Maxine Heueisen
Feb 23, 2014
Maxine R. Heueisen, age 80, went home February 23, 2014, to meet her heavenly father after her battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family. She passed away at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 23, 1933 at Stafford County, Kansas, to Earl and Jesse (Ballinger) Carr. Maxine married Charles Heueisen November 26,...
Evelyn Anna Hochstatter
Feb 22, 2014
Evelyn Anna Hochstatter, 96, died Feb. 22 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend. Born Feb. 25, 1917 at Holyrood, she was the daughter of John and Katie A. (Schmitt) Ehler. Evelyn married Victor Hochstatter Oct. 9, 1938 at Denver, Colo. He died March 13, 2007. A homemaker, Mrs. Hochstatter was a Great Bend resident since 1957 coming...
Christy Smith
Feb 22, 2014
Christy Smith, 49, died February 22, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1964 at Travis Air Force Base Hospital, Fairfield, California, the daughter of Wendell H. and Mary (Brocher) Smith. A Great Bend resident since 1971, Christy was employed as a residential home care provider for Rosewood Services. She enjoyed...
Carl Don Nicholas Bradley
Feb 20, 2014
Carl Don Nicholas Bradley, Sr., 65, died Feb. 20 at his ranch in Olmitz, Kans. Born Dec. 6, 1948 at Santa Fe, N.M., he was the son of John Carver and Winifred (Wright) Bradley. He married Elizabeth Ann Drake April 13, 1967 at Taos, N.M.. He was a self employed welder, mechanic, worked in the construction business, and owned and...
Ingrid D. Trinka
Feb 18, 2014
Ingrid D. Trinka, 67, died Feb. 18, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 3, 1947 in Hillsboro, she was the daughter of Harold and Myrl Berg. A longtime Great Bend resident, Ms. Trinka was a secretary and receptionist most of her life. She was an accomplished writer with poetry published in several magazines. The loves of her life were...
Frieda L. Callaway
Feb 17, 2014
Frieda L. Callaway, age 92, died Monday, February 17, 2014 at Country Place Senior Living in Hoisington. She was born February 15, 1922 at Galatia, Kansas the daughter of David and Marie (Reichert) Herbel. Frieda, a homemaker, was a lifelong Hoisington resident. She married David "Cab" Callaway on September 25, 1942. He preceded her in death on December 31, 1970....
Rosaline Herren
Feb 15, 2014
Rosaline Herren, 79, died February 15, 2014 at her home in Great Bend. She was born July 26, 1934 at La Crosse, the daughter of Wendelin and Dorothy (Herl) Herrman. She was a food manager for Great Bend Senior Center until her illness prevented her working. Ms. Herren was a Great Bend, Kansas resident most of her life. She was...
Violet Morton
Feb 15, 2014
Violet Morton, 92, died February 15, 2014 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born September 25, 1921 at Seward, the daughter of Guy and Mary (McGinty) Smith. She married Loyd D. Morton September 16, 1945 at Seward. He died September 21, 2006. She was co-owner and operator of Morton Standard Service and also the family farm. Mrs. Morton was...
Hubert J. Steiner
Feb 13, 2014
Hubert J. Steiner, age 92, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born January 31, 1922 at Hoisington, Kansas the son of Joseph and Burga (Kinzel) Steiner. Hubert, a lifelong Barton County Resident, graduated from Hoisington High School. He married Loretta Schneider on September 14, 1948 at Olmitz, Kansas. Hubert was a farmer,...
Leo A. Bender, Sr.
Feb 13, 2014
Leo A. Bender Sr., 71, died February 13, 2014 at Hays Medical Center. Born August 9, 1942 in Fort Collins, Colorado, he was the son of Leo and Lydia (Greenwald) Bender. On April 4, 1970 he married Elizabeth "Betty" Schmitt in Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend for forty-three years, coming from Russell, he was a unit driver for...
Joseph L. Farris
Feb 9, 2014
Joseph L. Farris, 64, died February 9, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Born May 26, 1949 in Great Bend, he was the son of Albert and Madeline (Salem) Farris. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he owned and operated ACE Bail Bonding and formerly owned and operated Furniture World. Mr. Farris was a veteran...
Linda Marie Bennett
Feb 7, 2014
Linda Marie Bennett, 53, died Feb. 7, 2014 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 8, 1960, the daughter of Charles F. Bennett and Mary Orton. Linda married Richard Sanko on July 3, 2000. A Great Bend resident since 1976, Linda worked many years of her life as a waitress for numerous restaurants, a certified nurses' aide, mother,...
Glynn Ray Mortimer
Jan 28, 2014
Glynn Ray Mortimer, age 81, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Select Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 28, 1932 at Susank, Kansas the son of Dale A. and Bonnie A. (Capps) Mortimer. Glynn attended Shannon School north of Susank and graduated from Hoisington High School. He was a lifelong Hoisington resident and was a farmer and...
Kenneth D. Unruh
Jan 27, 2014
Kenneth D. Unruh, 82, died January 27, 2014 at Kindred Hospital Northwest in Houston, Texas. Born January 17, 1932, in Larned, he was the son of Ernest W. "Pete" and Gladys (White) Unruh. On November 24, 1957 he married Darlene M. Lofland in Great Bend. He graduated from Radium High School, attended Kansas State University, and completed his Bachelor of...
Don Whelan
Jan 27, 2014
Don Whelan, 94, died January 27, 2014 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Born October 19, 1919 in Sharon, Kansas, he was the son of Joe and Florence (McKeever) Whelan. In 1938 he graduated from Great Bend High School. In June 1947, he married Phyllis Kay Niswonger in Great Bend. She died on February 10, 2008....
Mary A. Hoffman
Jan 24, 2014
Mary Hoffman, age 99, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1914 at Dubuque, Kansas the daughter of Venzel and Mary (Kvapil) Blazek. Mary, a lifelong area resident, attended the Dubuque schools through the eighth grade. She worked as a cook for the Dubuque schools and later worked for Buehler's...
Celeste Vonfeldt
Jan 23, 2014
Celeste Catherine (Mermis) Vonfeldt, age 89, died Thursday, January 23, 2014, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 21, 1924, at Walker, Kansas, the daughter of John A. and Anna (Kisner) Mermis. Celeste, a homemaker, was a long time Albert resident. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and Altar Society, both...
Marian Weathers
Jan 22, 2014
Marian Weathers, 87, died January 22, 2014 at Rehabilitation Center of Independence in Independence, Missouri. Born September 20, 1926, in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, she was the daughter of William J. and Alvena Mary (Koehn) Mull. On June 2, 1946, she married Russell Kenneth Weathers in Great Bend. He died on August 23, 2008. A lifetime resident of Great Bend and...
Alice Leona Foster
Jan 21, 2014
Alice Leona Foster, 87, died January 21, 2014 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born October 7, 1926 at Bazine, the daughter of Solomon and Molly (Scheck) Popp. She married Marion Foster March 12, 1946 at Hoisington. He died July 7, 1992. A Great Bend resident since 1950 coming from McCracken, Mrs. Foster was a bookkeeper for several businesses...
Vernon C. Bortz
Jan 21, 2014
Vernon C. Bortz, 102, died January 21, 2014 at Locust Grove Village in LaCrosse. Born May 31, 1911, in Timken, he was the son of William and Amanda (Pietz) Bortz. On October 5, 1933, he married Lillian E. Wright in Newkirk, Okla. She died on February 24, 1991. He then married Esther Mapes in 1998. She died on January 15,...
