Elmer V. Miller
Jul 26, 2008
Elmer V. Miller, 85, died July 26, 2008 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born the son of Henry and Anna (Koch) Miller April 12, 1923 in Barton County, Kansas. He married Irene Kraft January 5, 1945 at Galatia, Kansas. She died March 12, 1979. He then married Talma Parker Drake September 4, 1982 at Great...
Milton "Mitch" Weide
Jul 24, 2008
Milton "Mitch" Weide, 93, died July 24, 2008 at Presbyterian Manor, Topeka, Kansas. He was born April 30, 1915 at Kansas City, Missouri, the son of August G. and Rose K. (Blaich) Weide. He married Mary Marcella Fleming November 26, 1937 at Spearville, Kansas. A lifelong resident of Great Bend, Kansas, until moving to Topeka in 2003, Mr. Weide was...
Cornelius Edward "Buddy" Webster
Jul 23, 2008
Cornelius Edward "Buddy" Webster, 69, died July 23, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 12, 1938 at Neosho, Missouri, the son of Durwood and Edna (Classen) Webster. He married Gladys Mae Sanders July 4, 1959 at Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 1948, coming from Missouri, Mr. Webster was a self-employed...
Brina Brown
Jul 22, 2008
Brina Brown, 88, died July 22, 2008 at Lakewood Senior Living - Seville, Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 11, 1920 at Hilham, Tennessee, the daughter of Lee and Susie (Wright) Allen. She was a former cosmetologist and interior decorator having worked at Sears, Singer Sewing Center, and J. C. Penney. She lived in the Wichita area for forty years....
Joyce Lavon Kruckenberg
Jul 22, 2008
Joyce LaVon Kruckenberg, 69, died July 22, 2008 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 18, 1938 at home in Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Archie B. and Alma M. (McCoy) Graham. She was a graduate of Plains High School. She married Homer A. Kruckenberg February 4, 1957 at Manhattan, Kansas. Mrs. Kruckenberg was a homemaker and...
Eleanor Marie Riedl
Jul 22, 2008
Eleanor Marie Riedl, 90, died July 22, 2008 at her home. She was born the daughter of Frank and Mary (Schreiber) Pelz June 18, 1918 at Hoisington, Kansas. She married John C. Riedl, Sr., July 6, 1943 at Hoisington. He died July 5, 1988. A homemaker and retired employee of Hoisington Lutheran Hospital, Mrs. Riedl was a lifetime resident of...
Ruth Madelynn Deckert
Jul 20, 2008
Ruth Deckert died July 20, 2008 at the family home. She was born Ruth Madelynn Maxwell on September 28, 1922 at Fort Collins, Colorado, daughter of Ethie Stockon and Ray Victor Maxwell. She was a graduate of Cache La Poudre High School, LaPorte, Colorado. On December 10, 1944 she married Bennie Deckert and they moved to Kansas soon after where...
Paul E. Schartz
Jul 17, 2008
Paul E. Schartz, 75, died July 17, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born July 6, 1933 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Paul J. and Mary (Helfrich) Schartz. He married Nancy Moran October 29, 1953 at Claflin, Kansas. He was president of Schartz, Inc., and also was involved in farming. A longtime resident of Claflin, moving...
Freda Viola Still
Jul 17, 2008
Freda Viola Still, 94, died July 17, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born September 16, 1913 at Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Axel and Mae (Nelson) Hanson. She married Thomas M. Still April 14, 1938 at Pretty Prairie, Kansas. He died November 16, 1985. A resident of Great Bend since 1978, coming from...
Patricia Ann "Patti" Rabenseifner
Jul 16, 2008
Patricia Ann "Patti" Rabenseifner, 55, died July 16, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 31, 1953 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Bernard A. and Margaret Louise (Kaiser) Rabenseifner. She was a lifetime resident of Barton County. Miss Rabenseifner was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz, Kansas. Survivors include one brother,...
