Alice Lucille Boxberger
Aug 1, 2012
Alice Lucille (Karst) Boxberger, 91, passed away August 1, 2012 at Rush County Memorial Hospital, LaCrosse, KS. She was born March 28, 1921 in Russell County on a farm at Milberger. The only child of Samuel and Mollie (Schwein) Karst, Alice grew to womanhood on the farm until the time of her marriage. After her marriage she lived on a...
Shirley Harrison
Jul 30, 2012
Shirley Ann Harrison, 76, died Monday, July 30 at Southwind Hospice Home, in Pratt, KS. Born on August 20, 1935 in Hoisington, she was the daughter of Frank A. and Anna (Springer) Kuhn. Shirley worked for Kansas Brick and Tile as a secretary and at Sunflower Diversified Services. She was a lifetime resident of Hoisington. The 1953 Hoisington High School...
Donald Eugene "Gene" Sheets
Jul 25, 2012
Donald Eugene "Gene" Sheets, 84, died July 25, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 21, 1928 at Reamsville, Kansas, the son of John Russell and Ina Frances (Aikin) Sheets. He married Myrna Yenne and were later divorced. He then married Carolyn Ann Showalter Skeels November 9, 1979 at Dighton, Kansas. A...
Anna Marie Boor
Jul 22, 2012
Anna M. Boor, 98, died July 22 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 4, 1913 in Odin, she was the daughter of Joseph V. and Frances M. (Tinkel) Jenisch. On April 23, 1941 she married Nick F. Boor in Odin. He died on June 25, 1998. A lifetime resident of Odin, she was a retired homemaker and...
Margaret Lee "Peggy" Matthews
Jul 21, 2012
Margaret "Peggy" Lee Matthews, 84, died July 21 at the Hoeger House, Olathe, KS. She was born Aug. 5, 1927, at Hoisington, the daughter of Alvin Leroy and Jeanie (Francis) Holter. Peggy married Jack Matthews July 5, 1952, at Great Bend. He survives. Mrs. Matthews, a homemaker, was a longtime Great Bend, Kansas resident, coming from Salina and Belpre. Other...
Michelle J. Steinert
Jul 19, 2012
Michelle Jean Steinert, age 56, lost a three-year-fight with cancer at 10:40 p.m. Thursday, July 19, 2012, in her home surrounded by the pride and joy of her life - her five grown children. She was born July 22, 1955 in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Darrell Bellew and Mary Pickett. Michelle's life and character of modesty, simplicity and...
Ryan J. Booth
Jul 19, 2012
Ryan J. Booth, age 28, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 26, 1983 at Hoisington the son of Randy and Rebecca Sue (Martin) Booth. Ryan graduated from Hoisington High School in 2003. He was a lifelong Barton County resident and enjoyed working at Dairy Queen, RCL Railroad, United Ag Services...
Lonnie B. Irvin
Jul 19, 2012
Lonnie B. Irvin, 57, died July 19, 2012 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born March 2, 1955 at LaCrosse, Kansas, the son of Dean and Inez (Brackney) Irvin. He was a 1973 graduate of McCracken High School, was a student at Dodge City Community College, and was a graduate of Fort Hays State University. His first job...
Gene Gifford
Jul 18, 2012
Gene Gifford, 87, died July 18, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born April 13, 1925 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Henry F. and Leona Maude (Baker) Gifford. He married Doris Eileen Robinson January 1, 1949 at Trousdale, Kansas. She died April 24, 1968. He then married Phyllis Gail Mische Wilcox June 1, 1969...
Adell Johnson
Jul 17, 2012
Adell Johnson, 100, died July 17, 2012 at her home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 17, 1912 at Coweta, Oklahoma, the daughter of Henry and Savanna (Pearson) Scroggins. She married William Leslie Johnson June 18, 1941 at Great Bend. He died June 2, 1978. A Great Bend resident since 1939, coming from Coweta, Mrs. Johnson was a housekeeper...
Ileen A. Hanhardt
Jul 13, 2012
Ileen A. Hanhardt, 89, died July 13, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 11, 1922 at Alexander, Kansas, the daughter of Peter and Elsa (Ebert) Boese. She married Glen M. Whipple October 12, 1941. He died October 21, 1948. She then married Herman Hanhardt November 24, 1953 at Hoisington, Kansas. He...
Robert J. Weaver, D. V. M.
Jul 12, 2012
Robert J. Weaver, D. V. M., 90, died July 12, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 24, 1922 at Burlington, Kansas, the son of Samuel David and Elizabeth Moss (George) Weaver. He married Mae Kepler September 20, 1942 at Burlington, Kansas. He was a 1940 graduate of Burlington High School and...
Dorothy Marie Alefs
Jul 12, 2012
Dorothy Marie Alefs, 87, died July 12, 2012 at Lakepoint at Crestview, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 18, 1925 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John Taylor and Florence (Grice) Boatright. She married Irwin Frank Alefs October 28, 1945 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident most of her life, living twenty years at Moscow, Kansas, she was...
Peggy Joan Hoeme
Jul 9, 2012
Peggy Joan Hoeme, 81, died July 9, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 11, 1931 at Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Rhoda (Parr) Oller. She married Donald F. Hoeme October 8, 1950 at Natrona, Kansas. He died September 19, 1996. A Great Bend resident since 1968, coming from Denver,...
Leonard E. Miller, Jr.
Jul 8, 2012
Leonard E. Miller, Jr., 61, died July 8, 2012 at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 12, 1950 at Great Bend, the son of Leonard Jean and Edna (Kathman) Miller. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he was a siding installer for Southard Corporation, worked at EQ Muffler, and was a handyman for Joe Mayers. Survivors include...
Terry Raymond Kowalsky
Jul 7, 2012
Terry Raymond Kowalsky, 69, died July 7, 2012 at his home, Kanopolis, Kansas. He was born November 15, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Leo Joseph and Hilda Margaret (Heinz) Kowalsky. A Kanopolis resident since 2009, coming from Redding, California, where he had been a longtime resident. He operated a machine shop in Redding and also farmed and...
Lillian Marie Gates
Jul 5, 2012
Lillian Marie Gates, 97, died July 5, 2012 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born August 18, 1914 at Bloomington, Indiana, the daughter of John and Laura (Baxter) Wampler. She married Walter Henry Gates May 26, 1938 at Kingman, Kansas. He died October 13, 1989. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident for seventy years coming from Pawnee Rock, Kansas,...
Ulanda K. Nichols
Jul 5, 2012
Ulanda K. Nichols, 89, died July 5, 2012 at Wheatland Nursing Center, Russell, Kansas. She was born December 29, 1922 at Galatia, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Amelia (Dumler) Karst. Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Reverend James A. Strasen will officiate. There will be no visitation as cremation...
Pat Chiater Lightfoot
Jul 2, 2012
Pat Chiater Lightfoot, 71, died July 2, 2012 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born October 29, 1940 at Rivesville, West Virginia, the daughter of John and Dorothy (Haught) Chiater. She married Marion F. Lightfoot January 23, 1983 at Fairmont, West Virginia. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1989, coming from Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Lightfoot was...
Norma Lea Mccurdy
Jul 2, 2012
Norma Lea McCurdy, 84, died July 2, 2012 at Baylor Regional Medical Center- Grapevine, Gravevine, Texas. She was born April 27, 1928 at Albert, Kansas, the daughter of William F. and Clella M. (Parker) Folkerts. She married Roy J. McCurdy July 4, 1946 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died July 8, 1999. A Keller, Texas, resident since 2005 coming from...
