Jim S. Cain
Sep 13, 2014
Jim S. Cain, 66, died September 13, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. Born November 27, 1947 at Great Bend, he was the son of Benjamin and Stephanie (Schenk) Cain. He married Robin Rickert January 4, 1997 at Great Bend. He was an oilfield pumper and producer for Ritchie Exploration and other oil companies. Mr. Cain was a lifetime...
Carol Ann Cook
Sep 11, 2014
Carol Ann Cook, 71, died September 11, 2014 at home in Great Bend. She was born March 1, 1943, at Kinsley, to Bernard and Daisy (Goad) Fahlsing. She married Charles Banks in 1961. She later married Phillip Ward in 1976. She then married Dennis Cook on August 11, 2003, at Las Vegas, Nevada. She worked in retail for Revco and...
Jeanne Louise Schmitt
Sep 6, 2014
Jeanne Louise Schmitt, 70, died Sept. 6 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. Born Aug. 31, 1944 at Winfield, she was the daughter of Raymond Chandler and Helen Ruth (Westin) Muret. She married Terryl "Terry" Keith Schmitt May 30, 1969, at Manhattan. He died Aug. 17, 2006. Jeanne worked as an Extension Agent in Belleville, and then as dietician for the...
Alfred Schmeidler
Sep 6, 2014
Alfred Schmeidler, 91, Great Bend, died September 6, 2014, at Ellinwood Country Living, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born September 16, 1922, on the family farm at Severin, Kansas, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (Windholz) Schmeidler. He was a Technical Sergeant in the Army Air Corp, 1942-1946 during World War II. He served in the Atlantic and Pacific Theater. He...
Charlene Nickle Shelor
Sep 5, 2014
Charlene Nickle Shelor, 91, died Sept. 5. Born in Loco, Okla. on Oct. 31, 1922, she was the daughter and ninth of 10 children to Robert D. and Callie (Cain) Nickle, including brothers Manuel, Leonard, J.W., Gerald, Donald, and sisters Lucille (Miether), Retha Bell (Orr), Beattie (Rue), and Bobbie (Mack). She married Marion E. Shelor in Wichita on Oct. 27,...
Steven D. Manning
Sep 5, 2014
Steven D. Manning, 67, died Sept. 5 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 15, 1947 at Lebanon, Mo., he was the son of Jesse Foster "Steve" and Mary (McFall) Manning. Steven married Karen Oberle Feb. 6, 1976 at Great Bend. He was a lifetime Great Bend resident, and was owner and operator of Manning Plumbing. He was a United...
Wanda Carol Dannebohm
Sep 5, 2014
Wanda Carol Dannebohm, 79, died Sept. 5 at Leisure Homestead, St. John. Born May 21, 1935 at Hutchinson, she was the daughter of Finis and Mildred (Hoefer) Woolery. Wanda married Richard Achatz on Jan. 15, 1959, in Salina. They were later divorced. She then married Don Dannebohm Sept. 2, 1978 at Great Bend. He survives. Wanda had been a waitress...
Colleen Alma Baker
Sep 4, 2014
Colleen Alma Baker, 90, died Sept. 4. She was born and raised in Great Bend. Colleen was an executive secretary for KG&E and a longtime member of Grace Presbyterian Church. She was a loving wife and an active and supportive mother and grandmother. Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Howard C. "Pete" Baker; sons Dennis H. (Ginger) Baker, The...
Lawrence Stanley Schneider
Sep 2, 2014
Lawrence Stanley Schneider, 89, died September 2, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born January 28, 1925, in Barton County, he was the son of Louis John William and Agnes Pauline (Page) Schneider. On August 11, 1945, he married Daisy Pauline McDonald in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was a farmer and stockman. Mr. Schneider...
Betty J. Kramer
Aug 31, 2014
Betty J. Kramer, 84, died August 31, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born April 6, 1930 at Otis, the daughter of Julius and Amelia (Georg) Muth. Betty married Bennie Thomas Gitgood in 1946 in Great Bend, and were later divorced. She then married Valentine "Smokey" Kramer in 1961 in Great Bend. He died in 1996....
