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Robert H. Petersen

Robert H. Petersen

Jan 21, 2014

Robert H. Petersen, 70, died January 21, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born September 1, 1943 in Great Bend, he was the son of Edward and Alvina (Harms) Petersen. On June 8, 1973 he married Connie Dolechek in Albert. A lifetime resident of Albert, he was a farmer and also worked in the oilfield. Mr. Petersen served in the...

James Kaeberle

James Kaeberle

Jan 19, 2014

James Francis Kaeberle, II, 61,died Jan. 19 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson. Born July 20, 1952 at El Dorado, he was the son of James Francis and Rosalyn Elizabeth (Snyder) Kaeberle. He worked for City of Denver Parks Department, being active in many of the city's flower gardens. Mr. Kaeberle was a longtime Larned, Kansas resident. He was...

Helen Lucille Sanders Hazen

Helen Lucille Sanders Hazen

Jan 18, 2014

Helen Lucille Sanders Hazen, 75, died January 18, 2014 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Born September 20, 1938 in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Clarence and Catherine (Clawson) Heckens. On September 6, 1958 she married Leon F. Sanders in Great Bend. He died on January 3, 1997. She then married Paul D. Hazen on January 19, 2002 in...

Alan D. Riedl

Alan D. Riedl

Jan 18, 2014

Alan D. Riedl, age 52, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born May 23, 1961 at Kirksville, Missouri the son of Jon Dee and Norma Jean (Alger) Riedl. Alan grew up in Salina and graduated from Salina South High School. He has been a Hoisington resident since the mid 1990's. Alan worked...

Larry Ravenstien

Larry Ravenstien

Jan 17, 2014

Larry "Pops" Ravenstien, 75, died Jan. 17 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. He was born Sept. 23, 1938, at Lyons, the son of Wilmer "Red" & Helen (Albin) Ravenstien. He married Patricia Crockett Dec. 23, 1958, at Ellinwood. They later divorced. He then married Joyce Porter at Nickerson. They later divorced. A United States Army veteran, "Pops" was a...

Dennis Phillip Brack

Dennis Phillip Brack

Jan 17, 2014

Dennis Phillip Brack, age 78, died Friday, January 17, 2014 at his home in Laughlin, Nevada. He was born March 25, 1935 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Lester A. and Frieda (Kaiser) Brack. Dennis graduated from Otis High School and earned his Bachelor's Degree in engineering from Fort Hays State University. He served his country in the United...

Billy Joe Anthony

Billy Joe Anthony

Jan 15, 2014

Billy Joe Anthony, 65, died Jan. 15 at Wichita. He was born Aug. 28, 1948 in Russell. He married Michelle Hoover on Oct. 9, 2009 in Wichita. She survives. He worked for Pierson Construction for 12 years. He was a Great Bend resident for all but the last 13 years in which he resided in Park City. B.J. was a...

James Lee "Jim" Rube

James Lee "Jim" Rube

Jan 15, 2014

James Lee "Jim" Rube, 76, died January 15, 2014 at Sterling House, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 27, 1937 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Peter "Pete" and Leona Josephine (Reif) Rube. He was a 1955 graduate of Hoisington High School. He was united in marriage to Connie Lou Gilmore October 8, 1960 at Hoisington. A Great Bend...

Jack A. Whitt

Jack A. Whitt

Jan 15, 2014

Jack A. Whitt, age 92, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 25, 1921 at Nickerson, Kansas the son of Gaylord "Jack" and Grace Whitt. Jack was a lifelong Hoisington resident and worked for many years at Kansas Brick and Tile. He later worked for Hometown Appliance...

Patsy Gayle Mcclary

Patsy Gayle Mcclary

Jan 12, 2014

Patsy Gayle McClary, 76, died January 12, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 18, 1937 at Lyons, Kansas, the daughter of W. M. and Edna Lucille (Golightly) Barnett. She married Robert J. McClary January 22, 1956 at Great Bend. He died April 4, 2012. A Great Bend resident most of her life, she...

