Lila Jean Haberman
Oct 11, 2014
Lila Jean Haberman, 80, died Oct. 11 at her daughter's home in Olmitz. She was born Jan. 22, 1934, in Galatia, the daughter of Henry and Martha (Steinert) Wagner. She married Jim Stoss on July 30, 1952. He died Dec. 25, 1979. She then married Larry Haberman on March 30, 1991. He died Dec. 8, 2006. Lila Jean was a...
Kirby Dean Ricke
Oct 11, 2014
Kirby Dean Ricke, 61, died Oct. 11, at Almost Home in Great Bend. Born July 2, 1953, in Alva, Okla., he was the son of Theodore Dean and Darlene (Huffman) Ricke. Kirby graduated in 1971 from Hoisington High School. He was active in both vocal music and band programs, excelling at the trumpet. A very talented artist, Kirby was also...
Donitta A. (Popp) Conrad
Oct 11, 2014
BURWELL, NEB. Donitta Ann Conrad, 50, of Burwell, Neb. died on Oct. 11, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born Jan. 13, 1964, in Ransom, she was the daughter of Donald and Ruby (Armer) Popp. She attended elementary school at Pawnee Rock, and in 1982, graduated from Hoisington High School. After graduation she attended Barton Community College where...
Nadine Dreiling
Oct 10, 2014
Nadine Dreiling, 81, died October 10, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born June 25, 1933, in Neck City, Mo., the daughter of George and Vera Sargent Moore. A resident of Great Bend since 1954, moving from Chase, she and her husband owned and operated Don's Food Mart, and she retired from Dillons Pharmacy. She belonged to Prince...
Paul E. Dyer
Oct 8, 2014
Paul E. Dyer, 84, died October 8, 2014, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, KS. Paul was born February 20, 1930 at Great Bend, to Homer and Katherine (Jones) Dyer. Paul married Julitta M. Elsen January 4, 1954 at Great Bend, KS. She died March 12, 1995. Mr. Dyer was a lifetime Great Bend resident, serving during...
Ronnie Gene Whitt
Oct 5, 2014
Ronnie Gene Whitt, 72, died October 5, 2014, at Newton Medical Center, Newton, KS. He was born May 10, 1942, at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Jack A. and Rita A. (Beal) Whitt. Ronnie graduated from Hoisington High School. He was a disabled veteran serving during the Vietnam War as a SN in the Navy from 1961 to 1965. Survivors...
Clara M. Bahr
Oct 1, 2014
OLMITZ Clara M. Bahr, 102, died Oct. 1 at her home in rural Olmitz. She was born Oct. 4, 1911, at Barton County, the daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Beran) Birzer. She married Leonard R. Bahr Nov. 17, 1936, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ellinwood. He died April 12, 1993. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Bahr was...
Richard A. "Dick" Dunlap
Sep 30, 2014
Richard A. "Dick" Dunlap, 82, died September 30, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. He was born January 13, 1932 at Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Irven Franklin and Thelma Ilene (Yager) Dunlap. He married Ramona Meddles April 11, 1954 at Hastings, Nebraska. He was an industrial mechanic for Bell Engine and PamCo, owned and operated 3-D Lumber and worked...
Lucinda Guliford
Sep 30, 2014
Lucinda Guliford, 100, died Sept. 30 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville, Georgia. Born May 31, 1914 at Jetmore, Kansas, she was the daughter of Noah and Eliza (Gill) Reed. She married Woodson H. Bradshaw March 25, 1940 at Jetmore. He died August 18, 1943. She then moved to Great Bend where she met and married George Alonzo Allen Guliford October...
Patricia Joan Brandt
Sep 26, 2014
Patricia Joan Brandt, 73, died September 26, 2014 at Cheyenne Mountain Care Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born March 4, 1941 at Russell, she was the daughter of Paul and Virginia (Henshaw) Kanitz. She married Robert C. Brandt November 12, 1984 at Hutchinson. He died March 13, 2007. A Great Bend resident most of her life, Mrs. Brandt was a secretary...
