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Coyle "Junebug" Detherage, Jr.
Mar 8, 2010
Coyle Junebug Detherage, Jr, 69, of Altus, Ark., died March 8, 2010 in the Veterans Hospital of Oklahoma City, Okla., after a short battle with cancer. He was born April 10, 1940 in Altus, Ark. to Coyle and Daisy Detherage. Coyle started school at the tender age of four. During high school, he played on the Altus Owls boys basketball...
Louis Nathan "Nat" Gould
Mar 6, 2010
Louis N. "Nat" Gould, 96, died March 6, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born April 26, 1913 at Leroy, Michigan, the son of Walter Ray and Dora Ethel (Sarver) Gould. He married Muriel Mildred Taylor November 1, 1937 at Angola, Indiana. Mr. Gould was a resident of Great Bend, Kansas, since the mid-1980's, coming from Gunnison,...
Dale Dean Seyfert
Mar 5, 2010
Dale Dean Seyfert, 74, died March 5, 2010 at his rural Claflin, Kansas, residence. He was born March 26, 1935 at Claflin, the son of Ted and Emma (Janda) Seyfert. He married Shirley R. Smith December 8, 1963 at Bushton, Kansas. She died October 30, 1987. A lifetime resident of the Claflin area, Mr. Seyfert was a farmer and stockman....
Elizabeth Mendez
Mar 5, 2010
Elizabeth Mendez, 25, died March 5, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born February 5, 1985 at Miami, Florida, the daughter of Manuel and Hortencia (Morado) Mendez. She was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1997, coming from Miami. Elizabeth was a member of La Cosecha, Great Bend. Survivors include her parents, Manuel and Hortencia Mendez;...
Nancy Davis Burnside
Mar 2, 2010
Nancy Davis, Burnside, 81, died March 2, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. She was born January 21, 1929 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Lee A. and Nina Mary (Charles) Davis. She married Clyde O. Burnside, Jr., October 21, 1950 at Great Bend. He died December 27, 2003. A lifetime Great Bend resident, moving to...
Lucy Younger
Mar 2, 2010
Lucy Younger, 83, died March 2, 2010 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born May 7, 1926 at Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of John F. and Magdalena (Dreher) Younger. She worked for United Airlines doing food preparation. Miss Younger was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church and the Altar Society. Survivors...
Charles L. "Chuck" Doeden
Mar 1, 2010
Charles L. "Chuck" Doeden, 82, died March 1, 2010 at Kansas Heart Center, Andover, Kansas. He was born February 16, 1928 at rural Odin, Kansas, the son of George H. and Amanda (Christians) Doeden. He worked in the oilfield for Brackeen Line Cleaning in Claflin for many years, helped with Schremmer Auction Service and he also farmed and raised cattle....
Leonard Aaron Moore
Mar 1, 2010
Leonard Aaron Moore, 89, died March 1, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born December 1, 1920 on the family farm southwest of Hays, Kansas, the son of Richard Aaron and Clara Maude (Smith) Moore. He married Marjory Telford August 7, 1945 at Downham Market, England. Marjory was a three-year LACW British Royal Air Force veteran...
Vernon Edward Schrater
Feb 28, 2010
Vernon Edward Schrater, 86, died February 28, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 8, 1923 at rural Timken, Kansas, the son of Edward and Marie (Hofbauer) Schrater. He married Marjorie Elizabeth Yost October 7, 1944 at Alexander, Kansas. A farmer and machinist, Mr. Schrater was a resident of Great Bend since 1960, coming...
Betty L. Mortimer
Feb 25, 2010
Betty L. Mortimer, 71, died February 25, 2010 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born March 1, 1938 at Soper, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank T. and Dovie (Lemon) Short. She was a waitress at Ralph Wallace and later the Club at StoneRidge, Great Bend. Survivors include three sons: Marlon Wayne Halzle, Joliet, Illinois; Scott L. Halzle, St....
