Robert R. Turner
Sep 1, 2010
Robert R. Turner, 81, died September 1, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 30, 1929 at Oskaloosa, Missouri, the son of Virgil E. and Annabell (Page) Turner. He married Jolene Bortz June 21, 1957 at Kinsley, Kansas. A Great Bend resident for fifty-three years, coming from Oskaloosa, Missouri, Mr. Turner worked...
Alberta Lucille Troll
Aug 27, 2010
Alberta Lucille Troll, 92, died August 27, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 28, 1917 at Dundee, Kansas, the daughter of Herman and Lucinda (Rudiger) Unruh. She married William Nicholas Troll October 5, 1946 at Great Bend. He died July 5, 1989. A longtime Barton County resident, Mrs. Troll was a clerk at...
Elizabeth Jane Vohs
Aug 27, 2010
Elizabeth Jane Vohs, 93, died August 27, 2010 at an Assisted Living Home in Andover, Kansas. She was born in Parsons, Kansas March 7, 1917 and lived most of her adult life in Iola and Hoisington, Kansas where she and her husband Bob were in the insurance and real estate business. She was a member of the Order of Eastern...
Joyce Elaine Pace
Aug 27, 2010
Joyce Elaine Pace, 69, died August 27, 2010 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 11, 1941 at Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of William Rhote and Dixie Lee (Null) Anderson. She married Forrest J. Wallace, Jr., June 23, 1961 at Richmond, Missouri. He died November 5, 1970. She then married A. L. "Dick" Pace September 13, 1975...
Kathleen Burton
Aug 25, 2010
Kathleen Burton, 75, died August 25, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 5, 1935 at Toledo, Missouri, the daughter of Arley and Martha (Stone) Evans. She married Jackie Burton June 14, 1953 at Longrun, Missouri. He died April 3, 2003. A Great Bend resident since 1953, coming from Ava, Missouri, Mrs. Burton was...
Marjorie L. Lang
Aug 24, 2010
Marjorie L. Lang, 81, died August 24, 2010 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 8, 1929 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Leo H. and Lucille (Hermreck) Pickert. She married Ernest V. Lang April 22, 1952 at Hoisington. He died November 10, 1983. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Lang was a homemaker. She also...
K. "Susie" Renfro
Aug 24, 2010
K. Suzie Renfro, 71, of Great Bend, died Aug. 24 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 7, 1938, at Great Bend, the daughter of Luther and Clara (Ehnstedt) Miller. She married Danny F. Renfro on July 22, 1992, at Great Bend. She was a truck driver for Brown and Brown Trucking, Guthrie Steaming and Tank Service and Venture...
Chris Shull
Aug 23, 2010
Chris Shull, 58, died August 23, 2010 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 17, 1952 at Scott City, Kansas, the son of William Horton, Jr. and Beverly Raye (Burghart) Shull. A Harper, Kansas, resident for eight years, coming from Great Bend, he was a machinist. Survivors include two sons: Kelly Shull and...
Maurice "Dutch" Esfeld
Aug 22, 2010
Maurice "Dutch" Esfeld, 81, died August 22, 2010 at Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was born September 7, 1928 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Fred and Frances (Monger) Esfeld. He married Joan L. Murry July 6, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas. She died February 14, 1998. Mr. Esfeld was owner and operator of Esfeld Trucking. He...
Barbara J. Boggs
Aug 22, 2010
Barbara J. Boggs, 80, died August 22, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 25, 1929 at Sutherland, Iowa, the daugher of Columbus and Carrie (Archer) Brown. She was a homemaker. She married Thomas W. Boggs on July 14, 1951 at Mason City, Iowa. He died December 31, 2005. Mrs. Boggs was a resident...
Alicia Danielle Debolt
Aug 22, 2010
Alicia Danielle DeBolt, 14, died August 22, 2010 at rural Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 1, 1996 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Richard and Tamara (Hodges) DeBolt. She was a Great Bend resident since 2005, coming from Hays. She was a student and cheerleader at Great Bend High School; a competitive gymnast at Heartland Academy, Hays; and...
David Alan Galusha
Aug 21, 2010
David Alan Galusha, 31, died August 21, 2010 at his home in Otis, Kansas. He was born May 28, 1979 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Timothy and Connie (Schlegel) Galusha. A lifetime Otis resident, he was a guard for the Larned Correctional Facility. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and Otis Fire Department, Otis. Survivors include...
Edwin Graf
Aug 19, 2010
Edwin Eddie Graf, 86, died August 19, 2010 at St. Johns of Victoria, Victoria, Kansas. He was a lifelong resident of central and western Kansas. Eddie, as he was known, was born January 16, 1924 at Ness City, Kansas, the 11th of 12 children, to Joseph and Rosa (Pfannenstiel) Graf. He had eight brothers and three sisters and was the...
Edna Weiss Klusener
Aug 16, 2010
Edna Weiss Klusener was born May 16, 1929 to Frank and Marie (Weiser) Weiss in Great Bend, Kan. and returned home to heaven August 16, 2010 at the age of 81. Edna played many parts on the stage of life; she was the obedient daughter of Frank and Marie Weiss, she became the faithful wife of Richard D. Klusener on...
Glen M. Erikson
Aug 12, 2010
Glen M. Erikson, 85, died August 12, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 6, 1924 in Rural Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, the son of Whilmer and Anna (Swenson) Erikson. He married Betty Randolph August 5, 1950 at Joplin, Missouri. Mr. Erikson was a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent for Unified School District...
Maxine B. Larsen
Aug 9, 2010
Maxine B. Larsen, 86, died August 9, 2010 at Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born October 15, 1923 at Selden, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Elizabeth Marguerite (Hemer) Deibert. She married Glenn James Larsen November 27, 1946 at Reno, Nevada. He died December 8, 2002. A Great Bend resident since 1946, moving to Salina in...
Edwin Harold Day
Aug 9, 2010
Edwin Harold Day, 81, died August 9, 2010 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 17, 1929 at Pacific Grove, California, the son of Harold and Roberta (Montgomery) Day. He married Carley Smith June 20, 1952 at Prague, Oklahoma. Mr. Day was an active member of Central Baptist Church where he served as an officer; American Legion Argonne Post...
Joseph Woydziak
Aug 9, 2010
Joseph Woydziak, 93, died August 9, 2010 at River Bend Assisted Living, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 10, 1917 at Dubuque, Kansas, the son of Stephen and Sophia (Korkish) Woydziak. He married Ada Rose Achatz November 19, 1940 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, rural Ellinwood, Kansas. She died July 8, 1986. A Great Bend resident since...
Marjorie F. Simmons
Aug 9, 2010
Marjorie F. Simmons, 82, died August 9, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 9, 1927 at Scottdale, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Otto and Nellie (Fisher) Burke. She married Frederick Edward Simmons in July 1963 at Phoenix, Arizona. He died in 1973. A Great Bend resident since 2002, coming from Phoenix, Mrs. Simmons was...
Genevieve M. "Ginny" Zinn
Aug 5, 2010
Genevieve M. "Ginny" Zinn, 93, died August 5, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born September 24, 1916 at Westmoreland, Kansas, the daughter of Daniel and Viva (Buchanan) Caffrey. She married Leo Ray Zinn January 2, 1940 at Seneca, Kansas. He died February 24, 1987. She worked in a grocery store in Liberal, Kansas, retiring in...
