Regene A. "Jean" Finn
Dec 2, 2014
HOISINGTON Regene A. "Jean" Finn, 86, died Dec. 2, 2014 at Locust Grove Village, LaCrosse. She was born March 23, 1928 at Hoisington, the daughter of Reglin and Margaret (Poore) Valerius. She married Bob "Slats" Finn Aug. 21, 1948 at Hoisington. He died March 5, 1999. Jean was as a Homemaker and had worked as a telephone operator, and also...
Dink Everett Garner
Nov 27, 2014
Dink Everett Garner, 94, died November 27, 2014 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born February 22, 1920, in Eufaula, Okla., he was the son of Dink G. and Nora E. (Collie) Garner. On December 31, 1947, he married Betty Lorraine Johnson in Great Bend. She died on July 19, 2011. A resident of Great Bend most of...
Lawrence J. Jenisch
Nov 26, 2014
CLAFLIN Lawrence J. Jenisch, 73, died Nov. 26, at Hays Medical Center. Born Aug. 18, 1941, in Great Bend, he was the son of Joseph C. and Margaret (Finger) Jenisch. Lawrence graduated from Odin High School. He later received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Fort Hays State Teachers College. On Aug. 17, 1963, he married Mara Kay Neill...
Greg Drews
Nov 22, 2014
Greg Drews, 64, died Nov. 22, at his home in Great Bend. Born Feb. 8, 1950, in Great Bend, he was the son of Herman E. and Shirley (Frey) Drews. He was a tester for Halliburton and later worked for Koch in accounting. Raised in Claflin, Greg moved to Wichita to attend Wichita State University and continued living in Wichita...
Harold W. Seyfert
Nov 20, 2014
NORTH NEWTON Harold W. Seyfert, 93, died Nov. 20, at Kidron Bethel Healthcare Center, North Newton. Harold was born May 12, 1921, in rural Barton County. He was the son of Fred and Carrie Arensman Seyfert. He was a long-time farmer in Barton County, raising wheat and beef cattle, as well as maintaining a small dairy for a number of...
Anna M. Klug
Nov 19, 2014
ODIN Anna M. Klug, 84, died Nov. 19 at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita. Born July 23, 1930, in Dubuque, she was the daughter of John and Regina (Schmidt) Werner. On June 4, 1947, she married Leo L. Klug, in Odin. He died on May 28, 1999. She was the postmaster at Odin. She was a devoted...
Angela Rae Collier
Nov 15, 2014
Angela Rae Collier, 64, died November 15, 2014 at Select Specialty Hospital, Wichita, KS. She was born July 5, 1950 at El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of James L. and Lavina (Parks) Hanks. Angela was a Great Bend, Kansas resident for 32 years coming from Cheney, Kansas. She was an associate cashier for Wal-Mart and previously for Dillons. She was...
Karen Louise Braymer
Nov 15, 2014
Karen Louise Braymer, 61, died Nov. 15, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, Topeka. She was born July 11, 1953, the daughter of Orville Braymer and Betty Jean (Guyer) Braymer. She worked in Washington, D.C. as a temp secretarial employee. She had recently been a resident of Topeka, coming from Great Bend. Survivors include a brother, Cary A. Braymer and...
Melba E. Maggard
Nov 15, 2014
Melba E. Maggard, 85 died Nov. 15 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Oct. 21, 1929, at Hoisington, the daughter of Henry Cordory and Maudie Elizabeth (Anglin) Spires. Growing up, Melba worked as a waitress. Melba married Leroy Maggard July 1, 1957, at Clayton, N.M. After marriage, they ran a filling station in Hoisington and later...
Vernon Alvin Jantz
Nov 14, 2014
Vernon Alvin Jantz, 91, died Nov. 14 at Windsor Estates, Salina. He was born Nov. 13, 1923, at Montezuma, the son of Marcus and Adina (Unruh) Jantz. He married Basil (Spires) Griffin on Nov. 28, 1987, at Hoisington. A Salina resident since 2000, coming from Hoisington, Vernon was a member of the Hoisington Bible Church and recently attended Salina Bible...
