Virginia R. Musser
Jan 31, 2011
Virginia R. Musser, 86, died January 31, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 3, 1924 at rural Lahoma, Oklahoma, the daughter of Albert and Anna (Brackage) Decker. She married Charles J. Musser December 24, 1943 at Hondo, Texas. He died August 27, 2006. A Great Bend resident since 1983, coming from...
Joseph L. Lapka, Sr.
Jan 30, 2011
Joseph L. Lapka Sr., 82, died Jan. 30, 2011, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. He was born March 14, 1928, at Timken, the son of Frank J. and Catherine (Bouchal) Lapka. Lapka married Dolores Gutierrez June 28, 1951, at Great Bend. They were later divorced. He was store manager for Baileys and Orschelns. Lapka was a Great Bend...
Theo M. Bear
Jan 30, 2011
Theo M. Bear, 89, died January 30, 2011 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 4, 1921 at Lucas, Kansas, the daughter of Walter O. and Blanche B. (Barr) Nichols. She married Myrl Bear September 19, 1942 at Junction City, Kansas. He died December 7, 1996. A Great Bend resident since 1970, coming from Wichita,...
Barbara M. Schmidt
Jan 29, 2011
MANITOWOC, Wis. Barbara M. Schmidt, 62, died Jan. 29, 2011, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, Wis. She was born March 15, 1948, at Dighton, the daughter of August and Bertha Lee (Schanfeldt) Stremel. On May 17, 1974, she married Doug Schmidt at Larned. He survives. Mrs. Schmidt was a Manitowoc, Wis., resident since 1988, coming from Great Bend....
Tanner Joseph Hlavaty
Jan 29, 2011
Tanner Joseph Hlavaty, 7, died January 29, 2011 at his home at Olmitz, Kansas. He was born May 8, 2003 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Kevin L. and Cambria A. (Bahr) Hlavaty. He was a lifetime Olmitz resident and was a second grade student at Otis-Bison Elementary School. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz....
Alfred L. Richardson
Jan 29, 2011
Alfred L. Richardson, 74, died January 29, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born June 1, 1936 at Long Island, Kansas, the son of Herbert and Mae (Lockwood) Richardson. He married Georgia Seigler March 24, 1958 at Hoisington. A lifetime Hoisington resident, Mr. Richardson was a roughneck in the oilfield and after retiring was an animal control...
Cecilia C. "Susie" Ward
Jan 26, 2011
Cecilia C. Susie Ward, 89, died January 26, 2011 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 30, 1921 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of Valentine and Anna M. (Feltes) Kramer. She married Leonard Buck Ward June 14, 1962 at Miami, Oklahoma. He died July 7, 1983. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Ward was a...
Bill Slous
Jan 24, 2011
Bill Slous, 80, died January 24, 2011 at Springfield, Missouri. He was born May 15, 1930 at Greenup County, Kentucky, the son of John and Mary (Smith) Sloas. He married Rita Hochanadel October 1, 1952 at Hoisington, Kansas. A Springfield resident, coming from Hoisington, Mr. Slous worked in the Kansas oilfields and for Marlette Mobile Homes in Great Bend for...
Mary Frances "Dolly" Gabel
Jan 23, 2011
Mary Frances Gabel, 84, passed away Jan. 23, 2011 at her residence, Warrenton, Missouri. The 13th child of Jacob & Agatha (Leiker) Gabel, she was born July 27, 1926 in Great Bend Kansas. When her brothers and sisters saw her they said "she looked like a little dolly", hence her lifelong nickname. She attended St. Rose Catholic Grade School and...
Robert Zane "Pete" Wilson
Jan 23, 2011
Robert Zane Pete Wilson, 78, died January 23, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 21, 1932 at Glade, Kansas, the son of Edward and Zela (Elliott) Wilson. He married Imogene Barnes January 2, 1953. They later divorced. He was a carpenter for Albert Lumber Yard and later worked as a self-employed...
