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Beth C. Schneider

Beth C. Schneider

Dec 10, 2010

Beth C. Schneider, 90, died December 10, 2010, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 26, 1920, at La Crosse, Kansas. Beth Crotinger married William C. Schneider January 24, 1949, in Rush County. He died July 10, 1962. A homemaker, Mrs. Schneider had been a Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1992, coming from Rush County. She...

Richard Morgan Edwards

Richard Morgan Edwards

Dec 8, 2010

Richard Morgan Edwards, 80, died December 8, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 30, 1930 at Spring City, Pennsylvania, the son of Morgan and Margaret Edwards. He married Marilyn Spruill Standish February 14, 1975 at Reno, Nevada. A Great Bend resident since 1972, coming from Kentucky, Mr. Edwards was an engineer for ONeill...

Marion R. Harders

Marion R. Harders

Dec 7, 2010

Marion R. Harders, 88, died December 7, 2010 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born May 9, 1922 at rural Great Bend, the son of Fred and Anna (Hemken) Harders. He married Ellen Dolores Stoskopf November 22, 1942 at Albert, Kansas. She died March 4, 1994. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Harders was a mechanic for Dowell...

Martina M. Luebbers

Martina M. Luebbers

Dec 5, 2010

Martina M. Luebbers, 92, died December 5, 2010 at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 17, 1918 at Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Anna (Lauber) Younger. She married Joseph Luebbers May 3, 1949 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died March 15, 1977. A longtime Claflin, Kansas, resident, coming from Hoisington, Mrs. Luebbers was a homemaker and...

Norma Lee Garrett

Norma Lee Garrett

Dec 4, 2010

Norma Lee Garrett, 82, died December 4, 2010 at Christus Saint Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was born May 10, 1928 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Harry M. and Mary Anna (Weber) Schartz. She married Thomas Burke Garrett December 29, 1948 at Ellinwood, Kansas. He died May 19, 1982. Mrs. Garrett was a Lake Charles resident since...

Valerie Ann "Corky" Miller

Valerie Ann "Corky" Miller

Dec 3, 2010

Valerie Ann "Corky" Miller, 51, died December 3, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born February 14, 1959 at Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn A. and Patricia Ann (Ratliff) Miller. She was a Hutchinson resident. Ms. Miller was a member of the Christian faith. Survivors include her father, Glenn A. Miller, Great Bend; one son,...

Helen Marie Weese

Helen Marie Weese

Dec 3, 2010

Helen Marie Weese, 80, died December 3, 2010 at her Great Bend, Kansas, home. She was born June 2, 1930, at Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Lee and Mabel (Kilgore) Miller. She married Calvin Levi Weese October 24, 1948 at Pratt, Kansas. He died October 22, 2002. A Great Bend resident since 1955, coming from Pratt, Kansas Mrs. Weese was...

Donald W. "Don" Shorock

Donald W. "Don" Shorock

Dec 2, 2010

Donald W. "Don" Shorock,66, died December 2, 2010 at his Great Bend, Kansas home. He was born June 7, 1944 at Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Walter and Isobel (McCutcheon) Shorock. He married Nora Jean Doubek July 4, 1976 at Pratt, Kansas. She survives. A Great Bend resident since 1977, coming from Cunningham, Kansas, Mr. Shorock was an...

Orval Otte

Orval Otte

Nov 30, 2010

Orval Otte, 97, died November 30, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 13, 1913 at Great Bend, the son of W. C. and Georgia Mae (Miller) Otte. He married Helen Genevieve Taylor August 16, 1936 at Great Bend. She died April 17, 1970. He then married Edra Mae (Brown) Hudnall October 29, 1971...

Sr. Coletta Masterson

Sr. Coletta Masterson

Nov 29, 2010

Sister Coletta Masterson, 90, died Monday, November 29, 2010, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born September 19, 1920, in Clonmel, Kansas, as Magdalen Ellen Masterson, Sister Coletta was the daughter of the late Frank and Theresa Marx Masterson. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community August 31, 1935, and pronounced her first vows August 17, 1938. She...

