Kenneth Pack, Sr.
Feb 6, 2016
Kenneth Pack Sr., 81, died Feb. 6, 2016, at Diversicare of Larned. Born Nov. 4, 1934, in Louisville, Ky., he was the son of Roy and Mona (Howard) Pack. On Sept. 20, 1956, he married Nancy Stevens in Kentucky. A long time Great Bend resident, he worked in construction, farmed, and worked for Goodyear Tire. He enjoyed fishing, and...
Violet M. Mattix
Feb 5, 2016
Violet M. Mattix, 90, died Feb. 5, 2016 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born Oct. 25, 1925 at El Dorado, the daughter of Joseph Tomlinson and Myrtle Delilah (Hansen) Locke. She married Marion C. Mattix Aug. 25, 1947 at El Dorado. He died Feb. 13, 1999. She worked for Triangle Drug Store, Family Pharmacy and Medical Park...
Glenn Jake Brack
Feb 1, 2016
Glenn Jake Brack, 90, died February 1, 2016, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 7, 1925, the son of Emanuel H. and Dorothy Thracy (Seidl) Brack.
Glenn graduated from Hoisington High School in 1943 and then served in the United...
James Bennett "J. B." Webster
Feb 1, 2016
James Bennett "J. B." Webster, 87, died February 1, 2016 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 10, 1928 at Dexter, New Mexico, the son of Wilson Harris and Minnie Louise (Miller) Webster. He began his teaching career at Minneola, Kan., where he met and married Ivy Mae Salmans August 6, 1950....
Hulda Bitter
Jan 29, 2016
Hulda Steinert Bitter, 100, died January 29, 2016, at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1915, at Galatia, Kansas, the daughter of David H. and Johanna (Keil) Steinert. Hulda was a lifetime resident of Galatia and Hoisington communities.
She married Daniel Bitter on December...
Wilbert C. "Willie" Fanshier
Jan 29, 2016
Wilbert C. "Willie" Fanshier, 89, died Jan. 29, 2016, at Stafford County Hospital in Stafford. Born Aug. 2, 1926, in Stafford County, he was the son of Charles M. and Martha A. (Fischer) Fanshier. He was a graduate of Great Bend High School and Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for...
Julie Dell Mauler
Jan 25, 2016
Julie Dell Mauler, 52, died Jan. 25, 2016, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born May 9, 1963, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of William M. and M. Jean (Pierce) Nething. On Oct. 6, 1995, she married Michael Mauler in Lake Samish, Wash. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a homemaker and longtime employee of...
Brian Lee Ernst
Jan 19, 2016
Brian Lee Ernst, 58, died January 19, 2016, at his home in Holyrood. He was born December 4, 1957, in Great Bend, the son of Robert Lee and Irma J. (Steinert) Ernst. Brian was a 1975 graduate of Hoisington High School. Brian had a knack for computers and had a self-employed business fixing computers.
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Norbert J. "Bones" Prosser
Jan 18, 2016
Norbert J. "Bones" Prosser, 85, died Jan. 18, 2016, at Via Christi Village - Hays, in Hays. Born Feb. 10, 1930, in Beaver, he was the son of Joseph and Ella (Ficker) Prosser. On Sept. 8, 1955, he married Frances Werner in Odin. She survives. A lifetime resident of Odin, he was a farmer and rancher. His past careers...
Elizabeth Zorn
Jan 16, 2016
Elizabeth Zorn, 88, died January 16, 2016, at Lakepoint Assisted Living, Augusta, Kansas. She was born October 29, 1927, in rural Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Hoffman) Tinkel.
A lifetime Barton County resident (2010), she worked in the lunch program at USD...
Lethea Evelyn Selle
Jan 16, 2016
Lethea Evelyn Selle, 90, died Jan. 16, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Jan. 23, 1925, in Bucklin, she was the daughter of Eugene and Beulah Haller. On Nov. 16, 1945, she married John Loren Selle in Wichita. He died on Sept. 8, 2000. A Great Bend resident, she was a homemaker.
Mrs....
Lloyd Junior Deitsch
Jan 16, 2016
Lloyd Junior Deitsch, 76, died January 16, 2016, at Via Christi, St. Francis, Wichita. He was born February 10, 1939, in St. Marys, Ohio, the son of Lloyd Jennings and Ethel (MacDonald) Deitsch. Lloyd graduated from St. Mary Memorial High School in 1957, and attended the Graceland College in Lomoni, Iowa. He served in the...
Elizabeth "Clowe" Lashley
Jan 15, 2016
Elizabeth "Clowe" Lashley, 75, died Jan. 15, 2016 at Almost Home, Inc., Great Bend.
She was born Dec. 23, 1940 at Monroe, La., the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth (Hale) Wright.
She was a self-employed interior decorator, operating Clowe Wright Interiors for many years in Monroe, La.
She is survived by three sons,...
Maria Del Consuelo Espino
Jan 14, 2016
Maria Del Consuelo Espino, 44, died Jan. 14, 2016 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita.
She was born April 29, 1971, the daughter of Ildefonso & Hortencia (Botello) Gomez. Maria married Roberto Espino, he survives. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Espino was a Great Bend, Kansas resident for 17 years coming from Mexico.
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Larry Lee Klein
Jan 12, 2016
Larry was born on February 12, 1960, in Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Larry and Helen Klein. He grew up and attended school in Hoisington and never strayed far from his Barton County roots.
Larry's life was a simple one and he enjoyed simple pleasures. A phone call from...
Harold Roger Ward
Jan 8, 2016
Harold Roger Ward, 79, died Jan. 8, 2016 at Integris Baptist Hospital, Oklahoma City. He was born March 24, 1936 at Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of Ralph L. & Eva R. (Ward) Ward. Harold attended high school in Great Bend, where he met his future wife, Jolene Dodd. He and Jolene were married in Pawnee Rock, on Oct. 7,...
Ellen I. Baldwin
Jan 7, 2016
Ellen I. Baldwin, 79, died Jan. 7, 2016, at her home in Great Bend. Born Feb. 28, 1936, in Wauneta, Neb., she was the daughter of Jay C. and Olive (Michelson) Hays. She married Harold J. Wiesner. She later married Kent Baldwin on April 9, 1983, in Ellis. He survives. A Great Bend resident since 1967, coming from Ellis,...
Wilma M. Demel
Jan 5, 2016
Wilma M. Demel, 80, died January 5, 2016, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, KS.
She was born November 25, 1935, on the farm in northern Barton County, the daughter of John and Lydia (Eichman) Lust. Wilma graduated from Hoisington High School in 1953.
Helen Rose Wagner
Jan 4, 2016
Helen Rose Wagner, 94, died Jan. 4, 2016, at The Cedars, McPherson. Born Sept. 15, 1921 at Liebenthal, she was the daughter of John and Anna Margaret (Geist) Heronema.
She married Patrick J. Elliott, Sr. Aug. 8, 1939 at Liebenthal. He died Jan. 7, 1983. She married Ernest H. Wagner in April 1968. He died Sept. 22,...
Bernard Richard "Bernie" Schenk
Jan 4, 2016
Bernard Richard "Bernie" Schenk, 91, died Jan. 4, 2016 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kan. He was born Oct. 15, 1924 at Olmitz, Kan., the son of William and Emily (Spitzka) Schenk. He married Mary Jo Riedel May 20, 1953 at St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz. They were residents of Olmitz for 36 years, moving to Great Bend...