Joseph J. Rziha
Jan 23, 2011
Joseph J. Rziha, 94, died January 23, 2011 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1916 at Odin, Kansas, the son of Frank and Mary (Koester) Rziha. He married Ida Ann Huschka Wendel October 28, 1972 at Hoisington. She died October 12, 2002. A lifetime rural Odin resident, Mr. Rziha was a farmer and rancher. Mr....
Lou Ann Ritterhouse
Jan 22, 2011
GREAT BEND Lou Ann Ritterhouse, 77, died Jan. 22 at Central Kansas Medical Center. She was born Aug. 13, 1933 at Langley the daughter of John Amos and Irma Blanche (Kindt) Mitchell. She married Dwight Darrell Ritterhouse on March 23, 1954 at Little River. He died March 29, 2008. She was a home maker and also worked at nursing homes...
Leona Marie Hammer
Jan 21, 2011
HUTCHINSON Leona Marie Hammer, 88, died January 21, 2011 at Elm Grove Estates in Hutchinson. She was born January 31, 1922 at Dodge City the daughter of Roy and Goldie (Smith) Rankin. She married Howard H. "Red" Hammer on January 2, 1943 at Evanston, Wyoming. He died December 2, 2009. She was owner and operator of Town Crier Bookstore in...
Ronald Dean Beary
Jan 21, 2011
HOISINGTON Ronald Dean Beary, 61, died Jan. 21 at his home in Hoisington. He was born Nov. 19, 1949 at Kansas City, MO, the son of Jack and Majorie (Young) Beary. He married Marilyn J. Allen July 14, 1967 at Kansas City. She survives. He worked for Cintas Corporation as a First-Aid Sales Representative. Mr. Beary was a resident of...
Walter "Wally" Straub
Jan 19, 2011
Walter Wally Straub, 79, died January 19, 2011, at Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born August 4, 1931, in Claflin, Kansas, to Tony and Mary Kimpler Straub. He married Barbara Jane Schartz December 27, 1952, in Wichita, Kansas. She died May 13, 1973. He then married Elizabeth L. R. Hickey May 31, 1974, in Hoisington, Kansas. She...
Georgia "Tyne" Valerius
Jan 19, 2011
Georgia "Tyne" Valerius, 86, died January 19, 2011 at her Liberal, Kansas, residence. She was born July 30, 1924 at Jonesboro, Arkansas, the daughter of George and Ella (Gray) Munger. She married Arthur Gray "Bud" Valerius February 14, 1948 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died July 31, 1979. Mrs. Valerius grew up in Hoisington, graduating from Hoisington High School in 1942....
Donald V. Fabricius
Jan 18, 2011
Donald V. Fabricius, 80, died January 18, 2011 at Kansas Medical Center, Andover, Kansas. He was born August 26, 1930 at Graham County, Kansas, the son of Victor and Alice (Chalfant) Fabricius. He married Rosalie P. "Rosie" Billinger September 26, 1959 at St. Anthony Catholic Church, St. Peter, Kansas. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1962, Mr. Fabricius was owner...
Eugene D. Bentley
Jan 17, 2011
Eugene D. Bentley, 86, died January 17, 2011 at Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 8, 1924 at Towanda, Kansas, the son of Fred and Ethel (Stockwell) Bentley. He married Mary Jane Brigham October 26, 1949 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She died February 4, 2009. A Wichita resident since 1968, coming from Indiana. Mr. Bentley was of the Christian faith. Survivors...
Velma Lorene Tiede
Jan 13, 2011
Velma Lorene Tiede, 85, died January 13, 2011 at her home in Gladstone, Missouri. She was born December 18, 1925 at Verona, Missouri, the daughter of Charlie and Maude (Browning) Shue. She married Richard E. Tiede December 8, 1947 at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He died October 28, 1976. A Gladstone resident for sixteen years, coming from Great Bend, Kansas, where...
M. Joyce Steiner
Jan 11, 2011
M. Joyce Steiner died January 11, 2011 at McCrite Plaza Retirement Community, Topeka, Kansas. She was born at Clarinda, Iowa, the daughter of Harry Isaac and Thelma (Kite) Brooks. She married James John Steiner May 7, 1976 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died June 26, 1991. A Topeka resident since 2009, coming from Hoisington, Mrs. Steiner was a switchboard operator for...
