Monica M. Schneider
Aug 18, 2014
Monica M. Schneider, 87, died Aug. 18 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born Oct. 3, 1926 at Odin, the daughter of Edward and Ida (Penka) Moeder. She married Ervin C. Schneider Nov. 25, 1952 at Odin and was a homemaker. Mrs. Schneider was an Olmitz resident since 1952 coming from Odin. She was a member of St. Ann...
Elenora M. "Nora" Schmidt
Aug 11, 2014
Elenora "Nora" Schmidt, 83, died August 11, 2014 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. Born August 27, 1930, at Liebenthal, she was the daughter of Alex and Mary (Doerfler) Pfeifer. She married Harold J. Schmidt August 23, 1948 at Liebenthal. She was a fiberglass roller for Sfeld Engineering for nineteen years until her retirement. Mrs. Schmidt was a Great Bend resident...
Joyce M. Basye
Aug 10, 2014
Joyce M. Basye, 81, died August 10, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center. She was born April 16, 1933 at Wichita, the daughter of Lee and Alberta (Miller) Mathews. In 1954, she married Richard M. Basye and has resided in Hoisington for the last 62 years. Joyce worked at Hoisington Lutheran Hospital for over 20 years and...
H. Gordon Jones
Aug 10, 2014
Gordon Jones, 88, a longtime resident of Great Bend, Kan., passed away August 10, 2014. Born December 14, 1925 in Oxford, Miss., he was the son of Sanford Aaron and Minnie Lee Jones. Gordon was the Mississippi State Javelin Champion in 1943. After his first year of college he enlisted in the United States Army, serving with distinction in the...
Ivan "Stanley" Freeman
Aug 9, 2014
Ivan "Stanley" Freeman, 94, died August 9, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Born December 26, 1919 at Coats, he was the son of Ivan A. and Gertrude M. (Stimits) Freeman. He married Betty B. Eastes January. 4, 1948 at Pratt. She died August 31, 2012. Spending most of his life in the oil industry,...
Karen Kay Weber
Aug 5, 2014
Karen Kay Weber, 57, died August 5, 2014, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Born November10, 1956, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Nicholas Mathias and Viola Dorothy (Lang) Weber. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a client of Sunflower Diversified Services for thirty-seven years. Miss Weber was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St....
Ruth Marie Opie
Aug 2, 2014
Ruth Marie Opie, 97, died August 2, 2014 at Via Christi Manhattan in Manhattan. Born November 17, 1916, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Robert and Helena (Otto) Essmiller. On January 30, 1938, she married Ralph E. Opie in Great Bend. He died on January 19, 2005. A lifelong homemaker and farm wife, she had resided in Manhattan...
Terry Zink
Aug 1, 2014
Terry Zink, 64, died Aug. 1 at his home in Claflin. He was born March 7, 1950 at Great Bend, the son of Austin Zink and Leo and Marilyn (Breford) Kaiser. Terry married Donella Sheridan Oct. 18, 1969 at Bushton, KS. She survives. Being raised in the Claflin and Bushton areas, Terry was a McPherson resident since July, 1999, then...
Kenneth Harold Allen
Jul 31, 2014
Kenneth Harold Allen, 86, died July 31, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend. Born July 4, 1928, in Great Bend, he was the son of James Martin and Bertha (Piel) Allen. On April 28, 1952, he married Maude Evalene Russell in Salem, Ark. She died on August 8, 2007. A lifetime resident of Great Bend he was...
Lyle E. Schaben
Jul 26, 2014
Lyle E. Schaben, 89, died July 26, 2014 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. He was born August 27, 1924, at Bazine, the son of John and Verda (Ryersee) Schaben. Mr. Schaben was a graduate of Bazine High School. He married Nathalie J. Borger February 15, 1947, at Bazine. She died June 22, 2012. Raised on the family farm,...
Billy Wayne "Bill" Brack
Jul 26, 2014
Billy Wayne "Bill" Brack, 84, died July 26, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born April 24, 1930, in Albert, he was the son of Phillip and Susie (Brack) Brack. On July 20, 1952, he married Gladys Harders in Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1997 coming from rural Otis, Bill was a farmer and had worked for U.S.D....
Milton Alois Yarmer
Jul 25, 2014
Milton Alois Yarmer, 88, died July 25, 2014 at his home in Olmitz. Born May 17, 1926, at Russell County, he was the son of Frank Rudolph and Marie (Demel) Yarmer. Milton married Mary Agnes Gleissner May 26, 1948 at Olmitz. She died July 12, 2006. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Milton was a longtime resident and farmer of...
Clarence "C. D." Johnson
Jul 25, 2014
Clarence "C. D." Johnson, 63, died July 25, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born January 6, 1951, at Great Bend, the son of Clarence Harve and Bernadine (Ericks) Johnson. He married Jolene Debes on October 11, 1980, at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was a rural letter carrier for Rural Route 2 for...
Jerry Mitchell Jones
Jul 24, 2014
Jerry Mitchell Jones, 76, died July 24, 2014, at Hospice House of Reno County in Hutchinson. Born December 13, 1937, in Hutchinson, he was the son of Ray and Marjorie (Swann) Jones. On March 12, 1958, he married Nelta Irene Simpson in Great Bend. She died on December 3, 1997. A lifetime resident of Great Bend and Seward, he was...
Christopher James Thomas
Jul 20, 2014
Christopher James Thomas, 48, died July 20, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born June 8, 1966, in Junction City, he was the son of Timothy and Carol (Breault) Thomas. A lifetime resident of Great Bend and Hoisington, he was a self-employed computer repairman. Survivors include three sons, Austin Evans and Andrew Helvy, both of Great Bend, and Albert Hight of...
Gwen G. Schroeder
Jul 20, 2014
Gwen G. Schroeder, 72, died July 20, in Great Bend. Born Oct. 15, 1941, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of H. Martin and Bernice Lucille (Davis) Glenn. She was a graduate of Ellinwood Rural High School and Adela Hale School of Business. A resident of Great Bend since 2005, moving from Overland Park, she was retired. On Aug....
Marie L. Sisk
Jul 16, 2014
Marie L. Sisk, 103, died July 16, 2014 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 15, 1911 at Little River, Kansas, the daughter of John Edward and Sissa (Olsson) Olander. Raised on the family farm south of Little River, Marie was one of eight children born to Swedish immigrants. She married Lawrence Alvin Sisk June 18,...
Marian H. "Ann" Bahr
Jul 16, 2014
Marian H. "Ann" Bahr, 86, died on July 16, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 9, 1928 on the family farm in Odin, she was the daughter of William and Regina (Schneweis) Hipp. On May 18, 1953, she married Marion Bahr in Odin. A lifetime resident of Odin and Claflin, her family was her life. Mrs....
Leo Joseph Schmidt
Jul 13, 2014
Leo Joseph Schmidt, 89, died July 13, 2014 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Inman, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Leo was born December 19, 1924 in Liebenthal, Kansas, to John and Anna (Heronema) Schmidt. He was the youngest of ten children. Leo married Dorothy "Dottie" Dreher on January 13, 1947, in St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Schoenchen....
Leonard Loraine Mullenix
Jul 13, 2014
Leonard Loraine Mullenix, 94, died July 13, 2014 at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was born December 9, 1919 at Chase, Kansas, the son of George and Lola (Fuson) Mullenix. He married Audrey Estella Schwerdtfeger October 12, 1941 at Bushton. He had radio repair shops in Claflin and Bushton, in the late 1930s and 1940s. Following World...
