Michael Anthony Halseth
Jan 3, 2014
Michael Anthony Halseth, 51, died January 3, 2014 at his home in Great Bend. Born April 29, 1962 in Topeka, he was the son of Henry "Hank" and Jane (Wilson) Halseth. On May 12, 2006 he married Utonia Bowman in Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 2002, coming from Meriden, he was a school district custodian and worked...
Douglas Lorson
Jan 3, 2014
Douglas Lorson, 55, died January 3, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born April 9, 1958 in Abilene, he was the son of James Francis and Inex Esther (Strutt) Lorson. A Great Bend resident since 1983, coming from Hays, he was a sous chef for Five Oaks Club and various restaurants. Survivors include one brother, Duke Lorson of Great...
Margaret B. Krug
Jan 1, 2014
Margaret B. Krug, 81, died Jan. 1, 2014 at Hospice of Salina in Salina. She was born Oct. 7, 1932, at Ness County, the daughter of Gaston Alvin Eugene and Rosie Bell (Ross) Young. She married Robert Eugene Krug Aug. 9, 1953, at Raton, N.M. He died Sept. 2, 2000. Mrs. Krug was a Hoisington resident since 1955, coming from...
Leroy C. "Mac" Mcdorman
Dec 31, 2013
Leroy C. "Mac" McDorman, 87, died December 31, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 22, 1926, the son of Dennis and Lena (Simenton) McDorman. He married Darlene Venters May 16, 1953 at Plainville, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1966, coming from Russell, Kansas, Mr. McDorman worked for Halliburton Services, retiring as a...
Tonya K. Miller
Dec 30, 2013
Tonya K. Miller, 46, died December 30, 2013 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born November 6, 1967 in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Douglas D. and Joy (Axman) Wilson. In 1986 she graduated from Ellinwood High School. On March 21, 2002 she married Martin Miller in Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Ellinwood and a resident of...
Margaret L. Kearns
Dec 30, 2013
Margaret L. Kearns, 80, died December 30, 2013 at her home in Great Bend. Born January 30, 1933 in Downs, Kansas, she was the daughter of LeRoy and Grace (Graig) Smith. She married Norman Robinson. He died in 1959. On October 7, 1961 she married Charles E. Kearns in Chase. He died on March 24, 1981. A resident of Great...
Charles Huntington
Dec 26, 2013
Charles "Rusty" Huntington, 61, died Dec. 26 at his home in Great Bend. Born Aug. 2, 1952 at Cocoa Beach, Fla., he was the son of Charles Otho and Mary Elaine (Schwartz) Huntington. He married Alicia Blodgett May 23, 1991 at St. Paul, Minnesota. He worked for Sprint for 27 years and most recently was a substitute teacher for USD...
Betty Jean Waitt
Dec 25, 2013
Betty Jean Waitt, 84, died December 25, 2013 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born July 15, 1929, at McPherson, the daughter of Austin and Eva (Wilson) Nyquist. She was a Registered Nurse working at Hadley Medical Center, Hays, and at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, retiring in 1994. Mrs. Waitt had been a Great Bend...
John Leslie Fitzsimmons, Jr.
Dec 23, 2013
John Leslie Fitzsimmons, Jr., 58, died December 23, 2013 at his home, rural Pawnee Rock, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 28, 1955 at Kingman, Kansas, the son of John Leslie and Ella Marie (Tetrick) Fitzsimmons. He married Loretta Kay Stetler December 2, 1983 at Great Bend, Kansas. A long time Pawnee Rock resident, coming from...
Agnes Marie Hickey
Dec 22, 2013
Agnes Marie (Oberle) Hickel Hickey, age 92, died December 22, 2013 at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 3, 1921 in Rice County, Kansas the daughter of Anton and Lena (Feist) Oberle. Agnes, a homemaker, has been a Hoisington resident since 1975 coming from the farm in Rural Rice, County. She was a member of St....
