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. On Nov....
Bernadine E. Stephens
Oct 18, 2005
Bernadine Elizabeth "Bernie" Stephens, 80, died Oct. 18, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Hamilton, Ill., the daughter of Floyd Henry and Olive Darling Simon. She graduated from Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Ill. A resident of Hutchinson since 1976, moving from Jackson, Mo., she was a homemaker, a baker for Risley's IGA and an...
Martin W. "Bill" Hayden
Oct 17, 2005
Martin W. "Bill" Hayden, 78, died Oct. 17, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 12, 1926, in East Prairie, Mo., the son of Thomas H. and Anna Hayden. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a superintendent for Majestic Pipeline, a pioneer in bringing gas pipeline technology throughout Canada in the 1950s and 60s. He was also the...
Lillian M. Davis
Oct 17, 2005
Lillian Margaret Davis, 70, died Oct. 17, 2005, in her home, South Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 1, 1935, in Wheeling, W. Va., the daughter of George Jack and Clara Fulton Baillie Cook. She was a retired jewelry manager at J.C. Penney after 25 years. She was of the Lutheran faith and belonged to the American Pool Players Association and...
Roy K. Steierl
Oct 16, 2005
Roy K. Steierl, 98, died Oct. 16, 2005, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 4, 1907, in Sterling, the son of Jacob and Anna Stange Steierl. He attended Jefferson Grade School and Reno County High School. He lived on a farm, north of Nickerson, until moving to Nickerson in 1980. He was a farmer and stockman, and...
Geraldine C. Coonce
Oct 15, 2005
Geraldine Cecilia Coonce, 81, died Oct. 15, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Qulin, Mo., the daughter of Harlen Earl and Velma Calvin Carter. A resident of Nickerson since 1983, moving from Yuma, Ariz., she was a homemaker. She belonged to Christ's Bible Church, Nickerson. On March 23, 1940 she married David William Coonce...
Jonas Nisly
Oct 15, 2005
Jonas Nisly, 68, died Oct. 15, 2005, in Partridge. He was born Oct. 6, 1937, in rural Hutchinson, the son of Samuel J. and Delilah Beiler Nisly. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was retired from Dillons as a maintenance supervisor. He belonged to Plainview Mennonite Church. On May 6, 1961, he married Ellen Yoder in Hartville, Ohio. She survives. Other...
Edna M. Scott
Oct 14, 2005
Edna M. Scott, 93, died Oct. 14, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 14, 1912, in Esbon, in Jewel County, the daughter of William and Lena Hoffman Kniesteadt. A South Hutchinson resident since 1972, she worked at JC Penney as a cashier and accounts receivable clerk for 15 years in Concordia and Colby, and was a beautician in...
Robert L. Cousins
Oct 13, 2005
Robert L. "Rob" Cousins, 53, died Oct. 13, 2005, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born April 28, 1952, in Guthrie, Okla., the son of Glen W. Cousins and Joan Ramella Revel. He graduated from Lyons High School. A resident of Hutchinson since 1978, he was a process operator for North American Salt for 17 years. He belonged to Countryside...
Robert A. "Bob" Stockham
Oct 12, 2005
Robert A. "Bob" Stockham, 56, died Oct. 12, 2005, in Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita. He was born Sept. 22, 1949, in Hutchinson, the son of Arthur A. and Margaret J. Danielson Stockham. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he worked at Dillon's Warehouse. He belonged to Grace Bible Church, where he taught a Wednesday...
Harlan R. Martin
Oct 12, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Harlan R. Martin, 89, died Oct. 12, 2005. He was born July 25, 1916, in Hutchinson, the son of Vennie and Hazel Moon Martin and Gertrude Martin. A former Hutchinson resident, he was a 35-year employee of the St. Paul Companies. He belonged to Forest Park Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson. He served in the U.S. Navy during World...
Harold E. Swepston
Oct 9, 2005
INMAN - Harold Eugene Swepston, 72, died Oct. 9, 2005, at his home, Inman. He was born Oct. 20, 1932, in Tahlequah, Okla., the son of Henry F. and Mildred I. Johnson Swepston. A longtime resident of Inman, he was a retired United Association of Journeyman Plumbers, Pipe Fitters and Welders after 55 years. He belonged to Westbrook Baptist Church,...
Golda L. Wilson
Oct 7, 2005
Golda L. Wilson, 86, died Oct. 7, 2005, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 17, 1919, in Nowatta, Okla., the daughter of Edward L. and Bertha B. Jones Fields. She graduated from Nowatta High School. She was a homemaker. She married Charles E. Wilson. Survivors include: a son, Stephen L., Hutchinson; a daughter, Wanda Cheatum,...
Joni J. Heim
Oct 7, 2005
Joni Joy Jackson Heim, 43, died Oct. 7, 2005, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Hynes Hospice Center, Wichita, after a hard fought battle with leukemia (AML). She was born June 21, 1962, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Howard B. and Rosella Friesen Jackson. She graduated from Central Christian High School of Hutchinson in 1980, she received...
Louise M. Lyon
Oct 7, 2005
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Louise M. "Pat" Lyon, 80, died Oct. 7, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born April 10, 1925, in Wichita, the daughter of Leroy L. and Agnes P. Armstrong Patterson. She graduated in 1972 from Salt City Business College. A Hutchinson resident most of her life, she worked for Underground Vaults and Storage from 1977 to...
Fidencio Tanguma Garza
Oct 5, 2005
Fidencio Tanguma "Chico" Garza, 71, died Oct. 5, 2005, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Denver. He was born Nov. 20, 1933, in Premont, Texas, the son of Francisco Garza and Inez Tanguma Garza. He graduated in 1952 from Premont High School, Premont, Texas. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he worked for 10 years in civil service for the Hutchinson Post Office...
Elsie Niedens
Oct 5, 2005
Elsie Niedens, 85, died Oct. 5, 2005, in Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 3, 1920, in Barton County, the daughter of Jacob and Minnie Deutsch Maier. She attended Rocky Point School, Ford County. She is a former resident of Barton County, Ford County, Hodgeman County and Dodge City, moving to Hutchinson in 2000. She was a bookkeeper at Duckwalls, a...
Frances A. Armstrong
Oct 3, 2005
Frances A. Armstrong, 88, died Oct. 3, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 16, 1916, in Loveland, Colo., the daughter of W.R. and Myrtle America Cochrane Sutor. She graduated from Baldwin High School and Lawrence Business College. A Hutchinson resident since 1945, she was a retired personnel manager for the former Wiley's Department Store. She belonged to...
Martha L. Patterson
Oct 3, 2005
Martha Lucille Patterson, 85, died Oct. 3, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 28, 1920, in Decatur, Ark., the daughter of Clayton H. and Levina E. Bowen Tucker. She graduated from Dodge City High School in 1938. A Hutchinson resident since 2001, moving from Wichita, she was an operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone, Wichita, retiring in 1988. She...
