Lila Marilyn Fuller
Feb 18, 2012
Lila Marilyn Fuller, 84, died February 18, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 20, 1927 at Great Bend, the daughter of Harold and Addie Alice (Siebert) Harms. She was a 1945 graduate of Great Bend High School. She then attended Bethany College, Lindsborg, and returned to school at Sterling College receiving an Associate...
Hubert B. Ochs
Feb 18, 2012
Hubert B. Ochs, 87, died February 18, 2012 at Larksfield Place Retirement Community, Wichita, Kansas. He was born November 7, 1924 at Galatia, Kansas, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Karst) Ochs. He married Norma Lee Schultz September 5, 1948 at Great Bend, Kansas. She died July 1, 2005. A longtime resident of Great Bend, moving to Wichita in 2004,...
Leo Rocha
Feb 18, 2012
Leo Rocha, 84, died February 18, 2012 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 28, 1927 at Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Antonio and Margarita (Sanchez) Rocha. He married Elli A. Ufer September 27, 1947 at Frankfort, Germany. She died April 18, 1990. A Great Bend resident most of his life, Mr. Rocha was manager of Concrete...
Patricia M. Steadman Robl
Feb 13, 2012
Patricia M. Steadman Robl, 90, died February 13, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 17, 1921 at Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Charles and Lottie Mae (Witworth) Zahn. She married Jack Edward Steadman May 30, 1958 at Las Vegas, Nevada. He died September 17, 1993. He married Vernon F. Robl August...
Irene Mary Beran
Feb 13, 2012
Irene M. Beran, age 88, died Monday, February 13, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 11, 1923 at Victoria, Kansas the daughter of Wendelin and Pauline (Dreiling) Dinkel. Irene was an Odin resident since 1948 coming from Victoria. She moved to Great Bend in 2005. Irene was a member of the Holy...
Robert D. Engle
Feb 9, 2012
Robert D. "Bob" Engle died on Feb. 9 at Ellinwood District Hospital in Ellinwood. He was born on Dec. 25, 1929, in Ransom, to Oscar V. and Florence E. (Combest) Engle. Bob moved to Great Bend at the age of 7 and had been a resident since. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1948. Bob married Virginia Armstrong...
Bob D. Post
Feb 7, 2012
Bob D. Post, 88, died February 7, 2012 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 20, 1923 at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Walter Eden and Clara Louesa (Barritt) Post. He married Karen Healzer Wagner June 5, 1970 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1966, coming from Hutchinson, living most of his life...
Annabelle N. Spencer
Feb 6, 2012
Annabelle N. Spencer, 74, died February 6, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born July 15, 1937 at Goessell, Kansas, the daughter of Russell Everett and Frances Jane (Parsons) Wenger. She was a cook at Scott County Hospital and Clara Barton Hospital. A Great Bend resident since 1993, coming from Wichita, Mrs. Spencer enjoyed many types of...
Irene June Curtis Remmert
Feb 6, 2012
Irene June (Curtis) Remmert, 84, died February 6, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1927 at Hopewell, Kansas, the daughter of Bryant W. and Marie Anne (Ernst) Curtis. She was a graduate of Byers High School, Byers, Kansas, and St. Rose School of Nursing, Great Bend. She was a cadet...
William Edward "Ed" Kirk
Feb 5, 2012
William Edward Ed Kirk, 89, died February 5, 2012, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita. Born October 6, 1922, at Kansas City, Kansas, he was the son of William G. and Shirley M. (King) Kirk. He married Margaret A. Schweder on August 22, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas. They were married fifty-six years, until her passing on November 11, 2005....
Dean Edwin Wiziarde
Feb 5, 2012
Dean Edwin Wiziarde, 86, died February 5, 2012 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 9, 1925 at Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Clarence August and Fleeta Grace (Faulconer) Wiziarde. He married Betty Jean Popp January 5, 1947 at Larned, Kansas. A resident of Little River and Great Bend most of his life, Mr....
Emerson D. Sawaya
Feb 2, 2012
Emerson D. Sawaya, 80, died February 2, 2012 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born June 6, 1931 at Salina, Kansas, the son of George Risk and Olive (Johnson) Sawaya. He married Erma Jean Gordon June 20, 1957 at Salina. She died April 5, 2006. A Great Bend resident since 1960, coming from Salina, Mr. Sawaya was a...
Calvin D. Showalter
Feb 2, 2012
Calvin D. Showalter, 68, died February 2, 2012 at his home, Albert, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1943 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Paul M. and M. Catherine (Miller) Showalter. He was a Kansas State University graduate with an engineering degree. He married Susan Boroughs May 7, 1994 at Great Bend, Kansas. An Albert resident since 1994, coming...
Henry E. "Ed" Eichman
Jan 30, 2012
Henry E. "Ed" Eichman died Monday, Janaury 30, 2012 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be held at a later date. Memmorials may be given to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, Kansas 67544.
Betty Ann Debes
Jan 28, 2012
Betty Ann Debes, 70, died Jan. 28 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born Dec. 28, 1941 at Great Bend the daughter of Joseph A. and Marie R.(Oberle) Debes. She was a longtime Great Bend resident coming from Odin and was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and Altar Society, Odin. She is survived by a sister, Darlene...
Bernard L. Huslig
Jan 26, 2012
Bernard L. Huslig, 83, died Jan. 26, 2012, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS. He was born Feb. 29, 1928, to Leo and Mary (Boor) Huslig. On July 23, 1949, he married Donna Joan "Jo" Rose. She died Oct. 22, 2006. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Bernard worked most of that time in the oilfield....
Shiela Sutton Schmidt
Jan 26, 2012
Shiela Sutton Schmidt, 100, died January 26, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center, Howard, South Dakota. She was born December 28, 1911 at Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Smith) Sutton. She grew up in Salina, graduating from Salina High School in 1929. She earned her A. D. in History from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina in 1933...
Alvina Katherine Haas
Jan 26, 2012
Alvina Katherine Haas, 88, died January 26, 2012 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, KS. Born November 21, 1923 in Hoisington, KS. she was the daughter of Jacob and Salamena (Radke) Boger. On July 26, 1945 she married Rufus Haas. A lifetime Hoisington area resident, she was a homemaker and worked along side her husband on the dairy farm, was employed...
George W. Bemis
Jan 26, 2012
George W. Bemis, 77, died January 26, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 25, 1935 at Great Bend, the son of Carney and Ula (Falgren) Bemis. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University, he worked for the Corps of Engineers in Kansas City. He...
Jack Callaway
Jan 22, 2012
Jack Callaway was born, Lonnie Alvin Cowden, Jr., October 19, 1923, to Lonnie Alvin Cowden and Effie Ellen Dines Cowden in Kansas City, Kansas. He died January 22, 2012 at Sterling Presbyterian Manor in Sterling, KS. At the age of five, Jack was adopted by Walter Q. and Fannie Callaway, and given the name Jack. He was raised west of...
