Minetta "Mickey" Smith
Feb 14, 2010
Minetta Mickey (Edwards) Smith was born March 24, 1934 at Bison, Kan., and died February 14, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kan. She was the youngest of thirteen children born to Everett and Frances (Bitter) Edwards. On May 22, 1953, she married Durward Smith. He survives. To this union three children were born. At a...
B. Ruth (Harmon) Kuhn
Feb 13, 2010
B. Ruth (Harmon) Kuhn, 83, died February 13, 2010 at St. John's Victoria, Victoria, Kansas. She was born December 17, 1926 at Newton County, Missouri, the daughter of Franklin Pierce and Byrda (Long) Harmon. She married Samuel Ed Loftis in 1945 and they divorced in 1950. She then married Robert Eugene Kuhn April 20, 1956 at Larned, Kansas. A longtime...
Harold "Gene" Neuforth
Feb 11, 2010
Harold "Gene" Neuforth, 60, died February 11, 2010 at Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born May 22, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Harold Charles and Doris Lorraine (Corkins) Neuforth. He married Eva Kohls April 9, 1983 at Great Bend. He was formerly employed by Doonan Trailer as a fabricator. He was a lifetime Great...
Eleanor Prosser
Feb 10, 2010
Eleanor Prosser, 98, died February 10, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 8, 1911 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter Frank and Karolina (Fonschner) Schneweis. She married Anthony A. "Tony" Prosser August 6, 1935 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Odin. He died December 28, 1971. Mr. and Mrs. Prosser moved to their...
Marilyn J. Landers
Feb 9, 2010
Marilyn J. Landers, 78, died February 9, 2010 at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born October 27, 1931 at Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Jack and Grace (Smith) Stewart. She married Richard Landers December 30, 1951 at Garnett. A resident of Otis, Kansas, since 1989, moving from Hoisington, Kansas, Mrs. Landers was a homemaker and waitress for...
Tomasa Zuniga Perez
Feb 8, 2010
Tomasa Zuniga Perez, 88, died February 8, 2010 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 29, 1921 at Kenedy, Texas, the daughter of Arcadio and Guadelupe (Hernandez) Zuniga. She married Rosendo Perez, Sr., in 1940 at Kenedy. He died July 23, 1994. A Hoisington, Kansas, resident since 1996, coming from Leoti, Kansas, Mrs. Perez was...
Omer Bieberle
Feb 7, 2010
Omer Bieberle, 72, died February 7, 2010 at his Bushton, Kansas, residence. He was born January 30, 1938 at rural Rice County, Kansas, the son of Joe and Rose (Huslig) Bieberle. He married Mary Ann Maier November 4, 1961 at Bushton. A lifetime resident of the Bushton area, Mr. Bieberle was a contract pumper, farmer, and stockman. Mr. Bieberle was...
Leon Rudolph Deines
Feb 6, 2010
Leon Rudolph Deines, 85, died February 6, 2010 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 24, 1924 at Russell County, Kansas, the son of Rudolph and Anna (Karst) Deines. Mr. Deines was an auto parts clerk, retiring from Big A Automotive. Following his retirement, he was apartment manager for Cherry Village and sacked groceries for...
Steven Myron Connell
Feb 6, 2010
Steven Myron Connell, 57, died February 6, 2010 at Peachtree Christian Hospice, Duluth, Georgia. He was born December 28, 1952 at Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Richard and Bonnie (Mousel) Connell. He was in management and sales. He graduated from Claflin High School and attended Washburn University and the University of Kansas. Mr. Connell was a member of First...
Evelyn E. Schartz
Feb 3, 2010
Evelyn E. Schartz, 88, died February 3, 2010 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1921 at Stafford County, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Bertha (Langrehr) Burhenn. She married Malvern P. Schartz July 18, 1940 at Barton County, Kansas. He died December 22, 1987. A lifetime Barton County resident, Mrs. Schartz was a homemaker. Mrs....
Michael W. Adams
Feb 1, 2010
Michael W. Adams, 52, died February 1, 2010, in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 8, 1957, in Great Bend, the son of Merle and Patricia (Meyeres) Adams. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend, and was a truck driver. Mike was a very accomplished artist, drawing and painting since childhood. He also loved looking through a telescope...
Dana Diane (Kreft) Dallen
Jan 29, 2010
Dana Diane (Kreft) Dallen, 43, died January 29, 2010 at Aberdeen, Maryland. She was born December 1, 1966 at Port Hueneme, California, the daughter of Leonard and Diane (Abbott) Kreft. She married Richard Dallen November 12, 1993 at Aurora, Colorado. She was secretary in the medical field for many years, and later was a government services employee as a budget...
Eleanor Klug
Jan 26, 2010
Eleanor Klug, 94, died January 26, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 9, 1915 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of John and Louisa (Beran) Boor. She married Joseph W. Klug November 20, 1945 at Odin, Kansas. He died August 25, 1986. A lifetime Odin resident, Mrs. Klug was a homemaker. Mrs. Klug was...
Jocile Hansarik
Jan 25, 2010
Jocile Hansarik, 82, died January 25, 2010 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 8, 1927 at Shawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ted and Emma (Rose) Sullivan. A Great Bend resident for twenty years, coming from Dodge City, Kansas, Mrs. Hansarik was a manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Survivors include one daughter, Andrea Young and husband Michael, Derby, Kansas;...
Alice "Iris" Pfister
Jan 22, 2010
Great Bend - Alice Iris Pfister, 75, of Great Bend, died Jan. 22 at her home. She was born May 27, 1934, at Edmond, the daughter of James Earl and Mattie (Strickland) Bean. She married Daniel Jerry Pfister on Jan. 6, 1956, at Great Bend. He preceded her in death Aug. 6, 2004. Alice was a homemaker and a cook...
Roy John "Gabby" Messex
Jan 22, 2010
Roy John "Gabby" Messex, 87, died January 22, 2010 at Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana. He was born January 12, 1923 at Minneapolis, Kansas, the son of Roy Bryant and Grace Maude (Travis) Messex. The Messex family moved to Hoisington, Kansas, in 1937 and after school, Gabby enlisted in the Army and was in the United States Army Air...
Agnes G. Arends
Jan 20, 2010
Agnes G. Arends, 88, died January 20, 2010 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 22, 1921 at Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Julius and Carrie (Rous) Wendtlandt. She married Nicholas Louis Arends October 22, 1940 at Claflin. He died June 28, 2001. A Great Bend resident since 1992, coming from Claflin, Mrs....
Berdena B. Sellens
Jan 19, 2010
Berdena B. Sellens, 92, died January 19, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 25, 1917 at Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jacob and Lena (Weber) Bangerter. She married her husband of 71 years, Kenneth I. Sellens May 28, 1938 at Hoisington, Kansas. A longtime resident of Hoisington, Kansas, moving to Great Bend after...
Frank Charles Epp
Jan 17, 2010
Frank Charles Epp, 58, died January 17, 2010 at his home. He was born July 19, 1951 at Wichita, Kansas, the son of Daniel and Katherine (Franz) Epp. He married Gloria Joy Heyen at Alamagordo, New Mexico. They later divorced, but remained good friends. A resident of Great Bend, Kansas, since 1986, moving from Colby, Mr. Epp was a driller...
Oscar Deines
Jan 14, 2010
Oscar Deines, 97, died January 14, 2010 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 10, 1912 at Russell, Kansas, the son of Peter Theodore and Minnie Pauline (Krug) Deines. A longtime resident of Hoisington, Kansas, Mr. Deines was retired from KPL and Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II....
