Florine Koochel Meister
Mar 20, 2014
Florine Meister, 93, died March 20, 2014 at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. Born January 2, 1921 in Loretto, Kansas, she was the daughter of Jacob Joseph and Katie I. (Suppes) Urban. On November 13, 1940 she married Elwyn Koochel in Loretto. He died on March 26, 1978. She then married John P. Meister on August 10, 1985, in Timken....
Martha Lu (Johnson) Mckown
Mar 20, 2014
Martha Lu (Johnson) McKown, 84, died March 20, 2014 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born April 16, 1929, in Borger, Texas, she was the daughter of Everett T. "Bill" and Pearl (Baggerly) Johnson. On January 18, 1953, she married George Monnet McKown in Cherokee, Oklahoma. He died on March 11, 2008. A Great Bend resident since 1965,...
Bill J. Mckown
Mar 19, 2014
Bill Johnson McKown, 58, died March 19, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. Born November 2, 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he was the son of George Monnet and Martha Lu (Johnson) McKown. Mr. McKown was a Great Bend resident since 1965, coming from Wichita. Survivors include three brothers, David McKown and his wife Jan of Great Bend, Charles...
George Bergen, Jr.
Mar 19, 2014
George Bergen Jr., 81, died March 19, 2014 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. He was born May 6, 1932, at Washita, Okla., the son of Gerhart and Bertha (Sawatsky) Bergen. He married "Dilly" Emma Faye Salem on November 7, 1964, at Hudson. She died December 30, 2004. A Great Bend resident since 1964, coming from Liberal, he was...
Marie Lillian Thomas
Mar 17, 2014
Marie Lillian Thomas, 78, died March 17 at Presbyterian Manor in Salina. Born Jan. 6, 1936 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of John and Dorothy (Brown) Rigat. She attended grade school and graduated high school in 1953 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She worked as a secretary at a corporate law firm in New York until she met and married...
Travis Lee Davis
Mar 16, 2014
Travis Lee Davis, age 38, died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at his home in Hoisington. He was born July 5, 1975 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Mike and Debbie (Littrell) Davis. Travis, a lifelong Hoisington resident graduated from Hoisington High School in 1993. He worked at Kansas Gas Service for thirteen years. Travis was a member of St....
Sister Mary Lawrence Hoffman
Mar 15, 2014
Sister Mary Lawrence Hoffman, 84, died March 15, 2014, in the Dominican Sisters' Convent Infirmary, Great Bend. Born July 13, 1929, in Hays, Kansas, as Dorothy Ann Hoffman, Sister Mary Lawrence was the daughter of the late Michael William and Margaret Feltis Hoffman. She entered the Dominican Sisters' Community August 15, 1946, and pronounced her first vows June 10, 1949....
Elverta Marie Yahne Lawrence
Mar 14, 2014
Elverta Marie Yahne Lawrence, 89, died March 14, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend. She was born December 12, 1924 at Barton County, the daughter of Roy and Lillie (Mische) LeRoy. She married Gale E. Yahne September 8, 1945 at Great Bend. He died February 9, 1981. She then married Fred "Ted" Lawrence July 30, 1983 at Great...
Velma Leona Johnson
Mar 11, 2014
Velma Leona Johnson, 99, died March 11, 2014 at Sterling House of Great Bend. She was born February 11, 1915 at Bazine, Kansas, the daughter of John Orville and Rose (O'Brien) Narey. She married Herman Madison Johnson February 26, 1938 at Great Bend. He died October 25, 1987. She was a real estate agent for Goetz Realty, and sold Fashion...
Robert E. Schaub
Mar 11, 2014
Robert E. Schaub, 82, died March 11, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born April 9, 1931 at Independence, Missouri, the son of John W. and Lydia E. (Lepp) Schaub. He married Beverly Ann Keenan February 6, 1951 at Great Bend. She died Aug. 21, 2009. Mr Schaub was employed by Gibson, Titus & Stafford and later...
Robert C. Karst
Mar 10, 2014
Robert C. Karst, age 96, died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 6, 1917 at Galatia, Kansas the son of Jacob and Eva (Rein) Karst. Robert, a lifelong area resident, graduated from country school in rural Galatia. He was a farmer and also drove the road grader for the...
Marie T. Jilg
Mar 6, 2014
Marie T. Jilg, 93, went home to the Lord on March 6, 2014 at the Oxford at Broadmoor, Wichita. She was born January 27, 1921 at Olmitz, the daughter of John Bartonek. A homemaker, Mrs. Jilg was a lifetime Olmitz resident. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and the Altar Society, both of Olmitz. She was preceded...
Alice Mary Nobles
Mar 6, 2014
Alice Mary Nobles, 94, died March 6, 2014 at her home in Great Bend. Born July 18, 1919 in Logan County, she was the daughter of Samuel and Josie (Baugh) Cushinberry. On December 18, 1947 she married Daniel Nobles in Kansas City, Missouri. A longtime resident of Great Bend, growing up in Hoisington, she was employed for Pratt and Whitney...
Lorene Horton
Mar 5, 2014
Lorene C. Horton, age 86, died Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, Kansas. She was born November 15, 1927 at Topeka, Kansas the daughter of Cornelius and Elsie M. (Ihde) Jacobson. Lorene was a long time Hoisington resident. She graduated from Hope High School in 1945 and attended Northwestern Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She later...
Richard Thier
Mar 4, 2014
Richard Thier, 75, died March 4, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born May 14, 1938 in McGregor, Iowa, he was the son of Armin L. and Marguerite (Knapp) Thier. On April 5, 1959, he married Carol Cutcomb in Scott's Bluff, Neb. A resident of Great Bend since 1965, coming from Kansas City, Mo., he was employed as a Technical...
Merle Steiner
Mar 3, 2014
Merle Steiner, age 81, of Hoisington died Monday, March 3, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Wakefield, Kansas. He was born November 14, 1932 at Odin, Kansas the son of Louis and Lenora (Ummel) Steiner. Merle graduated from Odin High School and was a long time Hoisington resident. He was employed by the City of Hoisington for many years in...
John Edwin Taylor
Feb 27, 2014
John Edwin Taylor, 85, died February 27, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born November 3, 1928 in Great Bend, he was the son of Thomas Richard and Goldie (Asher) Taylor. On March 24, 1957 he married Elaine Hooper in Green Mountain Falls, Colo. She died on August 30, 2013. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was the owner...
Barb Schumacher
Feb 27, 2014
Barb Schumacher, 74, died February 27, 2014 at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. Born January 8, 1940 in Ness City, Kansas, she was the daughter of Charles W. and Pearlann (Reynolds) Petersilie. On December 5, 1981 she married Ken Schumacher in Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 1957, coming from Bazine, she was co-owner and operator of...
Orval E. Weeks
Feb 26, 2014
Orval E. Weeks, age 86, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Sterling House in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born May 16, 1927 in Russell County, Kansas the son of Marion B. and Edith I. (Ross) Weeks. Orval was a long time Hoisington, Kansas resident moving to Great Bend in 2001. He was a devoted husband and loving father and...
Lenora Marie Ochs
Feb 25, 2014
Lenora Marie Ochs, 97, died February 25, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born July 21, 1916, in rural Otis, she was the daughter of Fred and Julia (Schlegel) Stieben. On October 6, 1935 she married Clarence Everett Ochs in Otis. He died on May 7, 1994. A Great Bend resident since 1978, coming from Otis, she was a part-owner,...
