Leona Cecelia Robinson
Mar 17, 2015
Leona Cecelia Robinson, 93, died March 17, 2015, at NHC Healthcare, Town and Country, Missouri. She was born October 15, 1921, in Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Hubert and Helena "Lena" (Hickel) Zorn. On May 15, 1946, she married Woodrow W. Robinson in Meadville, Mississippi. He died June 10, 2002. Woodrow and Leona resided in Bunker Hill, KS, for six...
Gladys M. Apel
Mar 16, 2015
Gladys M. Apel, 82, died March 16, 2015, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. Born April 11, 1932 at Polk County, Mo., she was the daughter of Edward and Lula (Browning) Sloan. Mrs. Apel was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1951 coming from Springfield, Mo. She married William Price September 23, 1950 at Springfield, Mo. He died May 23, 1974....
Leona A. Reichuber
Mar 13, 2015
Leona A. Reichuber, 92, died March 13, 2015 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. Born August 28, 1922 at rural Great Bend, she was the daughter of John and Antonia (Langer) Stoss. Mrs. Reichuber was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident most of her life coming from Hoisington. She married Alfred Reichuber May 15, 1946 at Olmitz. She worked for...
Michele Lynn Popp
Mar 11, 2015
Michele Lynn Popp, 61, of Sedalia, MO, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia. She was born August 11, 1953, in Great Bend, KS, the daughter of Eugene A. and Bobett T. Lott Beran. Michelle was united in marriage to Larry D. Popp on June 1, 1974, in Odin, KS. Her life centered around...
Michael Anthony Munsch
Mar 9, 2015
Michael Anthony Munsch, 58, died March 9, 2015, at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita. Born May 17, 1956, in Russell, he was the son of Ben and Bernice (Schiable) Munsch. On November 6, 1982, he married Jennifer Arnall in Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend, he was a tong operator for Tom Brown Casing Crew and a cementer for...
William Lorin "Bill" Janssen
Mar 7, 2015
William Lorin "Bill" Janssen, 65, died March 7, 2015, at his home in Great Bend. Born November 28, 1949, in Beloit, he was the son of William Franklin and Treva (Peters) Janssen. On November 1, 1986, he married Shirley Smither Larson in Great Bend. A long time resident of Great Bend had been a private contractor for the United States...
Martha Moore Dickinson
Mar 7, 2015
Martha Moore "Marty" Dickinson, 53, died March 7, at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. Born Oct. 12, 1961, in Hoisington, she was the daughter of Robert, M.D. and Bernice (Mitchell) Moore. On Sept. 12, 1981, she married Michael Kent Dickinson in Hoisington. A resident of Oklahoma City, Okla. since 1990, coming from Augusta, she was a homemaker and an x-ray...
Virginia Ruth Adams
Mar 6, 2015
Virginia Ruth Adams went home to be with her Lord on March 6, 2015. She passed away at home in Hoisington, Kansas. She was born October 23, 1924, in Oklahoma, the daughter of Harry and Elon (Seaborn) Mills. She resided in Hoisington, KS and later in Great Bend, KS. Ruth was active in church. She was a Boy Scout Den...
Shawn L. Adams
Mar 6, 2015
Shawn L. Adams, 47, passed away on March 6, 2015, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Born September 20, 1967, in Omaha, Neb., she was the daughter of Richard Olsen and Carol Street-Propst. She was employed at Rosewood Services as a horticulturist. As an avid gardener, she enjoyed working in the greenhouse and volunteering her time at the local Farmers Market....
John R. Keenan
Mar 5, 2015
John R. Keenan, 74, died March 5, 2015 at Autumn Hills Retirement Home, Riley, Kansas. He was born May 16, 1940 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Russell S. and Mareeta Ann (Rohrer) Keenan. He married Ersa L. Koelsch May 23, 1966 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Keenan was a retired baseball scout for the...