Bernard Joseph Boor

Bernard Joseph Boor

Jan 12, 2014

Bernard J. Boor, age 77, died Sunday January 12, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born June 9, 1936 in Barton County Kansas the son of Nicholas Frank and Mathilda (Schneweis) Boor. A lifetime Barton County resident, moving to Odin, Kansas in 1970, Bernard worked for Barton County, and later was employed as a bull dozer...

Leonard Dwayne Detter, Ii

Leonard Dwayne Detter, Ii

Jan 12, 2014

Dwayne Detter, age 61, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. He was born February 15, 1952 at Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Leonard Dwayne and Donna Jean (Van Meter) Detter. Growing up in Sterling, Kansas, Dwayne was a Hoisington resident since 1996 coming from Oberlin, Kansas. He was a sales manager for KSN in Oberlin,...

Russell Stanley Hannigan, Sr.

Russell Stanley Hannigan, Sr.

Jan 11, 2014

Russell Stanley Hannigan, Sr., 90, died January 11, 2014 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 1, 1923 at Waynoka, Oklahoma, the son of Frank E. and Lucy (Whitaker) Hannigan. He married Florence Folger February 17, 1943 at Hoisington, Kansas. She died October 2, 1995. A Great Bend resident since 1948, coming from Hoisington, Mr....

Dolores M. Newell

Dolores M. Newell

Jan 10, 2014

Dolores M. Newell, age 76, died Friday, January 10, 2014 at her residence in Great Bend. She was born September 30, 1937 in Kingman County, Kansas to John P. and Teresa L. (Meyeres) Prosser. Dolores has been a Barton County resident since 1965 coming from Lyons, Kansas. She was a homemaker and also a bookkeeper for the Barton County Extension...

Lyle D. Juergensen

Lyle D. Juergensen

Jan 10, 2014

Lyle Dean Juergensen, age 77, of Great Bend, Kansas passed away at Great Bend Regional Hospital on January 10, 2014. Lyle was born May 1, 1936 in Great Bend, Kansas the son of Emil and Alverta (Steinert) Juergensen. Lyle graduated from Great Bend High School and attended Barton County Community College. He was Baptised on July 12, 1936 and confirmed...

Betty J. Lawson

Betty J. Lawson

Jan 8, 2014

Betty J. Lawson, 86 died January 8, 2014 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas. She was born October 18, 1927, at Earlsboro, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank and Bernice (Barker) Malone. She married Jimmy Edward Lawson September 29, 1955, at Seminole, Oklahoma. He died October 2, 2005. A Great Bend resident since 1956, coming from Seminole, she was a...

Henry Eugene Nordman

Henry Eugene Nordman

Jan 8, 2014

Henry Eugene Nordman, 85, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2014 surrounded by his loving family at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born May 17, 1928 in Great Bend, he was the son of Frank and Margaret (Hampel) Nordman. On February 22, 1955 he married Anna Louise Oberle in Bushton. A lifetime resident of Barton County, residing in the Olmitz and...

Cheryl L. Whiting

Cheryl L. Whiting

Jan 5, 2014

Cheryl L. Whiting, 52, died January 5, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Born February 6, 1961, she was the daughter of Robert C. and Janice (Luft) Brandt. On November 11, 1978, she married Terry C. Whiting in Great Bend. He died September 5, 2010. A resident of Ellinwood since 1978, coming from Great Bend,...

Helen L. Jonas

Helen L. Jonas

Jan 5, 2014

Helen L. Jonas, age 81, died January 5, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born February 29, 1932 at Pawnee, Oklahoma the daughter of Cecil Cleeve and Elsie Mae ( Feaster) Richmond. Helen, a lifelong Hoisington resident, graduated from Hoisington High School and attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was a school bus driver...

David P. Barnard

David P. Barnard

Jan 4, 2014

David Paul "Pete" Barnard, age 79, died Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 15, 1934 at Wayne County, Illinois the son of Ralph and Ruth (Peddicord) Barnard. Pete has been a Barton County resident since 1963 coming from Oklahoma, and served his country in the United States Army where he was...

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