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Donald Dwight Schloemer

Donald Dwight Schloemer

Nov 25, 2009

Donald Dwight Schloemer, 82, died November 25, 2009 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born November 17, 1927 at Bison, Kansas, the son of Harvey David and Maude (Hall) Schloemer. He married Nadine Marie Kottwitz August 19, 1949 at Linn Creek, Missouri. She died August 14, 2004. Mr. Schloemer was a resident of Great Bend, Kansas, since 1950,...

Jennifer Dyan Elsen Wylie

Jennifer Dyan Elsen Wylie

Nov 23, 2009

Jennifer Dyan Elsen Wylie, 24, died November 23, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident. She was born March 23, 1985 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Stanley and Janet (Rodie) Elsen. She married William A. Wylie February 14, 2009 at Hays, Kansas. A resident of Hays for five years, coming from Timken, Kansas, she was an EKG...

Barbara A. Ater

Barbara A. Ater

Nov 21, 2009

Barbara A. Ater, 70, died November 21, 2009 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1939 at Larned, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Doris (Cole) Wilson. She married Dale E. Ater April 27, 1958 at Pawnee Rock, Kansas. He died October 25, 2005. A lifetime resident of Shaffer, Mrs. Ater was a bookkeeper for Dale's...

Lavern E. "Pee Wee" Karst

Lavern E. "Pee Wee" Karst

Nov 21, 2009

LaVern E. "Pee Wee" Karst, 82, died November 21, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 9, 1927 at Rural Galatia, Kansas, the son of Georg Peter and Freda (Schwartzkopf) Karst. He married Joyce Eurich December 27, 1953 at Milberger, Kansas. A lifetime Barton County resident, residing in Hoisington since 1955, he was the...

Patricia C. "Patty" Ellington

Patricia C. "Patty" Ellington

Nov 18, 2009

Patricia C. "Patty" Ellington, 46, died November 18, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 6, 1963 at Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Kenneth, Sr. and Nancy L. (Stevens) Pack. She married William Ellington January 8, 1993 at Ozark, Missouri. A resident of Larned, Kansas, for two years, moving from Missouri, she...

Letha M. Mcginty

Letha M. Mcginty

Nov 17, 2009

Letha M. McGinty, 92, died November 17, 2009 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born February 3, 1917 at Ashland, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Rhoda (Fender) Kilgore. She married Harry Francis McGinty November 21, 1939 at Seward, Kansas. He died July 7, 1960. A farmer and homemaker, Mrs. McGinty grew up in Manter, Kansas,...

Elnora L. Steitz

Elnora L. Steitz

Nov 16, 2009

Elnora L. Steitz, 86, died November 16, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 2, 1923 east of Bison, Kansas, the daughter of George P. and Clara Scheuerman. She married Victor Steitz July 29, 1945 at Otis, Kansas. He died December 6, 1959. A resident of Great Bend since 2001, coming from Bison, Mrs....

Mary Margaret Howard Weltmer Fox

Mary Margaret Howard Weltmer Fox

Nov 13, 2009

Mary Margaret Howard Weltmer Fox died November 13, 2009 at the Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, of congestive heart failure following a long illness. She was born May 16, 1919, at St. John, Kansas. The daughter of Fred W. Howard and Eula Tishe King of Kentucky. Her father was a pharmacist whose drug store remained a favorite landmark...

Vernie W. Bowyer

Vernie W. Bowyer

Nov 11, 2009

Vernie W. Bowyer, 51, died November 11, 2009 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born June 19, 1958 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of LaVern George and Jane (Homburg) Bowyer. He was a musician for thirty-three years at Peace Lutheran Church, Albert, Kansas, and playing for many special occations throughout Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. He was...

Joseph L. "Joe" Vasquez

Joseph L. "Joe" Vasquez

Nov 10, 2009

Joseph L. "Joe" Vasquez, 68, died November 10, 2009 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born December 3, 1940 at Geneseo, Kansas, the son of Luis P. and Frances (Gomez) Vasquez. He married Judy L. Crawford August 24, 1987 at Sedalia, Missouri. He was a Hoisington High School graduate. A shop tech for the...

