Glenn Dean Koci
Apr 30, 2008
Glenn Dean Koci, 77, died April 30, 2008 at his residence. He was born June 4, 1930 at LaCrosse, Kansas, the son of Emil and Antoinette Oliverius Koci. He married Marilyn Alger January 30, 1954 at LaCrosse. She died May 11, 2006. He was a farmer and a rural postal carrier for thirty-four years, retiring in 1995. Mr. Koci was...
William Duane Abel
Apr 27, 2008
William Duane Abel, 70, died April 27, 2008 at Alive Hospice, Nashville, Tennessee. He was born December 16, 1937 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of William and Evelyn Fredrick Abel. He married Nadine Ochs September 21, 1958 at Hoisington, Kansas. Retired from retail sales in the food business, Mr. Abel was a resident of Cadiz, Kentucky, since 1999, coming...
Betty Jo Laudick
Apr 27, 2008
Betty Jo Laudick, 74, died April 27, 2008. Her final days were spent with her family. Betty was born October 26, 1933 in Rice County, Kansas, the daughter of Edwin F. and Margaret Ehly Clarke. On August 8, 1951 she married Robert H. Laudick at Little River, Kansas. He died on January 9, 1999. She was a former bookkeeper for...
R. L. "Bob" Branan
Apr 26, 2008
R. L. "Bob" Branan, 81, died April 26, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 24, 1926 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Charles Lynn and Marion Hamilton Branan. He married Berdetta Burkhead September 3, 1949 at Beloit, Kansas. They divorced. He then married Lucille Hickel Kaiser January 15, 1973 at Claflin, Kansas....
Verna M. Carmichael
Apr 26, 2008
Verna M. Carmichael, 93, died April 26, 2008 at Wesley Towers Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born the daughter of George L. and Esther M. Marquis Carroll February 3, 1915 in Barton County, Kansas. She married Charles Howard Carmichael April 3, 1936 at Hoisington, Kansas. He passed away February 17, 2007. A resident of Hutchinson since 2000, coming...
Maurine Riggio
Apr 26, 2008
Maurine Riggio passed away April 26, 2008 in Glendale, California. She was preceded in death by her husband Peter and siblings Mildred Bowman, Richard Grizzell, Robert Grizzell and Bette Jones. She is survived by Willis C. Grizzell, Garden Grove, California, Lenora V. Grizzell, Hartford, Connecticut, Miriam G. Zieber, Audubon, Pennsylvania, and ten nieces and nephews. Maurine was born on wheat...
Rachel B. Johnson
Apr 25, 2008
Rachel B. "Brownie" Brown passed away peacefully on April 25, 2008 at the age of 90. She was born August 5, 1917 in Galatia, Kansas, and was raised in Great Bend. In 1941 she moved to California, was married and had three sons. She resided in the southern California area for many years before moving to Henderson, Nevada, to be...
George Edward Miller, Jr.
Apr 22, 2008
George Edward Miller Jr., 82, passed away April 22, 2008. Born January 28, 1926 in Ada, Oklahoma, the first son of George Edward and Quepha (Burch) Miller Sr. A 1944 graduate of Marietta High School, Marietta, Oklahoma, he served in the U. S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He moved to Great Bend in 1948 as...
Eleanor Ille
Apr 20, 2008
Eleanor Ille, 83, died April 20, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Joseph V. and Frances M. Tinkel Jenisch June 27, 1924 at Odin, Kansas. She married Leonard Ille November 16, 1948 at Odin. He died December 12, 1997. A lifetime Odin resident, Mrs. Ille was a homemaker. Mrs. Ille was a member of...
Deborah Kay Reif
Apr 20, 2008
Deborah Kay Reif, 58, died April 20, 2008 at Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, Aurora, Colorado. She was born December 30, 1949 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert M. and Doris L. (DeWald) Boxberger. She was a lifetime resident of Hoisington, and was an assistant loan officer at First Kansas Bank, Hoisington. She was a member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church,...