George L. Carson
Aug 30, 2014
George L. Carson, 71, died August 30, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital. Born July 18, 1943 in Great Bend, he was the son of Russell and Pearl (Smith) Carson. On March 3, 1967, he married Gloria Newell in Damar. He was a graduate of Fort Hays State University. A lifetime resident of rural Barton County, he was employed by the...
Ruth Lorene Ward
Aug 30, 2014
Ruth Lorene Ward, 91, died August 30, 2014 at Golden Plains Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 15, 1923 at Brownell, the daughter of Jesse Dailey and Sarah Eliza (Rankin) Weathers. Ruth married Floyd Cecil Ward March 13, 1940 at Hutchinson. He died January 2, 1996. She was homemaker and worked in the kitchen at USD 428 and St....
Gloria A. Janatello
Aug 29, 2014
Gloria A. Janatello, 87, died Aug. 29, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Sept. 12, 1926, in Ellinwood, she was the daughter of Domingo and Ruth (Barth) Scotti. On Dec. 25, 1943, she married Peter Janatello in Great Bend. He died on Feb. 27, 2008. She was a lifetime resident of Great Bend and Barton County. Mrs. Janatello...
Todd L. Leatherman
Aug 29, 2014
Todd L. Leatherman, 48, died Aug. 29 in Great Bend. He was born Sept. 25, 1965 at Great Bend, the son of Bill and Iona (Lebsack) Leatherman. He was a mechanic. Todd grew up in Great Bend, living the past 20 years in Joplin, Mo. until his illness forced him to move home. He courageously fought cancer for the past...
Sister Bertilla Brungardt
Aug 28, 2014
Sister Bertilla Brungardt, 86, died Aug. 28, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend. Born Dec. 17, 1927, in Liebenthal as Germana Brungardt, Sister Bertilla was the daughter of the late Adam Joseph and Josephine Heili Brungardt. She was raised by her father and stepmother, Emma Wasinger Quint Brungardt. She entered the Dominican Sisters' Community on Sept. 10, 1944,...
Elfrieda Alice Mantz
Aug 28, 2014
Elfrieda Alice Mantz, 95, died Aug. 28 at Golden Living Center, Wilson. She was born Feb. 18, 1919, at Claflin,the daughter of Max Frederick and Mary Otillie (Kafka) Schlessiger. She married Henry Joseph Mantz, June 18, 1940, at Claflin. He died June 8, 1978. She worked for El-Kan and Fuller Brush. Mrs. Mantz was a lifetime resident of Claflin and...
Roberta Jo Carr
Aug 25, 2014
Roberta Jo Carr, 59, died Aug. 25 at Great Bend Regional Medical Center. She was born on Sept. 11, 1954, in Fayette County, Ohio. Roberta was a resident of Great Bend since 1987, moving from Washington Courthouse, Ohio. She worked as a night auditor for Days Inn. Roberta is survived by: her two sons; Ralph Carr of South Carolina, and...
Floyd E. Ward
Aug 25, 2014
Floyd E. Ward, 69, died August 25, 2014 at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1945 at Pueblo, Colorado, the son of Ila Ward. Mr. Ward was a Great Bend resident and a member of Boy Scout Troop 117 and 177. He enjoyed working in the Camp Kanza kitchen. He is survived by...
Bennie Lou Moos
Aug 24, 2014
Bennie Lou Moos, 69, died Aug. 24, at Hays Medical Center. Born June 18, 1945, in Hoisington, she was the daughter of Leon and Vanonda (Wise) Gray. On April 28, 1962, she married Don J. Leiker in Great Bend. They were later divorced. She then married Lyle L. Workman. He passed away in 2003. She then married Robert W. Moos...
James F. Adams
Aug 19, 2014
James F. Adams went to his heavenly home Tuesday afternoon August 19, 2014. He was born March 3, 1928 in Stafford County, Kansas, the son of Bernard F. "Ben" and Louise Eliza (Wuestenfeld) Adams. He married Mary Lee Tucker April 15, 1948 at Lindsborg, Kansas, recently celebrating 66 years of marriage. He attended Bethany College, Lindsborg. In 1952, he enlisted...
