Beulah M. White
Jan 10, 2011
Beulah M. White, 95, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and school teacher for seventeen years at Pawnee Rock passed away January 10, 2011 at Life Care Center, Andover, Kansas. She was born October 4, 1915 at Ford County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Channing and Maude Ethel (Alexander) Brink. She attended Bresee Theological College and Fort Hays State College to earn...
Kenneth R. "Mert" Straub
Jan 8, 2011
Kenneth R. "Mert" Straub, 67, died January 8, 2011 at his Otis, Kansas, residence. He was born April 27, 1943 at Claflin, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Helen (Zecha) Straub. He married Doris Bartonek December 21, 1968 at Olmitz, Kansas. A longtime resident of Otis, Mr. Straub was owner of Straub Construction and and employee of BOC Gases, Otis,...
Charles Frederick Davidson
Jan 6, 2011
Charles Frederick Davidson, 89, died January 6, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born December 8, 1921 at Claflin, Kansas, the son of Marshall and Hulda (Muller) Davidson. He married LaVerne G. Kraft September 8, 1943 at Claflin. A longtime rural Claflin resident, moving to Claflin in 1979, Mr. Davidson was a farmer and stockman. Mr. Davidson...
Robert L. "Bob" Bader
Jan 4, 2011
Robert L. "Bob" Bader, 78, died January 4, 2011 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born June 7, 1932 at Osborne County, Kansas, the son of Fredrick Robert and Addie Mae (Clemans) Bader. He married Joan Habiger September 1, 1955 at Hoisington, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1959, coming from Osborne County, Mr. Bader was a commercial...
Marilyn L. Hoyt
Jan 4, 2011
Marilyn L. Hoyt, 85, died January 4, 2011 at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 25, 1925 at Grenola, Kansas, the daughter of George A. and Mary (Westling) Warner. She married Robert Hoyt September 13, 1959 at Hoisington. He died February 1, 2002. A longtime Hoisington resident, Mrs. Hoyt was secretary for Hoisington Federal Savings and...
Clarence A. Redetzke
Jan 3, 2011
Clarence A. Redetzke, 80, died January 3, 2011 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born April 24, 1930 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Leo C. and Cecelia C. (Schauf) Redetzke. He married Martha A. Hawes November 3, 1951 at Fort Smith, Arkansas. She died October 22, 2010. A lifetime Susank and Hoisington resident, Mr. Redetzke was a...
Myrtle Katherine Pitts
Jan 3, 2011
Myrtle Katherine Pitts, 89, died January 3, 2011 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 23, 1922 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of John and Pearl (Hinderliter) Christians. She was a 1940 graduate of Hoisington High School. She married Herbert L. Pitts March 16, 1941 at Beaver. He died February 23, 2007. Mrs....
Lenora E. Brack
Jan 3, 2011
Lenora E. Brack, 78, died January 3, 2011 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1932 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Wellington and Alice Julia (Miller) Foster. A homemaker, Mrs. Brack was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1998, coming from Hoisington, Kansas. Survivors include one son, Wayne Doug Brack and wife Joyce, Great...
James E. "Jim" Johnson
Jan 2, 2011
James E. "Jim" Johnson, 60, died January 2, 2011 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born June 6, 1950 at Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Harold E. and Elaine (Lane) Johnson. A Florissant, Colorado, resident for thirty years, coming from Cave Junction, Oregon, Mr. Johnson owned Jim Johnson's Services. He was a former member of the United Methodist Church,...
Edwin O. Hiss
Dec 29, 2010
Edwin Otto Hiss, 79, died December 29, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 9, 1931 at Great Bend, the son of Fred Henry and Mary Bertha (Janne) Hiss. He married Violet Krentzel April 29, 1967 at Great Bend. A lifetime Barton County, Kansas, resident, Mr. Hiss was a farmer and stockman. He was...
Gordon L. Young
Dec 28, 2010
Gordon L. Young, 69, died December 28, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 12, 1941 at Pratt, Kansas, the son of LeRoy Franklin and Phylotis Iona (Chance) Young. He married Donna Jean McGrath March 12, 1961 at Sun City, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1966, coming from Pratt, he was a salesman...
Quentin D. Packard
Dec 23, 2010
Quentin D. Packard, 87, died December 23, 2010 at Otis, Kansas. He was born July 31, 1923 at Otis the son of Edward and Frieda (Decker) Packard. A lifetime Rush County resident, Mr. Packard was a retired farmer and stockman. Mr. Packard was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis. There were no immediate survivors. Memorial service will be at...
Menta A. Hofmeister
Dec 20, 2010
Menta A. Hofmeister, 88, died December 20, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 7, 1922 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Virginia (Reynolds) Eahart. She married Elmer Hofmeister October 12, 1947 at Parsons, Kansas. He died February 11, 2005. A longtime Claflin, Kansas, resident, Mrs. Hofmeister was an...
Naomi E. "Pete" Soeken
Dec 18, 2010
Naomi E. "Pete" Soeken, 75, died December 18, 2010 at her Claflin, Kansas, residence. She was born October 1, 1935 at Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Oneita (Crook) Stadel. She married Howard Lee Soeken December 19, 1954 at Pratt, Kansas. A Claflin resident since 1955, coming from Manhattan, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Soeken was a member of...
Emma E. Klima
Dec 18, 2010
Emma E. Klima, 89, went to be with the Lord surrounded by her family December 18, 2010. She was born March 28, 1921 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Hattie K. (Houska) Sulc. She married Dale J. Klima June 24, 1947 at Ellsworth, Kansas. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Klima was a custodian at First Congregational...
Delores Jean Piper
Dec 14, 2010
Delores Jean Piper, 75, died December 14, 2010 at Atrium Medical Center, Stafford, Texas. She was born February 23, 1935 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Harley Ray and Ruth Ann (Alefs) Evers. She married Ronnie Piper September 25, 1955 at Great Bend. She was a Missouri City, Texas, resident since 1988, moving from Great Bend in 1962, she...
Chad Rex Roberson
Dec 13, 2010
Chad Rex Roberson, 22, died December 13, 2010 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 10, 1988 at Great Bend, the son of Norman Rex, Jr. and Faith (Wagner) Roberson. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Roberson was a brick tender for Devine Masonry. Mr. Roberson was a member of First Street Church of God, Hoisington, Kansas....
Nadine Christiansen
Dec 12, 2010
Nadine Christiansen, 83, died December 12, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 5, 1927 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Lucille (Newkirk) Amerine. She married Gerald J. Christiansen July 14, 1946 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Christiansen was a member of the...
Alan Delaine Meyers
Dec 11, 2010
Alan Delaine Meyers, 46, died December 11, 2010 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was born March 21, 1964 at Russell, Kansas, the son of Delaine F. and Donna M. (Weigel) Meyers. A Smyrna, Tennessee, resident, coming from Great Bend, he was a manager for Whole Foods grocery stores for many years. Survivors include his parents: Delaine F....
David F. Ellis
Dec 11, 2010
David F. Ellis, 58, died December 11, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 21, 1952 at Great Bend, the son of Clifford John and Laverne L. (Lewis) Ellis. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he attended schools in Great Bend until an auto accident September 26, 1971. He loved his Lord, family, and his...
