Shawn Alan Ney
Dec 10, 2011
Shawn Alan Ney, 33, died December 10, 2011 in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 16, 1977, in Hoisington, the son of Michael and Debra (Bennett) Ney. A lifelong resident of Barton County, he graduated from Barton County Community College with an Associate Degree in science from the LPN program. Mr. Ney was a member of St. John the...
F. Paul Miller
Dec 10, 2011
F. Paul Miller, 83, died December 10, 2011 at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned, Kansas. He was born March 19, 1928 at Selden, Kansas, the son of Morton and Adelaide (Gage) Miller. He married Augusta Zeilinger June 19, 1958 at Heidelberg, Germany. A Great Bend resident since 2002, coming from Mundelein, Illinois, he was a retired career United States Army...
Georgia Spence
Dec 9, 2011
Georgia Spence, 87, died December 9, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 9, 1924 at Purcell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Roy and Luna (Clutz) Sims. She married Gordon Spence February 15, 1947 at Winfield, Kansas. He died May 20, 1985. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Spence was former owner and...
Priscilla A. Benignus
Dec 8, 2011
Priscilla Ann (Engel) Benignus was born in Herington, Kansas on October 9, 1931, the daughter of Oscar and Hortense (Ehrsam) Engel and was raised in Enterprise, KS. She graduated from Kansas State University with a teaching certificate and taught at Simpson, Kansas. On May 25, 1952 she married Robert M. Benignus. They lived in Alton, KS for several years before...
Kathryn Saenz
Dec 8, 2011
Kathryn "Katie" Saenz, 83, died December 8, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 13, 1928 at Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Pedro and Maria (Bravo) Godinez. She married Joe A. Saenz September 8, 1947 at Lamar. He died September 29, 2001. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1954, coming from Lamar,...
Velda L. Brittain
Dec 6, 2011
Velda L. Brittain, 76, took her last breath at home surrounded by family, December 6, 2011. She was born August 12, 1935 at Cushing, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter and Arkie (Bunch) McMahan. She was a graduate of Cushing High School. She married Robert L. "Bob" Brittain January 1, 1954 at Cushing. Mrs. Brittain was a Great Bend resident since...
Edward Murray
Dec 6, 2011
Edward Murray, 67, died Tuesday December 6, 2011 at his home in Hoisington, KS. He was born January 18, 1944 at Hamilton, Ohio the son of Christopher and Stella (Thompson) Murray. A Resident of Hoisington since 1995, Edward worked as a security guard for Great Bend Packing for many years, was a truck driver and most recently worked at Town...
Florine Burgardt
Dec 6, 2011
Florine Burgardt, 85, died December 6, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 24, 1926 at Liebenthal, Kansas, the daughter of Alex C. and Catharine (Munsch) Herrman. She married Harold Peter Burgardt May 27, 1946 at LaCrosse, Kansas. He died July 13, 1999. A Great Bend resident since 1968, coming from LaCrosse,...
Marguerite Mary Schneider
Dec 3, 2011
Marguerite M. Schneider, 76, died December 3, at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born September 28, 1935 in LaCrosse, the daughter of William and Clara (Busch) Maneth. On October 4, 1955 she married Marvin L. Schneider in LaCrosse. They were married for 56 years. A lifetime resident of Olmitz, she was a homemaker, worked for Rush County News,...
Howard Virgil Whithorn
Dec 1, 2011
Howard V. Whithorn, 92, died December 1, 2011 at Harry Hynes Hospice, Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 6, 1919, in Hutchinson, the son of Virgil and Almeda (Wallace) Whithorn. On December 4, 1959 he married Doris A. Turner in Kingman He was a resident of Hoisington since 1962 and a retired owner/operator for Peerless Pest...
Elizabeth Ann Pivonka
Nov 29, 2011
Elizabeth A. Pivonka, 82, died November 29, 2011 at Country Place Senior Living in Hoisington. She was born March 17, 1929 in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Ed and Rachel (Brack) Stenzel. On July 16, 1950 she married Myron D. Pivonka in Hoisington. He died on May 25, 2005. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, she was a homemaker. She...
Rosella A. "Rosie Dozie" Smith
Nov 28, 2011
Rosella A. "Rosie Dozie" Smith, 98, died November 28, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born September 6, 1913 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Katherine (Both) Ideker. She married Lloyd Smith October 19, 1934 at Larned, Kansas. He died January 24, 1987. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Smith was a homemaker. Mrs....
Roy Lee Jurgensen
Nov 24, 2011
Roy Lee Jurgensen, 88, died November 24, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 27, 1923 at Barton County, Kansas, the son of Fred H. and Alma W. (Schuster) Jurgensen. He married Eunice Mae Davidson May 16, 1951 at Great Bend. She died September 1, 1980. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Jurgensen was...
Florence J. Debes
Nov 24, 2011
Florence J. Debes, 75, died November 24, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 2, 1936 at Great Bend, the daughter of John A. and Helen F. (Huslig) Debes. She lived on the farm where she was born until she and her mother and father moved to Odin in 1980. Her mother died in...
Donna M. Peters
Nov 22, 2011
Donna M. Peters, 82, died November 22, 2011 at St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado. She was born September 24, 1929, at Janesville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Paul and Ada Blanche (Carroll) Rogers. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, John Peters lost the love of his life, his best friend, and the most beautiful girl in the world. Donna and John were...
Booker T. Cartwright
Nov 21, 2011
Booker T. Cartwright, 65, died November 21, 2011 at his home in Russell, Kansas. He was born June 10, 1946 at Mansfield, Louisiana the son of Edmond and Twila Bell (Colbert-Stantley) Cartwright. A Russell, Kansas resident, Booker T. worked in construction and the BBQ food industry most of his life. He was a past member of the former First Baptist...
Jerry Pierson
Nov 20, 2011
Jerry Pierson, 75, died November 20 2011, at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. He was born November 23, 1935 in Bean Lake, Missouri, the son of C.W. and Priscilla (Rupe) Pierson. On April 17, 1993 he married Lois (Smith) Becker in Great Bend. Jerry was a resident of the Barton County area for 40 years, and a long time employee...
Richard Keith Mcginnis
Nov 20, 2011
Richard K. McGinnis, 84, died November 20 at his residence in Hoisington. He was born September 10, 1927 in rural Barton County, the son of Edman E. and Lena Gray (Ruble) McGinnis. In October 1953 he married Shirley L. Trauer at Sylvia, Kansas. A resident of Hoisington since 1953, he was a grader/maintenance operator for Eureka Township and a heavy...
Gladys L. Cripe
Nov 17, 2011
Gladys L. Cripe, 86, died November 17, 2011 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 10, 1925 at Bucklin, Kansas, the daughter of Shelley and Helen (Shearer) Nease. She attended school in Bucklin and graduated from Wichita Business School in the spring of 1944. She moved to Garden City and worked at the Air Force...
Kathleen Kimpler
Nov 15, 2011
Kathleen Kimpler, 85, died November 15, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 8, 1926 at Ellinwood, Kansas, the daughter of George Peter and Mary Ann (Kramer) Kimpler. A Great Bend resident since 1975, coming from Ellinwood, Miss Kimpler was a principal and teacher in the Wichita and Dodge City Diocese Catholic...
