Joan Nuss
May 10, 2011
Joan Nuss, 86, died May 10, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born March 18, 1925 at Bessemer, Michigan, the daughter of Guy and Angela (Larese) Marzari. She married Glen W. Nuss April 10, 1948 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died March 21, 2006. A Hoisington resident for fifty years, she was a teacher's aide for USD 431,...
John William "Papa John" Skinner
May 10, 2011
John William "Papa John" Skinner, 78, died May 10, 2011 at Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. He was born October 1, 1932 at Baxter, Missouri, the son of Wesley Alexander and Thelma Irene (Reinecke) Skinner. A lifetime Great Bend area resident, Mr. Skinner operated Skinner Appliances. He was a United States Air Force veteran during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Skinner...
Eugene A. Nuss
May 10, 2011
Eugene A. Nuss, 82, died May 10, 2011 from injuries occurring at an accident. He was born March 16, 1929 at Russell County, Kansas, the son of Edward and Amelia (Karst) Nuss. He married Velda M. Keil October 4, 1953 at Milberger, Kansas. A lifelong Russell County resident, Mr. Nuss was a farmer and a former employee of Karst Construction....
Hiram J. "Hi" Baxter, Jr.
May 9, 2011
Hiram J. "Hi" Baxter, Jr., 87, died May 9, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born May 28, 1923 at Larned, Kansas, the son of Hiram Henry and Katherine "Mae" (Simmons) Baxter. He married Patricia Ida Mae Younkin January 25, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1947, Mr. Baxter was a letter carrier...
Donald L. Nagel
May 9, 2011
Donald L. Nagel, 57, died May 9, 2011 at Stafford County Hospital, Stafford, Kansas. He was born May 31, 1953 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Albert and Marcena (Labbe) Nagel. He was a supervisor for a plastics injection molding company. An outdoorsman, and avid fisherman and hunter, Mr. Nagel was a Stafford resident since 2005, growing up in...
Evelyn L. Moore
May 5, 2011
Evelyn L. Moore, 94, died May 5, 2011 at Holiday Resort, Salina, Kansas. She was born September 11, 1916 at McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Clear) Thacker. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in music performance. She was a long-time Great Bend resident, having taught at Jefferson Elementary School. Mrs. Moore was a...
Keith Wayne Benker
May 1, 2011
Keith Wayne Benker, 53, died May 1, 2011 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 20, 1958 at Deshler, Nebraska, the son of Kenneth and Connie (Ingles) Benker. He married Maribeth Taylor Fradd January 1, 1996 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1988, coming from Cunningham, Kansas, Mr. Benker owned and operated Keith Benker Irrigation Service. Mr....
Leonard Paul Staudinger
May 1, 2011
Leonard P. Staudinger, 68, died May 1, 2011 at his residence. He was born April 8, 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Anton and Agnes (Zeman) Staudinger. He married Mary Ann Jacobs June 13, 1970 at Russell Kansas. A lifetime rural Barton County Kansas resident, Mr. Staudinger was a farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic...
Dr. Thomas D. Van Winkle
Apr 28, 2011
Dr. Thomas D. Van Winkle, 88, died April 28, 2011 at Life Care Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 18, 1923 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Albert and M. Ruth (McGinty) Van Winkle. He married Ann Wesley August 20, 1957 at Wichita. A resident of Wichita most of his life, coming from Seward, Dr. Van Winkle was...
Emerson Macdonald
Apr 28, 2011
Emerson MacDonald, 93, passed away peacefully April 28, 2011 at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 3, 1917 at Hackettstown, New Jersey, the son of Emerson C. and Grace (Petty) MacDonald. He married Gladys Naoma Glass May 29, 1941 at Winfield, Kansas. She passed away October 20, 2006. A Great Bend resident since 1947, coming from...
Mark Edward Smith
Apr 27, 2011
Mark Edward Smith, 57, died April 27, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 8, 1953 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Charles and Ruby (Payne) Smith. He was a lifetime Claflin resident. Mr. Smith was of the Southern Baptist Faith. Survivors include one sister, Cindy Smith, Claflin; one brother, Danny Smith,...
Violetta Louise Karst
Apr 26, 2011
Violetta Louise Vi (Oetken) Karst, 81, died April 26, 2011 in Mesa, Arizona, surrounded by her loving family, after a brief illness. Violetta was born Feb. 17, 1930, in Albert, to the late Otto, Sr., and Ellen (Arnold) Oetken. Violetta is survived by her husband of 62 years, Marvin; her daughter Karen and husband Richard Hoskins; her grand-daughter, Lindsay Hoskins;...
Lea (Steitz) Lehmann
Apr 26, 2011
Lea (Steitz) Lehmann, 96, died April 26, 2011 at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 16, 1915 at Otis, Kansas, the daughter of Conrad and Mary (Brack) Steitz. She married Martin F. Lehmann August 23, 1936 at Otis. He died September 12, 2005. She was baptized May 9, 1915 and confirmed June 2, 1929 at Otis....
Mildred F. Sweeden
Apr 23, 2011
Mildred F. Sweeden, 85, died April 23, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 3, 1925 at Yale, Oklahoma, the daughter of John B. and Anna (Bachalor) Lanning. She married Alvin M. Sweeden, Sr., April 3, 1946 at Stillwater, Oklahoma. He died April 27, 1991. A homemaker, Mrs. Sweeden was a Great Bend resident...
Cleo May Barton
Apr 22, 2011
Cleo May Barton died April 22, 2011 at her Great Bend, Kansas, home. She was born at Moscow, Kansas, the daughter of Roy A. and Bessie E. (Stevens) May. She married C. E. "Clem" Barton February 14, 1941 at Cimarron, Kansas. They enjoyed sixty-one years of marriage until his death on December 9, 2002. A homemaker, Mrs. Barton was a...
Charles Leroy Buehler
Apr 21, 2011
Charles Leroy Buehler, 84, died April 21, 2011 at Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1926 at Claflin, Kansas, the son of Charles Rudolph and Josephine Martha (Kooci) Buehler. He married Virginia Ruth Folck February 1, 1946 at Lyons, Kansas. A Great Bend resident, Mr. Buehler had a private law practice for fifty years in Claflin...
Evelyn L. Tegarden
Apr 16, 2011
Evelyn L. Tegarden, 90, died April 16, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 10, 1921 at Stockton, Kansas, the daughter of Jessie L. and Lila (Fetterolf) Hulse. She married Glen O. Tegarden December 17, 1949 at Russell, Kansas. He died March 4, 2003. A Great Bend resident since 1949, coming from Stockton, in...
Valeria J. Slankard
Apr 16, 2011
Valeria J. Slankard, 86, died April 16, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 11, 1925 at Mount Ida, Arkansas, the daughter of Luther and Ruth (Rogers) Gibson. She married John Slankard August 12, 1943 at Great Bend. He died April 12, 1993. Mrs. Slankard was a lifetime Great Bend resident, she...
Betty J. Patterson
Apr 16, 2011
Betty J. Patterson, 80, died April 16, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1930 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Mirla (Colhour) Phillips. She married Junior Lee Patterson September 24, 1948 at Beaver. He died September 9, 2010. A longtime Hoisington resident, Mrs. Patterson was a retired school teacher, having taught at...
Mildred J. Schenk
Apr 13, 2011
Mildred J. Schenk, 86, died April 13, 2011 at Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1924 at Ness County, Kansas, the daughter of Guy and Martha (Corrigan) Ludington. She married Clifton Helt in 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died in July 1976. She married Bill Daniel May 9, 1970 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died...