Marilyn L. Maresch
Jul 15, 2008
Marilyn L. Maresch, 82, died July 15, 2008 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born February 3, 1926 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Johnson) Bortz. She married Glenn Everett Maresch August 22, 1946 at Rush Center, Kansas. He died August 15, 1989. Mrs. Maresch was a graduate of LaCrosse High School and received...
Beatrice Bell "Bea" Sayler
Jul 15, 2008
Beatrice Bell "Bea" Sayler died July 15, 2008 at her home. She was born at McGregor, Iowa, the daughter of John W. and Martha L. (Boldt) Davies. She married Arthur Morris Sayler August 28, 1932 at McGregor, Iowa. He died December 23, 1997. She attended Loyola University of Chicago, graduating as a registered nurse. Mrs. Sayler was a resident of...
Danny Biggs
Jul 14, 2008
Danny Biggs, 72, died July 14, 2008 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born April 19, 1936 at Kingman, Kansas, the son of Walter and Wilma (Cheatum) Biggs. He married Darlene Craig March 26, 1956 at Kingman. He started working for Pickrell Drilling Company, Inc., in Kingman, Kansas, in 1958 as a roustabout and pumper. He moved to...
Truman H. Strong
Jul 12, 2008
Truman H. Strong, 94, died July 12, 2008 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. He was born April 14, 1914 at Dover, Oklahoma, the son of William Henry and Maggie (Jenner) Strong. He married Opal Wilson January 23, 1937 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She died February 4, 2007. A retired farmer, Mr. Strong was a Hoisington resident since 2000 when...
Charlene Holopirek
Jul 12, 2008
Charlene Holopirek, 72, died July 12, 2008 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born April 16, 1936 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Ida (Springer) Oetken. She married Jack E. Holopirek September 14, 1955 at Peace Lutheran Church, Albert, Kansas. He died February 6, 1993. A homemaker, Mrs. Holopirek was a resident of Great Bend...
Ralph Julius Raffelock
Jul 11, 2008
Ralph Julius Raffelock, 76, died July 11, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born January 2, 1932 at Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Julius R. and Marie B. (Fanning) Raffelock. He married Amelia Young September 30, 1952 at Ottawa, Kansas. A resident of Great Bend since 1963, coming from Lawrence, Mr. Raffelock served in the...
Howard Charlie Henderson
Jul 8, 2008
Howard Charlie Henderson, 77, died July 8, 2008 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born March 6, 1931 at Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, the son of Charlie Clifford and Mildred Etta (Cheek) Henderson. He married Virginia Carolyn Bloodworth June 7, 1958 at Plentywood, Montana. She died April 21, 2002. A resident of Great Bend since 1961, coming from Montana,...
Leona A. Krmela
Jul 5, 2008
Leona A. Krmela, 88, died July 5, 2008 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 9, 1919 at Loretta, Kansas, the daughter of John J. and Margaret C. (Dinkel) Stegman. She married John F. Krmela September 30, 1941 at Loretta. He died October 21, 1989. A homemaker, Mrs. Krmela was a resident of Great Bend...
Ethel Mae Baldwin
Jul 4, 2008
Ethel Mae Baldwin, 84, died July 4, 2008 at The Cedars, McPherson, Kansas. She was born May 27, 1924 at Chase, Kansas, the daughter of Clyde W. and Hattie (Webster) Denney. She married Vern William Baldwin May 17, 1940 at Dodge City, Kansas. He died September 3, 2006. Living most of her life in Great Bend, Mrs. Baldwin worked for...
Mills Ellis Hollis
Jul 1, 2008
Mills Ellis (Emberton) Hollis, 97, slipped peacefully away into eternal life on July 1, 2008 at Council Grove Health Care Center, Council Grove, Kansas. Mills was born May 16, 1911 at Fountain Run, Kentucky, the daughter of Oral Howard and Myrtle Cook Emberton. She was a graduate of Elkhart High School. On September 27, 1936 she married Harold J. Hollis...
