Warren Eugene Kerbs
Dec 28, 2011
Warren Eugene Kerbs, 88, died December 28, 2011 at his home, Oviedo, Florida. He was born April 6, 1923 at Paxico, Kansas, the son of Rhinehart Eugene and Elizabeth Isadora (Srajer) Kerbs. He was a 1941 graduate of Claflin High School. He earned a Bachelor degree in Business Administration in 1948 from Indiana University. He then owned Kerbs Grocery in...
Kathleen Pafford
Dec 28, 2011
Kathleen Pafford, 68 died on December 28, 2011. Born August 4, 1943 in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Harold and Geraldine (Kienzle) Schwartz. After graduating from Great Bend High School, she received her bachelor's degree at UCO in Edmond, Okla. and later received her master's degree at OU in Norman, Okla. She worked as a flight attendant for...
Margaret Elaine Moore
Dec 25, 2011
Margaret Elaine Moore, 96, died December 25, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born May 10, 1915 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of George and Martha Anne (McGinty) Devine. She married Bennie F. Moore October 5, 1936 at Seward, Kansas. He died in 1979. She then married Glenn E. Moore November 12, 1980 at Great Bend....
John David Kruckenberg
Dec 24, 2011
John David Kruckenberg, 37, died December 24, 2011 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 13, 1974 at Great Bend, the son of Homer Andrew and Joyce LaVon (Graham) Kruckenberg. He married Lyndsay Clutter October 15, 2005 at Hoisington, Kansas. A Hoisington resident since August 2011, coming from Topeka and Claflin, Mr. Kruckenberg was Director of Technology for USD...
Wanda N. Torrez
Dec 24, 2011
Wanda N. Torrez, 84, died December 24, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 31, 1927 at Alden, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and LaVina (McGregor) Ritter. She married Gerald D. Love February 9, 1944 at Sylvia, Kansas. They had three children and later divorced. She married Jesus Torrez in 1975 at...
Marjorie Elizabeth Schrater
Dec 23, 2011
Marjorie Elizabeth Schrater, 88, died December 23, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 10, 1923 at Alexander, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Wilhelm) Yost. She married Vernon Edward Schrater October 7, 1944 at Alexander. He died February 28, 2010. A Great Bend resident since 1960, coming from Timken, Kansas, Mrs. Schrater...
Margie Lynn Wondra
Dec 22, 2011
Margie Lynn Wondra, 64, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe, Kansas. She was born January 30, 1947 in Ellsworth, Kansas the daughter of Laborious (Bob) and Amelia (Kraft) Miller. Margie, a long-time resident of Barton County, graduated from Dorrance High School and attended the Dominican School of Nursing in Great Bend, Kansas. She...
Larry Dean Ward
Dec 21, 2011
Larry Dean Ward, 67, died Dec. 21 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born Oct. 25, 1944 in Great Bend, he was the son of Ephreum W. and Millie (Horine) Ward. On April 27, 1963 he married Mary Gonsalez in Great Bend. She survives. A lifetime resident of Barton County, he was a machinist at Farleys Machine and later worked...
Cecilia "Cec" Mcclure
Dec 21, 2011
Cec was born July 17, 1932 in Odin, Ks. She passed away on December 21, 2011 at Hutchinson Hospice House after a brave battle with kidney failure. She was the youngest child of William and Hattie (Frenzl) Klug of Odin, Ks. She was preceded in death by 13 siblings and was loved by the families of Marie Beck, Helen Gerber,...
Cletus Younger
Dec 20, 2011
Cletus Younger, 83, died Dec. 20 at home in Great Bend. He was born Aug. 26, 1928 at Victoria, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Mermis) Younger. He married Rose Amrein on Sept. 22, 1949 at Victoria. She survives. He worked for ONeil Tank Co., and later owned and operated Mid-States Sales & Service. Mr. Younger had been a Great...
Sharon Royer
Dec 19, 2011
Sharon Jean Louise Royer, 52, died Dec. 19, 2011 in Rush County. She was born Oct. 21, 1959 in Hoisington, the daughter of Marvin and Marguerite Schneider of Olmitz. A lifetime resident of Otis, she was office manager at Ashley Furniture in Hays. She previously worked for Ochs Incorporated and Detroit Diesel. She served on the Rush County Fair Board...
Cletus J. Uhrich
Dec 19, 2011
Cletus J. Uhrich, 81, died Dec. 19 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was born April 26,1930 at Collyer, the son of Christian and Mariana (Waldman) Uhrich. He married Helen K. Burgardt May 30, 1955 at Garden City. She died Jan. 18, 1997. Cletus later married Delores L. Strecker March 11, 2000 at Great Bend....
Susan Kay Campbell
Dec 18, 2011
Susan Kay Ehrlich Campbell, 47, died Dec. 18 in Denver, Colo. Born Feb. 16, 1964 in Russell, she was the daughter of Glen and Leona (Maier) Ehrlich. A resident of Denver, Colo. for two years, coming from Hornell, N.Y., she was a caretaker. Ms. Campbell was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Great Bend. Survivors include two daughters,...
James G. Roat
Dec 17, 2011
SEWARD James G. Jimmy Roat, 50, died Dec. 17, 2011 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned. He was born Nov. 13, 1961 at Phillipsburg, the son of James Andrew and Doris Verlea (Lemon) Roat. He attended Great Bend High School and graduated from Salina Vocational Technical College specializing in auto body. He was employed for many years by R and...
Don L. Clutter
Dec 17, 2011
Don L. Clutter, 65, died Dec. 17 at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Born Feb. 22, 1946, in North Tonawanda, N.Y., he was the son of Elmer and Elsie Ruth (Sellers) Clutter. On June 14, 1986, he married Angie Kaiser in Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, he was a retired maintenance employee for Natural Gas Pipeline in Albert....
Frances H. Pratt
Dec 14, 2011
Frances H. Pratt, 88, died December 14, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 11, 1923 at High Point, North Carolina, the daughter of Walter and Ethel (Scott) Dennis. She married Charles Wayne Pratt June 30, 1945 at Chester, South Carolina. He died March 19, 1999. A Great Bend resident since 2001, coming from...
Bryon R. Monaghan
Dec 12, 2011
Bryon R. Monaghan, 46, of Susank, KS died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, KS. He was born August 14, 1965 at Cheyenne, Wyoming the son of Duane Pope and Tammie (Homan) Rausch. Bryon lived in Susank for the past five years coming from Albuquerque, NM. He was a very talented self-employed woodworker and carpenter. He...
Ross Behrens
Dec 11, 2011
Ross Behrens, 56, died December 11, 2011 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 18, 1955 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Fred, Jr. and Dorothy (Ratliff) Behrens. He married Karen Nagel January 31, 1975 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Behrens was a truck driver and later a machinist for Aaron's Repair....
Elsie L. Swope
Dec 11, 2011
Elsie L. Swope, 90, died December 11, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born December 31, 1920 at Salem, Illinois, the daughter of Clyde and Katherine (Brubaker) Barrow. She married Charles Chester Collier in August 1938. He died February 8, 1944. She then married Edward L. Swope April 11, 1965 at Salem. He died August 8, 1974....
Geraldine Tempero-Callaway
Dec 10, 2011
Geraldine Callaway, 83, was born April 30, 1928, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Rev. Louis Clyde and Lorraine Goddard Gale. Geraldine died December 10, 2011 in Hoisington, Kansas. Geraldine Gerry graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. She was a homemaker and retired school teacher having taught...
