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Ronda (Janie) Riedl

Ronda (Janie) Riedl

Mar 7, 2009

Ronda (Janie) Riedl, 67, died March 7, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born June 2, 1941 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of E. H. and Eula Rhea (Eatmon) Farmer. She married Charles E. Riedl February 29, 1960 at Hoisington, Kansas. He died January 26, 1992. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, and her careers...

Ryan Hugh Dunlap

Ryan Hugh Dunlap

Mar 5, 2009

Ryan Hugh Dunlap, 39, died March 5, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 25, 1969 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Rodney Hugh and Sharon (Crupper) Dunlap. He was an elementary school physical education teacher at Jefferson Elementary School and was a member of the Unified School District 428 athletic training staff....

Leona W. Ehrlich

Leona W. Ehrlich

Mar 5, 2009

Leona W. Ehrlich, 78, died March 5, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born March 24, 1930 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Alexander and Mollie (Lock) Maier. She married Glen Ehrlich June 13, 1948 at Galatia, Kansas. A lifetime resident of Russell and Great Bend, Mrs. Ehrlich was a cook for...

Mark E. Pelster

Mark E. Pelster

Mar 5, 2009

Mark E. Pelster, 54, died March 5, 2009 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born September 11, 1954 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Robert LeRoy and Lodema June (Garrett) Pelster. He married Pamela J. Dewberry December 27, 1978 at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Mr. Pelster worked in landscaping, and was a...

Shelley Denese Cale Doggett

Shelley Denese Cale Doggett

Mar 4, 2009

Shelley Denese (Cale) Doggett, 57, died March 4, 2009 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born August 29, 1951 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Chester V. and Carol L. (Carpenter) Cale. She married John L. Doggett January 2, 1982 at Great Bend. She had a degree in fashion merchandising and modeling from Patricia Stevens Career Colleges,...

Ruby A. Wilcox

Ruby A. Wilcox

Mar 4, 2009

Ruby A. Wilcox, 96, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born November 15, 1912 at Healy, Kansas, the daughter of William Henry and Amelia Ann (Worley) Neal. She married Andrew J. Wilcox November 7, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died September 26, 1954. A cook in several restaurants, Mrs. Wilcox was a...

Bonnie Jo Wheeler

Bonnie Jo Wheeler

Mar 2, 2009

Bonnie Jo Wheeler, 84, died March 2, 2009 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born April 25, 1924 at Richland, Missouri, the daughter of Albert and Ollie Elizabeth (Brown) Decker. She married Ivan A. Wheeler September 18, 1940 at Richland, Missouri. He died November 25, 1992. A homemaker, Mrs. Wheeler was a resident of Great Bend...

Irene M. Revell

Irene M. Revell

Feb 28, 2009

Irene M. Revell, 91, died February 28, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 8, 1917 at Johnson County, Kansas, the daughter of David and Nellie Pointer. She married Jesse Easdon in 1935, but they later divorced. She married Cleo "Red" Revell in 1942. He died August 31, 1997. A homemaker, in...

Mary Katheryn "Pollie" Stalcup

Mary Katheryn "Pollie" Stalcup

Feb 28, 2009

Mary Katheryn "Pollie" Stalcup, 77, died February 28, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 18, 1931 at South Haven, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert and Martha (Ruthrauff) Clevenger. She married Ralph Stalcup May 9, 1953 at Hutchinson, Kansas. Mrs. Stalcup was a homemaker and an active bridge player. She was a Great Bend...

John Roy Evans

John Roy Evans

Feb 27, 2009

John Roy Evans, 88, died February 27, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 22, 1920 at Claflin, Kansas, the son of Roy Everett and Stella (Smith) Evans. A 1938 graduate of Claflin High School, Mr. Evans pursued higher education at Fort Hays State University, where he was the quarterback for the football team,...

Sr. Joel Christoph, O. P.

Sr. Joel Christoph, O. P.

Feb 26, 2009

Sister Joel Christoph, 67, died Thursday, February 26, 2009, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend. Born February 24, 1942, as Judith Christoph, Sister Joel was the daughter of Dorothy (Hickel) Christoph and the late Leo Christoph. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community September 1, 1960, and pronounced her first vows June 13, 1963. She celebrated twenty-five years of...

Dorothy Lucille Thornton

Dorothy Lucille Thornton

Feb 25, 2009

Dorothy Lucille Thornton, 96, died February 25, 2009 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 16, 1912 at Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James and Lucille (Curt) Morrison. A graduate of Liberal High School in 1931, Mrs. Thornton worked on B-17 Flying Fortresses in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during World War II. She married Harry Thornton in...

Bernice Isabel Radke

Bernice Isabel Radke

Feb 25, 2009

Bernice Isabel Radke, 84, died February 25, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 28, 1924 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Amelia (Miller) Wilhelm. She married Marcus J. Radke December 12, 1945 at Milberger, Kansas. A lifetime resident of Barton County, Mrs. Radke was a homemaker. Mrs. Radke was a...

Orvil Leroy Stevens

Orvil Leroy Stevens

Feb 25, 2009

Orvil Leroy Stevens, 92, died February 25, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 13, 1916 at Nowata, Oklahoma, the son of Amos Wesley and Anna (Pearce) Stevens. He married Helen B. Driscoll at Dubuque, Kansas. She died February 15, 1997. A resident of Great Bend since 1946, coming from Lyons, Kansas, Mr. Stevens...

Tammy L. Hochartz

Tammy L. Hochartz

Feb 23, 2009

Tammy L. Hochartz, 38, died February 23, 2009 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned, Kansas, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born December 4, 1970 at Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Clifford and Bonnie (Baker) Olsen. She married Paul H. Hochartz September 28, 2007 at Charlotte, North Carolina. A Hoisington, Kansas, resident for the past eight years,...

Leonie-Marie Schreck

Leonie-Marie Schreck

Feb 22, 2009

Lonie-Marie Doppler-Schreck, 103, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 22, 2009. Lonie was the oldest of six children, born to Maurice and Catherine Doppler of Alsace-Lorraine, France, a small farming community of Steinbrun Le Haut. She attended a small one room country school, completing eight years. As a young girl she took charge of the home, caring for...

Lenora C. Humphrey

Lenora C. Humphrey

Feb 21, 2009

Lenora C. Humphrey, 87, died February 21, 2009 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born March 18, 1921 at Shaffer, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob B. and Violet R. (Brackley) Ochs. She married Henry R. Humphrey September 25, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died May 30, 2007. A resident of Hoisington since 1942, coming from Great Bend...

Janey P. Warren

Janey P. Warren

Feb 20, 2009

Janey P. Warren, 74, died February 20, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1934 at rural Ellinwood, Kansas, the daughter of Laura Kimpler Doherty. She married Harry Phillip Warren May 26, 1956 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died February 2, 2003. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Warren was a homemaker,...

Ruth F. Tanquary

Ruth F. Tanquary

Feb 18, 2009

Ruth F. Tanquary, 93, died February 18, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1915 at Scott City, Kansas, the daughter of Charles M. and Agnes A. (Krebs) Watkins. She married Loren C. Tanquary January 19, 1936 at Scott City, Kansas. He died September 27, 1991. The owner and operator of...

William "Bill" Donald Kuhn

William "Bill" Donald Kuhn

Feb 17, 2009

William D. Bill Kuhn, 66, died February 17, 2009 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 13, 1943 at Ellis, Kansas, the son of William and Bertha (Leikam) Kuhn. He married Norma J. Walters November 10, 1972 at Hays, Kansas. A resident of Great Bend, Kansas, since 1956, coming from Ellis, Mr. Kuhn...

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