Thelia Belle Brack
Aug 11, 2013
Thelia Belle Moore Brack was born December 13, 1921 on a farm southeast of Dundee, KS to Robert Warren and Hellena Unruh Moore. She attended Barton County rural school, graduated from Pawnee Rock High School. Attended Fort Hays Teachers College, and taught in rural schools in Barton County for five years. She was united in marriage to Vernell F. "Shorty"...
Glenn E. Opie
Aug 11, 2013
Glenn Opie, lifelong resident of Great Bend, died August 11, 2013, in Olathe, Kansas, after a brief hospitalization for a heart related illness. He was born April 11, 1926 to Edward and Olive Agnes (White) Opie, and was a graduate of the Great Bend Senior High School class of 1944. He went on to serve in World War II as...
Ina Lea Folkerts
Aug 9, 2013
Ina Lea Folkerts, 83, died August 9, 2013 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 4, 1929 at Craig County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter and Amy Ellen (Cumiford) Minson. She married Doyle Dean Folkerts October 24, 1952 at Syracuse, Kansas. He died January 13, 2013. A fifty-eight year resident of Great Bend,...
Lois E. Mosiman
Aug 2, 2013
Lois E. Mosiman, 87, completed her Earthly journey and began her eternal life in Heaven on August 2, 2013 at her home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 13, 1926 at Beatrice, Nebraska, the daughter of Clifford Harry and Veneita Lois (VanOsdol) Knowles. She married Royal Adrian Mosiman January 22, 1943 at Marysville, Kansas. They later divorced. He died...
Mildred Irene Pelton
Jul 31, 2013
Mildred Irene Pelton, 99, died July 31, 2013 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1913 at Inman, Kansas, the daughter of William C. and Dora (Harder) Hassman. She married Charles F. German March 12, 1935. He died April 18, 1961. She then married Lloyd Henry Pelton August 12, 1978 at Claflin, Kansas. He...
Margaret Rose Campbell
Jul 31, 2013
Margaret Rose Campbell, 73, died July 31, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 30, 1940 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence Ernest and Mary Margaret (Lewis) Debes. She married Gary Lee Campbell April 4, 1961 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1959, coming from Bushton, Kansas, Mrs. Campbell was employed...
Virgil Gene Maser
Jul 28, 2013
Virgil Gene Maser, 80, died July 28, 2013 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born May 1, 1933 at Bazine, Kansas, the son of Fred and Hannah (Apple) Maser. He married Linda Croft May 16, 1952 at New Mexico. A Great Bend resident since 1958, coming from Hutchinson, Mr. Maser was a farmer and previously managed the Senate...
Wilma "Jean" Schenk
Jul 27, 2013
Wilma "Jean" Schenk, 83, died July 27, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 18, 1930 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Zora (Zinn) Stukey. She married Clemith Burton May 5, 1965 at Hoisington. He died October 21, 1994. She then married Harold Schenk December 14, 1996 at Olmitz, Kansas. A long...
Gwen Loreg
Jul 27, 2013
Gwen Loreg, 77, died July 27, 2013 at her home in Hoisington. She was born Feb. 12, 1936 at Nowata, Okla., the daughter of Charles Russell and Opal Clata (Tate) DeMoss. Gwen married Mike Loreg, Jr. on Nov. 18, 1960 at Madison, Ark. He survives. A Hoisington resident since 1965 coming from Nowata, Okla., Mrs. Loreg was a homemaker and...
John Lee
Jul 23, 2013
John Lee, 68, died July 23, 2013 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 17, 1944 at Howard, Kansas, the son of Leland E. and Ila (Pontious) Lee. He married Cindy Meyer February 14, 1982 at Laverne's Marriage Parlor, Miami, Oklahoma. A longtime Great Bend resident, Mr. Lee was a driller and roughneck...
Diana Grace Trimmer
Jul 22, 2013
Diana Grace Trimmer age 52, passed away July 22, 2013 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness. She was born February 7, 1961 at St Rose Hospital in Great Bend the daughter of Hazel Grace Johnson and Joseph Delaine Levingston. The oldest of four siblings, Diana grew up in Pawnee Rock and attended Pawnee Rock High...
Kim Marie Pelster
Jul 20, 2013
Kim Marie Pelster, 57, died July 20, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 1, 1956 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Robert L., Sr. and Lodema (Garrett) Pelster. A lifetime Great Bend and Hoisington resident, Kim was a foster mother and driver for St. Francis Academy. Ms. Pelster was a member of First...
Myrtle E. Krier
Jul 16, 2013
Myrtle E. (DeLair) Krier, age 86, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri passed away in her home on July 16, 2013. She was born on April 8, 1927 at Kiowa, Colorado to Roy and Edna (Watt) DeLair. She married Richard Krier on November 21, 1951 and moved to Claflin, Kansas where they farmed and raised cattle until they retired. They then moved...
Darren David Schloemer
Jul 16, 2013
Darren David Schloemer, 48, died July 16, 2013 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas, following a well-fought battle against cancer. He was born November 2, 1964 at Great Bend, the son of Donald Dwight and Nadine Marie (Kottwitz) Schloemer. He married Annette Jennings May 6, 1995 at Great Bend. They later divorced. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Schloemer was...
Wayne Wilbur Harbaugh
Jul 16, 2013
Wayne Wilbur Harbaugh, age 72, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at his home in Otis, Kansas. He was born March 24, 1941 in Hays, Kansas the son of Willis and Elsie (Bender) Harbaugh. Wayne graduated from Luray High School and served his country in the United States Navy from 1959 until 1963. He married Sandra Rose February 24, 1968 at...
Dolores C. Schneweis
Jul 13, 2013
Dolores C. Schneweis, 84, died July 13 at home in Great Bend. Born July 13, 1929 at Hays, she was the daughter of Michael and Margaret (Feltes) Hoffman. She married Bernard A. Schneweis May 27, 1953 at Great Bend, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Schneweis was a Great Bend resident since 2003 coming from Claflin, and having grown up in...
F. Robert "Bob" Kopke
Jul 13, 2013
F. Robert "Bob" Kopke, 89, died July 13, 2013 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 3, 1923 at Great Bend, the son of Webster "Web" and Marie (McMurtry) Kopke. He married Norma Jean Gaunt August 10, 1945 at Great Bend. A graduate of the Wisconsin School of Banking, Mr. Kopke was a...
Ruby Wells
Jul 11, 2013
Ruby Alvina Wells, 88, died July 11, 2013 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born December 10, 1924 at Bison, Kansas, the daughter of Henry P. and Mary M. (Leinweber) Popp. She married Kenneth Wells in 1954 at Barton County, Kansas. They were divorced. During World War II, she was a riveter at Boeing, Chicago. She was a...
Kebby Ryan Myers
Jul 8, 2013
Kebby Ryan Myers, 30, died July 8, 2013 at Claflin, Kansas. He was born January 29, 1983 at Ellsworth, Kansas. He married April Hoffman July 3, 2010 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Claflin resident since 2001, coming from Russell, Kansas, Kebby was owner and operator of Myers Pump and Supply. He was a devoted husband and dad who loved spending...
Curtis Lee Hoffman
Jul 8, 2013
Curtis Lee Hoffman, 50, died July 8, 2013 at Claflin, Kansas. He was born July 23, 1962 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of LeRoy and Nancy (Miller) Hoffman. He married Kathi Lynn Henning August 6, 1983 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Great Bend. A lifetime Barton County resident, Curtis was a self-employed contract pumper. He was a...
