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John L. Nafzinger Obituary


John L. Nafzinger

John L. Nafzinger, 84 of 605 East 10th, died Oct. 24, 1991, at his home.

He was born Feb. 27, 1907, at Hutchinson, the son of John and Emma Jane Young Nafzinger. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, he was a car man for Santa Fe Railroad Co. for 46 years.

He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, and was a shortwave-radio operator, using the call letters WOUFP for over 56 years.

On Feb. 2, 1927, he married Dorothy M. Hines at Hutchinson. She survives.

Other survivors inlcude: two sons, John R., Hutchinson, and Larry, Corpus Christie, Texas; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildern.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor Grant W. Housewright presiding. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

(Hutchinson News obit on index card on file at the Hutchinson Public Library)
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Rose Stout on January 4, 2005.

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