Barbara Beth Adams
Mar 4, 2015
Barbara Beth Adams, 91, died March 4, 2015. Born April 22, 1923, in Ellinwood, she was the daughter of Wilbur Floyd and Hilda Leola (Christiansen) Bryant. On October 11, 1946, she married Harry Hugh Adams in Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 1946, coming from Ellinwood, she was an office clerk for the State of Kansas Agriculture Office...
Betty R. Standlee
Feb 28, 2015
Betty R. Standlee, 88, died February 28, 2015 at Leisure Homestead in St. John. Born November 21, 1926, in Russell, she was the daughter of Carl W. and Beatrice S. (White) Kastrup. On November 28, 1942, she married R. D. Standlee in Russell, He died on December 31, 2007. A resident of Ellinwood since 1971, coming from Bristow, Okla., she...
Dale May
Feb 27, 2015
Dale May, 79, died February 27, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Dale was born February 12, 1936 to Carl and Flossie May in Wellington, Kansas. Dale met the love of his life, Judy, and married her October 7, 1974 in Macksville, Kansas. He adopted her children Jeff and Greg and raised them and thought...
Ramona Durbin
Feb 26, 2015
Ramona Mae Durbin, 84, died February 26, 2015 at her home in Great Bend. She was born November 12, 1930 at Ellsworth, the daughter of Herman and Mabel Bernice (Turley) Huseman. She married Melvin Luis Kohls on September 12, 1948 at Ellsworth. He died January 26, 1962. She then married Jack Durbin May 9, 1981 at Enid, Okla. She was...
Jason Wayne Green
Feb 26, 2015
Jason Wayne Green, 33, died Feb. 26, 2015, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Nov. 1, 1981, at Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Buck and Sally Green. He married Brandie Bunch March 23, 2013, at Larned. A Pawnee Rock resident, he was a kitchen manager for Gambino's Pizza. Survivors include his wife, of the home; one...
Laverna C. Moore
Feb 26, 2015
LaVerna C. Moore, 80, died Feb. 26, at the Hays Medical Center. Born April 11, 1934, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of G.F. and Christina (Cook) Ohnmacht. Originally from Olmitz, she married Walter B. Moore, Jr. on Sept. 8, 1956, at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, Chicago, Ill. He died Oct. 17, 2002. A Great Bend resident since...
Phil Demoss
Feb 23, 2015
HOISINGTON Phil DeMoss, 64, died Feb. 23, 2015, at Clara Barton Hospital. He was born Sept. 23, 1950, in Nowata, Okla., the son of Russell Charles and Opal Clata (Tate) DeMoss. Phil graduated from Decatuer High School, Decatuer, Ark. in 1969. He was a resident of Hoisington since the early 1970s, working as a mechanic in the oilfields. He is...
Eugene H. Bitter
Feb 22, 2015
Eugene H. Bitter, 83, died February 22, 2015, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born March 30, 1931, on the family farm near Susank, KS, the son of Julius and Emilie (Schmidt) Bitter. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, Eugene was a farmer, stockman and fisherman. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church where he was on the...
Lloyd Earl Donham
Feb 18, 2015
Lloyd Earl Donham, 81, died Feb. 18, 2015 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born: Aug. 1, 1933 at Wichita, the son of Otis W. and Ruth V. (Briley) Donham. He married Sue C. Russell July 10, 1954 at Wichita. A Great Bend resident since 1967 coming from Wichita, Mr. Donham was a local representative mechanic for Montgomery Elevator...
Lyle J. Lang
Feb 15, 2015
Lyle J. Lang, 73, died February 15, at his home in Great Bend. Born February 15, 1942, in Great Bend, he was the son of Frank and Gertrude (Eckert) Lang. On October 24, 1966, he married Nancy Weber in Great Bend. They later divorced. A lifetimre area resident, he was a truck driver for Meadow Gold Dairy, Santa Fe Trucking...
