CLASS OF 1970
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FALLEN SALT HAWKS
In Remembrance Of Fallen Classmates & TeachersWithout Them Our Lives Would Not Be The Same
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It is a sad day today. Bill Pierson passed away on January 23, 2010. Below is his obituary as published in the Hutchinson News on January 24, 2010:
William Victor "Bill" Pierson, 57, died January 23, 2010, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born April 17, 1952, in Flint, Michigan, the son of Clyde Allison and Maurine Henrietta Buggeln Pierson. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1970. Bill then joined the Air Force, serving in Vietnam and retiring as a Tech Sergeant after nearly 20 years of service.
On May 29, 1971, he married Bonnie Kay Baker in South Hutchinson. She survives. Other survivors include: three daughters, Ashelle Doolittle, Stacie Bartley and Mandie Works and husband Nathan, all of Midwest City, Okla.: a sister, Trudy Stucky and husband Al of Sunrise Beach, Texas; a brother, Dennis Pierson and wife Edith of South Hutchinson; a sister, Peggy Webb and husband Brian of Castleton; a sister, Penny Wilt and husband Brad of Abbyville; and four grandchildren, Jade Kuntz, Brock Doolittle, Christopher and Jonathan Bartley.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Thomas Webb.
Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday January 26, 2010, at Elliott Mortuary Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor Richard Foster presiding. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. until service Tuesday at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to Hospice House, or the American Cancer Society, both in care of the mortuary. Please visit Elliott Mortuary to leave a personal message for the family.
01/25/2010 / To send your condolences to Bill's family, and particularly to his wife Bonnie, click here.
Here is the email:
Robin - Barbara's sister, Norma (68 Class), emailed me last night that Barbara passed away. She had been very sick (I believe cancer) and Norma said she was being cared for at home and passed away with her son holding her hand and her husband by her side. I knew you would want to know this. I'm getting ready to notify my group of classmates of Norma's family's loss. Sorry about the news of a HHS 70 classmate passing. Hope your holiday season is going great. Tom Wilson (68 Class).
Below is Barbara's obituary as listed on the Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel website:
Barbara A. (Ruckman) Allenbach, age 57, USD 259 Para Educator, 25 yrs Cessna Cost Estimator, passed away Tues, Dec 22, 2009. Services, 2pm, Mon, Webb-Shinkle Mortuary Chapel, Clearwater, KS.
Survivors: husband of 32 years, Aaron; sons, David (Jennifer) Allenbach of Haysville, Matthew (fiancee Stacy) Allenbach of Clearwater; parents, Raymond "Rocky" Ruckman and Eula (Hause) Holcomb of Hutchinson; sister, Norma (Lynn) Exposito of Partridge, KS, Nancy (Rick) Hostetler of Moapa, NV; brother, Ron (Linda) Ruckman of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Keedan, Kellen, Bryce. Memorial: Hospice Care of Kansas, 314 N. Washington, Wellington, KS 67152.
12/26/2009 / To send your condolences to Barbara's family click here.
Below is the obituary for Mary Haen as listed on the Elliott Mortuary website:
Mary J. Haen, 56, died Oct. 7, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Dec. 9, 1952, in Hutchinson, to Bill J. and Charolean Willis Haen. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1970, then graduated from Sidney's Hairdressing College, and attended Hutchinson Community College. A lifelong resident of Hutchinson, she had worked as a secretary for the Kansas Department of Transportation, previously worked at the State of Kansas SRS Office, and was recently doing temporary work at St. Francis Academy.
Survivors include: her father, Bill J., Hutchinson; a brother, Bill D. and his wife, Cathie, Hutchinson; a nephew, Chad, Hutchinson; a niece, Jenny Rehse and husband, Bobby, Goddard; and a great-niece and nephew, Lauren and Brandon Rehse. She was preceded in death by her mother, Charolean Haen on July 10, 1995.
Cremation has taken place. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson, with Pastor Henry Blickhahn presiding. Friends may sign the register from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to the M.D. Anderson Children's Hospital, the Shriner's Children's Hospital or St. Jude's Children's Hospital, all in care of the mortuary.
10/11/2009 / Condolences may be left at the Elliott Mortuary website.
Below is the obituary for Mary Rauh (Wrightsman) as reported in the "Topeka Capital Journal" on June 23, 2009:
Mary Elizabeth Wrightsman, 57, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009.
Mary was born October 22, 1951 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and was the daughter of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Mary (Maloney) Rauh. She was a 1970 graduate of Hutchinson High School, later graduating with a degree in Elementary Education from Washburn University in 1974. She taught at various schools in Topeka and surrounding areas. Mary was an active volunteer at Wanamaker Elementary and with Girl Scouts of America. She had a deep love for animals and cared for a number of family pets.
Mary married Calvin E. Wrightsman on July 22, 1978 in Hutchinson. He survives. Other survivors include her children, Courtney Elizabeth Salazar and husband Sean; Brenna Suzanne Hofelt and husband Brandon; Alyssa Caitlin Wrightsman, Cameron Charles Wrightsman and Terence Edward Wrightsman.
Mary will lie in state after 3 p.m., Wednesday, where the family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Rd, Topeka. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 NW Rochester Rd, Topeka, Kansas 66617.
To leave a message for the family online please visit Penwell-Gabel.
