C. Ray Scheideman
Nov 5, 2014
C. Ray Scheideman, 77, died November 5, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. Born September 29, 1937, in LaCrosse, he was the son of Elmer Milton and Amelia (Brening) Scheideman. On February 24, 1962, he married Jacqueline L. Strong in Smith Center. A Great Bend resident since 1964, coming from Hays, he was employed as an installer and repairman...
Sharon M. Dennis
Nov 3, 2014
Sharon M. Dennis, 66, died November 3, 2014 at her home in Great Bend. Born October 5, 1948, in Eureka, she was the daughter of Oscar Logan and Doris Marie (Simmons) Evenson. On December 17, 1967, she married E. C. Dennis in Towanda. A Great Bend resident since 1977, coming from Wichita, she was employed for CPI in Human Resources...
Fern I. Tuzicka
Nov 2, 2014
Fern I. Tuzicka, 89, died November 2, 2014 at Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman, Kansas. She was born August 8, 1925 at Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of Henry H. and Katy (Bender) Berschauer. She married Albert E. Tuzicka April 27, 1942 at Russell, Kansas. He died April 4, 1998. A homemaker and farm wife, Mrs. Tuzicka was a Hoisington...
Gaylord Dean Olsen
Oct 31, 2014
Gaylord Dean Olsen, 87, died Oct. 31 at Leisure Homestead, St. John. Born Dec. 1, 1926 at Palo Alto County, Iowa, he was the son of Curtis and Inez (Larson) Olsen. During his senior year of high school, he was drafted into the United States Army and served nine months in Germany during World War II. Upon his return from...
David Michael "Mike" Johnson
Oct 30, 2014
David Michael "Mike" Johnson, 72, died October 30, 2014 at Almost Home, Inc., Great Bend. He was born November 25, 1941, at Denison, Texas, the son of Doug and Woodie (Pritchard) Johnson. He married Peggy Temple April 28, 1962, at Borger, Texas. He founded M and M Equipment in 1975, retiring in December 2012. Mr. Johnson was a long-time Great...
Anna B. Dreiling
Oct 29, 2014
Anna B. Dreiling, 94, died October 29, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 25, 1920 at Great Bend, the daughter of Alois and Barbara (Probst) Birzer. She married Rudolph D. Dreiling January 18, 1945 at Odin. He died January 12, 1997. A lifetime Odin resident, Mrs. Dreiling was a homemaker. She was a member...
Robert W. "Bob" Bridges
Oct 28, 2014
Robert W. "Bob" Bridges, 94, died October 28, 2014 at the Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita. He was born November 28, 1919 at Turley, Oklahoma, the son of Emery and Grace (Roberts) Bridges. He married Bernadine Helen Straub May 4, 1942 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ellinwood. She died August 8, 2000. He worked for Skelly Oil and Getty...
Anna Rose Urban
Oct 28, 2014
Anna Rose Urban, 84, died Oct. 28, at Russell Regional Hospital. Born July 3, 1930, in Claflin, she was the daughter of Frank and Anna (Hoffman) Tinkel. On May 2, 1951, she married Julius J. Urban in Dubuque. He died on Oct. 27, 2003. A lifetime resident of Barton County, she was the janitorial manage at the Hoisington Veterinary Hospital...
Kent E. Newport
Oct 27, 2014
Kent E. Newport, 57, died October 27, 2014 at Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. He was born June 24, 1957 at Garden City, Kansas, the son of John and Louise (Long) Newport. He married Karla K. Ehrlich October 17, 1998 at Larned. He graduated from Garden City High School and attended both Garden City and Barton County Community Colleges. He...
Larry Thomas Haxton
Oct 26, 2014
Larry Thomas Haxton, 70, died Oct. 26 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. Born Sept. 30, 1944 in Great Bend, he was the son of Wallace and Louise (Werhahn) Haxton. Larry graduated from Chase High School in 1962. He joined the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1966. A resident of Claflin since 1980, Larry worked as a...
Patricia Mae "Patty" Smith
Oct 25, 2014
Patricia Mae "Patty" Smith, 73, died October 25, 2014, at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, Kansas. She was born March 24, 1941 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Wm. C. and Velma (Brown) Phillips. Patty graduated from Claflin High School in 1959 and then attended Fort Hays State College Nursing School. She later graduated from the Academy of Beauty in...
Marie K. Zink
Oct 25, 2014
Marie K. Zink, 91, died October 25, 2014 at St. Luke's, Kearney, Nebraska. She was born May 10, 1923, at Ellis County, Kan., the daughter of Henry and Jennie (Armbruster) Claycamp. She married Francis Xavier Zink November 1, 1969, at WaKeeney. He died November 16, 2004. She was involved in the restaurant business with her parents prior to moving to...
Stephen Frank Demel
Oct 22, 2014
Stephen F. Demel, 86, died Oct. 22 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. Born Dec. 26, 1927, he was the son of Joseph and Mary (Lamatsch) Demel. On April 23, 1957, he married Dolores A. Jenisch in Odin. A lifelong resident of Barton County, he was a farmer. Mr. Demel served during the Korean war as a PFC with the...
Thomas E. Harris
Oct 22, 2014
Thomas E. Harris, 67, died October 22, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. He was born January 29, 1947, at Neosho, Missouri, the son of Lawrence Edwin and Eula (Stites) Harris. He married Shirley Schmitt May 1, 1965 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1965, coming from Granby, Missouri, he was a long-time oilfield truck driver and...
Mary Elizabeth Henkle
Oct 21, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Henkle, 80, died on October 21, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. Born April 9, 1934, in Burlington she was the daughter of Charles William and Hazel Loretta (Doll) Reynolds. On February 12, 1950, she married Carl W. Henkle in Holyrood. A resident of Great Bend since 1953, coming from Ellsworth County, she was employed...
Mary Lea Wade
Oct 21, 2014
Mary Lea Wade, 85, died October 21, 2014 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born August 14, 1929, in Prague, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Alvin and Pearl (Stiffler) Montgomery. On October 14, 1951, she married Lee Wade in Great Bend. He died on April 9, 1988. A resident of Great Bend since 1946, coming from Prague,...
James C. Burnette
Oct 20, 2014
James C. Burnette, 77, died October 20, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born June 6, 1937 at Salina, he was the son of Cecil Marion and Stella M. (Lackey) Burnette. A Great Bend area resident since 1940, Mr. Burnette was owner and operator of Turner Electric and later worked at Larned State Hospital, retiring after ten years...
Douglas Dean Shelton
Oct 17, 2014
Douglas Dean Shelton, 65, died October 17, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. He was born December 4, 1948 at Great Bend, the son of Raymond Dean and Joyce Phyllis (Beal) Shelton. He married Shelly Beth Freeman January 16, 1970 at Great Bend. He worked as a foreman for Farley Machine Works, Co. from 1973 to 2013, retiring as...
Gilbert Roger Bates
Oct 16, 2014
Gilbert Roger Bates, 90, died October 16, 2014, at Medical City Hospital, Dallas, Texas. He was born August 10, 1924, in Otis, Kansas, the son of Edward and Lena (Jessup) Bates. Gilbert served during World War II in the Navy from 1943 to 1946. He retired from oil field sales. Gilbert was a former member of the First Assembly of...
Esther L. Koochel
Oct 12, 2014
Esther L. Koochel, 100, died October 12, 2014 at Sterling House of Great Bend. Born September 19, 1914 at Timken, she was the daughter of John and Mollie (Erdman) Lorenz. She married Lester Koochel September 22, 1938 at Timken. He died October 11, 1990. She was a bus driver for Otis-Bison School District and managed K's Café until her retirement....
