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James T. Mattison
Mar 7, 2006
James T. Mattison, 53, died March 7, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Nov. 1, 1952, at Hutchinson, the son of Jack E. and Barbara Knowlton Mattison. In 1970, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. He was employed at Decker and Mattison Co. He was a member of Ducks Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club. Survivors...
Delfino Anzo
Mar 6, 2006
Delfino "Tony" Anzo, 69, died March 6, 2006, at North Las Vegas. He was born Dec. 25, 1936, in Lyons, the son of Rafael and Concepcion Alatorre Anzo. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired machinist for Cessna and Eaton. He belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Chur-ch. He was a U.S. Army veteran from 1959 to 1962. On June...
Zona Myrtle Bridges
Mar 4, 2006
Zona Myrtle Bridges, 79, of Hutchinson, died March 4, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Leo Leslie and Winifred Naomi Lee Starks. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she and her husband owned and operated Trader John Used Furniture and J & H Wholesale Used Cars. She was a hostess, waitress and receptionist,...
Dorothy M. Waddle
Mar 3, 2006
Dorothy Mae Waddle, 79, died March 3, 2006, at Mennonite Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 7, 1926, in Abbyville, the daughter of John and Lizzie Matt-hew Herriman. She was a homemaker. She attended Countryside Baptist Church. She married Howard Campbell. She then married Ken Waddle. Survivors include: a son, Robert Lee Campbell, Plevna; a daughter, Linda Cooper and...
Esther M. Neufeld
Mar 3, 2006
Esther Mary Neufeld, 79, died March 3, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Inman, the daughter of John F. and Eva Scherling Neufeld. She graduated from Inman High School. A resident of Hutchinson from 1948 to 1959, then moving to Wichita until 1995, she resided in Buhler Sunshine Home for five years,...
Christina F. Parks
Mar 3, 2006
Christina F. Parks, 85, died March 3, 2006, at Wesley Towers, Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Redwing, the daughter of Adolph and Matilda Mauler Kahler. A resident of Hutchinson since 1995, she retired from the Halstead Hospital housekeeping department in 1981, and was formerly a nurse aide at St. Elizabeth and Grace Hospitals, worked...
S. Darine Risley
Mar 2, 2006
Susan Darline Risley, 86, died March 4, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born April 11, 1919, in Arlington, the daughter of Willie O. and Susan Powell McCalla. A Hutchinson resident most of her life, she retired after serving as a nurse's aide at the Hutchinson Hospital for 30 years. On Oct. 28, 1937, she married Willard Hewitt...
Alvine Johnson
Mar 2, 2006
Alvine "Nicky" Johnson, 84, died March 2, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 19, 1922, in Pollard, the daughter of Elmer and Nora Buckbee Nickel. She was raised in the Pollard-Lyons area. A resident of Hutchinson since the mid 1970s, moving from McPherson, she had worked for A.C. Fink Tire Co., McPherson, in the 1940s. Then she and...
Viola F. Burditt
Feb 28, 2006
ARLINGTON - Viola F. Burditt, 101, died Feb. 28, 2006, in Sun City, Ariz. She was born Dec. 31, 1904, in Abbyville, the oldest daughter of Rudolph and Anna Miller. She attended Westminster School near Abbyville, Arlington High School and Bethany College, Lindsborg, studying music. A longtime Arlington resident, moving to Arizona in 1998, she was a postal clerk in...
Katheryne W. Hamilton
Feb 26, 2006
Katheryne W. Hamilton, 97, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 23, 1908, in Fort Morgan, Colo., the daughter of Thomas S. and Della Baylor Work. She was a 1925 graduate of Fort Morgan High School and a 1929 graduate of Sterling College. She taught school in Rolla from 1929 to 1931,...
J.B. Diller Parsons
Feb 26, 2006
J.B. Diller Parsons, 91, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 24, 1914, in Cassody, the son of Phillip H. and Melinda Diller Parsons. He graduated from Cassody High School in 1933. A resident of Hutchinson for the past six years, moving from Cottonwood Falls, he was a farmer and rancher before going to...
Evans G. Freese
Feb 26, 2006
Evans Glenn Freese, 86, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Jan. 21, 1920, in rural Tonkawa, Okla., the son of Reid and Mary Pearl Hetrick Freese. He graduated from Richmond High School in 1938 and Kansas State in 1949. A resident of Hutchinson for 51 years, he was an engineer at Cessna of Hutchinson, retiring...
Bertie N. Argo
Feb 25, 2006
Bertie N. Argo, 87, died Feb. 25, 2006, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Leo and Ferle Mary Harlan Cross. She was a retired Reno County Courthouse clerk and later worked for the city of Hutchinson. She belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints....
Jessie E. Wharton
Feb 25, 2006
Jessie E. Wharton, 94, died Feb. 25, 2006, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson. She was born Oct. 22, 1911, in Purcell, Okla., the daughter of Jesse Walter and Hattie Preston Eslick. She graduated from Purcell High School. She was a homemaker. She belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church. On Oct. 17, 1931, she married Philip T. Wharton in...
Robert C. Bacon
Feb 24, 2006
Robert C. Bacon, 81, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1924, in Reno County, the son of Stuart Virgil and Aileen Ruth Strandberg Bacon. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College and Kansas State University. A lifetime Reno County resident, he was a farmer. He belonged to Park Place Christian Church, serving...
Helen M. Cole
Feb 24, 2006
Helen Mae "Dolly" Cole, 79, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Aug. 2, 1926, in Red Wing, the daughter of Adolph and Matilda Maul-er Kahler. She attended St. Teresa's Catholic Scho-ol. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, moving from Denver, she was a silk finisher at Jimmy Hayes Cleaners, Hutchinson, and moved to Denver in 1960,...
Clara E. Parks
Feb 24, 2006
Clara E. Parks, 91, died Feb. 24, 2006, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. She was born Nov. 5, 1914, in Seward County, the daughter of James and Mary Beliel Shinkle. A resident of Hutchinson, formerly of Langdon and Plevna, she was a school cook at Fairfield High School, was a seamstress and quilter winning several awards at the Kansas...
Amanda M. Morgenstern
Feb 23, 2006
Amanda M. Morgenstern, 85, died Feb. 23, 2006, at her home, Hutchinson. She was born July 20, 1920, in Russell County, the daughter of Samuel and Lena Morgenstern. She graduated in 1943 from Salt City Business College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1943, she worked for Bunge Grain Corp., retiring in 1985. She belonged to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Survivors...
Maritta Joy Zahorsky
Feb 23, 2006
Maritta Joy Zahorsky, 68, died Feb. 23, 2006, at the Hutchinson Hospital Emergency Room. She was born June 13, 1937, in Clearwater, Neb., the daughter of Carl Melvin and Juanita Crum Miller. She graduated from Clearwater High School in 1954, and from Central Christian College, McPherson, 1957, and in 1963, she graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. A...
Wilbur O. "Bill" Burnett
Feb 22, 2006
Wilbur O. "Bill" Burnett, 92, died Feb. 22, 2006, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct. 15, 1913, in New London, Iowa, the son of Benjamin Harris and Odessa Barker Burnett. A Hutchinson resident since 1949, moving from Kansas City, Mo., he was a 30-year employee of Ark Valley Electric Company, retiring in 1979 as a lineman. He belonged...
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