Margaret M. Heinz
Apr 15, 2010
Margaret M. Heinz, 93, died April 15, 2010 at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born December 9, 1916 at Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Gertrude (Elder) Darcey. She married Kasper J. Heinz October 28, 1935 at Claflin, Kansas. He died January 13, 1987. A lifetime Claflin resident, Mrs. Heinz was a homemaker. Mrs. Heinz...
Ashton Kerry Koelsch
Apr 14, 2010
Ashton Kerry Koelsch, 19, died April 14, 2010 at rural Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 16, 1990 at Goodland, Kansas, the daughter of Bruce and Stacy (Morgan) Duffield. She married Josh Koelsch September 6, 2009 at the family farm, Great Bend, Kansas. She was a veterinarian assistant for Countryside Veterinary Associates. A Great Bend resident since 2001, coming...
Jimmie B. Baird
Apr 13, 2010
Jimmie B. Baird, 54, died April 13, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born September 13, 1955 at Park City, Kansas, the son of Robert Leo and Mary Lou (Pollard) Baird. He married Kimberly R. Tuzicka June 2, 1984 at Great Bend, Kansas. A Great Bend resident since 1973, coming from Girard, Kansas, Mr. Baird was...
Henry Louis Effertz, Jr.
Apr 5, 2010
Henry Louis Effertz, Jr., 79, died April 5, 2010 at his Great Bend, Kansas, home. He was born February 5, 1931 at Rusk County, Wisconsin, the son of Henry John and Angeline (Backes) Effertz. He married Sharon Greisus May 15, 1950, they divorced in 1966. He then married Diane R. Brack September 17, 1989 at Las Vegas, Nevada. A Great...
Mildred Kirmer
Apr 2, 2010
Mildred Kirmer, 79, died April 2, 2010 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 13, 1930 at LaCrosse, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Apollonia (Kreutzer) Unrein. She married Joseph William Kirmer December 30, 1946 at LaCrosse. He died February 25, 1999. A homemaker and care giver, Mrs. Kirmer was a lifelong Great Bend resident, also...
Thomas "Earl" Morgan
Mar 29, 2010
Thomas "Earl" Morgan, 84, died March 29, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born May 1, 1925 at Three Sands, Oklahoma, the son of Levi Byron and Netia Alice (Gregory) Morgan. He married Helen Slaymaker April 22, 1948 at Eunice, New Mexico. A Great Bend resident since 1948, coming from Garden City, Kansas, Mr. Morgan was a...
Josephine M. Bieker
Mar 28, 2010
Josephine M. Bieker, 84, died March 28, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 10, 1925 at Liebenthal, Kansas, the daughter of George and Rosa (Herrman) Pfeifer. She married Virgil Montague. He died March 25, 1958. She then married Victor W. Bieker April 7, 1962 at LaCrosse, Kansas. He died August 12, 1982. A...
Marie Sophia Schultz
Mar 28, 2010
Marie Sophia Schultz, 88, died March 28, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born January 14, 1922 at Wilson, Kansas, the daughter of Johann Christian and Sophia Katharine (Heldt) Ulrich. She married Fred Schultz July 25, 1940 at Olympia, Washington. He died September 6, 1989. A Great Bend resident since 2001, coming from Russell County, Mrs. Schultz...
Fred H. Helwig
Mar 26, 2010
Fred H. Helwig, 92, died March 26, 2010 at Harry Hynes Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. He was born September 2, 1917 at Otis, Kansas, the son of Alexander and Katie (Gerlach) Helwig. He married Oleva Mae Schwab October 5, 1941 at Wichita. She died December 22, 2009. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, Kansas, moving to Wichita in September 2009, Mr. Helwig...
Donald Louis "Donnie" Huslig
Mar 26, 2010
Donald Louis "Donnie" Huslig, 56, died March 26, 2010 at his home in Northglenn, Colorado, after battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year. He was born February 17, 1954 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Bernard Louis and Donna Joan "Jo" (Rose) Huslig. He married Elaine Vsetecka August 24, 1974 at Great Bend. He attended school in Pratt...