Doyle A. Martin
Dec 22, 2013
Doyle A. Martin, age 60, died December 22, 2013 at Suwanee Valley Care Center in Lake City, Florida. He was born March 10, 1953 at Hays, Kansas the son of Doyle E. and Dorothea (Lucky) Martin. Doyle lived most of his life in Hoisington and has lived in Lake Butler, Florida for about a year and a half. He served...
Betty F. Shoaff
Dec 22, 2013
Betty F. Shoaff, 84, died December 22, 2013 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born May 1, 1929 in Wilson, she was the daughter of Edward and Emma (Chrudimsky) Hanzlicek. On May 22, 1955 she married Samuel C. Shoaff in Wilson. A resident of Great Bend since 1949, coming from Wilson, she was employed by Unified School District...
Norma Nadine Sears
Dec 20, 2013
Norma Nadine Sears, age 84, died Friday, December 20, 2013 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell, Kansas. She was born April 8, 1929 at Allen, Oklahoma the daughter of Theodore Frank and Kathreen G. (Head) Hamilton. Nadine graduated from Hoisington High School and has been a Hoisington resident since 1939. She married Glen M. Sears on January 6, 1948 at...
Eric "Butch" Muehleisen
Dec 19, 2013
Eric "Butch" Muehleisen, 54, died Dec. 19 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born Feb. 25, 1959, at Seattle, Wash., the son of Eric E. and Dolores (Selby) Muehleisen. He married Sharon Choitz on March 30, 1979, at Ellsworth. He worked for Golden Belt Printing, Great Bend, as a graphic artist. Butch was an Ellinwood resident since 1988,...
Grace Marie Denman
Dec 19, 2013
Grace Marie Denman, 101, died Dec. 19 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born April 23, 1912 in Pueblo, Colo., she was the daughter of Charles and Agnes (Krebs) Watkins. She grew up and attended schools in Scott County, where her family moved shortly after she was born. On June 19, 1969, she married Gordon Knox in Reno, Nev....
Hazel Schremmer
Dec 19, 2013
Hazeltene "Babe" (Driscoll) Schremmer, died December 19,2013 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington after a long illness. She was born November 16, 1922 in Dorrance, Kansas the daughter of Daniel Joseph Driscoll & Hazel Etta (Sinclair)Driscoll. On July 21, 1941, she married Oswald "Ossie" Schremmer, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Dubuque, Kansas. She worked many years as a store...
Melvin Patrick Kaiser
Dec 18, 2013
Melvin Patrick Kaiser, 83, died Dec. 18 at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. Born March 17, 1930 in Ellinwood, he was the son of Walter A. and Anna (Heinz) Kaiser. On May 13, 1952 he married Frances A. Wirtz in Ellinwood. A lifetime resident of Barton County, he hauled crude oil for Koch Oil and later drove a truck for...
Letha Jenean Luther
Dec 18, 2013
Letha Jenean Luther, 84, died Dec. 18, 2013 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. She was born March 23, 1929 at Stafford County, the daughter of James Pleasant and Leah Elizabeth (Keesling) Lofland. Letha married Warren Lorraine Luther April 6, 1949 at Kansas City, Kan. He died Aug 24, 2002. Letha grew up in Great Bend, moving to Hays in 1961,...
Jay Paul Wareham
Dec 15, 2013
Jay Paul Wareham, 63, died Dec. 15 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Born Oct. 21, 1950, in Highland Park, Mich., he was the son of Harold and Ruth (Thomson) Wareham. A longtime resident of Hoisington, recently residing in Great Bend, he was employed in the construction field and raised and trained hunting dogs. Mr. Wareham served in the United...
Hilbert Herrman
Dec 14, 2013
Hilbert James Herrman, 84, died Dec. 14, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1929 at La Crosse, the son of Wendelin and Dorothy (Herl) Herrman. Hilbert married Phyllis J. Stone Aug. 16, 1951 at Great Bend. A long-time Great Bend resident, Hilbert was a brick mason, owning and operating Herrman Masonry. He served in the...
