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Ruby Blaz
Dec 8, 2012
Ruby Lucille Blaz, age 70, of Hoisington, Kansas died Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born October 27, 1942 at Guymon, Oklahoma the daughter of Raymond and Helen (Smith) Steinkuehler. Ruby moved to Hoisington in 1986 coming from Guymon. She was brought up in the Nazarene Church and worked as a CNA for Texas...
Sandra Kay Brinson
Dec 8, 2012
Sandra K. Brinson, age 66, of Hoisington died Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born October 4, 1946 at Yale, Oklahoma the daughter of Alvin M. Sr. and Mildred Faye (Lanning) Sweeden. Sandra a lifelong resident of Barton County graduated from Great Bend High School. On June 28, 1964 she married Loren (Gene) Brinson...
Olinda Elizabeth "Linda" Ott
Dec 8, 2012
Olinda Elizabeth "Linda" Ott, 91, died December 8, 2012 at Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas. She was born February 18, 1921 in Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth (Hettinger) Tittel. She married I. L. "Bill" Ott January 9, 1949 at Milberger, Kansas. He died January 10, 2007. A Great Bend resident from 1963 to 2009, formerly...
Florence O. Mai
Dec 6, 2012
Florence O. Mai, 92, died December 6, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 3, 1920 at Galatia, Kansas, the daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth (Popp) Nuss. She married Walter Adam Mai October 7, 1941 at Russell, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1945, coming from Galatia, Mrs. Mai was a clerk for Sears,...
Gladys Maxine Weathers
Dec 6, 2012
Gladys Maxine Weathers, 90, died December 6, 2012 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born February 6, 1922 at Seward Township, Stafford County, Kansas, the daughter of Herman Audman and Hazel Lydia (Hibbs) Weathers. An Ellinwood resident for six years, living most of her life in Lyons, Kansas, Mrs. Weathers was a homemaker. Mrs. Weathers was a member...
Patricia Lee Schutte
Dec 6, 2012
Patricia Lee Schutte, 88, died December 6, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 22, 1924 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Edwin and Olive Alma (Button) Honderick. She married James Howard Schutte September 6, 1945 at LaCrosse, Kansas. He died November 6, 2004. A Great Bend resident since 1960,...
Ivan Eugene Worthen
Dec 5, 2012
Ivan E. Worthen, 91, died Dec. 5 at Cloud County Health Center in Concordia. Born Nov. 23, 1921 in Vinson, Okla., he was the son of Jeffie Earl and Velma Clara (Akers) Worthen. On Feb. 15, 1948 he married Imogene Carpenter in Mangum, Okla. She died on Jan. 3, 1999. A resident of Concordia since 2007, coming from Otis, he...
Lucille Batman
Dec 4, 2012
Lucille Batman, 86, died December 4, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 11, 1926 at Lexington, Mississippi, the daughter of Minnie Pearl Johnson. She married Fred Alexander. He died March 12, 1977. She then married Ralph Batman September 13, 1981 at Wilson, Kansas. Se worked for the Petroleum Club and later was co-owner...
Marlin Ray Hughes
Dec 3, 2012
Marlin Ray Hughes, 51, died December 3, 2012 in Barton County, Kansas, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born March 14, 1961 at Norton, Kansas, the son of Howard and Marian (Bennett) Hughes. He married Alicia Day Rodriguez May 1, 2010 at Ulysses, Kansas. She survives. A Great Bend and Hoisington, Kansas, resident since 1983, Mr. Hughes...
Wade Leroy Meyer
Dec 3, 2012
Wade LeRoy Meyer, 53, died December 3, 2012 in Russell County, Kansas. He was born November 18, 1959 at Craig, Colorado, the son of Russell and Mary Ann (Tate) Meyer. He married Kayla Sova March 3, 1980 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident until 1986, living in Florida until moving back to Great Bend in 2011, Mr. Meyer...
Marie Schank
Nov 29, 2012
Marie Schank, 92, died November 29, 2012 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Horacek) Nepereny. She married John W. Schank September 14, 1937 at Wichita, Kansas. He died March 5, 1966. Marie was a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1972 coming from Hays, Kansas. She was a tax clerk for the Barton County...
Homer C. "Jake" Delaney
Nov 29, 2012
Homer C. "Jake" Delaney, 78, died November 29, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born October 18, 1934 at Ness City, Kansas, the son of George Homer and Fern (Libby) Delaney. He married Darlene Joyce Foos August 24, 1952 at Bazine, Kansas. She died March 17, 2012. A Great Bend resident since August 1960, coming from...
Darlene Ramona Cline
Nov 29, 2012
Darlene Ramona Cline, 81, died November 29, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 7, 1931 at Sawyer, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Edith (Greenstreet) Powers. She married LeRoy Cline July 11, 1949 at Pratt, Kansas. He died January 13, 1990. A Great Bend Resident since 1968 coming from Pratt, Kansas,...
Diana Lee Hermansen
Nov 29, 2012
Diana Lee Hermansen, 72, died November 29, 2012 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 9, 1940 at Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William Lloyd and Wanda Marie (Albright) Ringstrom. Diana married Thomas Allen Hermansen December 26, 1959 at Pico Rivera, California. He died October 21, 2011. A Great Bend resident since 1970 coming from Lincolon,...
Verlin L. Oeser
Nov 29, 2012
Verlin L. Oeser, 74, died November 29 at his residence in Great Bend. Born November 1, 1938, at Great Bend, he was the son of Henry and Iva (Buehler) Oeser. He married Carmen Fox on February 1, 1958, at Claflin. They later divorced. He then married Cindy Wright McDaniel on January 16, 1999, at Great Bend. She survives. Mr. Oeser...
Imogene Osborn
Nov 28, 2012
Imogene Osborn, 83, died November 28 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. She was born September 1, 1929, at Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Joseph Ernie and Anna (Bausye) Choat. She married Albert D. Hatten on October 1, 1943, at Grenada, Colorado. He preceded her in death. She then married James O. Osborn on October 6, 1980, at Cimmaron. He died...
Pearl Corrine Birzer
Nov 28, 2012
Pearl Corrine Birzer, 93, died November 28, 2012 at New Horizons Care Center, Lovell, Wyoming, the daughter of Frank and Liva Della (Sharp) Eveleigh. She married Leonard Andrew Birzer August 11, 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died July 29, 1995. Mrs Birzer was a lifetime Barton County resident moving to Cody, Wyoming, in 2007. Mrs. Birzer was bookkeeper for...
Olive Marie Gage
Nov 27, 2012
Olive Marie Gage, 96, formerly of Hoisington, Kansas passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at her daughter's home in Olathe, Kansas. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel and again from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday December 1, at Nicholson-Ricke...
Janice (Jany) Aylward
Nov 26, 2012
Janice "Jany" A. Aylward, 62, died Nov. 26 in rural Hoisington. Born Feb. 23, 1950 in Hoisington, she was the daughter of Harlan (Mac) and Velma (Beck) McMillin. She was a 1968 graduate of Hoisington High School. On June 6, 1969 she married Michael Aylward in Hoisington. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, she was a rural postal carrier. She loved...
Kathrine Louise Ball
Nov 25, 2012
Kathrine Louise Ball, 83, died November 25, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 17, 1929 at Atlanta, Kansas, the daughter of Shelton C. and Veatrice (Wakefield) Haworth. She married Dewey Daniel Ball December 15, 1946 at Winfield, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1955, coming from Plainville, Kansas, Mrs. Ball was...
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