William V. "Bill" Vanskike

William V. "Bill" Vanskike

Nov 29, 2010

William V. "Bill" VanSkike, 87, died November 29, 2010 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 21, 1923 at Rural Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Harry and Mary Anna (Bossi) VanSkike. He married Grace Ellen Dickson September 3, 1950 at ElDorado, Kansas. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident since May 1956, coming from...

Barbara Olene Keeley

Barbara Olene Keeley

Nov 28, 2010

Barbara Olene Keeley, 78, died November 28, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 6, 1932 at Geneva, Nebraska, the daughter of Edgar B. and Lettie (Peugh) Foster. She married Terry Dean Keeley September 19, 1953 at Denver, Colorado. He died May 28, 2004. A resident of Great Bend since 1993, she had previously...

Cora Hause

Cora Hause

Nov 28, 2010

Cora Hause, 66, died November 28, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 1, 1944 at Belfast, Ireland, the daughter of John and Sadie (Craig) Jennix. She married Floyd Elmer Bowman June 4, 1971 at Wintergreen, California. He died January 29, 1998. She them married Clyde Hause in 2005 at Great Bend. A Great...

Phillip D. Chapman

Phillip D. Chapman

Nov 28, 2010

Phillip D. Chapman, 70, died November 28, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born December 17, 1939 at Crescent, Oklahoma, the son of Oras Virgil and Cecil (Tabler) Chapman. He was a resident of sixty-five years moving from Crescent. He assisted with serving Friendship Meals for many years. He was a member of First Christian Church....

Linda S. (Monroe) Schlegel

Linda S. (Monroe) Schlegel

Nov 28, 2010

Linda S. (Monroe) Schlegel, 57, died November 28, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1953 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Glen Robert and Rosemary (Chambers) Monroe. She married Denton Schlegel October 27, 1972 at Hoisington. A lifetime Hoisington resident, she was the owner of Schlegel Realty. Mrs. Schlegel was a member of...

Mary Hawkins

Mary Hawkins

Nov 27, 2010

Mary Hawkins, 73, died November 27, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born April 24, 1937 at Astoria, New York, the daughter of Edgar and Hilda (Kaff) Hawkins. She was married to Anthony Colangelo from 1960 to 1979. She was an avid crafts person and diligent collector of those things often over-looked by others. Ms. Hawkins...

Delores V. Waggoner

Delores V. Waggoner

Nov 27, 2010

Delores V. Waggoner, 79, died November 27, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 12, 1930 at Great Bend, the daughter of Edward and Eva Mae (Cole) Raab. A lifetime Great Bend resident, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Waggoner was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Survivors include two sons: Delton...

George Joseph Gorsline

George Joseph Gorsline

Nov 23, 2010

George Joseph Gorsline, 90, died November 23, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 27, 1919 at Flushing, New York, the son of Walter and Stella (Bafalska) Gorsline. He married Lillian Elizabeth Alger. She died January 11, 1976. He then married Margaret Elizabeth Bender December 16, 1978 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident...

Mary Louise Matthews

Mary Louise Matthews

Nov 23, 2010

Mary Louise Matthews, 73, died November 23, 2010 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 9, 1937 at Chetopa, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Clinton and Rosie (Busick) Powell. She married Donald Harry Matthews January 22, 1957 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1951, coming from Chetopa and Parsons, Mrs. Matthews was a homemaker...

Larry D. Nuss

Larry D. Nuss

Nov 22, 2010

Larry D. Nuss, 61, died November 22, 2010 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 29, 1949 at Great Bend, the son of Benjamin and Janet (Moore) Nuss. He married Coleen Miller December 18, 1971 at Albert, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1993, coming from Otis, Kansas, he was a salesman for Kitco. Mr. Nuss was...

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