06/23/2009 / Go here for more information. (pause music player at page bottom before clicking)
Below is Mr. Rolf's obituary as reported in "The Hutchinson News" on April 30, 2009:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Ronald Dale Rolfs, 68, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 23, 2009, after a courageous, nearly two-year battle with brain cancer.
He was born March 17, 1941, in Ellsworth, to Walter George and Lydia Esther Schroeder Rolfs. He grew up on the family farm near Lorraine, along with his six older brothers and sisters.
A graduate of Lorraine High School and Sterling College - where he played basketball all four years - Ron received a master's degree from Kansas State University in 1964.
On Aug. 1, 1964, Ron married Dorothy Mae Dobrinski of Geneseo at the First Baptist Church, Lorraine. From 1964 to 1968 they lived in Hutchinson where Ron taught biology and chemistry at Hutchinson High School.
Ron attended dental school at the University of Missouri at Kansas City from 1968 to 1972. After his graduation, the family moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where Ron was stationed with the Indian Health Service, providing dental services for the people of Isleta and Jemez Pueblos. After leaving the Indian Health Service in 1974, Ron continued working as the full-time dentist for Isleta Pueblo for more than twenty additional years until a hand injury forced him to retire from dentistry. After retirement, Ron enjoyed keeping busy with his many hobbies as well as with babysitting his grandsons.
Ron was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, LaVerne Trebilcock and Arlene Prentice; and a brother, Melvin Rolfs. Survivors include: his wife of 44 years, Dorothy; two daughters and sons-in-law: Rhonda and husband Ken Anderson and Valerie and husband Todd Reynolds, all of Albuquerque; one son and daughter-in-law, Bryan and Martha Rolfs of Chicago, Ill.; two grandsons, Forrest Sumruld and Oliver Anderson of Albuquerque; two sisters, Marilyn Nickel and Lois Slabach, both of Clearwater; a brother and wife, Merle and Diane Rolfs of Ft. Collins, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at Hoffmantown Baptist Church, Albuquerque, where Ron had been a member since 1972. Graveside services will take place at the Lorraine Cemetery in Lorraine, Kansas at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 30.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Eagles' Wings Youth Ranch, PO Box 465, Mountainair, NM 87036 or to the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation, 4901 Lang Ave. NE, 87109. Please visit the online guest book for Ronald at RememberTheirStory.com.
04/30/2009 / Go here for more information.
Here is Coach Krafels' obituary as reported in "The Hutchinson News" on April 4, 2008:
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS - Joe Krafels, 82, died April 2, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital after a sudden illness.
He was born Aug. 4, 1925, at Scammon, the son of Joe and Nona Johnson Krafels. He graduated from Winfield High School and Wichita State University. He was a teacher and coach at Hoisington High School, coming to Hutchinson High in 1956, where he was the basketball coach for 12 years and served as Director of Student Activities until retiring in 1988.
Joe belonged to the First Baptist Church, the National Education Association, Hutchinson Retired Teachers Association and was inducted into the Kansas State High School Activities Hall of Fame in 1990.
On Nov. 23, 1949, he married Jane Wheeler at Oxford. She survives. Others survivors include: sons, Rodney, Rick and wife Cyndi, and Ron and wife Nancy; daughter, Carla Childs and husband Dan, all of Hutchinson; sister, Billie Anderson, Austin, Texas; nine grandchildren, Jeffrey, John and Jennifer Krafels, Lindsey Koebel, Jill Roberts, Allison Cole, Savannah, Sydney and Austin Childs; three great-grandchildren, Hannah, Addison and Natalya Krafels.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with Pastor Matt Stafford presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at the mortuary.
Memorials may be sent to T.E.C.H., in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be sent to Elliott Mortuary.
04/05/2008 / Go here for more information.
Here is Coach Meschke's obituary as reported in "The Hutchinson News" on March 11, 2008:
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS - Gus Meschke, 63, died March 9, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital.
He was born July 20, 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Marvin Gus and Norma Countryman Meschke. He graduated from Buhler High School, Hutchinson Junior College and Kansas State University, playing football at both Hutchinson and KSU. He recently was inducted in to the Buhler High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a lifetime resident of the Hutchinson area. Following his graduation from college, he taught in Great Bend and at Hutchinson High School. After teaching he went into construction and was the owner of Gus Meschke Construction Company.
On Sept. 21, 1985, he married Debbie Gibson in Tulsa, Okla. She survives.
Other survivors include: a son, Matt and his wife Kate, Wichita; a daughter, Jill Donahoe and husband Greg, Springdale, Ark.; his mother Norma Walker and her husband Marshall, Brownsville, Texas; his stepmother, Nan Meschke, Hutchinson; half brothers, Brad, Phoenix, Ariz., Jay, Overland Park, and Mark Walker, Carbondale, Colo.; a sister, Susan Stockwell, Tulsa, Okla.; and his father and mother-in-law, Bill and Mary Gibson, Hutchinson.
He was preceded in death by his father Marvin Meschke.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 East Sherman, with the Rev. Tim Soule and the Rev. Dr. J. Konrad Rock. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Buhler High School or Dillon Nature Center, both in care of the mortuary.
Personal condolences may be sent to Elliott Mortuary.
You will be dearly missed Coach.
03/11/2008 / Go here for more information.
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