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Barbara N. Furgason

Barbara N. Furgason

Dec 2, 2005

Barbara N. Furgason, 72, died Dec. 2, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born July 30, 1933, in Pratt, the daughter of Boyde W. and Vivian M. Wirth Gilham. She graduated from Pratt High School. A Hutchinson resident since 1966, moving from Pratt, she worked for TECH until 1992. She belonged to the Methodist Faith. Survivors include: a son, Gary,...

Dale W. Cavit

Dale W. Cavit

Dec 1, 2005

Dale Wesley Cavit, 86, died Dec. 1, 2005, at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. He was born Aug. 6, 1919, in Forgan, Okla., the son of George Hutchinson and Verna Ethel Dewey Cavit. He was a 1937 graduate of Leon High School and attended Butler County Junior College. A resident of Hutchinson since 2000, formerly of Russell (1949-1962) and Lyons (1962-2000),...

M. Adrian Miller

M. Adrian Miller

Dec 1, 2005

M. Adrian "Whitey" Miller, 82, died Dec. 1, 2005, at the Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 25, 1923, in Kinsley, the son of William Rudolph and Ida Esther Eatinger Miller. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1943. A longtime Hutchinson resident, he was retired from Dillons as District Supervisor of Meat Market Management after 43 years...

Larwrence W. Martin

Larwrence W. Martin

Nov 28, 2005

Lawrence W. Martin, 83, died Nov. 28, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital. He was born July 31, 1922, in Iola, the son of Ace V. and Margaret M. Sleeper Martin. He was a graduate of Iola High School. A Hutchinson resident for the past 53 years, he was retired from Santa Fe Railroad. He was a member of Tenth Avenue United...

Margaret P. Haldeman

Margaret P. Haldeman

Nov 28, 2005

Margaret Pearl Haldeman, 90, died Nov. 28, 2005. She was born April 18, 1915, in Adel, Iowa, the daughter of Orlo E. and Maggie Messamer. She graduated from Adel High School in 1933 and from Mc-Pherson College in 1937. She worked her way through McPherson by baby-sitting and cleaning houses in exchange for tuition. After graduation, she taught for one...

Wilda M. Owens

Wilda M. Owens

Nov 26, 2005

Wilda May Owens, 95, died Nov. 26, 2005, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Aug. 3, 1910, in Stella, Mo., the daughter of Orville and Martha Fischgrabe Atwood. A resident of Hutchinson since 1985, formerly of Meade and Stafford, she was a homemaker. She belonged to the Pentecostal Church, Meade. On Aug. 4, 1929, she married Percy W....

Ruben C. Garibay

Ruben C. Garibay

Nov 26, 2005

Ruben C. Garibay, 80, died Nov. 26, 2005, in Hutchinson Hospital ICU. He was born June 16, 1925, in Zamora, Mexico, the son of Jesus Joseph and Concepcion Cazarez Garibay. He was a graduate of East High School, Wichita, and Wichita State University. He attended Austin College. A Pratt resident since 1999, moving to Hutchinson in June, he had a...

Margaret L. Teter Harr

Margaret L. Teter Harr

Nov 26, 2005

Margaret Louise Teter Harr, 94, was received into glory at her daughter's home, Nov. 26, 2005. She was born Jan. 14, 1911, in Hutchinson, the daughter of John C.D. and Judith A. Brickey Teter. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Westside Baptist Church and attended Arlington Presbyterian Church. On May 5, 1931, she married Richard...

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....

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