Kenneth Dean Likes
Feb 15, 2015
Kenneth Dean Likes, 82, died February 15, 2015, at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson. Born September 1, 1932, at Brownell, Kansas, he was the son of William Bryan and Mary Tee (Smotherman) Likes. He married Mary Rose Stegman October 8, 1955, at Ness City. She died March 16, 2010. A Great Bend resident since 1955, Mr. Likes worked in...
Frank Slade Zamarripa, Jr.
Feb 13, 2015
Frank Slade Zamarripa Jr., 45, died February 13, 2015, in Ness County, Kansas. He was born April 26, 1969, at Great Bend, to Frank and Gloria K. (Kincaid) Zamarripa. He married Donita Kay Morris November 1, 1997, at Great Bend. An Ellinwood resident, he worked many years doing manufacturing work and then after acquiring his commercial driver's license, he became...
Donald J. Reif
Feb 10, 2015
Donald J. "Don" Reif, 67, died February 10, 2015, at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 15, 1947, in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of James and Laura (Debes) Reif. Don graduated from Hoisington High School in 1965 and then attended Pittsburg State University. He served in the Army Reserves. He married Debbie Boxberger in...
Joseph "Joe" Clarke
Feb 8, 2015
Joseph Alanson "Joe" Clarke, 86, died Feb. 8, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Aug. 23, 1928, in Norton, he was the son of Laurence Benjamin and Pearl Irene (Pierce) Clarke. On July 22, 1950, he married Carol Humphrey in Jetmore. A resident of Hoisington since 1951, coming from Jetmore, he was a driller, mechanic, and truck pusher,...
Keith A. Ingram
Feb 7, 2015
Keith A. Ingram, 70, died February 7, 2015 at his home in Great Bend. Born September 18, 1944, in Kinsley, he was the son of William "Joe" and Mame Mary (Dunn) Ingram. On November 5, 1996, he married Rita Ingram in Wichita Falls, Texas. A long time resident of Great Bend, also living in Ulysses, Texas, he was a roofer...
Gary Wayne Fletcher
Feb 6, 2015
Gary Wayne Fletcher, 61, died Feb. 6 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. Born Dec. 28, 1953 at Great Bend, he was the son of Bernie E. and Dorothy (McKnight) Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher was a longtime Great Bend resident, living in Newton, for the past two years. He was a carpenter and roughneck. He was a member of the Fraternal Order...
Phillip Myles Miller
Feb 5, 2015
Phil Miller, 67, went to his forever home to be with his Lord on February 5, 2015. He was born August 16, 1947, in Great Bend, the son of Carlos M. and Mary E. (Downey) Miller. He graduated in 1965 from Great Bend High School and attended Fort Hays State University. Phil served in the U.S. Army Reserves and then...
Judy Evelyn Pulec
Feb 3, 2015
Judy Evelyn Pulec, 73, died February 3, 2015 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born March 8, 1941 at Stockton, the daughter of Theodore and Elsie Johnson and Glen and Evelyn (Johnson) Tegarden. She worked at Fuller Brush in the plastics department and later was a kitchen manager at the Barton County sheriff's department. She...
Richard Grant Elson
Feb 2, 2015
Richard Grant Elson, 87, died Feb. 2, at Ellinwood District Hospital. Born Jan. 11, 1928, in Traer, he was the son of Alford Preston and Mary Maude (Brown) Elson. On Aug. 31, 1957, he married Hurmely Yvonne Peters in Oberlin. A resident of Great Bend for 33 years, coming from Jetmore, he was a farmer. He enjoyed working in the...
Darrell L. Revell
Jan 31, 2015
Darrell L. Revell, 61, passed away on Jan. 31, at his home in rural Overbrook. While his childhood days were spent in Great Bend, he lived most of his adult life in the Topeka area. Darrell was born on Jan. 29, 1954, at the Strategic Air Command (SAC) Hospital in Limestone, Maine. Darrell was born the oldest of three children...
