Viola Axman
Aug 18, 2008
Viola Axman, 81, died August 28, 2008 at Reno County Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born October 5, 1926 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Lamatsch) Demel. She married Benedict F. "Ben" Axman April 15, 1947 at Odin. He died July 17, 1993. A lifetime resident of the Odin and Olmitz, Kansas, area, Mrs. Axman was...
Lynn D. Shives
Aug 18, 2008
Lynn D. Shives, 81, died August 18, 2008 at his residence. He was born November 18, 1926 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of William and Pansy (McClane) Shives. He married Clementine Billinger May 7, 1951 at St. Peter, Kansas. A longtime Hoisington resident, he was a retired oilfield worker. Mr. Shives was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic...
Jack Lee Sarff
Aug 17, 2008
Jack Lee Sarff, 73, died August 17, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born October 27, 1934 at Rock Rapids, Iowa, the son of Lee and Ellen (Julian) Sarff. He married Bonnie Wells September 22, 1956 at Doon, Iowa. Mr. Sarff retired from Bachman Specialties and had worked in the oilfield supply business from New Mexico to Colorado...
Conrad M. "C.M." Brack
Aug 17, 2008
Memorial services for Conrad M. C.M. Brack, 79, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend. Inurnment will follow at Great Bend Cemetery. Mr. Brack died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born March 5, 1929, in Larned, the son of Sol M. and Neva...
Caroline M. Pflughoeft
Aug 16, 2008
Caroline M. Pflughoeft, 81, died August 16, 2008 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born April 24, 1927 at Lorraine, Kansas, the daughter of Charles J. and Nora B. (Soeken) Heitschmidt. She married Homer Pflughoeft January 1, 1947 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Holyrood, Kansas. He died March 17, 1993. A lifelong resident of the Claflin and Holyrood...
Elsie M. Hill
Aug 15, 2008
Elsie M. Hill, 105, died August 15, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 6, 1903 at Taylorville, Illinois, the daughter of George and Margaret (Reese) McKinney. She married Edward Russell June 21, 1922 at Saint John, Kansas. He died April 5, 1945 at Pawnee Rock, Kansas. She later married James Hill August 31,...
Milton Henry Rein
Aug 14, 2008
Milton Henry Rein, 83, died August 14, 2008 at his Great Bend, Kansas, home. He was born April 7, 1925 at Bazine, Kansas, the son of Henry and Marie (Foos) Rein. Mr. Rein married Ramona Greteman February 14, 1991 at Carroll County, Arkansas. He was a farmer. A World War II veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Rein participated...
Mary Ann Goode
Aug 13, 2008
Mary Ann Goode, 85, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born January 14, 1923 at Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph and Anna Marie (Riedel) Bartonek. She married Fred A. Maneth at Olmitz. He died in 1963. She then married Roy Goode at Wichita, Kansas. He died in 1997....
Nolan Matthew Petersen
Aug 11, 2008
Nolan Matthew Petersen, 7 months, died August 11, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 10, 2008 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Matthew T. and Angela R. (Wilson) Petersen. He is survived by his parents, Matthew and Angela Petersen, of the home; grandparents: Jeff and Susan Wilson, Gypsum, Kansas; and Todd and...
Vernon J. Bellendir
Aug 11, 2008
Vernon J. Bellendir, 77, died August 11, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1931 at Victoria, Kansas, the son of Adam and Catherine (Brungardt) Bellendir. He married Elvira "Vera" Basgall May 7, 1951 at Loretto, Kansas. Mr. Bellendir was a retired farm store manager for Coop. He was a resident...
Paul J. Schneider
Aug 11, 2008
Paul J. Schneider, 77, died August 11, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, after a short illness. He was born September 28, 1930 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Bernard J. and Helen V. (Schreiber) Schneider. He married Rose F. Rziha January 3, 1951 at Odin, Kansas. She died November 20, 1991. A lifetime resident of...
Orville Richard Campbell
Aug 9, 2008
Orville Richard "Dick" Campbell, 73, died August 9, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born December 25, 1934 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Orville Richard and Frances (Chlumsky) Campbell. He married Barbara Sue Hawkins May 3, 1959 at Hoisington, Kansas. A resident of Hoisington since 1949, coming from Susank, Kansas, Mr. Campbell was the retired owner...
Darlene R. Henry
Aug 7, 2008
Darlene R. Henry, 75, went to be with her husband, Kermit, August 7, 2008. She died at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born July 18, 1933 at Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Edith Ann (Whitford) Riebersehl. Darlene Riebersehl married Kermit H. Henry December 4, 1952 at Raton, New Mexico. He died May 21, 2007. A...
Jesse Laverne Harris
Aug 5, 2008
Jesse L. Harris, 85, died August 5, 2008 at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on November 27, 1922 at Winona, Texas, the son of Jessie Lee and Mattie B. Meadows Harris. He was the second child born to this union. He was a resident of Great Bend since 1946 coming from Gladewater, Texas. Jesse married the...
Dorotha L. Surface
Aug 4, 2008
Dorotha L. Surface, 83, died August 4, 2008 at Rush County Nursing Home, LaCrosse, Kansas. She was born January 25, 1925 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of William P. and Hallie M. (Lucky) Staley. She married Doyle F. Martin in 1952. He died October 22, 1959. She married Leroy Surface in May 1969. He died May 22, 1979. A homemaker,...
Donald Haslam Humphreys
Aug 4, 2008
Donald H. Humphreys, an attorney in Great Bend since 1963, died Monday morning, August 4, 2008, after a brief illness. Born in Ashland on May 16, 1932, son of John E. and Vinette (Hutcheson) Humphreys, he graduated from Ashland High School, received a BA in history from the University of Kansas, and, after 3 years in the U.S. Marine Corps...
Don L. Clark
Aug 2, 2008
Don L. Clark, 72, died August 2, 2008 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 19, 1935 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Arthur B. and Ruby B. (Avery) Clark. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mr. Clark was a truck driver and was employed as a security guard at Essex the last ten years, until he retired. He...
Lavina Clara Carrier
Aug 2, 2008
LaVina Clara Carrier, 81, died August 2, 2008 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 30, 1927 at Susank, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Theresa Krier Hoffman. She married Herbert Carrier December 3, 1945 in Great Bend, Kansas. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Carrier was a homemaker and had been a respiratory...
Milton N. Ney
Jul 29, 2008
Milton N. Ney, 75, died July 29, 2008 at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born April 19, 1933 at rural Claflin, Kansas, the son of Michael J. and Bessie (Bednesek) Ney. He married Marge Burkhart February 12, 1958 at Larned, Kansas. A lifetime resident of the Claflin area, Mr. Ney was former owner or Milt Dozer Service and worked...
Fridolina E. Schenk
Jul 26, 2008
Fridolina E. Schenk, 91, died July 26, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 5, 1917 at Otis, Kansas, the daughter of Anton J., Sr., and Emelia (Haberman) Schenk. A waitress and later a caregiver, Miss Schenk was a lifetime resident of Barton County, Kansas. Miss Schenk was a member of Prince of Peace...