Thomas G. Mcbride

Thomas G. Mcbride

Nov 9, 2009

Thomas G. McBride, 86, died November 9, 2009 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born October 2, 1923 at Seminole, Oklahoma, the son of Hugh Allan and Martha Ethel (Gwinn) McBride and graduated from Varnum High School, Seminole County, Oklahoma. He married LaNettia Marie Tauscher September 14, 1947 at Hoisington, Kansas. She died January 29, 1999....

Esther Pedigo

Esther Pedigo

Nov 8, 2009

Esther (Luft) Pedigo, 97, died Sunday, November 8, 2009 at Bickford Cottage in Ames, Iowa. She was born May 31, 1912 in Otis, Kansas, to Henry and Lydia (Moore) Luft. She attended grade school in Great Bend, Kansas. She married Bruce Preston Pedigo on May 29, 1932 in Great Bend, Kansas, where they lived until moving to Ames in December,...

Robert G. "Bob" Landis

Robert G. "Bob" Landis

Nov 6, 2009

Robert G. "Bob" Landis, 90, died November 6, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 22, 1919 at McPherson, Kansas, the son of Frederick M. and Belle J. (Johnson) Landis. He married Betty J. Wilson in May, 1941. She died in November, 1952. He then married Minnie L. Pinkston March 20, 1954....

Martha I. Allison

Martha I. Allison

Nov 5, 2009

Martha I. Allison, 78, died November 5, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 23, 1931 at Girard, Kansas, the daughter of John Frederick and Ruth Naomi (Telck) Morris. She married William Gene Allison June 23, 1972 at Alva, Oklahoma. He died November 7, 1994. A resident of Great Bend most of...

Albert L. Rice

Albert L. Rice

Nov 3, 2009

Albert L. Rice, 93, of Great Bend died Nov. 3 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood. He was born July 10, 1916, at Fort Supply, Okla., the son of Bert and Elizabeth Willinger Rice. He married Edna Mettscher on June 20, 1934, at St. John. They enjoyed 71 1/2 years of marriage until her death on Nov. 10, 2005. Albert was...

Annabelle Brack

Annabelle Brack

Nov 2, 2009

AnnaBelle Brack, 87, died November 2, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 19, 1922 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Perle and Otis (Crandel) Tilley. She married John Brack June 5, 1948. He died March 23, 1983. She always enjoyed her work in the First National Bank, Denver, Colorado, and the...

Wylie Lee Bethel

Wylie Lee Bethel

Nov 1, 2009

Wylie Lee Bethel, 72, died November 1, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 9, 1937 at Great Bend, the son of Luther "Bill" and Opal (Bryant) Bethel. He married Rita Marie Debes February 23, 1963. She died November 28, 2001. Mr. Bethel was a lifetime resident of Barton County, working in...

Marty Joan Crone

Marty Joan Crone

Oct 31, 2009

Marty Joan Crone, 53, died October 31, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born April 17, 1956 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Beverly Joan (Coon) Allan. She married Jord Crouse on October 16, 2009 at Hutchinson. A resident of Hutchinson eight years, coming from Great Bend, she was a homemaker. She was...

Rojean Lou "Jeanie" Churchill

Rojean Lou "Jeanie" Churchill

Oct 30, 2009

Rojean Lou "Jeanie" Churchill, 55, died October 30, 2009 at her Woodward, Oklahoma, residence. She was born June 24, 1954 at Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Donald and Peggy (Oller) Hoeme. She married James L. Churchill July 22, 1972 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was the Business Office Administrator at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend; Borger Hospital, Borger, Texas;...

Vickie Mower

Vickie Mower

Oct 28, 2009

Vickie Mower, 58, died October 28, 2009. She was born November 28, 1950 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard and Marie (Riedel) Huslig. She married Russ Mower October 20, 1991 at Plano, Texas. Mrs. Mower was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church, Allen, Texas. Survivors include her husband, Russ Mower, Allen, Texas; mother, Marie Huslig, Claflin, Kansas; three...

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