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Ruby Elizabeth Goering

Ruby Elizabeth Goering

Apr 18, 2025

Ruby Elizabeth Stucky Goering, 91, passed away Friday, April 18, 2025, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born on January 20, 1934, in McPherson, the daughter of David R. and Elizabeth Krehbiel Stucky. After graduating from high school, she married Robert M. Goering on August 5, 1952. He passed away on December 8, 2003.

Bob and Ruby farmed together throughout...

Carlotta Ann Malone

Carlotta Ann Malone

Apr 9, 2025

Carlotta Ann Malone (Lewis), 66, passed away April 9, 2025 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born on December 7, 1958 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of Clarence Raymond and Dora Elizabeth (McNabb) Lewis. Carlotta graduated Tulsa High School in 1978. In 1980, she married Anthony Malone and moved to San Jose, CA where they had 2 children, Dusty...

Bobby Jean Jost

Bobby Jean Jost

Apr 7, 2025

Bobby Jean Jost, 75, passed away April 7, 2025, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born on February 13, 1950, in Cedarvale, KS, the daughter of Marion Hahn and Opal Elaine Wood Wert. She married Dean Jost on March 12, 1975, in Marion, KS.

During their lives together, Bobby and Dean had lived in Whitewater, the Topeka area, Minneapolis, KS...

David Allen Shank

David Allen Shank

Apr 6, 2025

David Allen Shank, 70, passed away April 6, 2025, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 16, 1955, in Hutchinson, the son of Kenneth and Ella Irene Stiles Shank. He was a graduate of Buhler High School. David lived in the Buhler area and worked for Riverbanks Orchard and Hodisco, both of Hutchinson, in lawn equipment sales. He moved...

Kenneth Dale Froese

Kenneth Dale Froese

Mar 27, 2025



Kenneth Dale Froese was born May 31, 1941, at Hutchinson, Kansas, the first of three children born to Pete and Hilda Martens Froese. He had a strong relationship with his Dad, and spent a lot of time at his Dad’s side in his farm shop, learning not only how to weld and fix things, but also Dad’s philosophy. Ken and...

Gary Winter

Gary Winter

Mar 25, 2025

Gary Winter, 73, died March 25, 2025, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born to Arnold and Elsie Fehdrau Winter on December 9, 1951, in McPherson, Kansas. While growing up, he enjoyed goofing off with friends, farming for his favorite neighbor G.G. Kaufman and working at the grocery store for Ike. He graduated from Inman High School.

He was a...

Helen McKinley

Helen McKinley

Mar 1, 2025

Helen McKinley, 102, passed away on March 1, 2025 at Pleasant View Home in Inman, Kansas. She was born to Henry F. and Aganetha Penner near Lushton, Nebraska on October 6, 1922.

Helen attended Wheaton College in Illinois , and received her nursing degree from the University of Nebraska in 1950. She served as an RN in many capacities for 35...

Cheryl Lee Wright

Cheryl Lee Wright

Mar 1, 2025

Cheryl Lee Wright, 76, passed away on March 1st, 2025 at Pleasant View Home in Inman,

Kansas. She was born August 16, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was the daughter of William

Edward Wright and Frances Bertha Draper. Furthermore, she had two siblings, a brother

William Jr. and sister Terri. Cheryl lived an adventurous and nomadic life from an early age where

she became...

Patsy Jo Welden

Patsy Jo Welden

Feb 20, 2025

Patsy Jo Welden, 73, passed away February 20, 2025, at Diversicare of Hutchinson. She was born October 12, 1951, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Ed and Elizabeth Schnitzler Welden Haines. She was a 1969 graduate of Buhler High School and received her RN from Hutchinson Community College. She had worked as an RN for different places in the area, as...

Nora Jane Schmidt

Nora Jane Schmidt

Jan 18, 2025

Nora Jane Lohrentz was born January 6, 1927, the 5th of 6 children of Henry and Margaret (Friesen) Lohrentz on the home place in rural Harvey County near Alta Mill. The family moved to Dalhart, Texas in 1930, then moved back in 1936, living southeast of Buhler along the Little Arkansas River.