Abigail Rose Marie Richardson
Jan 31, 2015
Abigail Rose Marie Richardson, was born January 26, 2015, and passed on to soon, on January 31, 2015, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She leaves behind her parents, Thomas Edwin Lee, of St. John, and Kathleen Rose Richardson of Great Bend; a brother, Kevin Richardson of the home; grandparents, Janice and Daniel Lauber of Great Bend, Robert Scott and July...
Hazel "Alberta" Crone
Jan 24, 2015
Hazel "Alberta" Crone, 89, died January 24, 2015 at her home in rural Pawnee Rock. Born July 12, 1925, in Anderson County, she was the daughter of George Albert and Hazel Olive (Colgin) Payne. On June 26, 1942, she married Francis "Roy" Crone, in Iola. He died on November 19, 2007. A resident of Barton County most of her life,...
Gloria K. Zamarripa
Jan 24, 2015
Gloria K Zamarripa, 66, died Jan. 24, 2015, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born July 14, 1948, the daughter of Fred Ray and Alice (Rohr) Kincaid. Gloria married Frank Zamarripa April 4, 1964 at Great Bend. He died May 6, 1989. Mrs. Zamarripa was a Hoisington, Kansas resident since 2001, coming from Great Bend. Gloria had been a...
Charley Hoffsmith
Jan 24, 2015
Charley Hoffsmith, 67, died Jan. 24, 2015, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, after a long battle with colon cancer. He was born July 4, 1947, at Dighton, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Marie (Orten) Hoffsmith. A long-time resident of Great Bend, Charles was the owner and operator of Charley's Tree Service. He was an avid collector and clock maker....
Jeff L. Gallios
Jan 23, 2015
Jeff L. Gallios, 59, died Jan. 23, at his residence in Great Bend. Born March 3, 1955, in Great Bend, he was the son of George Christ and Jean Beatrice (Link) Gallios. On Sept. 29, 1998, he married Lavina Lowe in Pawnee Rock. A Great Bend resident for 16 years, coming from Broken Bow, Neb., he was employed at Central...
Gary Lee Campbell
Jan 22, 2015
Gary Lee Campbell, 73, died January 22, 2015, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born November 26, 1941, in St. Elmo, Illinois, he was the son of Emerson and Mildred Louise (Koberlein) Campbell. On April 4, 1961, he married Margaret Rose Debes in Great Bend. She died on July 31, 2013. A Great Bend resident since 1958, he worked in the...
Joseph John Zecha
Jan 21, 2015
Joseph John Zecha, 89, died January21, 2015, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born October 25, 1925, in Claflin, he was the son of Emil R. and Mary Theresa (Kinzel) Zecha. A Great Bend resident for the past year and half, living in Denver, Colorado, for fifty years, he was an auto mechanic for Montgomery Ward, retiring in 1990. He was...
Marilou Axman
Jan 20, 2015
Marilou Axman, 84, died Jan. 20, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Nov. 1, 1930, in Odin, she was the daughter of William and Eleanor (Hickel) Linsner. On April 20, 1949, she married Frank W. Axman in Odin. He died on May 17, 1994. A resident of Olmitz since 1949, coming from Odin, she was a retired nurses'...
Greg Bitter
Jan 19, 2015
Gregory Alan "Greg" Bitter, 55, died Jan. 19 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. Born Sept. 6, 1959, he was the son of Harry and Irene (Deutsch) Bitter. Greg married Heather Steckel March 22, 1997 at Hoisington. A farmer and independent contract pumper, he was a lifetime Hoisington area resident. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, Hoisington, Board of...
Garry L. Simpson
Jan 19, 2015
Garry L. Simpson, 60, died Jan 19, at his home in Claflin. Born July 18, 1954, in Columbia, N.C. he was the son of Howard and Beulah (Stevenson) Simpson. A resident of Claflin since 2002, coming from Roper, N.C., he was a nurse, working for Washington County Hospital and Central Kansas Medical Center and formerly owned and operated Prairie House...
