Wilmer "Wimpy" Sander
Aug 19, 2012
Wilmer "Wimpy" Sander, 80, died August 19, 2012 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 14, 1931 at Victoria, Kansas, the son of Joe J. and Adeline (Meis) Sander. He married Norma Jean Engel February 12, 1952 at Ellis, Kansas. A Great Bend resident for fifty-four years, coming from Otis, Kansas, Mr. Sander was a meat cutter...
Theresa Schartz
Aug 19, 2012
Theresa Schartz, 73, died August 19, 2012 at her home, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 15, 1939 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Wendelin and Dorothy (Herl) Herrman. She married LeRoy G. Schartz December 31, 1955 at Great Bend. He died May 26, 2010. An Ellinwood resident since 1995, coming from rural Great Bend, Mrs. Schartz was a...
Stanley M. Elsen
Aug 19, 2012
Stanley M. Elsen, 61, died August 19, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born January 29, 1951 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Nicholas and Emelia (Schwartz) Elsen. He married Janet Rodie May 8, 1976 at Great Bend. A Timken resident for twenty-six years, Mr. Elsen came from Pawnee Rock. Mr. Elsen was a member of...
Raymond Lawrence Kraft
Aug 19, 2012
Raymond L. Kraft, 94, died August 19 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born March 5, 1918 in Galatia, he was the son of Jacob George and Eva E. (Ehrlich) Kraft. On December 15, 1945 he married Rosa Deutsch in Galatia. She died on January 9, 1997. A lifetime resident of Galatia and Hoisington, he was a farmer...
Bernard J. Prosser
Aug 16, 2012
Bernard "Barney" J. Prosser, 88, died August 16 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. Born July 14, 1924,in Mt. Angel, Oregon, he was the son of Joseph A. and Eleanor (Ficker) Prosser. In 1951 he married Gladys Utne in San Diego, California. A resident of Odin, he served in the United States Marine Corps for 31 years and retired as...
Diana Collins
Aug 15, 2012
Diana Collins, 57, died August 15, 2012 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born January 19, 1955 at San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Richard and Eulalia (Salazar) Mendez. She married Dickey Collins January 13, 1973 at Syracuse, Kansas. They later divorced. A Great Bend resident since 2000, coming from Deerfield, Mrs. Collins was a cashier at Braum's....
Dee Hapes
Aug 15, 2012
Dee Hapes, 73, died August 15, 2012 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born September 20, 1938 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Finis and Mildred (Hoefer) Woolery. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Hapes was Ampride Deli Manager and owner and operator of Mode O'Day. Survivors include two sons: Jim Hapes and his wife Kelly, Great Bend;...
Muriel Belcher
Aug 14, 2012
Muriel Belcher, 78, died August 14, 2012 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born June 20, 1934 at Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Harold and Muriel (Dieck) Bertsch. She married Owens Belcher July 23, 1959 at Reno, Nevada. He died December 31, 1987. A Great Bend resident since 1969, coming from New Jersey, Mrs. Belcher was a...
Walter R. "Walt" Garrigues
Aug 13, 2012
Walter R. "Walt" Garrigues, 80, died August 13, 2012 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born February 24, 1932 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Selah and Viva (Rising) Garrigues. He married Mary Trost Lagasse March 24, 1973 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Garrigues was a heavy equipment operator for Dubois Sand, Arthur...
Jeanette Holopirek
Aug 13, 2012
Jeanette Holopirek, 27, died August 13, 2012 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. She was born June 22, 1985 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Terry and Alice (Penka) Holopirek. A longtime Timken resident, Miss Holopirek was a 2003 graduate of Otis-Bison High School. She was active in Rush County 4-H. Miss Holopirek was a...
Alvena L. Spangenberg
Aug 13, 2012
Alvena L. Spangenberg, formerly from Great Bend, and Hudson, Kansas, was born July 28, 1947 in Salina, Kansas, daughter of Darold Ardale and Zelma Marie (Finn) Dodge, who preceded her in death. She departed this life Monday, August 13, 2012 in her home in Shell Knob, Missouri, at the age of 65 years. Alvena was a member of the Prince...
Frances G. (Berger) Ellington
Aug 12, 2012
Frances G. (Berger) Ellington, 86, died Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Russell Regional Hospital in Russell. She was born April 14, 1926 at Blanchard, Michigan the daughter of Clinton F. and Lucy Viola (DeGroat) Smalley. Frances was a homemaker and a longtime Hoisington resident. She worked at a care home in Hoisington and at Thies Packing Plant in Great Bend...
Duane Eugene Steinert
Aug 10, 2012
Duane Steinert, 65, died August 10, 2012 at Hays Medical Center. Born May 21, 1947 in Russell County, he was the son of Reuben and Edna (Templing) Steinert. On October 23, 1966 he married Joleen Hester in Milberger. A lifetime resident of Milberger and Galatia, he was a retired farmer and stockman. He loved spending time with family especially his...
August W. "Gus" Werhahn
Aug 10, 2012
August W. "Gus" Werhahn, 92, died August 10, 2012 at Sterling House of Great Bend, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 12, 1920 at Great Bend, the son of August H. and Anna (Gagelman) Werhahn. He married Elynor Mae Brancato June 19, 1943 at Great Lakes, Illinois. She died October 23, 2003. He was a graduate of Great Bend...
Merna Marie Williamson
Aug 10, 2012
Merna Marie Williamson, 86, died August 10, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. She was born April 17, 1926 in rural Barton County, the daughter of Hank and Stella (Miller) Laudick. The longtime Hoisington resident was a retired CNA of 40 years in Great Bend and Garden City. She was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church...
Kenneth Herbert Praeger
Aug 10, 2012
Kenneth H. Praeger, 94, died Aug. 10, 2012 at his residence, Claflin. He was born Oct. 14, 1917 on the Praeger homestead at Claflin, the son of Herman A. and Gertrude (Grizzell) Praeger. His father, a prominent agriculturist, was active in local and statewide politics. His mother was a member of many civic organizations. Both parents were graduates of Kansas...
Vivian M. Chalfant
Aug 8, 2012
Vivian M. Chalfant, 75, died August 8, 2012 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born November 21, 1936 at Annes, Kansas, the daughter of Johnny and Mildred (Thompson) True. She married Don Chalfant April 5, 1958 at Hutchinson, Kansas. A Great Bend resident for forty-eight years, coming from Hays, Kansas, Mrs. Chalfant was a retired secretary. Mrs. Chalfant...
June A. Lowry
Aug 6, 2012
June A. Lowry, 99, died August 6, at the Waterford Assisted Living in Lincoln, Nebraska. Born April 6, 1913 in Gypsum, she was the daughter of Fred and Adelia (Isaacson) Eagles. On August 18, 1934 she married George Lowry in Great Bend. He died on June 13, 1989. A long-time resident of Hoisington, moving to Lincoln, NE., in 2008, she...
Lorena M. Prusa
Aug 2, 2012
Lorena M. Prusa, 86, died Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Pioneer Lodge Care Home in Coldwater, KS. She was born May 3, 1926 at Otis, KS the daughter of John and Amelia (Weiser) Mater. A retired homemaker, Lorena was a lifelong Olmitz and Claflin resident. She was a former member of St. Catherine Catholic Church, Dubuque, KS, and a member...
Margaret E. Archer
Aug 2, 2012
Margaret E. Archer, 84, died August 2, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 9, 1928 at St. Mary's, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Theresa (Pheifer) Seitz. She married William E. Archer at Great Bend. He died April 19, 1998. A Barton County resident for most of her life, Mrs. Archer was a...