Calista Marie Stuart
Nov 13, 2014
Calista Marie Stuart, 88, died Nov. 13 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born June 15, 1926, at Barton County, the daughter of Edward and Catherine (Theisen) Seyfert. She married Herbert Stuart in 1943, and later divorced. A lifetime Barton County resident, Calista was a bookkeeper, working for Cheyenne Drug, Van-Jo Dairy, Kottwitz Motor Company, Bob Reiter Chevrolet, Ron...
Marilyn K. Preston
Nov 12, 2014
Marilyn K. Preston, 72, died November 12, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born October 20, 1942 at Winfield, the daughter of Otis and Opal (Babcock) Ordway. She married Richard C. Preston, M. D., February 23, 1960 at Hutchinson. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Preston was a Great Bend resident since 1977, coming from...
Joseph "Joe L." Kaiser
Nov 12, 2014
Joseph "Joe L." Kaiser, 98, died November 12, 2014, at the Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born February 6, 1916, on the farm in Claflin, KS, the son of Lawrence and Louisa (Fonscher) Kaiser. Joe was a farmer and a stockman. He was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus Council #2630,...
Pauline Wagner
Nov 9, 2014
Pauline Wagner, 90, died November 9, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born December 27, 1923, in Ellis, she was the daughter of Joe and Agatha (Gaschler) Weber. She married Gilbert Aloysius Orth, Sr. He later died. On September 13, 1968, she married Daylon John Wagner in Cheyenne Wells, Colo. He died on March 26, 1994. A Great Bend...
Linda M. Pettitt
Nov 8, 2014
Linda E. Pettitt, 68, died November 8, 2014 at her home in Hoisington. She was born April 24, 1946, in Liebenthal, the daughter of Rudolph and JoAnn (Basgall) Schuckman. In her early years, Linda worked as a CNA and later was a truck driver. On November 13, 1990, she married Burl E. Pettitt, Sr., and became a farmwife in Conway,...
Jayne Lea Shumate
Nov 7, 2014
Jayne Lea Shumate, 35, died November 7, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. She was born August 21, 1979 at Great Bend, the daughter of Victor L. and Jean A. (Keffer) Shumate. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Jayne was manager at Dairy Queen. She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose...
Barbara Lynn Wenke
Nov 7, 2014
Barbara Lynn Wenke, 56, died November 7, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. She was born August 19, 1958 at Great Bend, the daughter of Sam and Marie Hilda (Wittman) Schenkel. She married Jerry Wenke December 1980 at Great Bend. They later divorced. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a teacher at Head Start...
Helen L. Morgan
Nov 6, 2014
Helen L. Morgan, 88, died November 6, 2014, at her home in Great Bend. Born July 13, 1926, in Peabody, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Ida (Jarvis) Slaymaker. On April 22, 1948, she married Thomas Earl Morgan in Eunice, New Mexico. He died on March 29, 2010. A Kansas resident since 1948, coming from Garden City, she was...
Sammy Lee Cell
Nov 5, 2014
Sammy Lee Cell, 70, died November 5, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. Born November 28, 1943, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, he was the son of Carl "Skeet" and Maxine (Cunningham) Cell. On September 30, 1972, he married Melody Ray Shelton in Great Bend. A resident of Bazine since 1999, living in Salina from 1992 to 1999, and Great Bend from 1965...
Don Carroll
Nov 5, 2014
Don Carroll, 68, died November 5, 2014 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 14, 1946 at Parsons, Kansas, the son of James E. and Anna E. (Hess) Carroll. He married Nancy Lee Steinert January 16, 1971 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1971, coming from Ellinwood, Mr. Carroll worked for EQ Muffler, Great Bend...
