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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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