Obituaries

Sep 22, 2005

Edith P. Jones, 83, died Sept. 22, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. She was born Jan. 19, 1922, in Brookings, Ore., the daughter of James Edward and Josephine Bernadine Forge Duffin. She graduated from St. Teresa's Catholic High School in 1941 and Adela Hale Business College in 1942. A Hutchinson resident since 1927, she was a homemaker. She belonged to St....

Sep 22, 2005

Lona Alice Edwards, 82, died, Sept. 22, 2005, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Jan. 11, 1923, in Arlington, the daughter of Charles Harvey and Edna Sartain Voss. She graduated from Mullinville High School and was a 1945 graduate of St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse working in Florida and California before moving to...

Sep 21, 2005

Ruth Darrah, 63, died Sept. 21, 2005, at Infinia in Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 18, 1942, in Topeka, the daughter of Arthur Clarence and Lola May Worford Ham. She was a graduate of Topeka High School in 1960. A longtime Lyons resident, recently moving to Hutchinson, she was a homemaker. She belonged to Lyons United Methodist Church. On April...

Sep 19, 2005

Robert E. Cox, 64, died Sept. 19, 2005, at Hutchinson Hospital. He will be greatly missed by a loving family and many friends. He was born Jan. 28, 1941, in Hutchinson, the son of Floyd and Clara Cox. A lifelong Hutchinson resident, he graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1959. On May 27, 1962, he married Barbara Ann Southard in...

Sep 18, 2005

Joan "Jody" Bentson, 83, died Sept. 18, 2005, at Wesley Towers Retirement Community, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 27, 1921, at Hutchinson, the daughter of Harold and Ursula Maude Kirkpatrick Hogue. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939, Hutchinson Junior College in 1941, and Kansas State University in 1943. She had taught Physical Education at Great Bend Jr. and...

Sep 16, 2005

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - William H. Might, 85, died Sept. 16, 2005, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born Dec. 10, 1919, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the son of James Edward and Clara Elizabeth Mayberry Might. He graduated in 1938 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., he was a dairy farmer in Reno County for 15...

Sep 16, 2005

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - William H. Might, 85, died Sept. 16, 2005, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born Dec. 10, 1919, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the son of James Edward and Clara Elizabeth Mayberry Might. He graduated in 1938 from Hutchinson High School. A resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., he was a dairy farmer in Reno County for 15...

Jun 19, 2001

Katherine G. "Kay" Mayes, 85, died June 19, 2011, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born April 28, 1926, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Jeff and Ethel Thomas Lawrence. Kay was a mother and a homemaker. On Oct. 6, 1943, she married John L. Mayes in Hutchinson. He died March 20, 1983. Survivors include: two daughters, Linda Henderson and...

Nov 4, 1973

Melissa Ann Cowles, 49, died November 4, 2022, at Hospice House Hutchinson, after a valiant fight with cancer. She was born March 14, 1973, in Great Bend, to Edward and Darlene (Doonan) Stoss.

Melissa graduated from Hoisington High School in 1991. She then attended dental school through the American Red Cross at Carswell Air Force Base.  Melissa...

Sep 29, 1951

Wayne T. Sapp, age 62, died July 25, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 29, 1951, in Hutchinson, the son of Owen T. and Bonnie Lee Teel Sapp. Wayne was a former member of the Hutchinson Fire Department and maintenance worker. Survivors include: sons, Matthew of Hutchinson and Lucas of Lawrence; his father, O. T. Sapp...

Dec 8, 1950

Mary L. McCarthy, 74, died December 8, 2024, at her home in Hutchinson. She was born November 13, 1950, in Columbus, Indiana, to Thaddeus and Mary (Calvert) Darosett.

Mary worked at The Hutchinson News for many years. She also worked with Graber Elementary School along with the Rural Messenger. Mary was passionate about camping and enjoyed frequenting...

Sep 8, 1941

John Dean Armstrong, of Hutchinson, born August 10, 1917, and died September 8, 1941, will be returning to Hutchinson, Kansas, for burial after having been missing for 75 years. His remains will return from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, in June 2017 with full military honors.

John Dean was the son of Guy...

Nov 17, 1912

Anne Louise McPherson, 43, died on November 17, 2012, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital. Anne was born July 16, 1969, in Warrensburg, Missouri, the daughter of James and Marolin Kelly. At age 4, Anne and her family moved to Leon, Kansas, where she graduated from Bluestem High School. She next attended Butler Community College, then transferred to Kansas State University in...

Melvin E. Schnider, 85, died Jan. 26, 2006, at his home, Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 9, 1920, in Salem, S.D., the son of Frank C. and Goldie F. Tuttle Schnider. He was a 1938 graduate of Lawrence High School and attended the University of Kansas. A Hutchinson resident since 1947, he was an Internal Revenue Service agent for 30...