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
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.
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
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
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...
