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Billy R. Wulfemeyer

Billy R. Wulfemeyer

Nov 25, 2005

PARTRIDGE - Billy R. Wulfemeyer, 77, died Nov. 25, 2005, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita. He was born Feb. 10, 1928, in Deepwater, Mo., the son of Will and Nellie Chiles Wulfemeyer. He graduated in 1946 from Abbyville High School. A lifelong Abbyville resident, he was a wheat farmer and cattleman in the Partridge and...

Larry D. Jewell

Larry D. Jewell

Nov 23, 2005

Larry D. Jewell, 61, died Nov. 23, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born May 5, 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Alfred F. and Maudie L. Frye Jewell. He attended Nickerson High School and graduated from Hutchinson JUCO in 1967. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was owner and operator of Central Welding and Machine Company, Inc. He belonged to...

Alfred M. Algrim

Alfred M. Algrim

Nov 21, 2005

NICKERSON - Alfred M. Algrim, 64, died Nov. 21, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital ER. He was born Sept. 21, 1941, in Stafford, the son of Ivan Willard and Hulda Hildebrand Algrim. He was a 1959 graduate of Stafford High School. A lifelong Kansas native, he worked for Farmers Co-op of Nickerson for 30 years, retiring in 2004 as fertilizer manager....

Marybel C. Graber

Marybel C. Graber

Nov 21, 2005

Marybel C. Graber, 88, died Nov. 21, 2005, in Thorne Care Center. She was born June 9, 1917, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Fred and Mabel Booher Gookins. She attended Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas University, Adela Hale Business College and graduated from Sterling College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a teacher, having taught in Buhler, Burrton...

David R. Mixon

David R. Mixon

Nov 19, 2005

David R. Mixon, 51, died Nov. 19, 2005, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born April 24, 1954, in Alva, Okla., the son of Leon and Margaret Deloris Boatman Mixon. A resident of Hutchinson since 1993, moving from Medicine Lodge, he was a welder for AGCO in Hesston. He belonged to Walnut and Campbell Church of Christ....

Scott Clark, Jr.

Scott Clark, Jr.

Nov 18, 2005

Scott Clark Jr., 93, died Nov. 18, 2005, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 15, 1912, in Hutchinson, the son of Scott and Opal E. Baker Clark Sr. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1930 and Stanford University in 1934. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired agent for Equitable Insurance. He belonged to Grace Episcopal...

Alma M. Pierson

Alma M. Pierson

Nov 18, 2005

Alma Mable Pierson, 90, died Nov. 18, 2005, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 18, 1915, in Tulsa, Okla., the daughter of Melvin and Jeannette Martinson Iverson Murphy. A Hutchinson resident since 1930, she was a homemaker and co-owner of Elmo Pierson's Army Surplus. She belonged to South Hutchinson Christian Church and the former Hadley Methodist Church,...

Victor David Viegra

Victor David Viegra

Nov 17, 2005

Victor David Viegra, 74, died Nov. 17, 2005, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born July 28, 1931, in Great Bend, the son of Jose and Felice Leon Viegra. He graduated in 1950 from Larned High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1959, moving from Kansas City, Mo., he was a courier. He also had worked for A.D. Rayl Motor...

Hazel Dunn Taylor

Hazel Dunn Taylor

Nov 16, 2005

Hazel Dunn Taylor, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother went home to be with her Lord early Wednesday morning at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson. She was born in Plevna, the daughter of Preston and Mary Nafziger Edwards. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and Salt City Business College. A lifetime resident of Reno County, she was office manager and bookkeeper for...

Helen G. Smith

Helen G. Smith

Nov 16, 2005

Helen Geneva Smith, 85, died Nov. 16, 2005, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 13, 1920, in Pawnee County, the daughter of Amos A. and Clara M. Prudham Fox. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to South Hutchinson Christian Church. On Aug. 5, 1939, she married Lawrence N. Smith in Nickerson. He died Nov....

John D. Allender

John D. Allender

Nov 16, 2005

John Devere Allender, 85, died Nov. 16, 2005, at his daughter's home, Tulsa, Okla. He was born May 10, 1920, in Kingman, the son of John and Katherine Devinish Allender. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was the owner of Verg and Johns Conoco and co-owner of Johnson-Allender Meat Locker. He belonged to...

Etta M. Hubbard

Etta M. Hubbard

Nov 15, 2005

Etta Mae Hubbard, 77, died Nov. 15, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital. She was born May 24, 1928, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Willard "Bill" and Elsie Mae Cooper Lowrey. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she worked for Dillon's Bakery, retiring in 1990. She belonged to Westbrook Baptist Church and Bakery Confectionery Workers Union. On Nov. 9, 1945, she married William A....

Mattie L. Westfahl

Mattie L. Westfahl

Nov 15, 2005

SOUTH HUTCHINSON - Mattie Lee Westfahl, 94, died Nov. 15, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1911, in Green County, Ind., the daughter of Robert and Mary Blades Nation, and was raised by Curtis and Flossie Newman. She graduated from Eureka High School in Oklahoma in 1930. A longtime Arlington resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged...

Treva L. Schartz

Treva L. Schartz

Nov 15, 2005

Treva L. Schartz, 78, died Nov. 15, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1927, in Wilson, the daughter of Victor and Mabel Eaton Saunders. A Hutchinson resident since 1967, moving from California, she was a secretary and later worked at 30th Street Alco as a clerk. She belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Survivor include:...

Mildred L. Brown

Mildred L. Brown

Nov 13, 2005

Mildred L. Brown, 97, died Nov. 13, 2005, at Presbyterian Manor, Wichita. She was born June 13, 1908, in Bushton, the daughter of George and Lily Guldner Mohney. She graduated from Bushton High School and attended Friends University, Wichita. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she and her husband were owners and operators of the former Earl H. Brown Wholesale Co.,...

Walter H. Johns

Walter H. Johns

Nov 13, 2005

Walter H. Johns, 93, died Nov. 13, 2005, at Golden Plains Health Care Center. He was born April 10, 1912, in Woodward County, Okla., the son of Edward and Emma Johns. A resident of Hutchinson since 1942, moving from Oklahoma, he was a carpenter for a private contractor, retiring from the former Stuckey Lumber. He was a 20-year member of...

John G. Walters

John G. Walters

Nov 11, 2005

John G. Walters, 86, died Nov. 11, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Sept. 11, 1919, in Hutchinson, the son of Conrad H. and Sarah J. Gilbert Walters. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1937. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a painting contractor and co-owner of Allied Painting for over 30 years. He belonged to Faith United...

Lela D. Coleman

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

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

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...

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