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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
