Christine "Chris" Keeler
Oct 2, 2016
Christine O. "Chris" Keeler, passed away October 2, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas . She was born July 2, 1938 at Great Bend, to Donovan and Mary (Risse) Neeland.
Christine married Charles Keeler August 6, 1960 at Great Bend. A homemaker and a lifetime resident of Great...
Linda F. Spires
Sep 27, 2016
Linda F. Spires, 72, died September 27, 2016, at her home in Hoisington, Kansas. She was born May 27, 1944, in Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of William Lee and Lorena May (Yount) Smith. She married Clayton Lee Spires on June 22, 1973, in Garden City, Kansas.
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Juanita May Ratzlaff
Sep 27, 2016
Juanita May "Nita" Ratzlaff, 73, died Sept. 27, 2016, at her home in Great Bend. Born May 1, 1943, at Beldenville, Wisc., she was the daughter of John and Mildred (Klein) Gilbertson. She was a waitress and manager of Hong Kong Restaurant and also had a painting business. She raised and showed Persian cats, and enjoyed cooking, gardening and...
Duane Lee Huntwork
Sep 26, 2016
Duane Lee Huntwork, 78, died Sept. 26, 2016, at Hays Medical Center. Born March 16, 1938, at Huron, S.D., he was the son of Ralph and Doris (Skinner) Huntwork. After their deaths, Duane was raised by his guardian-aunt, Bernice Forber and her husband Frank. On March 9, 1958, he married Margaret Ball at Severy. A Great Bend resident since...
Carolyn June Butts
Sep 24, 2016
Carolyn June Butts, 88, died Sept. 24, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born Feb. 22, 1928, at Larned, the daughter of Ralph and Pearl Lena (Dirks) Unruh. She married Joseph Oral Butts August 15, 1946 at Great Bend. They later divorced. She was an LPN at Larned State Hospital.
She was a...
Joe Harold Spears
Sep 24, 2016
Joe Harold Spears, 54, died Sept. 24, 2016, at Great Bend. He was born Feb. 27, 1962, at Yuma, Ariz., the son of John Leo and Helen (West) Spears. He married Sheryl Miller April 1 at Great Bend.
He was a truck driver and owned and operated J & S Handyman Service. Mr. Spears was a Great...
Helen M. Zorn
Sep 19, 2016
Helen M. Zorn, 95, died September 19, 2016, at Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas. She was born August 2, 1921, in Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Demel) Koester. Helen graduated from Odin High School in 1940.
On March 4, 1943,...
Rev. Kevin U. Franklin
Sep 19, 2016
Rev. Kevin U. Franklin, 62, died Sept. 19, 2016, at his home, Great Bend. He was born April 19, 1954, at Salina, the son of Rev. Raymond A. and Eva E. (Benson) Franklin. He married Dwana Lue Smith July 28, 1973, at Wichita.
Kevin accepted Christ as his Saviour Feb. 18, 1982. He was ordained Oct. 12,...
Ramiro Palacio Castillo
Sep 17, 2016
Ramiro Palacio Castillo, 25, died September 17, 2016. He was born July 5, 1991 at Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Ramiro Palacio and Guadelupe Palacio. He was a 2009 graduate of Great Bend High School, and was currently employed as a scaffolding builder for IISI. He was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose, and was...
Debbie Horton
Sep 15, 2016
Debbie Horton passed away on September 15, 2016, at Penrose Main, Colorado Springs, Co. She was born February 3, 1952, in Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of David Andy and Mary Sue Sands. Debbie is survived by her husband Homer Horton; her children, Pamala Brinson, Janelle Brinson, Nathan (Joanna) Seward, Becky (Chris) Phelps, James...
Barbara Knoll
Sep 15, 2016
Barbara Knoll, beloved mother, 85, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Villa Maria, Mulvane, Kansas. She was born February 24, 1931, the daughter of Joseph P. and Clara (Reidel) Billinger.
