Joseph H. Hanks, Jr.
Jan 11, 2013
Joseph H. Hanks, Jr., 81, died January 11, 2013 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 11, 1931 at Emporia, Kansas, the son of Joseph Howard, Sr., and Edith (Yarger) Hanks. He married Ruth V. Eisenhower November 6, 1952 at ElDorado, Kansas. She died March 8, 2001. A Great Bend resident for six years, coming from Las...
Pamela (Asher) Schneweis Hunter
Jan 11, 2013
Pamela (Asher) Schneweis Hunter, 60, died January 11, 2013 at her home, Katy, Texas. She was born February 20, 1952 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert William "Bill" and Ann (Hahn) Asher. She married Pat Schneweis June 3, 1972 at Great Bend. They later divorced. She then married Dave Hunter May 28, 1994 at Great Bend. Mrs. Hunter...
Dorothy Jean "D. J." Welch
Jan 11, 2013
Dorothy Jean "D. J." Welch, 77, died January 11, 2013 at her home, Chesterfield, Missouri. She was born January 8, 1936 at Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence and Esther (McCormick) Detmer. She married James Curtis Welch August 18, 1956 at Washington, D. C. Mrs. Welch was an advocate for those less fortunate and spent much time and effort in...
Calvin E. Brady
Jan 11, 2013
Calvin E. Brady, 96, died January 11, 2013 at Rush County Memorial Hospital LTC, La Crosse, Kansas. He was born January 17, 1916 on the family farm at Albert, Kansas. He married Irene Mildred Hagerman May 12, 1942 at Albert. A lifetime Albert resident, Mr. Brady was a farmer. Mr. Brady was a member of Peace Lutheran Church, church council,...
Arlene A. Mingenback
Jan 10, 2013
Arlene A. Mingenback, 92, died January 10, 2013 at Great Bend, Kansas. Born December 21, 1920 at Springfield, Colorado, she was the daughter of Guy E. and Bertha (Hill) Finkle, M.D. She was a graduate of McPherson College with a degree in home economics and was a high school teacher prior to her marriage to John Joseph Mingenback, D. D....
Wesley L. Belden
Jan 9, 2013
Wesley L. Belden, 73, died January 9, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 7, 1939 at Binghamton, New York, the son of Helen (Cobb) Belden. He married Judy Smee Dean August 29, 1992 at Hoisington, Kansas. A Pawnee Rock resident since 2007, coming from Hoisington, Mr. Belden was a truck driver and a...
Floyd Leon Rich
Jan 9, 2013
Floyd Leon Rich, 90, died January 9, 2013 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas after a brief illness. He was born October 19, 1922 on a farm south of Robinson, Illinois, the son of James Pearl and Della Maggie Rich. Floyd attended Robinson Public Schools graduating from Robinson High School. He entered the Army Air Corps shortly after the bombing of...
Taylor Rae Langen
Jan 8, 2013
Taylor Rae Langen, 18, died January 8, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 5, 1994 at Great Bend, the daughter of Joel and Angelina "Angie" (Grow) Langen. A lifetime Great Bend resident, she worked in residential care for Sunflower Diversified Services. She attended Extreme Hope Church, Great Bend. She enjoyed writing stories, poetry,...
Maxine Bitter
Jan 7, 2013
Maxine (Richardson) Bitter, 85, died Jan. 7, 2013 at her residence in Otis. She was born Oct. 24, 1927 at Hardy, Ark., the daughter of Marion and Charity (Brooks) Richardson. She married Willis "Gene" Bitter Aug. 25, 1957 at Otis. She worked various jobs in Barton County throughout her life. She was an Otis resident since 1948, coming from Hardy,...
Irene Virginia Boxberger
Jan 7, 2013
Irene Virginia Boxberger was born on November 27, 1916 and grew up on the family farm in Russell County Kansas, the daughter of Emanuel and Mary Elizabeth Milberger Dumler. She attended Bunker Hill School and later Russell High School, from which she graduated in 1932. She died January 7, 2013 at her home in Great Bend. After graduation, she worked...
