Leeroy A. Legleiter
Oct 12, 2012
LeeRoy A. Legleiter, 78, died Oct. 12 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 17, 1934, at Liebenthal, the son of Anton and Genevieve (Schaffer) Legleiter. He married Leota Meier on June 13, 1959, at Hays. A Great Bend resident since 1969, coming from Hays, he was production superintendent for Coronado Oil, retiring in...
Teddi Ann Maneth
Oct 10, 2012
Surrounded by those who truly loved her, Teddi Ann Maneth, 71, passed from this life to her final reward on October 10, 2012 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 13, 1941 at Mazepa, Minnesota, the daughter of Theodore and Caroline (Schumacher) Hoffmann. She married Paul E. Maneth August 1, 1964 at St. Rose of Lima...
Linda A. Renfro
Oct 9, 2012
Linda A. Renfro, 65, died October 9, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born July 24, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence J. and Eleanor C. (Kramer) Churchill. She married Willard F. Renfro, Jr., March 16, 1963 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Renfro worked in the business office for...
Michelle Denise Price
Oct 7, 2012
Michelle Denise Price, 40, died October 7, 2012 at Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born November 24, 1971 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Dennis Lowell and Brenda (Creacy) Price. She married Scott Piland. A longtime Great Bend resident, she was a photographer for Wal-mart and Life Touch. She was a member of First Street Church of God, Hoisington. She...
Charlotte R. Davis
Oct 7, 2012
Charlotte R. Davis, 86, died October 7, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 13, 1926 at Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Levi Bethel and Tina Mabel (Rose) Haines. She married Samuel G. Davis May 20, 1950 at Corpus Christi, Texas. He died September 14, 1976. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1968, Mrs. Davis was...
Wanda Mae Smith
Oct 7, 2012
Wanda Mae Smith, 79, died October 7, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1933, the daughter of Lucius Lee and Gladys Fern Greene Cobb. She married William R. Smith July 1, 1950 at Kansas City, Missouri. He died October 21, 1999. A Great Bend resident since 1999, coming from Kansas...
Colleen Nell Riegel
Oct 7, 2012
Colleen Nell Riegel, 82, died October 7, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 29, 1929 at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of George W. and Mae L. (Dooley) Fowler. She was a 1947 graduate of Dodge City High School and a 1951 graduate of Emporia State Teachers College. She received her Masters degree...
Gloria Jean Ruble
Oct 5, 2012
Gloria "Jean" Ruble, 89, died Oct. 5, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. Born Sept. 11, 1923 at Hominy, Okla., she was the daughter of David H. and Bea (Maxwell) Cook. She moved to Paola, KS in 1930 and then to Hoisington at the age of 13. She has been a resident of Hoisington for the rest of her life....
Raylene Dee Kolas
Oct 4, 2012
Raylene Dee Kolas, 66, died Oct. 4 at Wheatland Nursing Center in Russell. Born July 18, 1946 in Hawthorne, Calif. she was the daughter of Hersel and Josephine (Long) Grindstaff. On March 23, 1963 she married Benjamin A. Kolas Jr., in Inglewood, Calif. A resident of Galatia for 19 years, coming from Hoisington, she was a seamstress. Mrs. Kolas loved...
Margaret J. Krug Shomber
Oct 3, 2012
Margaret J. Krug Shomber, 90, died October 3, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born March 26, 1922 at Causey, New Mexico, the daughter of Thomas M. and Cora Mae (Clouse) Morrison. She married Gerald H. Krug November 3, 1950 at Cunningham, Kansas. He died December 25, 1978. She then married Delbert L. Shomber February 25,...
James "Bradley" Kilgore
Oct 1, 2012
James "Bradley" Kilgore, 35, died October 1, 2012 at Hardtner, Kansas. He was born September 17, 1977 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of William F. and Brenda L. (Davis) Kilgore. A lifetime Great Bend, Kansas, resident, Mr. Kilgore was a hand for Clark Well Service, Medicine Lodge. He was a member of Cross Point Christian Fellowship, Great Bend. Survivors include...
Troy Edward Bressler
Sep 30, 2012
Troy Edward Bressler, 64, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born July 17, 1948 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Donald and Vera (Lowry) Bressler. Troy, a lifelong Hoisington resident, graduated from Hoisington High School in 1966 and attended Pratt Community College on a football scholarship. He was the owner of...
Debbie Huslig
Sep 26, 2012
Debbie Huslig, 59, died September 26, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born December 10, 1952 at Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard Louis and Donna Joan "Jo" (Rose) Huslig. A Wichita resident since 1997, coming from Great Bend, she was a baby sitter, seamstress, beauty operator and aerobics instructor. She was a...
Leona Chestnut
Sep 21, 2012
Leona Chestnut, 90, died Sept. 21 at River Bend Assisted Living, Great Bend. She was born Aug. 27, 1922, at Newton, the daughter of Jacob and Katherine (Bergen) Androes. She married Clarence Ralph Chestnut July 6, 1948, at Great Bend. He died June 30, 2012. She worked for Fuller Brush in production for 15 years, retiring in 1987. Previously, she...
Leona Klein
Sep 16, 2012
Leona M. (Huschka) Klein, 90, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at her home in rural Ellinwood. She was born March 21, 1922 at rural Sts. Peter and Paul, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Frenzl) Huschka. Leona was a homemaker, farmer's wife and a lifelong area resident. She was a former member of Sts. Peter and Paul Church and a...
Richard E. Newick
Sep 16, 2012
Richard E. Newick, 42, died September 16, 2012 in Barton County, Kansas, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. He was born March 4, 1970 at Reading, England, the son of Eric and Lorraine (Baker) Newick. He married Shonda Wilburn November 13, 1998 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident for sixteen years, coming from Chepstow, England, Mr....
Wilma R. Munz Bennett
Sep 15, 2012
Wilma R. Munz Bennett, 87, died September 15, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 22, 1925 at Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Warren and Verda Alta (Post) Lewallen. She married Robert G. Munz in August 1949 at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died December 1, 1986. She married Charles Bennett in November 1996...
Bobett T. Beran
Sep 14, 2012
Bobett Teresa Beran, 83, of Great Bend, formerly of Odin and Hoisington, passed away at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood, on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Bobett was born on August 15, 1929 in Pique, KS to Robert T. and Teresa (Stouffe) Lott. She graduated from Yates Center High School. On October 26, 1949 she was united in marriage to Eugene...
James Luther "Swede" Hemphill
Sep 12, 2012
James Luther "Swede" Hemphill, 85, died September 12, 2012 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born July 26, 1927 at Byers, Kansas, the son of Emmett W. and Trella (Clark) Hemphill. He married Joan Guinn October 7, 1950. He lived in Great Bend the past year, moving from rural Seward, Kansas, having lived there thirty years. He retired...
Norma Lee Strobel
Sep 12, 2012
Norma Lee Strobel, 79, died September 12, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 12, 1933 at Great Bend, the daughter of Dan and Dauvina (Smith) Schmidt. She married Jerome Strobel June 12, 1953 at Pawnee Rock, Kansas. He died October 12, 1983. A Great Bend resident since 2006, coming from Hays...
