John Haynie Ll
Sep 11, 2012
John William Haynie II, 38, died on Sept. 11 at his residence in Olmitz. Born Dec. 3, 1973 in Stuttgart, Germany, he was the son of Glyn and Paula (Woodward) Haynie. On April 12, 1997 he married Stacy Owens in Fort Leavenworth. A resident of the Hoisington area since 2004, coming from Leavenworth he was a finance manager for Marmie...
James White
Sep 8, 2012
James White, 97, died September 8, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 8, 1915 at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Frank L. and Zella Myrtle (Hutto) White. He married Opal Spittler January 2, 1937 at Wellington, Kansas. She died March 7, 2005. A Great Bend resident since 2008, coming from Anthony...
Dorothy R. O'Connell
Sep 8, 2012
Dorothy R. O'Connell, 98, died September 8, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 10, 1914 at Bison, Kansas, the daughter of Harvey Robert and Grace Maude (Crotinger) Timken. She married Earl Ronald O'Connell June 4, 1936 at Bison. He died August 21, 2001. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. O'Connell was a homemaker....
Harlie Edwin Nutting
Sep 7, 2012
Harlie Edwin Nutting, 99, died September 7, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1913 at Aberdeen, Idaho, the son of John W. and Mary Ellen (Esery) Sisler. At the age of four, he was adopted by Lewis and Emma (Lynn) Nutting and moved to southwest Missouri. He married Helen Luticia...
Leonard George Gerritzen
Sep 7, 2012
Leonard George Gerritzen, 84, died September 7, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 30, 1928 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of George Theodore and Hilda Mae (Budig) Gerritzen. Mr. Gerritzen was a lifetime Barton County resident. He was a 1946 graduate of Hoisington High School and earned a Bachelor of Science...
Robert Rae Rowe
Sep 7, 2012
Robert Rae "Bob" Rowe, 57, died September 7, 2012 at his home, Enid, Oklahoma. He was born May 15, 1955 at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Billie Rae and Patricia Joan (Sumner) Rowe. He married Charlotte Rathbun July 20, 1974 at Great Bend, Kansas. Mr. Rowe was an Enid, Oklahoma, resident since 2006, coming from Great Bend, Kansas. He was...
Marie Alice Mcnett
Sep 1, 2012
Marie Alice McNett, 86, died September 1, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 7, 1926 at Red Rock, Oklahoma, the daughter of Leonard and Libby (Bradwell) Ward. She married Champ McNett at Great Bend, Kansas. He died February 27, 1994. A Great Bend resident most of her life, coming from Red Rock, Mrs....
Adam David Andrulis
Sep 1, 2012
Adam David Andrulis, 5, died September 1, 2012 at Lyons, Kansas. He was born May 19, 2007 at Great Bend, Kansas. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he liked the Avengers, liked to wrestle, and dress up like a cowboy. Survivors include his parents, Stephen and Michelle (Andrulis) Disque, of the home; four brothers: Cody George, Arimis Disque, Kile Farrar, and...
Marguerite Lila Horn
Sep 1, 2012
Marguerite Lila Horn, 76, died Sept. 1 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born Feb. 20, 1936 at Lamar, Colo., the daughter of Walter R. and Eva (Grippin) Smith. She married William E. Horn Dec. 24, 1952 at Scott City. He survives. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Horn was a Great Bend resident since 2002, coming from rural Hoisington....
Glenn Earl Hill
Aug 31, 2012
Glenn Earl Hill, 89, died Aug. 31 at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1922 at Indianapolis, Ind. the son of Walter and Vera (Meier) Hill. He married Lois May Bryant June 2, 1946 at Great Bend. She survives. He worked for Western Power and Centel as an office products controller. Mr. Hill was a Great Bend resident since...
Lois Powell
Aug 31, 2012
Lois Powell, 87, died Aug. 31, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1925. Lois passed into the arms of her loving Lord on Aug. 31, 2012 in Great Bend. She was born on Jan. 11, 1925 to James E. and Verna (Siegfried) Crain in Philipsburg, Penn. She married Hugh W. Powell on Jan. 11,...
Roscoe John Merry
Aug 31, 2012
Roscoe John Merry, 83, of Galatia, Kansas died Friday, August 31, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born December 23, 1928 at Aurora, Illinois the son of Roscoe Cecil and Henrietta Maye (Howard) Merry. Roscoe married Barbara Louise Ann Strecker on March 30, 1977 at Riverton, Wyoming. He was a US Navy Veteran and served on...
Betty Freeman
Aug 31, 2012
Betty Freeman, 84, died Aug. 31 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born Nov. 2, 1927 at Hutchinson, the daughter of Russell C. and Thelma L. (Lehr) Eastes. She married Ivan Stanley Freeman on Jan. 4, 1948 at Pratt, Kansas. He survives. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Freeman was a Great Bend resident since 1960, coming from...
Edward Dolechek
Aug 28, 2012
Edward "Ed" Dolechek, 63, died August 28 at his home in rural Claflin. Born December 4, 1948 in Great Bend, he was the son of Albert and Kathryn (Klein) Dolechek. A lifelong resident of Claflin he was a custom harvester and farmer. Mr. Dolechek was a 1967 Claflin High School graduate and a continued on to graduate from KSU in...
Kenneth "Kenny" Brummer
Aug 25, 2012
Kenneth "Kenny" Brummer, 66, died August 25, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 25, 1945 at Beloit, Kansas, the son of Joseph I. and Kathryn (Thomas) Brummer. He married Beth Melton October 28, 1967 at Beloit. A Great Bend resident since 1981, coming from Beloit, Mr. Brummer retired from Barton Community College in 2007, working...
Thomas Leroy Wray
Aug 25, 2012
Thomas LeRoy Wray, 86, died August 25, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 18, 1925 at McLouth, Kansas, the son of Albert and Mabel (Bradford) Wray. A Great Bend resident since 2006, coming from Midwest City, Oklahoma, Amarillo, Texas, Clearfield, Utah, and Kansas City, Kansas, Mr. Wray was an auto transporter working for...
Max Nelson Reed
Aug 25, 2012
Max Nelson Reed, 72, died August 25, 2012 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 1, 1940 at McPherson, Kansas, the son of Clarence Harley and Anna Ellen (Ebaugh) Reed. Max was a wonderful son, husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, teacher, and coach. He married Judith Ann Birkholz on May 23, 1965 at Argonia, Kansas. She...
Joseph F. Hekele
Aug 23, 2012
Joseph F. Hekele, 90, died August 23, 2012 at Golden Living Center, Wilson, Kansas. He was born March 14, 1922 at Odin, Kansas, the son of Joseph Alois and Anna Agnes (Seus) Hekele. He married Martha Moeder October 25, 1950 at Hoisington, Kansas. She died October 11, 1988. A lifetime Odin resident, Mr. Hekele was owner of Hekele and Sons...
Laurine Brown
Aug 20, 2012
Laurine Brown, 88, died August 20, 2012 at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born September 2, 1923 at Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph and Anna (Roediger) Schweitzer. She married Walter Leo Brown February 14, 1942 at McCracken, Kansas. He died November 28, 1991. A Great Bend resident since 1981, coming from Ransom, Brownell, and McCracken, Mrs....
Marjorie Doreen Harrington
Aug 20, 2012
Marjorie Doreen Harrington, 91, died August 20, 2012 at River Bend Assisted Living in Great Bend. Born January 10, 1921 at London, England, she was the daughter of Herbert and Victoria (Forman) Hyudspith. After attending Harrow Art School and Kilburn Polytechnical College, where she actively sought to be a women's clothing designer, she married the Reverend Norman McCallum in 1939....