Barbara Jean Kaiser
Mar 22, 2010
Barbara Jean Kaiser, 69, of Great Bend, died March 22 at Via Christi Medical Centers St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. She was born March 15, 1941, at Barton County, to Alvin and Rosie (Schultz) Popp. She married Gerald Kaiser on February 11, 1994, at Great Bend. He survives. A Barton County resident most of her life, she was a homemaker...
Thomas W. "Tom" Kummer
Mar 22, 2010
Thomas W. Tom Kummer, 73, of Great Bend, died March 22 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. He was born September 24, 1936, at Great Bend, the son of Walter and Jennie (Schartz) Kummer. He married Mary Helen Rohling August 6, 1960, at Cunningham. She survives. Mr. Kummer was a lifetime Great Bend resident. He was a graduate of...
Michael R. "Mike" Bahr
Mar 21, 2010
Michael R. "Mike" Bahr, 60, went to be with his Heavenly Father, Sunday, March 21, 2010. He was born October 27, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Raymond and Catherine (Schneweis) Bahr. He married Mary Jane Meyeres August 5, 1972 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Bahr worked for Barton County Road and Bridge and...
Barry R. Bortz
Mar 19, 2010
Barry R. Bortz, 47, died March 19, 2010 at his Hoisington, Kansas, residence. He was born February 16, 1963 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of James R. and Janice Y. (Eliot) Bortz. He married Tina L. Vasquez February 14, 2001 at Great Bend. He was a Hoisington resident for the past eleven years, coming from Great Bend and Claflin....
Verna Mae Varah
Mar 17, 2010
Verna Mae Varah, 86, died March 17, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 2, 1923 at rural Dartmouth, Kansas, the daughter of Jake and Iva Mae (Lacey) Hartshorn. She married William T. Varah December 21, 1956 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died October 6, 1999. A homemaker, Mrs. Varah was a lifetime resident of...
Mary Rose Likes
Mar 16, 2010
Mary Rose Likes, 81, died March 16, 2010 at her home in Great Bend. She was born October 14, 1928 at Ness City, Kansas, the daughter of John M. and Margaret (Dinkel) Stegman. She was a homemaker and caregiver to her grandchildren and friends. On October 8, 1955 she married Kenneth Dean Likes at Ness City, Kansas. He survives. Mrs....
Mary Lala Rubio
Mar 16, 2010
Mary Lala Rubio, 82, died March 16, 2010 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born January 30, 1928 at Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Joe D. and Aurora (Martinez) Arguello. She married Catarino Rubio September 11, 1944 at Raton, New Mexico. He died October 20, 2001. A resident of Hoisington since 1948, coming from Pueblo, Mrs. Rubio was...
Mildred Lorraine Werner
Mar 15, 2010
Mildred Lorraine Werner, 78, died March 15, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 5, 1931 at Pfeifer, Kansas, the daughter of Alex and Tina (Schupman) Jacobs. She married Alvin Unrein, Sr., April 13, 1948. She later married Lewis Robert Werner March 25, 1967 at Blackwell, Oklahoma. He died October 7, 1997. A homemaker,...
Dolores Rae Lindsay
Mar 9, 2010
Dolores Rae Lindsay, 79, died March 9, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born March 19, 1930 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Lester Finn and Dora Mae (Aldrich) Brewer. She married Lester "Buck" Lindsay February 14, 1961 at Hoisington, Kansas. A longtime resident of Olmitz, Kansas, coming from Hoisington, Mrs. Lindsay worked for Fuller Brush,...
Sharon A. Stevenson
Mar 8, 2010
Sharon A. Stevenson, 53, died March 8, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born October 18, 1956 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Doris (Crawford) Boyd. She married Larry Stevenson May 18, 1980 at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Barton County, Mrs. Stevenson was a department manager for Wal-Mart. Survivors include her...
