Edmund Wayne Rome
Nov 20, 2010
Edmund Wayne Rome, 60, died November 20, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 15, 1950 at Great Bend, the son of Ed and Isabella (Frost) Rome. He married Rosalyn Schinkel. They were later divorced. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he worked for the City of Great Bend Water Treatment plant. He was a...
Dolores M. Reif
Nov 19, 2010
Dolores M. Reif, 79, died Nov. 19 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born Sept. 18, 1931, at Schoenchen, the daughter of George and Margaret (Ernst) Tauscher. She married LeRoy W. Reif on Nov. 26, 1951, at Hoisington. She worked various places, such as Dawson Jewelers, Merle Norman, Clay Ward Photography and the Salvation Army. Most recently, she...
Bernice Margaret Baker
Nov 14, 2010
Bernice Margaret Baker, 52, died November 14, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1958 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Catarino and Mary (Arguello) Rubio. She married Joe M. Baker December 2, 1995 at Otis, Kansas. A lifetime Hoisington resident, Mrs. Baker was a medical coder at Clara Barton Hospital. Mrs. Baker was...
Donald A. Dreiling
Nov 11, 2010
Donald A. Dreiling, 83, died November 11, 2010 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 11, 1927 at Victoria, Kansas, the son of Alexander John and Catherine (Brungardt) Dreiling. He married Nadine Moore October 2, 1954 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Chase, Kansas. A lifelong Great Bend resident, coming from Victoria, Mr. Dreiling owned and operated Don's...
Tracey Christopher Smith
Nov 10, 2010
Tracey Christopher Smith, 43, died November 10, 2010 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 10, 1967 at Great Bend, the son of Melba Jean (Foos) Smith. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Smith was a police officer for the Great Bend Police Department and was administrator for Barton County Youth Care Girls' Home. Mr. Smith was...
Lucille P. Hester
Nov 9, 2010
Lucille P. Hester, 84, died November 9, 2010 at Wheat State Manor, Whitewater, Kansas. She was born October 14, 1926 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of William Glenn and Nellie B. (Westover) Gruber. She married Raymond J. Hester, Jr., April 18, 1946 at Hoisington. He died December 20, 1985. A Valley Center resident since 1958, moving from Hoisington, Mrs. Hester...
Wilma Imojean Fritz
Nov 3, 2010
Wilma Imojean Fritz, 82, died November 3, 2010 at her Hoisington, Kansas, home. She was born February 12, 1928 the daughter of Harrison and Mollie (Proksch) Clift. She married Kenneth L. Fritz August 28, 1947 at Hoisington. He died February 21, 2010. With her husband, she was co-owner of Fritz's bait shop. Mrs. Fritz was a member of First Christian...
James L. "Jim" Morton
Nov 3, 2010
James L. Jim Morton, 64, died November 3, 2010, at his home in Great Bend. He was born May 4, 1946, in Great Bend, the son of Loyd and Violet Smith Morton. He married Karen Collier August 28, 1970 at Great Bend. He was district manager for Halliburton for twenty-five years and production superintendent for Hartman Oil Company until his...
Duane H. "Peaches" Popp
Nov 2, 2010
Duane H. "Peaches" Popp, 70, died November 2, 2010 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. He was born August 21, 1940 at Barton County, Kansas, the son of Herman Theodore and Esther (Steinert) Popp. He married Cheryl A. Lane July 21, 1963 at Hoisington. A lifetime Hoisington area resident, Mr. Popp was a farmer and rancher and had worked for...
Jimmy Raybern
Nov 1, 2010
Jimmy Raybern, 44, died November 1, 2010 at Memorial Hospital, McPherson, Kansas. He was born May 31, 1966 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Sam and Lora (Boatman) Raybern. He married Carla Scheuerman June 12, 1993 at Great Bend. A McPherson resident for seven years, coming from Great Bend, Mr. Raybern was a warehouse foreman for Mid States Supply,...
Carmen R. Munguia
Oct 31, 2010
Carmen R. Munguia, 89, died October 31, 2010 at Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth, Kansas. She was born October 8, 1921 at El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Eduardo and Refugio (Jimenez) Rousset. She married Ramon Munguia May 1, 1948 at El Paso. He died June 1, 2008. A homemaker, Mrs. Munguia was an Ellsworth resident the past seven years,...
Donald D. Smith
Oct 29, 2010
Donald D. Smith, 85, died October 29, 2010 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was born September 16, 1925 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Callie (Payne) Smith. He married Etta Imogene Lumley June 5, 1953 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She died October 9, 2004. A Hoisington resident, moving to Osawatomie, Kansas, in 2004, Mr. Smith was retired...
Patricia "Pat" Rowe
Oct 28, 2010
Patricia "Pat" Rowe, 74, died October 28, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 20, 1936 at Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Christine (Cranston) Sumner. She married Bill Rowe June 5, 1954 at Winfield. A Great Bend resident since 1968, coming from Winfield, Mrs. Rowe was a homemaker. Mrs. Rowe...
Greg Schaben
Oct 27, 2010
Greg Schaben, 29, died October 27, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 31, 1981 at Great Bend, the son of Johnny and Yolanda (Schaben) Schaben. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he was a truck driver for Farm Service Center. Mr. Schaben was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Survivors include his parents, Johnny...
Danny K. Crane
Oct 26, 2010
Danny K. Crane, 62, died October 26, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 22, 1948 at Abilene, Kansas, the son of Donald and Katherine (Barlow) Crane. He married Hazel Horner December 31, 1967 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1993, coming from Pleasanton, California, Mr. Crane was publication editor for Lockheed...
Edward L. Koopman
Oct 22, 2010
Edward L. Koopman, age 83, died on October 22, 2010. He was born in Great Bend, Kansas, on December 30, 1926, to Edward C. and Myrtle Pettit Koopman. He graduated from Great Bend, High School in 1944 and attended Kansas State University where he played basketball. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army receiving a medical discharge...
Martha Ann Redetzke
Oct 22, 2010
Martha A. Redetzke, 77, died October 22, 2010 at Hospice of Reno County. She was born October 29, 1932, Altadena, California, the daughter of Harry and Nora (Auten) Hawes. A resident of Hoisington, she was employed at Essex as an accounting clerk. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Altar Society and American Legion Auxiliary, all...
Janet S. Brack
Oct 20, 2010
Janet S. Brack, 59, died October 20, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 15, 1951 at Maryville, Missouri, the daughter of Rolla and Helen (Blacketer) Rankin. She married Greg Brack July 29, 1992 at Great Bend, after sharing their lives since 1984. A longtime Barton County resident, coming from Norton, Kansas, Mrs. Brack...
Dorothy Louise Haynes-Debes
Oct 19, 2010
Dorothy Louise Haynes-Debes, 95, died October 19, 2010 at Angeles City, Philippines. She was born March 12, 1915 at Elmer, Kansas, the daughter of Noah and Lillian (Murray) Neal. She was baptized January 29, 1927 by the Reverend J. R. Taylor at First Baptist Church, Sterling, Kansas. She married Oral Cecil Haynes May 16, 1936 at Larned, Kansas. He died...
Marvella J. Radenberg
Oct 19, 2010
Marvella J. Radenberg, 75, died October 19, 2010 at Rice County District Hospital, Lyons, Kansas. She was born December 26, 1934 at Great Bend, Kansas the daughter of Alfred B. and Edith S. (Lebbin) Rusco. She married Glenn Radenberg April 20, 1958 at Great Bend, Kansas. She retired as a nurse practioner and RN. She graduated from Great Bend High...