She was baptized into Hebron Mennonite Church at Finnemore...

Raymond Glenn Osborn

Raymond Glenn Osborn

Dec 7, 2024

Raymond Osborn, 93, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2024, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, with his family by his side.

Raymond Glenn Osborn was born December 4, 1931, at the home of his grandparents, George and Naomi Prene Mitchell, to Earnest David and Pearl Hazel Mitchell Osborn. He was one of six children, Betty, Mary Jane, Richard, Linda, and Anita....

Donna Jean Kroeker

Donna Jean Kroeker

Dec 2, 2024

 Donna Jean Kroeker, 87, passed away December 2, 2024, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born November 30, 1937, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Albert J. and Sarah Ediger Regier. Donna graduated from Buhler High School and went on to get her associate’s degree in education from Bethel College. In addition to being a homemaker and farm wife, Donna...

Caron Gray

Caron Gray

Nov 28, 2024

Caron Gray, 68, passed away in her home, surrounded by family, on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2024. She was born February 22, 1956, in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Thomas John and Mary J. Stathas Reno. She was a graduate of Brookfield Central High School and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Electronics from Stratton College. On November 24,...

Gerald Norman Belden

Gerald Norman Belden

Oct 24, 2024

Gerald Norman Belden, 92, passed away October 24, 2024, at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community, Buhler. He was born on July 21, 1932, in Sterling, the son of Emerson and Norma Baker Belden. He graduated from Alden High School. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He had been a member of the Alden Baptist Church and...

Billie Lynn Wolf

Billie Lynn Wolf

Oct 20, 2024

Billie Lynn Wolf, 71, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at his home in Medora. He was born on October 31, 1952, in Hoxie, Kansas, the son of Celestine and Rosalie Stapleton Wolf. He graduated from Hutchinson High School. He married his sweetheart Christine Bruce on April 22, 1972, at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Hutchinson. 

Billie was known as Mr....

Marie Martens Regehr

Marie Martens Regehr

Oct 11, 2024

Marie Martens Regehr, 98, passed away October 11, 2024 at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born February 22, 1926, to Henry B. and Lizzie Friesen Martens. She grew up on a farm Southeast of Inman with her sister and brothers speaking Low German until she started school. She graduated from Inman High School in 1944. 

Marie was a lifetime member...

Stephen Lambert Jones

Stephen Lambert Jones

Oct 4, 2024

Stephen Lambert Jones, 81, passed away on October 4, 2024, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 28, 1943, in Hutchinson, to Chester and Edith Lambert Jones. A proud graduate of Hutchinson High School in 1962, Stephen dedicated over 35 years as a truck driver for Dillons stores before transitioning to drive school...

LaVerna Schroeder Ediger

LaVerna Schroeder Ediger

Sep 25, 2024

LaVerna Schroeder Ediger was born to Victor and Elma Klassen Schroeder on March 27, 1924, in Goessel, Kansas. She was the second oldest of seven children. She attended grade school and high school in Goessel and completed her education at Grace Bible Institute (Grace University), Omaha, NE after attending there for two years.

At age 14, she had a near-fatal ruptured...

Dennis Wayne Shank

Dennis Wayne Shank

Sep 18, 2024

Dennis Wayne Shank, 77, died September 18, 2024, at Heartland Haven, Inman. He was born May 14, 1947, at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson, the son of Kenneth and Ella Irene Stiles Shank. He was a graduate of Buhler High School. Dennis served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a construction worker.

Dennis was an avid stamp...

Carl Willard Bengston

Carl Willard Bengston

Sep 14, 2024

Carl Willard Bengston, son of John William and Hildur Carolina Ekholm Bengston was born October 2, 1932, at Grace Hospital Hutchinson, KS. He passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Willard passed away on the land he had lived for 91 years. 

Willard grew up in the Windom community and the Andover Lutheran...