Luetta Mae "Lu" Jenisch
Aug 3, 2011
Luetta Mae Lu Jenisch, 81, died August 3, 2011 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born December 1, 1929 at Ellinwood, the daughter of Joseph Ferdinand Joe and Kathryn Theresa (Heinz) Jenisch. Miss Jenisch attended St. Joseph Grade School, Ellinwood, and was a 1947 graduate of Ellinwood High School. She was then attended St. Rose School of Nursing,...
Timothy Orr "Tim" Klusener
Aug 2, 2011
Timothy Orr Tim Klusener, 54, died August 2, 2011 at his brothers home at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 2, 1957 at Great Bend, the son of August Michael Slim and Lois Darlene (Orr) Klusener. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Klusener was an oilfield roughneck for more than thirty-five years. Mr. Klusener was a member of Cheyenne...
Jennie J. Byerley
Aug 1, 2011
Jennie J. Byerley, 97, died August 1, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center, Ellsworth, Kansas. She was born June 6, 1914 at Romine Township, Illinois, the daughter of William and Amanda (Lawerence) Halfacre. She married Harold Byerley November 19, 1937 at Saint Charles, Missouri. He died May 27, 1974. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1939, coming from Salem, Illinois, and...
Jean Polzin
Aug 1, 2011
Jean Polzin, 81, died August 1, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 27, 1929 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Viola Depiesse. When she was six years old her mother passed away and she was raised by her grandparents, Jac and Mary (Meyeres) Depiesse. She married Rom Polzin April 16, 1952...
John Luebbers
Aug 1, 2011
John Luebbers (Luebbs) age 67, died Sunday, August 1, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Kansas. He was born September 11, 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas the son of Henry and Josephine (Straub) Luebbers. He married Joan Boor on August 16, 1969 at Odin, Kansas. John worked for Hartman Oil Company as a pumper, and was a lifelong Ellinwood...
Richard J. "Dick" Stevens
Jul 31, 2011
Richard J. "Dick" Stevens, 70, died July 31, 2011 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born July 17, 1941 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of R. J. and Janet (Ewing) Stevens. He married Marie Smith Ryan September 13, 1985 at Hugoton, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1997, coming from Hugoton, he worked in law enforcement and...
Melvin Clay Simpson
Jul 31, 2011
Melvin Simpson, 94, died July 31, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 17, 1917 at Newby, Oklahoma, the son of William Thomas and Sara (Davis) Simpson. He married Frances Elizabeth Jackson March 13, 1934 at Osceola, Missouri. A Great Bend resident since 1941, coming from Eaton, Colorado, Mr. Simpson was owner...
Ronald J. Karlin
Jul 30, 2011
Ronald J. Karlin, 74, died July 30, 2011 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born September 26, 1936 at Hays, the son of Henry W. and Evelyn M. (Rupp) Karlin. He married Virginia Dufford Wysong June 7, 1958 at Larned, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1943, coming from Hays, Mr. Karlin was an area salesman for Frito-Lay,...
Danny F. Renfro
Jul 28, 2011
Danny F. Renfro, 60, died July 28 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born Dec. 26, 1950, at Great Bend, to Willard Francis and Waunita Lucille (Moore) Renfro. He married Karen Sue Miller on July 22, 1992, at Great Bend. She died Aug. 24, 2010. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he worked in the oilfield. Mr. Renfro was a...
Charles W. Bybee
Jul 27, 2011
Charles W. Bybee, 71, died July 27 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover. He was born Sept. 16, 1939, at Geneseo, to Paul William and Helen (Morehouse) Bybee. He married Janet Stroup on Aug. 9, 1964, at Chase. He was an I.T. manager at Central Kansas Medical Center and was owner and operator of Bybees Garage Door Service and Action...
Fred F. Dreiling
Jul 27, 2011
Frederick F. Dreiling, 89, died July 27, 2011 at his home. He was born June 17, 1922 at St. Schoenchen, Kansas, the son of Frederick P. and Christina (Braun) Dreiling. He married Irene Schmeidler January 9, 1950 at St. Severin, Kansas. She died July 21, 2009. Mr. Dreiling was a Great Bend resident since 1950, coming from Hays. He worked...
Elgie L. Unruh
Jul 25, 2011
Elgie L. Unruh, 85, a longtime resident of Pawnee Rock, went to be with his Lord and Savior July 25, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Elgie was born March 26, 1926 on a farm near Pawnee Rock, the son of Otis Unruh and Lena Schultz Unruh. He was married to Anita Jepson and to this union was born two...
Bennie Mooer
Jul 25, 2011
Bennie Mooer, 86, died July 25, 2011, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born Feb. 25, 1925, at Otis, the son of Harvey and Hermina (Gleissner) Mooer. He married Bonnie Peoples on Sept. 8, 1946, at St. John. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he owned and operated the Bennie Mooer Construction Co. He served during World War II as...
Helen Harmon
Jul 25, 2011
Helen Harmon, 74, died July 25 at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born July 23, 1937 at Geneseo the daughter of Luis P. & Frances (Gomez) Vasquez. She married Melvin L. Harmon March 2, 1963 at Great Bend and worked for Cheyenne Hardware as a clerk. She was a longtime Hoisington resident, and a member of St. John the...
Sister Louise Hageman
Jul 25, 2011
Sister Louise Hageman, 78, died July 25, 2011, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend. Born Nov. 26, 1932, in Willowdale, as Rita Hageman, Sister Louise was the daughter of Fred and Louise Schulte Hageman. She entered the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend June 13, 1948, and pronounced her first vows June 11, 1951. She celebrated 60 years of...
Viola Marie Larson
Jul 23, 2011
Viola Marie Larson, 100, died July 23, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation. She was born July 21, 1921 at Lindsborg, Kansas, the daughter of Andrew and Adeline (Arnold) Brotherson. She married Gerald Larson September 25, 1948 at Galva, Kansas. He died December 7, 1991. A Great Bend resident since 1948, Mrs. Larson was a homemaker. Survivors include one...
Walter Kenneth Ehly
Jul 23, 2011
Walter K. Ehly, 83, died July 23, 2011 at his residence, Claflin, Kansas. He was born October 17, 1927 at Claflin, KS, the son of August and Mary (Knorr) Ehly. He was raised in Claflin and graduated from Claflin High School. He served his country both in the United States Marine Corp. and the United States Air Force. Mr. Ehly...
Helen Mae Standlee
Jul 22, 2011
Helen Mae Standlee, 81, died July 22, 2011 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born January 27, 1930 at Wynona, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nathan and Nora (Hearin)Berryhill. She married Kenneth Carl Standlee June 29, 1946 at Hays, Kansas. He died September 11, 2008. Mrs. Standlee had been an Ellinwood, Kansas resident since 1964, coming from Plainville, Kansas....
Harold Allen Piper
Jul 20, 2011
Harold Allen Piper, 82, died July 20, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born July 11, 1929 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of James Jacob and Helen Ann (Tucker) Piper. He married Shirley Ruth Young April 16, 1948 at Honolulu, Hawaii. She died August 10, 2002. A Great Bend resident since 1962, coming from Pratt, Kansas,...
Betty Lorraine Garner
Jul 19, 2011
Betty Lorraine Garner, 86, died July 19, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 27, 1924 at Great Bend, the daughter of Harry and Lucy (Kindall) Johnson. She married Dink Everett Garner December 31, 1947 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Garner worked in surgery, the nursery, and was ward secretary...
