Curtis T. Smith
Dec 28, 2012
Curtis T. Smith, 60, of Salina, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born May 8, 1952 in Hays, the son of Charley T. and Della Lorene (Musselman) Smith. Curtis worked as an engineer with Union Pacific for 41 years. A skilled craftsman, he enjoyed building things, loved to play golf and was...
Nora Ann Snow
Dec 25, 2012
GREAT BEND Nora "Ann" Snow, 86, died Dec. 25, 2012 at Edwards County Life Care Unit in Kinsley. Born March 26, 1926 in Inola, Okla. she was the daughter of George and Gerty (Lilies) Hixson. On Aug. 22, 1948 she married William Edward Snow in Great Bend. He died on April 5, 1981. A resident of Ellinwood since 2008, coming...
Terri Lynn Mccord
Dec 23, 2012
Terri Lynn McCord, 54, died Dec. 23 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. Born March 20, 1958 in Memphis, Tenn., she was the daughter of William and Barbara Donaldson. On Aug. 27, 1976 she married Larry McCord in Salem, Ark. A resident of Great Bend since 1983, coming from Ash Flat, Ark., she was a homemaker...
Connie Sue Starks
Dec 22, 2012
Connie Sue Starks, 50, died December 22, 2012 at her home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 7, 1962 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Gene and Beatrice (Southerland) Parks. She married Terry Starks June 10, 1984 at Hutchinson, Kansas. A Great Bend resident for nineteen years, coming from Hutchinson, Mrs. Starks was a homemaker. She attended First Assembly...
Paul D. Hazen
Dec 20, 2012
Paul D. Hazen, 88, died December 20, 2012 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 13, 1924 at Odense, Kansas, the son of George and Idella (Beggs) Hazen. He married Betty Lee Kempke August 16, 1944 at the home of his parents at Erie, Kansas. She died November 1, 1996. He then married Helen Sanders January 19,...
Magdalene Teresa Brack
Dec 19, 2012
Magdalene T. Brack, 88, died Dec. 19 at Hays Medical Center. Born June 27, 1924 in rural Barton County, she was the daughter of Adolph and Minnie (Mater) Tuzicka. In 1942 she graduated from Otis High School. On Sept. 12, 1945 she married Eudale Brack at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Otis. A lifelong resident of Otis, she was the...
Mary Ann Wondra
Dec 19, 2012
Mary Ann Wondra, 74, died Dec. 19 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born Aug. 26, 1938, in rural Barton County, the daughter of Arthur F. and Mary (Busch) Maneth. She married Bernard Wondra June 8, 1959, at Olmitz. A lifelong Barton County resident, she worked as a teller at Hoisington National bank for 25 years until retirement. Mrs....
Frances Victoria Fox
Dec 18, 2012
Frances Victoria Fox, 95, died December 18, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 10, 1917 at Great Bend, the daughter of Charles Franklin and Nannie Silvey (Wilson) Younkin. She married Wilson C. Fox December 31, 1939 at Great Bend. He died September 3, 1987. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Fox was a...
Delbert Lee Wagner
Dec 18, 2012
Delbert Lee Wagner, 60, died Dec. 18, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Nov. 26, 1952 at Ft. McClellan, Ala., the son of Waldine L. and Verne E. (Hamilton) Wagner. He attended Hoisington High School and was a maintenance worker for the City of Hoisington for over 25 years. He was a lifelong Barton County...
Sinh Thi Nguyen
Dec 17, 2012
Sinh Thi Nguyen, 93, died Dec. 17, 2012 at home in Great Bend. Born Oct. 2, 1919 at Hanoi, Vietnam, she was a daughter to Chuc Nguyen. In 1937, she married Lam V. Tran in Hanoi, where she was a homemaker. He died in 1962. She came to the United States after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam in 1975, and...
Theresa H. Dykes Carlson
Dec 16, 2012
Theresa H. Dykes Carlson, 81, died December 16, 2012 in Salina, Kansas. Born February 27, 1931 at Beaver, Kansas, she was the daughter of Joseph F. and Teresa (Hoffman) Hipp. On July 15, 1950, she married Billy Dykes in Great Bend. He died March 24, 1995. She then married Phil Carlson September 1, 2000, in Great Bend. He survives. A...
Eleanor M. Reif
Dec 15, 2012
Eleanor Marie Reif, age 89, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Mulvane, Kansas. She was born October 8, 1923 at Redwing, Kansas the daughter of Julius and Matilda (Boor) Klug. Eleanor, a homemaker, was a lifelong resident of Barton County. She attended the Holy Family Catholic School through the 8th grade. On May 21, 1946...
Carolyn Francis Krawetzke
Dec 15, 2012
Carolyn Francis Krawetzke, age 55, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma passed away December 15, 2012. She was born August 31, 1957 in Great Bend, Kansas to Alois "Sonny" and Juanita (Kallaus) Hoeffner. She was a homemaker and care giver to many cats and dogs throughout her life. She was a graduate of Claflin High School, Class of 1975. She met and married...
Orville Edwin Luther
Dec 15, 2012
Orville Edwin Luther, 91, died Dec. 15, 2012 at his home in Hutchinson. He was born April 19, 1921 at Great Bend, the son of Arthur W. and Elta May (Johnson) Luther. Mr. Luther was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. He had been active with lawn care. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, Great...
Ray S. Schenkel
Dec 15, 2012
Ray S. Schenkel, 77, died Dec. 15, 2012, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born Aug. 20, 1935, in Topeka, KS. On Aug. 12, 1959, he married Laura Ann Steinbacher at Great Bend. She survives. Other survivors include two sons; Scott and wife Leilani, and their children Evan and Cory, and Todd and wife Michelle, and their children Taylor...
Carolyn Francis Krawetzke
Dec 15, 2012
Carolyn Francis Krawetzke, age 55, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma passed away December 15, 2012. She was born August 31, 1957 in Great Bend, Kansas to Alois "Sonny" and Juanita (Kallaus) Hoeffner. She was a homemaker and care giver to many cats and dogs throughout her life. She was a graduate of Claflin High School, Class of 1975. She met and married...
William R. Rose
Dec 13, 2012
William R. Rose, 83, died Dec. 13 at his home in Great Bend. Born April 18, 1929 in Hudson, he was the son of Chester and Mary (Krkosska) Rose. On Aug. 14, 1954 he married Juanita Irene Burhenn in Great Bend. She died on Oct. 26, 2011. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was formerly a fuel delivery driver...
Gladys Klug
Dec 10, 2012
Gladys Klug, 88, died December 10, 2012 at her home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 1, 1924 at Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Louisa (Frenzel) Schremmer, Sr. She married Edward Joseph Klug January 29, 1946 at Odin, Kansas. He died January 3, 2007. A Great Bend resident since 1945, coming from Odin, Mrs. Klug worked for...
Sister Sibyllina Mueller
Dec 9, 2012
Sister Sibyllina Mueller, 81, died early Sunday morning, December 9, 2012, in the Dominican Sisters' Convent Infirmary, Great Bend, Kan. Born January 10, 1931, in Wichita, Kan., as Theresa Susanne Mueller, Sister Sibyllina was the daughter of the late John and Sibylla (Ternes) Mueller. She entered the Dominican Sisters' Community August 26, 1945, and pronounced her first vows June 10,...
Dennis Patrick Mcgreevy
Dec 9, 2012
Dennis Patrick McGreevy, 60, died December 9, 2012 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 19, 1952 at Great Bend, the son of William Stanley and June Lorraine (Murray) McGreevy. He married Judy K. Bender April 23, 1976 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. McGreevy was an equipment operator for Kansas Department of Transportation....
