Hannah E. Moore
Jan 23, 2009
Hannah E. Moore, 91, died January 23, 2009 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born January 25, 1917 at Galva, Kansas, the daughter of Gustave and Bertine (Schultz) Nichols. She married Guy A. Moore August 29, 1937 at First Church of the Nazarene, Great Bend, Kansas. He died April 22, 1994. A homemaker, Mrs. Moore was a longtime...
James Woodsen Johnson
Jan 18, 2009
James "Woody" Johnson, 69, died January 18, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 17, 1939 at Great Bend, the son of Otis M. and Irene (Bradshaw) Johnson. He married Varna "Bunny" Johnson December 24, 1962 at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Mr. Johnson worked in maintenance for Southwestern Bell and...
Josephine E. Sutton
Jan 17, 2009
Josephine E. Sutton, 93, died January 17, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 7, 1915 at Russell, Kansas, the daughter of Reinhold and Mollie (Beisel) Nuss. She married Jim Sutton April 15, 1950 at Great Bend. He died February 17, 1998. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Mrs. Sutton had been a telephone...
Sr. Crescentia Peschka
Jan 17, 2009
Sister Crescentia Peschka, 95, died Saturday, January 17, 2009, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born July 12, 1913, in Odin, Kansas, as Loretta Caroline Peschka, Sister Crescentia was the daughter of the late Bruno and Crescentia (Hoffman) Peschka. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community July 16, 1928, and pronounced her first vows August 17, 1931. She...
Walter L. Murray
Jan 16, 2009
Walter L. Murray, 78, died January 16, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 28, 1930 at Great Bend, the son of Walter T. and Esther (Bernstorf) Murray. He married Margaret "Mickey" Murphy September 2, 1951 at Las Cruces, New Mexico. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Mr. Murray was a truck...
Margaret M. Steiner
Jan 10, 2009
Margaret M. "Marge" Steiner, 74, died January 10, 2009 at her Overland Park, Kansas, residence. She was born October 25, 1934 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Theresia (Bahr) Schneider. She married Harold L. Steiner on October 25, 1954 at Great Bend. He died April 23, 1996. Mrs. Steiner was the former owner and operator of the...
Lucy E. Cartlidge
Jan 9, 2009
Lucy E. Cartlidge, 81, died January 9, 2009 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 12, 1927 at Ellis County, Kansas, the daughter of John W. and Myrtle (Lowe) Keal. She married James M. Cartlidge December 23, 1945 at Wakeeney, Kansas. He died May 4, 1996. A homemaker, Mrs. Cartlidge was a resident of Great...
Melba K. Adams
Jan 7, 2009
Melba K. Adams, 91, died January 7, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 20, 1917 at rural Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Norris P. and Gladys D. (Frick) Campbell. She married Donald C. Adams October 10, 1937 at Larned, Kansas. He died April 7, 1971. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker and was...
Evelyn J. Appel
Jan 7, 2009
Evelyn J. Appel, 76, died January 7, 2009 at Central Kansas Medical Center. She was given the gift of life July 10, 1932 at Alexander, Kansas, the daughter of Henry H. and Pauline (Schneider) Grose. She married Cleatus Appel December 3, 1950 at Bazine, Kansas. A resident of Great Bend since 1954, coming from Bazine, Mrs. Appel was a secretary...
Cecilia H. Bahr
Jan 7, 2009
Cecilia H. Bahr, 86, died January 7, 2009 at Good Samaritan Home, Hays, Kansas. She was born September 28, 1922 at Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Louise (Werner) Beran. She married Charles E. Bahr November 10, 1947 at Odin, Kansas. He died November 27, 2006. A graduate of St. Rose School of Nursing, Great Bend, Mrs. Bahr was...
Beverly Ann Haselhorst
Jan 5, 2009
Beverly Ann Haselhorst, 58, died January 5, 2009 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born November 9, 1950 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Joseph, III and Cecelia (Younger) Steffan. She married Daniel Joseph Haselhorst May 22, 1971 at Great Bend. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Haselhorst was a library media specialist for Unified School...
Donna L. Schlegel
Jan 4, 2009
Donna L. Schlegel, 68, died January 4, 2009 at her Otis, Kansas, home. She was born March 3, 1940 at rural Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Lester E. and Wilma Fern (Lewis) Moore. She married Don Schlegel December 14, 1983 at Otis. A resident of Otis for twenty-five years, Mrs. Schlegel was a retired bookkeeper. Mrs. Schlegel was of...
Harlie Albert Parish
Jan 3, 2009
Harlie Albert Parish passed away at home January 3, 2009 after a short illness. He was born on February 13, 1913 at Elksprings, Missouri, one of five children of John Clarence and Iva Mae Jeffers Parish. His ancestry dated back to the Civil War era, in which his great-grandfather served. The Parish family moved to Kansas when Harlie and his...
Catherine H. Bahr
Jan 2, 2009
Catherine H. Bahr, 79, died January 2, 2009 at Sterling House, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 29, 1929 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of August and Martha (Penka) Schneweis. She married Raymond J. Bahr October 12, 1948 at Odin. A longtime resident of Olmitz, Kansas, coming from Odin, Mrs. Bahr was a farm wife who loved to quilt...
William J. "Bill" Krestine, Jr.
Jan 2, 2009
William J. "Bill" Krestine, Jr., 76, died January 2, 2009 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 8, 1932 at Rural Otis, Kansas, the son of William Joseph, Sr., and Clara Marie (Zirnich) Krestine. A farmer and cattleman, Mr. Krestine worked for Grant Township for twenty-eight years. He was a resident of Great...
Audrey C. Hall
Dec 30, 2008
Audrey C. Hall, 98, of Great Bend, died December 30, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 24, 1910, to Anna and J. Andrew Casper. She graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina in 1932. She became a schoolteacher in a country school not far from Clifton. In 1936 she married George Hall, who...
Dale Edward Kline
Dec 29, 2008
Dale Edward Kline died December 29, 2008 at the Hospice House in Hutchinson, Kansas after a lengthy illness. He was 84 years old. Born November 3, 1924 to Martha Harris Kline and Arthur Charles Kline; he graduated from Great Bend High School in 1943. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy during World War II; was a member of the...
Michael Dean Deutsch
Dec 27, 2008
Michael Dean Deutsch died Saturday afternoon, December 27, 2008 at the age of 40 as a result of a fishing accident on Wilson Lake. He was born October 1, 1968 at Salina, Kansas, the son of Mel and Alma (Mattas) Deutsch. He married Jena Hamic June 12, 2004 and to this union was born one son, Drew Michael, and one...
Carol A. Strobel
Dec 27, 2008
Carol A. Strobel, 66, died December 27, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 19, 1942 at Great Bend, the daughter of Herman and Elsie (Jones) Riedl. She married George Strobel February 25, 1961 at Hoisington, Kansas. A LMHT at Larned State Hospital, Mrs. Strobel was a resident of Great Bend since...
Vernon Vance Gruber
Dec 24, 2008
Vernon Vance Gruber, 59, died December 24, 2008 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born December 20, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Vernon J. and Vada Pauline (Ford) Gruber. He was an oilfield roughneck. Mr. Gruber was a United States Navy veteran. Survivors include three daughters: Vangela Gruber, Las Vegas, Nevada; Vanity Gruber,...
