Viola Shaw
Mar 19, 2006
Viola Nightengale Unruh Shaw, 95, died March 19, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 9, 1911, in Verden, Okla., the daughter of Abraham J. and Ella Schmidt Nightengale. She lived in Montezuma, Ks. and DeRidder, La. before moving to Hutchinson in 1946. She attended school in Lamar, Colo. She worked for Highland Growers, DeRidder, and after moving...
William L. Mitchell
Mar 18, 2006
William L. "Bill" Mitchell, 81, died March 18, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Homer and Addie Painter Mitchell. He graduated in 1942, from Hutchinson High School, attended Hu-tchinson Co-mmunity College and graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan School of Law. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson,...
James V. Sitton
Mar 18, 2006
ARLINGTON - James Vern Sitton, 94, died March 18, 2006, at Golden Plains Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 26, 1911, in Preston, the son of Otho Gragford "OG" and Mamie Haines Sitton. A longtime resident of Arlington, moving to Hutchinson in 2002, he was a farmer and owned Sitton Mechanic Shop. He belonged to Arlington United Methodist Church....
Lillian E. Torrez
Mar 16, 2006
SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Lillian Edna Alfaro Torrez, 79, died March 16, 2006, at Mennonite Manor. She was born Feb. 2, 1927, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Pablo Jose and Maria Briseno Alfaro. A lifetime area resident, she graduated from Hutch-inson High School in 1945 and was a graduate of Salt City Business College. She was a former secretary for DBQ...
Patricia Ann Driggers
Mar 15, 2006
Patricia Ann "Pat" Driggers, 73, died March 15, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 20, 1932, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Gladys Neff Carlson. She was a 1950 graduate of Central High School, St. Joseph, Mo., and attended St. Joseph Junior College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1966, she was a clothing buyer...
Betty J. Clark
Mar 15, 2006
NICKERSON - Betty J. Clark, 76, died March 15, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 10. 1929, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Deward and Juanita Davis Hobson. A longtime Nickerson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Nickerson United Methodist Church and was a former member of Order of the Eastern Star. On Dec. 31, 1946,...
Jerry Eugene Hoefer
Mar 14, 2006
Jerry Eugene Hoefer, 74, died March 14, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 17, 1932, in Hutchinson, the son of Melvin F. and Audrey Warrick Hoefer. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1950 Hutchinson Community College in 1956 and Fort Hays State University, Hays, in 1958. He was an auditor for 38 years, retiring in 1996,...
Gloria M. Foster
Mar 13, 2006
Gloria M. Foster, 71, died March 13, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Oct. 1, 1934, in Hutchinson, the daughter of George F. and Retha Asher Barnes. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1952 and from Hutchinson Community College in 1954. She was a cook at Mitchell School for 33 years, retiring in 2001....
Millicent M. Nye
Mar 13, 2006
Millicent M. "Millie" Nye, 72, died March 13, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Dec. 7, 1932, in Winfield, the daughter of Paul Gregg and Lucille Adams Morris. A Hutchinson resident for over 42 years, she graduated from Winfield High School in 1950 and from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1954. She was a homemaker. She belonged to South...
Pearl A. Toms
Mar 13, 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Pearl Alice Toms, 81, died March 13, 2006, at Pikes Peak Care Center, Colorado Springs. She was born Sept. 1, 1924, in Medora, the daughter of Clarence and Bessie Trotter Barnes. An Arlington resident since 1991, formerly of Hutchinson and Lake George, Colo., she had worked alongside her husband in several family-owned businesses in Hutchinson. She...
Theodore R. Wilt
Mar 12, 2006
SYLVIA ñ Theodore R. Wilt, 89, died March 12, 2006, at Infinia Health Care Center. He was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Plevna, the son of Harry Oscar and Edna Clement Wilt. A lifetime Sylvia and Reno County resident, he worked in maintenance at K.S.I.R., had his own repair shop and worked as a mechanic at the former Chevrolet dealership...
Fred B. Ridge
Mar 12, 2006
Fred Benjamin "Ben" Ridge Jr., 68, died March 12, 2006, at Reynosa, Mexico. He was born Sept. 17, 1937, in Grantsburg, Wis., the first child of Fred Benjamin and Irene Pearl Pennel Ridge Sr. He attended school in Turon. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he farmed at Yaggy Plantation, and then was an auto mechanic and service station owner. He belonged...
Suzanne L. Schmidt
Mar 11, 2006
Suzanne L. Schmidt, 39, died March 11, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born May 14, 1966, in San Diego, the daughter of Jerry D. and Freda L. Cartwright Schmidt. She graduated in 1987 from Buhler High School. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a TECH employee and had formerly been employed with McDonaldís and Oliverís. She was...
Ruth. V. Mattson
Mar 10, 2006
Ruth V. Mattson, 89, died March 10, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 8, 1916, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Paul C. and Lillie Bell Chamberlain Buskirk. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1935. A longtime resident of the rural Andover Community in McPherson County, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Andover...
Leslie J. Torrence
Mar 10, 2006
Leslie Joy Torrence died March 10, 2006, at the Hospice House. The daughter of Frank Leslie and Etta May Clark Joy, she was born March 12, 1919, at Luray. She was married for 58 years to the late Dale "Jake" Torrence, a former jeweler of Hutchinson. Survivors include: a son, Dr. Michael D. Torrence, of Hutchinson; two daughters, Gayle Evans...
Rosalie A. Montgomery
Mar 10, 2006
Rosalie A. Montgomery, 73, died March 10, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 1932, in Little River, the daughter of Ernest A. and Mabel L. Richter Corwin. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 16, 1950, she married John Montgomery in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include: a daughter, Karla Rumback and husband, Donald,...
Gregg A. Armbruster
Mar 8, 2006
Gregg A. Armbruster, 51, died March 8, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born June 17, 1954, in Hutchinson, the son of William E. and Gertrude Biggs Armbruster. He graduated from Hutch-inson High School in 1972, attended Hutchinson Community College and graduated in 1973 from Central Kansas Area Vo-Tech with a degree in auto mechanics. A lifetime Hutchinson resident,...
Weston J. Hendrickson
Mar 8, 2006
Weston Joseph "Wes" Hendrickson, 72, died March 8, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 2, 1934, in Ford, the son of Ralph Henry and Elizabeth Anne Tockert Hendrickson. He was a 1952 graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifelong Hutch-inson resident, he was a locomotive engineer for Santa Fe Railroad for 40 years. He belonged to American...
James E. Moore
Mar 8, 2006
NICKERSON - James E. Moore, 81, died March 8, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 30, 1924, in Hutchinson, the son of Oscar and Ethel Eaxley Moore. He was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. A lifetime Nickerson resident, he had been a welder for several local companies and worked for the City of Nickerson after his retirement....
Irene I. Collins
Mar 7, 2006
Irene I. Collins, 86, died March 7, 2006, in her home in Hutchinson. She was born May 27, 1919, in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Joseph Fredrick and Frances I. "Bell" Krehbiel Wenzel. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she graduated from Pretty Prairie High School and was a machinist at Cessna from 1969 until retiring in 1980. On May 24, 1936,...