Jeffery Lynn Keenan
Jan 4, 2013
Jeffery Lynn Keenan, 45, died January 4, 2013 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1967 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Lawrence Lavern "Blackie" and Shirley Jean (Hoffman) Keenan. A Larned, Kansas, resident for one year, he worked for Pizza Hut as a cook and was a landscaper. Mr. Keenan...
Sandy Chism
Jan 3, 2013
Sandy Chism, 55, died Jan. 2 at her sister's home in Great Bend. Born Dec. 7, 1957, at Great Bend, she was the daughter of Charles E. and Dorothy Elizabeth (Allen) Chism. She married Lane Ikenberry on April 4, 1998, outside Lawrence, under the tallest tree in Kansas. She was a professor of painting and drawing at Tulane University, New...
Charles F. Bennett
Jan 2, 2013
Charles F. Bennett, 76, died Jan. 2 at his residence in Hoisington. He was born March 11, 1936, at Shawnee, Okla., the son of J.B. and Louie Marie (Armstrong) Bennett. A lifelong Hoisington resident, he worked as a seismographic driller and at GBI for many years. Mr. Bennett was a member of the Eagles and the Hoisington VFW Post #7428....
Lela D. Wilson
Dec 31, 2012
Lela D. Wilson, 102, died Dec. 31, 2012 at Sterling House of Great Bend. She was born Sept. 18, 1910 at Trousdale, the daughter of Ira and Minnie (Mayhew) Parker. Lela married Thomas Lafe Wilson Sept. 2, 1933 at Trousdale. He died July 6, 2004. A Great Bend resident since 1994 coming from Pratt, Lela was a homemaker and farm...
Norman W. Chakir
Dec 30, 2012
Norman W. Chakir, 94, died Dec. 30, 2012, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born Sept. 8, 1918, at Ellis, the son of William A. and Louise (Schoenthaler) Chakir. Norman married Mildred Kohlmeier in 1944, in Ellinwood. She passed away in 1974. He then married Hilda Griffith on March 10, 1981, at Miami, Okla. She survives. Mr. Chakir was...
Maxine C. Rogers
Dec 29, 2012
Maxine C. Rogers passed away December 29, 2012, at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, KS. She was born March 27, 1911, at Larned, Kansas to John William & Salina Ann (Ferree) Grizzle. Maxine married Preston James Rogers January 2, 1932, at Ellinwood, KS. He died May 3, 1988. Mrs. Rogers, a homemaker, was a Great Bend resident since 1929...
Roy Dale Ford
Dec 29, 2012
Roy Dale "Rocky" Ford, 63, passed away on Dec. 29 in Alamosa, Colo. A longtime Alamosa, Colo. and Great Bend resident, Rocky was born on Feb. 27, 1949, in Great Bend to Ora and Opal Mae (Griffin) Ford. He was a cattle and buffalo rancher and worked horses for many years. He was a carpenter and plumber, working in construction...
Charley Wayne Briggs
Dec 28, 2012
Charley Wayne "Chief" Briggs, age 88, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. Charley was born on Friday, September 26, 1924 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Ocie and Cora (Chair) Briggs. Charley served our Country honorably during WWII in the United States Navy as a Seaman First Class on board the U.S.S. South Dakota (BB-57)....
E. Wayne Vanaman
Dec 28, 2012
E. Wayne Vanaman, age 59, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital in Great Bend. Wayne was born on Saturday, February 14, 1953 in Great Bend, Kansas to Ernest Junior & Marian (Davies) Vanaman. Wayne married Heather E. Harris August 18, 2000, in Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Wayne was a roughneck and...
Gladys Woodrow
Dec 28, 2012
Gladys Rosalie Woodrow, 93, died Dec. 27 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1919, at Great Bend, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Minnie Evangaline (Mead) McMullen. She married Woodrow Wilson Woodrow on Oct. 29, 1938, in Russell. They were later divorced, but remained very close. Ms. Woodrow was a lifetime Great Bend resident,...
