Leslie Lowell Workman
Dec 8, 2016
Leslie Lowell Workman, 78, died Dec. 8, 2016, at his home in Great Bend. Born June 14, 1938, at Great Bend, he was the son of Leslie Lowell, Sr. and Mathilda (Krkosska) Workman. He married Jean Marie Mausolf April 15, 1972 at Peace Lutheran Church, Albert. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Workman was a serviceman for NCR. He...
Arthur Brown "Art" Cravens
Dec 5, 2016
Arthur Brown "Art" Cravens, 90, died Dec. 5, 2016, at his home in Great Bend. Born Dec. 31, 1925, at Granite, Greer County, Okla., he was the son of Loranzo Arnold and May Belle (Reeves) Cravens. He married Alberta May Ramsey in 1947 and moved to Kansas in 1950. Arthur and Alberta divorced in 1977 and...
Eleanor M. Reif
Dec 4, 2016
Eleanor M. Reif, 93, died December 4, 2016, at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington. She was born April 22, 1923, in Rural Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph and Caroline (Linsner) Demel. Eleanor graduated from Odin High School and then married her sweetheart, Anton J. "Tony" Reif on October 20, 1942, in Odin, Kansas....
Darrell I. Rexwinkle
Dec 4, 2016
Darrell I. Rexwinkle, 80, died Dec. 4, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Born June 3, 1936, at Edna, he was the son of Clifford L. and Opaline O. (Goodwin) Rexwinkle. He married Dixie Colleen Childress March 12, 1955, at Valeda. A Great Bend resident since 1969 coming from rural northeast Oklahoma, Mr. Rexwinkle was a ranch...
Doris June Mcfarren
Dec 1, 2016
Doris June McFarren, 84, died Dec. 1, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, Topeka. Born Oct. 31, 1932, at Brownell, she was the daughter of John and Bertha (Foos) Helwig. She married Clayton McFarren Nov. 30, 1950 at Bazine. He died February 23, 2010. A Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1972, coming from Dighton, Mrs. McFarren was a grocery...
Howard Nathan "Nate" Davis
Nov 30, 2016
Howard Nathan "Nate" Davis, 78, died Nov. 30, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. Born Oct. 15, 1938 at Lawton, Okla., he was the son of Howard W. and Mary Doris (Ketchum) Davis. He married Natalyn C. Gould Dec. 25, 1959 at Duncan, Okla. A long time Great Bend resident, coming from Gunnison, Colo., Mr. Davis worked...
Robert L. "Bob" Allford
Nov 28, 2016
Robert L. "Bob" Allford, Jr., 84, died Nov. 28, 2016, at Almost Home, Inc., Great Bend. Born Nov. 20, 1932, at Wellington, Texas, he was the son of Robert Lacy and Thelma Susie (Elliott) Allford. Mr. Allford earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in voice and English from Wayland Baptist College, then furthered his education in Psychology and English,...
Able Lee King, Jr.
Nov 25, 2016
Able Lee King, Jr., 60, died Nov. 25, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. Born Dec. 26, 1955, he was the son of Able Lee and Nancy (Harris) King. He married Shirley A. McCoy May 16, 1985, at Montrose, Ark. A Great Bend resident, Mr. King was an elder with the Church of...
Dennis William White
Nov 21, 2016
Dennis William White, 74, died November 21, 2016, at Greeley County Hospital, Tribune, Kansas. He was born April 25, 1942, at Hays, Kansas, the son of Kenneth William and Helen Lathene (Graham) White.
Dennis served as a seaman in the United States Navy from 1959 to...
Christina D. Klusener
Nov 21, 2016
Christina D. Klusener, 98, died Nov. 21, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Born March 9, 1918, at rural Dubuque, she was the daughter of Edward Emel and Mary Regina (Feltes) Klusener. She married Henry Charles Klusener July 27, 1939, at Lyons. He died August 29, 1984. A Great Bend resident since 1944 coming from Dubuque and...
Earlene Marie Nairn
Nov 20, 2016
Earlene M. Nairn, 84, died Nov. 20, 2016, at Leisure Homestead, St. John. She was born June 8, 1932, at Great Bend, the daughter of Rossie Earl and Marjorie Adell (Moore) Kiger. She married Nolen Gene Nairn Oct. 8, 1950 at First Church of the Nazarene, Great Bend. He died November 17, 2015. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she...
Kenneth Lynn Seibert
Nov 20, 2016
Kenneth Lynn Seibert, 78, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on November 20, 2016. Ken was born in Great Bend, Kansas on May 5, 1938, to Grant and Minnie Seibert. He graduated from Fort Hays State University and served in the US Navy. After his service in the Navy, he moved to...
W. H. "Tag" Hendricks
Nov 20, 2016
W.H. "Tag" Hendricks of Great Bend, passed away November 20, 2016, in Salina. He was born May 27, 1925, in Raymond, the son of Roy Emerson Hendricks and Lottie Gable Hendricks. He married Eva J. Lackey, they later divorced.
Tag was preceded in death by his wife, F. LaWanda Unruh Hendricks and a son Michael Cate.His survivors include son,...
Lloyd Stroud
Nov 18, 2016
Lloyd A. "PeeWee" Stroud, 74, died Nov. 18, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born April 6, 1942, at Fairplay, Missouri, the son of Samuel and Nell (Tolbert) Stroud.
Lloyd married Virginia R. "Sue" Schmitt June 11, 1962, at Ellinwood. A long-time resident of Great Bend, he was a truck driver for Rainbow...
Gary Buskirk
Nov 17, 2016
Gary Eugene Buskirk passed away Nov. 17, 2016. He was born in Columbus Ohio Jan. 29, 1949 to Edith (O'Dell) and Guy Edward Buskirk .
He met the love of his life, Sheila Moore, in Mount Sterling, Ohio. They married May 12, 1969. He was in the plastic manufacturing industry for over 40 years, most recently Fuller...
Leonard J. Miller
Nov 16, 2016
Leonard J. Miller, 86, died Nov, 16, 2016 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 12, 1930 at Wilson, the son of Martin and Amalia "Mollie" (Manweiler) Miller.
Leonard attended school at Gorham, Kan., later receiving his G.E.D. from Barton County Community College in November, 1975. Leonard had been married to...
Tammy Lynn Byerly
Nov 13, 2016
Tammy Lynn Byerly, of Larned, KS, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 after fighting a brave battle with pancreatic cancer.
She was a beautiful person who lived by the motto of unconditional love. She will be remembered for her amazing spirit and will be missed by all who were blessed to have her in their lives....
Dorothy Elizabeth Biggs
Nov 13, 2016
Dorothy Elizabeth Biggs, 94, died November 13, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Dorothy was born June 6, 1922, in Bazine, KS, to Benjamin and Neta (Eldredge) Reinhardt.
Dorothy graduated from Great Bend High School in 1940. She continued her education at Fort Hays State University. Dorothy began her...
Paul Hoss
Nov 8, 2016
Paul Hoss, 94, died Nov. 8, 2016, at Rice County District Hospital Long-term Care, Lyons. He was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Lincoln Township, near Seward, the son of Charles and Otillia (Fehrenbach) Hoss. He was a graduate of Radium High School. He married Dorothy Alice Hall Nov. 27, 1946, at Seward. She died Jan. 27, 2007. A lifetime area...
Terence L. Redetzke
Nov 7, 2016
Terence L. "Big Terry" Redetzke, 62, died November 7, 2016, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City. He was born July 12, 1954, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Martha (Hawes) Redetzke. Terry was a 1972 graduate of Hoisington High School.
A lifelong Hoisington...
