Deaths

John W. Hawkins, 77, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Hutchinson.

Allen Garding, 60, husband of Marjorie, of Hutchinson, died Monday, March 8, 2010, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kan.

Victor Kolbaske, 74, of Winthrop, died Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Hutchinson Community Hospital in Hutchinson.

Oliver Schwarze, 93, of Hutchinson, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Burns Manor Nursing Home in Hutchinson.

Helmi Erickson, 90, of Dassel, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at the Lakeside Health Care Center in Dassel.

Christopher Spears, 18, of Hutchinson, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Robert Witcher, 87, of Hutchinson, husband of Dorothy, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 at Hospice of the Valley in Mesa, Ariz.

Genevieve Petersen, 80, of Hutchinson, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at the Hutchinson Community Hospital.

Earl W Kennard, 75, of Isle, formerly of Howard Lake, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 with his family by his side.

Edwin Frank Ferdinad Rettig, 84, of Grand Rapids, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Evergreen Terrace in Grand Rapids.