Anna Lavonne Postlethwaite
Sep 24, 2014
Anna Lavonne Postlethwaite, aged 97 years, 3 months and 19 days, died September 24, 2014 at Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born June 5, 1917 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph L. & Eva R. (Ward) Ward. Mrs. Postlethwaite grew up on farms in the Seward and St. John, Kan., area. She married John L. Postlethwaite,...
Harry E. Bitter
Sep 23, 2014
HOISINGTON Harry E. Bitter, 85, fell asleep in Christ on Sept. 23 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. He was born Nov. 26, 1928 on the farm in North Barton County, the son of Julius and Emilie (Schmidt) Bitter. He married Irene C. Deutsch Nov. 21, 1948 at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Susank. Harry was a third generation farmer in...
Viola Deutsch
Sep 18, 2014
Viola L. Deutsch, 95, died September 18, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born May 1, 1919, in Otis she was the daughter of Fritz and Ethel (Foos) Kerbs. On June 19, 1938, she married Alvin Deutsch in Otis. He died on June 10, 1977. A resident of Great Bend since 1938, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Deutsch...
Irene Mildred Brady
Sep 18, 2014
Irene Mildred Brady, 95, died September 18, 2014 at Rush County Memorial Hospital LTC in LaCrosse. Born June 4, 1919, in rural Timken, she was the daughter of Charles Henry and Anna Christina (Folkerts) Hagerman. On May 12, 1942, she married Calvin Edwin Brady in Albert. He died on January 11, 2013. A lifetime resident of Rush County, she was...
Darlene L. Anderson
Sep 16, 2014
Darlene L. Anderson, 91, died September 16, 2014 at Winter Meadow Homes, Inc., Topeka. She was born August 23, 1923 at Norton County, Neb., the daughter of Ernest and Edith Jane (McCormack) Stalder. Darlene married Floyd Lewis Anderson, Jr. July 21, 1942 at Norton. He died April 12, 2008. Mrs. Anderson was a longtime Great Bend resident, being employed as...
Peggy Lynn Crowe
Sep 16, 2014
Peggy Lynn Crowe, 58, died September 16, at her home in Great Bend. Born May 4, 1956 in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Johnnie Douglas and Marie (Griffith) Crowe. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was an occupational therapist at Clara Barton Hospital. Survivors include one son, Jared Scheck and his wife Brandi of Hoisington; one daughter,...
Carolyn A. Sheets
Sep 15, 2014
Carolyn A. Sheets, 79, died September 15, 2014 at her home in Great Bend. Born October 3, 1934, in rural Rose Hill, she was the daughter of Earl and Esther (Hall) Showalter. She married Gerald Skeels. On November 9, 1979, she married Donald Eugene "Gene" Sheets in Dighton. He died July 25, 2012. A Great Bend resident since 1963, she...
Ernest "Ernie" Bucl
Sep 14, 2014
Ernest "Ernie" Bucl, 88, died September 14, 2014 at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse. Born April 15, 1926 at La Crosse, he was the son of Lucian and Frances (Havelka) Bucl. He married Hedwig Elizabeth "Hedy" Unrein October 23, 1951 at LaCrosse. A lifetime resident of Timken, Mr. Bucl was a farmer and stockman. He was a United States Navy...
Lester Leo Achatz
Sep 14, 2014
Lester Leo Achatz, 65, died September 14, 2014, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Born October 21, 1948, in Great Bend, he was the son of Milton and Bertha (Birzer) Achatz. On December 27, 2011, he married Kimm M. Lewis in Great Bend. He grew up in Great Bend and lived in Virginia before moving back...
Virginia Marie Bird
Sep 14, 2014
Virginia Marie (Amerine) Bird, 91, gently journeyed from this world to a new beginning on September 14, 2014. Though she was a life-long resident of Barton County, she spent the final years of her life with her daughter providing precious companionship in Wichita and then Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Ellsworth, Kansas. Virginia is survived by her daughter, Lisa Riedel,...