Rita E. Mater
Apr 15, 2008
Rita E. Mater, 86, died April 15, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1921 at Delphos, Ohio, the daughter of August Fuerst and Theresa (Sefferneck) Fuerst. She married Fred J. Mater September 12, 1942 at Delphos, Ohio. He died November 21, 1997. Mrs. Mater was a homemaker, living in Great Bend since...
Dorothy Mae Moses Morrison
Apr 15, 2008
Dorothy Mae Moses Morrison, Age 96, died April 15, 2008, in Great Bend, Barton County. She was born March 11, 1912, to Earl C. and Mae Moses (a member of the fourth generation of this pioneer family). She attended the Great Bend schools, graduating from Great Bend High School May 21, 1930. Dorothy was an enthusiastic participant in many school...
Kenneth R. Ford
Apr 13, 2008
Kenneth R. "Crazy Horse" Ford, 55, died April 13, 2008 at Hoisington, Kansas. He was born July 22, 1952 at Ellsworth, Kansas, the son of Kenneth L. and Wanda J. Beams Ford. A longtime Hoisington area resident, living previously in Wichita, Kansas, Mr. Ford worked in various positions in the oilfield industry. Mr. Ford was a member of the Living...
Marie A. Miller
Apr 7, 2008
Marie A. Miller, 91, died April 7, 2008 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born August 16, 1916 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Addie (Reif) Lang. She married Lawrence "Brownie" Miller October 8, 1946 at Hoisington. He died September 28, 1957. A lifetime Dubuque and Hoisington resident, Mrs. Miller touched many lives as a cook...
(Norma) Jean Schenk
Apr 6, 2008
(Norma) Jean Schenk, 77, died April 6, 2008 at her daughter's residence, Thornton, Colorado. She was born September 13, 1930 at Talent, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles Lewis and Mabel Clair (Tuttle) Rose. She married Edwin J. Schenk November 8, 1944 at Great Bend, Kansas. A resident of Olmitz, Kansas, since 1954, coming from the farm, Mrs. Schenk was a...
Bobby R. Hunt
Apr 6, 2008
Bobby R. Hunt, 53, died April 6, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 14, 1954 at Lyons, Kansas, the son of Arther W. and Shirley R. Jones Hunt. He was a lifetime Great Bend resident, working in the oilfield. Mr. Hunt was a member of First Street Church of God, Hoisington, Kansas. Survivors...
Martha M. Margheim
Apr 3, 2008
Martha M. Margheim, 85, died April 3, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 28, 1923 at Otis, Kansas, the daughter of John and Mary Brack. She married Rudolph Margheim June 9, 1940 at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died February 14, 1988. Mrs. Margheim was a homemaker and waitress and was a lifetime...
Goldie Marie Michael
Apr 2, 2008
Goldie Marie Michael was born at home in Brighton, Ohio on August 23,1933 to Ernest and Elva Nelson Stumbo. She was raised in Springfield, Ohio, one of nine children, all of who she deeply loved. She married Ralph Eugene Michael on February 9, 1952 in Richmond, Indiana. Raising their family in Ohio and California, working and owning a restaurant. They...
Frances Jean Hoch
Apr 2, 2008
Frances Jean Hoch, 62, died April 2, 2008 at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Catarino and Mary Arguello Rubio October 10, 1945 at Pueblo, Colorado. A longtime Hoisington, Kansas, resident, she was a retired certified nurse aid, having worked for the Homestead Villa in Hoisington. Mrs. Hoch was a member of St. John the Evangelist...
Florence Gould Flanders
Apr 1, 2008
Florence Gould Flanders, age 91, passed away Tuesday evening, April 1, 2008 at Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas. She was born October 25, 1916 to Orlando and Florence Preston Gould in Blue Rapids, Kansas. She was a current member of Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Pharr, Texas. She is survived by her daughter, Judith A. Flanders Geil of...
