Steven Oliver Warner
Mar 28, 2011
Steven Oliver Warner, 58, died March 28, 2011 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 2, 1952 at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kenneth Morris and Rubye Estes (Young) Warner. In October 1974, he met his future wife, Cindy Rasmussen and they were married eight months later on June 21, 1975. They had three...
Mildred Oleta Elliott
Mar 24, 2011
Mildred Oleta Elliott, 94, died March 24, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 5, 1917 at Medford, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Wesley and Lillie Belle (Wykes) Wisehart. She married Harry W. Elliott June 12, 1932 at Hays, Kansas. He died December 24, 1997. A Great Bend resident since 1938, coming...
David Dean Seyfert
Mar 23, 2011
David Dean Seyfert, 39, died March 23, 2011 at his residence. He was born July 5, 1971 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Dale D. and Shirley R. (Smith) Seyfert. A Great Bend resident for twenty years, coming from the farm north of Claflin, he was a small engine repairman for Carr Auto and Electronics. He was of the...
Barbara Kay Clark
Mar 23, 2011
Barbara Kay Clark, 70, died March 23, 2011 at her home. She was born September 17, 1940 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Howard and Betty (Alderson) Bangerter. She married Joseph A. Clark on May 12, 1964 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He died in 1997. A Great Bend resident for the last four years coming from Wichita, Kansas, she...
Ellen Ora "Punky" Sparks
Mar 22, 2011
Ellen Ora Punky Sparks, 72, died March 22, 2011 at her home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 10, 1939 at Great Bend, the daughter of Ora and Opal (Griffin) Ford. She married Robert Sparks December 20, 1959 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1945, coming from Wichita, she was a realtor for Coldwell Banker Sell Real...
James Neilan "Jim" Walter
Mar 21, 2011
James Neilan "Jim" Walter, 75, died March 21, 2011 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 21, 1935 at Seward, Kansas, the son of Harry H. and Edna D. (Grow) Walter. He married Alice Lytle Root April 10, 1982 at First United Methodist Church, Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Walter was...
Marlene K. Robl
Mar 20, 2011
Marlene K. Robl, 79, died March 20, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born December 27, 1931 at Spearville, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbert "Bill" and Irene (Kern) Schawe. An Ellinwood, Kansas, resident since 1956, coming from Great Bend, Mrs. Robl was a homemaker. She was a loving mother and grandmother, devoting her life to her...
John A. Foos
Mar 19, 2011
John Alan Foos, 67, died March 19, 2011 at Ellsworth Good Samaritan Retirement Center, Ellsworth, Kansas. He was born March 2, 1944 at Bazine, Kansas, the son of John B., Jr. and Esther (Foos) Foos. A longtime Great Bend resident, coming from LaCrosse, Kansas, he was a truck driver. Mr. Foos was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles...
Myra Ellen (Carlisle) Smith
Mar 19, 2011
Myra Ellen (Carlisle) Smith, 89, died March 19, 2011 at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1921 at Coldwater, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd Denman and Tacy Ellen (Beitler) Carlisle. She married Ivan G. Smith March 15, 1943 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died May 25, 2001. She was a longtime Hoisington resident. Mrs. Smith was...
Robert "Bobby" Kasper, Jr.
Mar 18, 2011
Robert "Bobby" Kasper, Jr., 34, died March 18, 2011 at Barton County, Kansas. He was born October 16, 1976 at Wichita, Kansas, the son of Robert Wayne and Peggy (Lietzke) Kasper, Sr. A Great Bend resident since 1980, coming from El Dorado, he was a truck driver for Sioux Tank Service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, drag racing, motorcycle riding, and...
Marion Jean Hicks
Mar 18, 2011
Marion Jean Hicks, 49, died March 18, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born January 31, 1962 at Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of Eugene and Marion (Hendry) Benavidez. She married Gordon Hicks April 15, 2004 at Hoisington. A Hoisington resident since 2001, coming from Alva, Oklahoma, she was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Gordon Hicks,...
Wade Robert Schartz
Mar 17, 2011
Wade Robert Schartz, 78, died March 17, 2011 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born August 18, 1932 at Ellinwood, Kansas, the son of Tony and Edna (Rickert) Schartz. He married Marilyn McDowell in 1951 at Great Bend. This union was blessed with eight children. He married Faye Fricks Spon Cain November 16, 1991 at Las Vegas, Nevada....
Virginia M. Bitter
Mar 17, 2011
Virginia M. Bitter, 78, died March 17, 2011 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born July 20, 1932 at Russell, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Alvena (Dick) Luerman. She was a 1950 graduate of Dorrance High School. A homemaker and longtime Barton County resident coming from Russell County, she married Eugene "Gene" Bitter November 18, 1951...
Dean Wells
Mar 17, 2011
Dean Wells, 80, died March 17, 2011 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 26, 1930 at Carmen, Oklahoma, the son of Rene and Thelma Jayne (Rhea) Wells. He married Sue Reiter August 12, 1980 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1974, coming from Ellinwood, Mr. Wells was an independent oil and gas...
Lela Moore
Mar 13, 2011
Lela Moore, 97, of Great Bend, died March 13, 2011 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. Born April 17, 1913, at Ada, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of John Andrew and Susie (Denny) Williamson. She married Clyde Willis on September 9, 1933, at Ada, Oklahoma. He was employed by his brother-in-law, Pete Brown Drilling Company. Two years later...
Edward Irvin Mcmillin
Mar 9, 2011
Edward Irvin McMillin, 57, died March 9, 2011 at his home in Yukon, Oklahoma. He was born November 5, 1953 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Harlan D. "Mac" and Velma H. (Beck) McMillin. He married Crista Ricke August 5, 1973 at Hoisington. A Yukon resident since 1995, coming from Halstead, Kansas, Mr. McMillin was an oilfield production foreman for...
R. Dean Henbest
Mar 9, 2011
R. Dean Henbest, 69, died March 9, 2011 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 25, 1941 at Exeter, Missouri, the son of Burl and Lawanda (Summers) Henbest. After graduating from Hoisington High School in 1959, he spent a significant amount of time in Kenmore, Washington, before returning to Hoisington ten years ago....
Sister Malachy Stockemer, O. P.
Mar 8, 2011
Sister Malachy Stockemer, 84, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary in Great Bend. Born February 26, 1927, in St. Leo, Kansas, as Elizabeth Stockemer, Sister Malachy was the daughter of Peter and Katherine Fischer Stockemer. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community in Great Bend on August 23, 1943, and pronounced her first vows August 13,...
Gisela M. Dubrule
Mar 5, 2011
Gisela M. Dubrule, 72, died March 5, 2011 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1938 at Zedlitz, Germany, the daughter of Eric and Anna (Drauschke) Fricke. A Holyrood, Kansas, resident the past eight years, coming from Texas, Mrs. Dubrule was a homemaker. Survivors include companion, Joe Henley, Holyrood; four sons: Uwe Fricke and wife...
Archie "Galen" Allen
Mar 4, 2011
Archie "Galen" Allen, 73, died March 4, 2011 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born January 25, 1938 at Great Bend, the son of Archie Roy and Rosetta Mae (Smiley) Allen. He married Barbara Leah Feaster January 1, 1963 at Windsor, Missouri. She died June 29, 2006. A lifelong Great Bend resident, also living in Bozeman, Montana; Seattle,...