Lillian Hunter
Feb 24, 2010
Lillian Hunter, 67, died February 24, 2010 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born January 27, 1943 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Anna Marie (Bieker) Begler. She married Archie Hunter January 11, 1960 at Ellis, Kansas. A resident of Hoisington, Kansas, for forty years, coming from Ellis, Mrs. Hunter was a hostess and office manager...
Clayton Eugene Mcfarren
Feb 23, 2010
Clayton Eugene McFarren, 82, died February 23, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 23, 1927 at McCracken, Kansas, the son of Jesse and Beryl (Grumbein) McFarren. He married Doris Helwig November 30, 1950 at the United Methodist Church, Bazine, Kansas. He has worked at Gibson, Titus and Stafford and later worked for Standish...
Elizabeth Frances Kaiser
Feb 22, 2010
Elizabeth Frances Kaiser, 78, died February 22, 2010 at her LaCygne, Kansas, residence. She was born May 3, 1931 at Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of George A. and Frances Louise (Gerritzen) Hoeffner. She was a homemaker. Survivors include three daughters: Dolores Kaiser, LaCygne; Helen Perkins, LaCygne; and Frances Adams, Wyandotte, Kansas; one son, John Kaiser, Merriam, Kansas; and five grandchildren....
Kenneth Leroy "Fritz" Fritz
Feb 21, 2010
Kenneth Leroy Fritz, better known as "Fritz", 92, died February 21, 2010 at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 14, 1917 at Gypsum, Kansas, the son of Charles Frederick and Oma (Madden) Fritz. He was the youngest of three sons. His father died when he was eleven, leaving just his mother and him....
Zita Ann Davis
Feb 21, 2010
Zita Ann Davis, 62, died February 21, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 17, 1947 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Alois and Pauline (Schmidt) Kisner. She married Albert E. Davis March 25, 1966 at Hoisington, Kansas. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, Mrs. Davis was a homemaker. Mrs. Davis was a...
Shirla A. Kirmer
Feb 20, 2010
Shirla A. Kirmer, 73, died February 20, 2010 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas, following a nineteen-year battle with cancer. She was born March 27, 1936 at Albert, Kansas, the daughter of Lester E. and Wilma Fern (Lewis) Moore. She married Bernard "Ben" Kirmer June 14, 1958 at Larned, Kansas. A longtime resident of Barton County, Mrs. Kirmer was...
Cheryl Elaine Cogdill
Feb 20, 2010
Cheryl Elaine Cogdill, 57, died February 20, 2010, at her home in Great Bend. She was born August 27, 1952, at St. John, Kansas, the daughter of George Sylvester and Loretta "Joan" Riegel Ming. She worked in the medical billing department at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She lived in Great Bend most of her life. On June 14, 1970, she...
Ariana Leeann Mae Maher
Feb 19, 2010
Ariana LeeAnn Mae Maher, 2 months, 1 day, died February 19, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 18, 2009 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Christopher and Lacinda (Julian) Maher. Survivors include her mother, Lacinda Maher, Hoisington, Kansas; her father, Christopher Maher, Larned, Kansas; one brother, Christan Lovell, Hoisington; one sister, Majestic...
Augusta A. Huslig
Feb 15, 2010
Augusta A. Huslig, 99, died February 15, 2010 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 26, 1910 at rural Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Emil A. and Josephine (Lamatsch) Huslig. She worked as an LPN at St. Mary's in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for twenty-six years and at CKMC in Great Bend, Kansas, for eleven years before retiring...
Ingeborg M. Mitchell
Feb 15, 2010
The family of Ingeborg M. Mitchell, 88, is saddened to announce her passing on Monday, February 15, at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood, Kansas. Ingeborg Magdalena Ursula (Marr) Mitchell was born Oct. 13, 1921 in Steinbach-Hallenberg, Germany. The daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Marr and Minna Emilie (Hoffman) Marr. She immigrated to the United States in 1955 and became a U.S....
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