Clarence J. Tuzicka
May 3, 2016
Clarence J. Tuzicka, 86, died May 3, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. He was born August 4, 1929, on the farm near Bison, Kansas, the son of John and Frances (Krmela) Tuzicka.
A lifetime resident of Otis, he was a farmer and a...
Robert "Bob" Seder
May 3, 2016
Robert "Bob" Leon Seder, 76, died May 3, 2016, at Hays Medical Center. Born July 20, 1939, in Great Bend, he was the son of Leon "Pete" and Violet (Meyer) Seder. On Dec. 18, 1960, he married Ann Cotter-Green in Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend he was the owner and operator of Russ's Roofing and Central...
Kenneth H. "Bud" Pekarek
May 1, 2016
Kenneth H. "Bud" Pekarek, 93, died May 1, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 23, 1923, at Ellsworth, he was the son of George and Stella (Spears) Pekarek. Bud married Carrie Lee Mermis June 16, 1947 at Gorham. She died April 28, 2002.
Bud was a long time employee of Fina Oil, working as a...
John Patrick Murphy
May 1, 2016
J ohn Patrick "Murph" Murphy, 70, died May 1, 2016 at home in Great Bend. Born Aug. 13, 1945 at Syracuse, N.Y., he was the son of Leo and Dorothy Murphy.
John married Carol Herrman Danielson August 7, 2005 at Colorado Springs, Colo. Mr. Murphy was a Great Bend resident, and proudly served his country, from 1964-1974,...
Marion Dutton
Apr 30, 2016
Marion L. "Pops" Dutton, 81, died April 30, 2016, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Feb. 24, 1935, in Hagerman, Texas, he was the son of Otto E. and Marge (Crawford) Dutton. A resident of Great Bend since 1952, coming from Sadler, Texas, he was a driller for Geo Search. He enjoyed cars.
Survivors include...
Evelyn H. Behr
Apr 28, 2016
Evelyn H. Behr, 92, died April 28, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born April 17, 1924, on the farm North of Ellinwood, the daughter of Frank J. and Mary L. (Frenzl) Huschka.
A longtime Hoisington resident, she was a homemaker. Evelyn was a...
Hedwig "Hedy" Bucl
Apr 24, 2016
Hedwig "Hedy" Bucl, 84, died April 24, 2016, at Good Samaritan in Hays. Born Sept. 14, 1931, in LaCrosse, she was the daughter of Jacob and Apollonia (Kreutzer) Unrein. On Oct. 23, 1951 she married Ernest James Bucl in LaCrosse. He died on Sept. 14, 2014. She worked at Legleiters and Mammels Grocery Stores, Rex Café, Inez's Restaurant, as...
Florene S. Batchman
Apr 21, 2016
Florene S. Batchman, 78, died April 21, 2016, at her home in Great Bend. Born Oct. 21, 1937, in Pawnee County, she was the daughter of William Melvin and Zelpha Ione (Smith) Kendall. On Nov. 3, 1957, she married Leonard Albert Batchman in Barton County. He died on April 4, 1981. A resident of Great Bend for 59 years,...
Nancy Ann Zeilinger
Apr 20, 2016
Nancy Ann Zeilinger, 68, died April 20, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born Jan. 28, 1948, and then placed in the Emmanuel Deaconess Orphanage on April 3, 1948, as an act of love from her birth parents. She was adopted by the Rev. Otto L. and Dorothy (Sandrock) Zeilinger on Sept. 9, 1948, and taken home...
Kenneth Michael Kern
Apr 20, 2016
Kenneth Michael Kern, 54, died April 20, 2016, at his home in Great Bend. Born Dec. 19, 1961, in Great Bend, he was the son of Kenneth M. and Ellen (Carter) Kern. A lifetime resident of Great Bend he was an oilfield driller.
Survivors include a son, LaKeith Cape of Great Bend; a sister, Mary W. Bath...
Donna Mae Mcvey
Apr 18, 2016
Donna Mae McVey, 78, died April 18, 2016 at her home in Dewey, Okla. Born April 14, 1938 at Garden City, she was the daughter of Ralph and Vera (Deshler) Holden.
Donna worked for Munsingwear for many years. She was a Dewey, Oklahoma resident, coming from Great Bend.
Survivors include two daughters, Janet Dickey of...
Pam I. Marsh
Apr 18, 2016
Pam I. Marsh. 64, died April 18, 2016 at home in Great Bend. Born June 4, 1951, she was the daughter of Clarence and Nona (Gregg) Bunzel. Pam married Robert Marsh June 27, 1970 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Pam was a long time sales consultant for Avon.
She was a member of First...
Robert Kruckenberg
Apr 15, 2016
Robert Lee "Bob" Kruckenberg, 85, died April 15, at Bethany Home, Lindsborg. Born Sept. 21, 1930 at Heizer, he was the son of Emil F. and Sophia (Soeken) Kruckenberg.
Bob married Shirley Annette (Rensch) April 3, 1965, at Great Bend. She died Oct. 9, 2013.
A lifetime Barton County resident, Bob was a veteran of...
Olen M. Munz
Apr 13, 2016
Olen M. Munz, 61, died April 13, at Pratt Regional Living Center in Pratt. He was born Jan. 23, 1955, at Great Bend, the son of Robert Godfrey and Wilma Rhae (LeWallen) Munz. He married Anna Stanley in 1984 at Minneapolis, Kan., and they later divorced. He was a heavy equipment operator for Pratt County Road Department and enjoyed building...
Joann Brown
Apr 11, 2016
JoAnn Brown, 68, died April 11, 2016, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born September 3, 1947, the daughter of Adolph and Mary (Demel) Gerritzen.
JoAnn graduated from Hoisington High School in 1965.
She married Lloyd Brown on October 12, 1996,...
Clarence F. "Clare" Zecha
Apr 11, 2016
Clarence F. "Clare" Zecha, 84, died April 11, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. He was born Nov. 18, 1931, on the farm near Odin, Kansas, the son of William B. and Frances (Frenzl) Zecha. Clarence served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956, stationed in Korea and Japan. A lifetime resident of...
Patricia J. "Patsy" Shepherd
Apr 9, 2016
Patricia J. "Patsy" Shepherd, 90, died April 9, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born March 18, 1926, at Oklahoma City, Okla., to John and Katherine Mary (Birbeck) Shepherd. A lifetime Stafford County resident, Miss Shepherd was an Avon Lady and farmer.
She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St....
Clark Lavern Funk
Apr 8, 2016
Clark LaVern Funk, 57, died April 8, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born Feb. 23, 1959, the son of Raymond Bernard and Lillian R. (Boxberger) Funk. He married Cynthia Marie Schmitt Aug. 13, 1992, at Milberger. He worked in maintenance for Becker Tire and Treading.
He enjoyed listening to music, motorcycles, bowling and pool....
Norma Natalie Ruble
Apr 6, 2016
Norma Natalie Ruble, 85, died April 6, 2016 at her home in Great Bend. She was born Feb. 18, 1931 at Las Cruces, New Mexico, the daughter of Harry O. and Billie Ruth (Kirtley) Noll and granddaughter of William and Peal (Charles) Kirtley. She married Dean Ruble March 18, 1953 at Hutchinson. He died December 20, 1976. She was...
Larue Irene Maneth
Apr 5, 2016
LaRue Irene Maneth, 78, died April 5, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Sept. 9, 1937, in Nekoma, she was the daughter of Marcellus A. and Irene Rose (Basgall) Legleiter. On June 11, 1957, she married Melvin John Maneth in Olmitz. He died on Oct. 16, 2010. A resident of Great Bend since 2007, coming...