Barbara was a retired aircraft mechanic that was always a hard-working and wonderful role model. Her family remembers...
Marion Francis Lightfoot
Sep 10, 2016
Marion Lightfoot passed away Sept. 10, 2016, at his daughter's home in Arkansas City, Kan., following a battle with kidney disease. Marion was born March 31, 1931, in Hartford, Ohio, to Beulah Lightfoot and was raised by his maternal grandparents, Edgar and Mary Lightfoot, on a farm near LaRue, Ohio. He graduated from high school in a...
Claudie Jean Biles
Sep 9, 2016
Claudie Jean Biles, 87, died Sept. 9, 2016, at her home in Heizer. She was born Dec. 26, 1928, at Gainsville, Mo., the daughter of Albert and Margie (Harley) Piland. She married Roy M. Biles April 30, 1945, at Great Bend. He died April 21, 2007. A Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1940, coming from Gainsville, Mo., Mrs. Biles...
Terry Allen Holopirek
Sep 8, 2016
Terry Allen Holopirek, 62, died Sept. 8, 2016 at his home in Great Bend. He was born March 28, 1954 at La Crosse, the son of Alvin G. "Al" and Irene Marie (Gleissner) Holopirek. He was a fabricator for KMW Ltd. A loving father and grandfather, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and collecting guns, coins and stamps.
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Joan M. Bader
Sep 7, 2016
Joan Marie Bader, 81, died Sept. 7, 2016 at her home, Great Bend. She was born March 23, 1935 at Redwing, the daughter of Joseph and Maude (Eveleigh) Habiger. She married Robert Lee Bader on Sept. 1, 1955 at Hoisington. He died Jan. 4, 2011. A Great Bend resident since 1955, coming from Osborne, Mrs. Bader was a homemaker....
Michael Jovanee Carrasco
Sep 7, 2016
Michael Jovanee Carrasco, 8, died Sept. 7, 2016, at El Paso Children's Hospital, El Paso, Texas. He was born Oct. 9, 2007, at Great Bend, the son of Norberto and Claudia (Torres) Carrasco.
Survivors include his father, Norberto Carrasco of Sioux City, Iowa; his mother, Claudia Torres of El Paso, Texas; two sisters, Jazmin Rodriguez of El...
Alvin K. Schettler
Sep 6, 2016
Alvin K. Schettler, 86, died Sept. 6, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. He was born April 30, 1930, at Stoughton, Saskatchewan, Canada, the son of Rev. Kurt G. and Louise (Schempp) Schettler. He married Janet Read October 19, 1952 at Belgrade, Nebraska. An Albert resident since 1965, Mr. Schettler was a Booster Station Plant Operator for...
Darrell Gene Bradshaw
Sep 5, 2016
Surrounded by loved ones, Darrell Gene Bradshaw passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Sept. 5, 2016, after a sudden heart attack in June and a battle with undiagnosed cancer. Darrell was the fourth child born to Elgin and Mary (Butler) Bradshaw in Big Spring, Texas. He moved to Kansas at the...
Laverne Aileen Reinhardt
Sep 3, 2016
LaVerne Aileen Reinhardt, age 92, died Sept. 3, 2016, at her home in Great Bend. She was born Aug. 10, 1924, in Heizer, the daughter of Paul James and Agnes Viola (Schroeder) Pascoe, Jr. LaVerne married Franklin Dale Reinhardt, O.D., December 25, 1950, at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, LaVerne owned and operated Heirloom...
Aaron C. "Nick" Nicholas
Sep 1, 2016
Aaron C. "Nick" Nicholas, 46, died Sept. 1, 2016 at his home in Hoisington. He was born April 18, 1970, in Salina, the son of Marion and Jeannie Thornton Nicholas. Aaron graduated from Hoisington High School as a member of the class of 1989. He graduated from Phoenix Vo-Tech for Heating and Air. He also attended Barton County Community...
