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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Twila J. Lenstrom
Sep 9, 2024
Twila Janice Lenstrom, 95, passed away September 9, 2024, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born January 30, 1929, in Broken Bow, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Gladys Carnine Reckling. She was a graduate of Comstock High School and had received her teacher’s certificate from Kearney State College. She had attended Grace Bible Church, Hutchinson and was a...
Dale E. Miller
Sep 6, 2024
Dale Gene Miller, 84, passed away Thursday, September 6, 2024, at Newton Medical Center. He was born August 20, 1940, in McPherson, the son of Myron and Vivian Johnson Miller. A graduate of McPherson High School, he had also attended K-State and Oklahoma State University, majoring in horticulture. He had married Norma Camden, and they later divorced. While at Kstate...
Orvalene Ann Thayer
Aug 24, 2024
Orvalene Ann Thayer, 79, passed away on August 24, 2024, at McPherson Hospital, surrounded by her family. Born on May 20, 1945, in Topeka, Kansas, she was the daughter of Orval and Helen McCall Sperry. Ann served as a registered nurse in the United States Army for three years, where she met and married Edward James Mark in 1966 in...
Phyllis "Jeannie" Penner
Aug 17, 2024
Phyllis “Jeannie” Penner, 80, passed away at her home in Hutchinson, on August 17, 2024. She was born September 13, 1943, in Great Bend, the daughter of Irvin L. and Marcella C. Link Melcher. She graduated from Chase High School and then graduated from Salt City Business College, Hutchinson. She worked for Bartlett- Settle-Edgerly and Holy Cross as the school...
Paul Richard Harshberger, Jr.
Aug 14, 2024
Paul Richard Harshberger, Jr., 62, passed away with his family by his side on August 14, 2024, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born April 5, 1962, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the son of Paul Richard and Gloria Jones Harshberger, Sr. He was a graduate of Salisbury Elklick High School, Salisbury, Pennsylvania.
Paul could be best described as a “Jack...
Carol Ann Rodriquez
Aug 9, 2024
Carol Ann Rodriquez, 66, passed away August 9, 2024, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born November 17, 1957, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Rickey and Rosella Rodriquez. She had worked in food service for Eaton in the cafeteria and Sirloin Stockade. She spent a lot of her time helping to raise a lot of...
Galen D. Jantz
Jul 27, 2024
Galen D. Jantz, 83, passed away July 27, 2024, at Pleasant View Home in Inman, KS with his family by his side. He was born January 5, 1941, in Galva, KS, the son of Evan and Susan (Unruh) Jantz.
He attended school in Galva, KS also working various jobs and preceded on with a career in truck driving, with his handle...
Stephanie Diane Stewart
Jul 21, 2024
Stephanie Diane Stewart, 50, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Hutchinson. She was born April 24, 1974, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Leo Dean Willoughby and Patricia Kay Elliott.
Stephanie had attended Shallow Water Elementary School, Shallow Water, KS and was a 1992 graduate of Scott Community High School, Scott City, Kansas. On July 11, 1992 she married John...
Matthew Lloyd Talley, Sr.
Jul 2, 2024
Matthew L. Talley, Sr., 49, passed away July 2, 2024, on his porch surrounded by his family. He was born April 30, 1975, in Hiawatha, Kansas, the son of Gerald and Linda Schneider Talley. Matthew was a graduate of Sabetha High School. He served in the United State Marine Corp for four years after high school. He enjoyed going to...
Carol Ann Parker
Jun 18, 2024
Carol Ann Parker, 73, passed away June 18, 2024, at Ascension Via Christi-St Joseph, Wichita, with all her family by her side. She was born Feb. 20, 1951, in Highland Park, Illinois, the daughter of John “Jack” William and Ruth Elizabeth Pirie Liske. While living in Chicago Carol grew up an avid Chicago Bears fan, loved being in the city....
Emma "Ruth" Harris
May 17, 2024
Emma “Ruth” Harris, 85, passed away May 17, 2024, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. She was born January 9, 1939, in Mesilla Park, NM, the daughter of Emil Donal and Sallie Irtle McGee Wooldrige. She was a 1958 graduate of Pecos High School, Pecos, TX. She had worked as a clerk at the Pecos, TX grocery store and for...
Larry Eugene Yates
May 9, 2024
Larry Yates,87, passed away May 9, 2024, at Sunshine Meadows Retirement Center, Buhler. He was born September 10, 1936, in Sterling, KS the son of Jasper and Iva Mae Clark Yates. He married Rosemary Drake on April 3, 1966, in Alden, KS. She preceded him in death on February 14, 2024.
An avid farmer, Larry was a steward of the land...