Dean Steiner
Sep 23, 2010
Dean Steiner, 78, died September 23, 2010 at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. He was born December 3, 1931 at Hoisington, Kansas the son of Louis and Lenora (Ummel) Steiner. A longtime Hoisington resident, coming from Odin, Mr. Steiner was a retired employee of Kansas Wildlife and Parks at Cheyenne Bottoms, retiring in 1992. He served in the United States...
Kenneth P. Brack
Sep 22, 2010
Kenneth P. Brack, 90, died September 22, 2010 at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. He was born August 21, 1920 at Otis, Kansas, the son of Peter E. and Amelia (Horch) Brack Foos. He married Fern Marie Schlegel April 21, 1946 at Otis. She died December 21, 1993. A retired farmer, Mr. Brack was an Otis and Rush County...
Clifton Paris Gunnels
Sep 22, 2010
Clifton Paris Gunnels, 84, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Cherry Village in Great Bend, Kan. He was born November 16, 1925 at Climax, Kansas, the son of George Washington and Sarah Aileen (McComb) Gunnels. He was a World War II veteran, proudly serving his country as a signalman in the United States Navy. He married Dorothy Ann Tieszen August...
Orval Aldrich Hejny
Sep 22, 2010
Orval Aldrich Hejny, 89, died September 22, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kan. He was born November 25, 1920 in Barton County, Kan., at the farm of his parents, Aldrich and Rose (Serpan) Hejny. A graduate of Hoisington High School, he served his country during World War II in the United States Navy as a Petty Officer...
Jerry Lee "Elvis" Farmer, Sr.
Sep 21, 2010
Jerry Lee "Elvis" Farmer, Sr., 55, died September 21, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born March 21, 1955 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Benjamin Hulon and Floy Jean (Waggoner) Farmer. He married Deborah Wintholz December 21, 1984 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was a CNA for Larned Healthcare. Mr. Farmer was a Great...
Dewey Dean Haddon
Sep 20, 2010
Dewey Dean Haddon, 72, died September 20, 2010 at rural Reno County, Kansas. He was born July 20, 1938 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Dewey Clifford and Ethel Viola (Flanders) Haddon. He married Janet Eklund May 27, 1956 at Stafford, Kansas. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Haddon was a farmer. Mr. Haddon was a member of Mount...
Marion W. Sunley
Sep 20, 2010
Marion W. Sunley, 81, died September 20, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 28, 1929 at Brownell, Kansas, the son of Abraham Lincoln and Stella (Stull) Sunley. He married Joan Weber August 30, 1950 at Ness City, Kansas. She died September 1, 1987. He then married Melba Helm October 15, 1988 at Great...
Dorothy B. Essmiller
Sep 19, 2010
Dorothy B. Essmiller, 89, died September 19, 2010 at her Great Bend, Kansas, home. She was born June 1, 1921 at Great Bend the daughter of Harry and Ruby Travis LeRoy. She married Ralph Essmiller August 3, 1941 at Great Bend. He died August 9, 1974. She was a farm wife and bookkeeper for McDonald Tank and Equipment Co., Inc....
Jeanine Carol Pettijohn
Sep 16, 2010
Jeanine Carol Pettijohn, 49, died September 16, 2010 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 3, 1961 at Great Bend, the daughter of Morris Gray and Anna May (Smith) Ringo. An outgoing bundle of emotion, an angel amongst us all, Jeanine (Mom as most knew her), spent a lifetime of putting smiles on peoples faces. Thank you, mother, and...
Bart L. Allison
Sep 16, 2010
Bart L. Allison, 39, died September 16, 2010 at Logan County Hospital, Oakley, Kansas. He was born May 3, 1971 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Robert Lee and Barbara Jean (Shoulders) Allison. He was a roughneck for H2 Drilling. Mr. Allison was a lifetime Great Bend resident. He was born into the patch. He lived, worked, and died...
Robert Otto Baird
Sep 13, 2010
Robert Otto Baird, 63, died September 13, 2010 at Southwind Hospice, Pratt, Kansas. He was born September 23, 1946 at Walsh, Colorado, the son of Robert Leo and Mary Lou (Pollard) Baird. He married Betty Lewis November 15, 1987 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Pratt resident since 1994, coming from Great Bend, Mr. Baird was an oilfield truck driver and...
Kenneth Don Ukens
Sep 10, 2010
Kenneth Don Ukens, 73, of Great Bend, died September 10, at his residence. Born November 1, 1936, at Great Bend, he was the son of Wesley and Ella (Petersen) Ukens. He was a yard man for Foster Lumber, Everitt Lumber and Nicholson Lumber Yard. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Ukens was a member of First Bible Baptist Church. He...
Delbert A. Sloan
Sep 9, 2010
Delbert A. Sloan, 89, died September 9, 2010 at his home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 7, 1920 at Great Bend, the son of L. Chester and Alice M. (Bortz) Sloan. Mr. Sloan was a 1938 graduate of Great Bend High School. He married Wilma Marie Witt in 1940 and they later divorced. He then married Betty Nicolet...
Junior Lee Patterson
Sep 9, 2010
Junior Lee Patterson, 84, died September 9, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born January 1, 1926 at Collinville, Oklahoma, the son of Pete and Alma (Johnson) Innman. He married Betty J. Phillips September 24, 1948 at Beaver, Kansas. A longtime Hoisington, Kansas, resident, Mr. Patterson worked for NCRA as a production foreman for forty-one years, retiring...
Edward Kooi
Sep 7, 2010
Edward Kooi passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010 in Osage City, Kansas. Ed was born Nov. 19, 1930 at New York City, New York to Dirk and Mary (Bierman) Kooi. He made the Air Force his career, while stationed in Topeka he met and married Milda Dietz on August 13, 1967. She preceded in death August 10, 1996. They moved...
Dorothy G. Bowman
Sep 6, 2010
Dorothy G. Bowman, 89, died September 6, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1921 at Walnut Township, Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Friedrich Heyen and Anna Elisabeth (Gerdes) Hanken. She married Edward Alan Bowman February 24, 1943 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died September 25, 1999. An Ellinwood resident since 2001, coming from...
Terry C. Whiting
Sep 5, 2010
Terry C. Whiting, 52, died September 5, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born January 25, 1958 at Webb City, Missouri, the son of Carl and Alta May (Britt) Whiting. He married Cheryl Brandt, November 11, 1978 at Great Bend. An Ellinwood, Kansas, resident since 1977, coming from Great Bend, Kansas, Mr. Whiting was employed as...
Donald Gene "Fergy" Ferguson
Sep 3, 2010
Donald Gene "Fergy" Ferguson, 74, died September 3, 2010 at his Great Bend, Kansas, home. He was born June 21, 1936 at Hardy, Arkansas, the son of Forest and Doris (Richardson) Ferguson. He married Opal McKnight May 19, 1955 at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident for sixty years, coming from Wichita, Kansas, Mr. Ferguson was owner and operator of...
Eugene P. "Gene" Weber
Sep 2, 2010
Eugene P. "Gene" Weber, 53, died September 2, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born June 1, 1957 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of George and Lydia (Schwartz) Weber. He married Vicki Nicholson November 18, 1978 at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Mr. Weber was co-owner of Weber Brothers House Movers. Mr....
Margaret G. Damon
Sep 2, 2010
Margaret G. Damon, 96, died September 2, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1914 at Ponca City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Fern (Schultz) Hess. She married Ansel Martin "Bud" Damon April 17, 1935 at Lyons, Kansas. He died December 26, 1993. A homemaker, Mrs. Damon was a Great Bend resident...
