John Frank Werner
Dec 11, 2013
John Frank Werner, 94, died December 11, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. Born August 27, 1919 in Odin, Kansas, he was the son of John Baptist and Regina Philomena (Schmidt) Werner. On October 5, 1952, he married Leona Lauren Ambers at the Viking Lutheran Country Church in North Dakota. A longtime Great Bend resident, he worked...
Helen M. Woydziak
Dec 10, 2013
Helen M. Woydziak, 94, died December 10, 2013 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born September 17, 1919 at Dubuque, Kansas, the daughter of Venzel and Mary (Kvapil) Blazek. She married Wilfred Woydziak September 3, 1940 at Dubuque. He died December 12, 1994. She was a homemaker and a nursing assistant at Central Kansas Medical Center,...
Carl Marvin Wells
Dec 9, 2013
Carl Marvin Wells, 76, died December 9, 2013 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born December 4, 1937 at Mahaska, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Rose (Hauschel) Wells. He married Phyllis Westhoff November 9, 1957 at Morrowville, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1984, Mr. Wells owned and operated the Standard Station in...
Eldon Mayford Myers
Dec 8, 2013
Eldon Mayford Myers, age 92, died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 6, 1921 at Little River, Kansas the son of Oscar W. and Grace (Clark) Myers. Eldon, a lifelong Hoisington resident, graduated from Hoisington High School. He served his country in the United States Army Air...
Richard Lee Evans
Dec 3, 2013
Richard Lee Evans, age 88, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 14, 1924 at Blackwell, Oklahoma the son of Fred and Pearl Evans. Richard moved to Hoisington in 1961 coming from Blackwell, Oklahoma. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He married...
Esther Dunham
Dec 2, 2013
Esther Dunham, 89, died Dec. 2, 2013 at Golfcrest Health Care Center, Hollywood, Fla. Born July 16, 1924 at Scottsbluff, Neb., she was the daughter of Lee Selby and Alice Butler. She married Jack Dunham June 9, 1945 at Hays, Kan. A former resident of Great Bend before moving to Florida, she was employed at J. C. Penney and the...
Opal C. Demoss
Dec 2, 2013
Opal C. DeMoss, age 98, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Locust Grove Village in LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born October 13, 1915 at Nowata, Oklahoma the daughter of William and Sarah (Estes) Tate. Opal, a homemaker, moved to Hoisington in 1975 from Anderson, Missouri. She enjoyed sightseeing with her husband, painting, crocheting, and gardening flowers. She married Charles Russell...
Gerald Wesley "Jerry" Alexander
Dec 2, 2013
Gerald Wesley "Jerry" Alexander, 69, died December 2, 2013 at his home in Albert, Kansas. He was born December 21, 1943 at Florence County, South Carolina, the son of Jesse Clifton and Mavie Edna (Jolly) Alexander. He married Patsy Anne Howell January 26, 1962 at Timmonsville, South Carolina. She died April 29, 2013. He worked in agriculture throughout his entire...
Lewis Dewitt
Dec 2, 2013
Lewis DeWitt, 69, died on December 2, 2013 at his home in Great Bend. Born December 12, 1943, in Cass Lake, Minnesota, he was the son of Fred F. and Katherine (Gaubatz) DeWitt. On November 17, 1962 he married Dennie Lou Short at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Great Bend. He moved to Kansas in 1962, residing in...
Gladys Ruth Gardner
Nov 28, 2013
Gladys Ruth Gardner, 80, died November 28, 2013 at Bluebonnet Assisted Living in Amarillo, Texas. Born April 2, 1933 in Elbing, she was the daughter of Paul and Helen (Hawks) Binder. On June 12, 1954 she married Louis Edward Gardner in Hoisington. He died on July 19, 1995. A resident of Amarillo, Texas since 2005, coming from Hoisington, she was...
Lelia A. Thompson
Nov 27, 2013
Lelia A. Thompson, 94 died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling, Kansas. Born August 5, 1919, at Arpelar, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Boone and Virgie Mae (Ezell) Turner. She married Norman Thompson March 26, 1938, at McAlester, Oklahoma. He died March 18, 2002. A cook for Unified School District 428 in Great Bend, Mrs. Thompson...
Verla Hipp
Nov 26, 2013
Verla L. Hipp, 82, died on November 26, 2013 at Sterling House of Salina. Born January 6, 1931, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Frank Ernest and Helen (Schwartz) Ruble. On July 15, 1953 she married Robert F. Hipp in Great Bend. He died on October 12, 1989. A lifelong resident of Great Bend, moving to Salina in...
Opal Marie Mccullough
Nov 21, 2013
Opal Marie McCullough, 95, died November 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., at her home in Great Bend. She was born November 27, 1917 in Wilmore, the daughter of Ather and Ella Burnett. She had two brothers, Carl and Orbia Burnett who preceded her in death. She lived in Great Bend since November, 1961, coming from Wichita. She married Paul W....
Sonja Dee Ritter
Nov 21, 2013
Sonja Dee Ritter, age 49, died November 21, 2013 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1964 at Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Lee and Patricia J. (Freeburg) Hanken. Sonja graduated from Hoisington High School and attended Barton County Community College. She worked as a dental office manager for over twenty five years and...
Steven Craig Schneidewind
Nov 14, 2013
Steven Craig Schneidewind, 23, died November 14, 2013 at his home in Great Bend. He was born October 10, 1990 at Great Bend, the son of Craig Alan and Linda Gail (Duft) Schneidewind. He worked for the City of Great Bend at the water treatment plant. Mr. Schneidewind was a lifetime Great Bend resident He was a member of Trinity...
Alice Marie Jenisch
Nov 12, 2013
Alice Marie Jenisch, age 86, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at her home in rural Odin, Kansas. She was born March 22, 1927 in Barton County, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Rose (Huslig) Bieberle. A lifelong area resident, Alice, graduated from Bushton High School and attended business college at St. Joe, Missouri. She worked for Schuefler Supply in Great...
Dorothy Evelyn Dowse
Nov 12, 2013
Dorothy Evelyn (Winter) Dowse passed away Nov. 12. A visitation and celebration of life service will be held at the Claflin United Methodist Church Friday. Visitation will be from 12:30-2 p.m. with the service following. Dorothy was born on Jan. 28, 1916, in Hoisington. She married Martin E. Dowse (Bing) on May 11, 1942. She was preceded in death by...
Scott "Scotty" Black
Nov 11, 2013
Scott "Scotty" Black, 67, died Nov. 11 at home in Topeka. He was born June 13, 1946 at Kanopolis, the son of Gilbert Alan and Audrey LaVaughn (Brown) Black. Scotty married Sheila Renard Nov. 4, 1969, at Ellsworth. He later married Brenda Hickel Deiser April 15, 2000 at Great Bend. She survives. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam...
Byron Keith Nelson
Nov 10, 2013
Byron Keith Nelson, 74, died Nov. 10 at his home. Born April 8, 1939, in Clay Center, he was the son of Raymond Emanuel and Nina Irene (Fritz) Nelson. He was raised in Cleburne, Olsburg and Alta Vista areas, graduating from Alta Vista High School. He attended Kansas State University, studying biology and wildlife management. On Sept. 11, 1960, he...
Melvin Keil
Nov 10, 2013
Melvin V. Keil, 92, died Nov. 10 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Born Aug. 9, 1921 in Rush County, he was the son of Siegmund and Ernestine Karoline (Becker) Keil. On May 5, 1951, he married Elizabeth Jane Parish in Great Bend. She died on June 10, 2012. A resident of Great Bend since 1942, coming from Rush...
