Terry Lee Oberle
Mar 31, 2008
Terry Lee Oberle, 43, died March 31, 2008 at his Claflin, Kansas, home. He was born May 12, 1964 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Herman Patrick Oberle. He was a cook and a former member of the Kansas Army National Guard. He was a Claflin resident since 2007, moving from Pratt, Kansas. Survivors include one son, Christopher Oberle,...
Dwight D. Ritterhouse
Mar 29, 2008
Dwight D. Ritterhouse, 73, died March 29, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 27, 1934 at Mooreland, Oklahoma, the son of Lloyd George and Gertrude Irene Bailey Ritterhouse. He married Lou Ann Mitchell March 23, 1954 at Little River, Kansas. A lifetime oilfield worker, Mr. Ritterhouse was a longtime resident of Barton County,...
Rose Funk Dietz
Mar 28, 2008
Rose Funk Dietz, 89, died March 28, 2008 at Brighton Gardens, Prairie Village, Kansas. She was born January 18, 1919 in Russell County, Kansas, the daughter of John and Katherina Deines Dietz. She married Rudolph Funk November 7, 1937 at Milberger, Kansas. He died October 21, 1988. She later married Hermann Dietz at Portland, Oregon. He died October 17, 2005....
Lyle E. Dodson
Mar 25, 2008
Lyle E. Dodson, 73, died March 25, 2008, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita. He was born Sept. 10, 1934, in Gainesville, Mo., the son of Elvert and Hazel Pierce Dodson. A resident of Great Bend most of his life, he owned and operated Rosencrantz-Bemis Water Well Service, Great Bend, and Darling Drilling Company, Hutchinson. He was...
Vernon Fredrick Anton Bunselmeyer
Mar 24, 2008
Vernon Fredrick Anton Bunselmeyer, 84, died March 24, 2008 at Catholic Care Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born August 17, 1923 the son of Fredrick and Minnie Marie Nolte Bunselmeyer. He married Mildred Keller June 14, 1946 at Great Bend, Kansas. She died February 25, 1999. A resident of Great Bend since 1946, coming from Hudson, Kansas, Mr. Bunselmeyer was...
Carol Yvonne Harris
Mar 23, 2008
Carol Yvonne Harris, 62, died March 23, 2008 at Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 7, 1945 at Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbur and Earline Christiansen Demanett. She married Robert "Bob" Harris January 28, 1962 at Plainville, Kansas. A homemaker, Mrs. Harris was a Great Bend, Kansas, resident since 1969, coming from Plainville. Mrs. Harris was...
George W. Blakeslee
Mar 22, 2008
George W. Blakeslee, Jr., 79, died March 22, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 8, 1928 at Great Bend, the son of George Sr., and Lena Hiss Blakeslee. He was a graduate of Great Bend High School and later became involved in farming. On May 29, 1955 he married Lynette Fischer...
Henry Brown
Mar 21, 2008
Henry Brown, 85, died March 21, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 7, 1922 at Fort Smith, Arkansas, the son of Ruby Margaret Johnson. He was a resident of Junction City and a longtime Hoisington resident. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Brown was a...
Esther L. Koch Schreiber
Mar 20, 2008
Esther L. Koch Schreiber, 89, of Rogers, Arkansas, died March 20, 2008 at Circle of Life Hospice Home, Springdale, Arkansas. She was born April 6, 1918 at Hitchcock, Oklahoma, the daughter of Catherine and John Harnett. Mrs. Schreiber moved to Rogers, Arkansas, from Great Bend, Kansas, in 2004. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Rogers;...
Evelyn J. Higgins
Mar 19, 2008
Hoisington, KS Evelyn J. Higgins, 91, died March 19, 2008 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born September 2, 1916 at Lamar, Colorado, the daughter of Ralph M. and Martha (Schlegel) Plotner. Evelyn Plotner married Andrew Higgins August 16, 1938 at LaCrosse, KS. He preceded in death October 14, 1978. Evelyn was a retired postmaster at McCracken, KS and...
Thresa Esfeld Fisher
Mar 16, 2008
Thresa Esfeld Fisher, 93, died March 16, 2008 at River Bend Assisted Living, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 22, 1914 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Frances Schremmer Schneweis. Mrs. Fisher was a graduate of Claflin High School and attended Salt City Business College, Hutchinson, Kansas. She married Ray Esfeld May 2, 1938 at Claflin, Kansas....
Elizabeth "Fan" Anne Cobb
Mar 14, 2008
Elizabeth Anne Fan Cobb passed away March 14, 2008, in Virginia Beach, VA. She was 79 years old. Fan was born November 5, 1928, in Excelsior Springs, MO, the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Gertrude Masten McCleary. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1949 and moved to Great Bend, KS. There, she married Grover Cowling Cobb September 17,...
Morris "Joe" E. Stukey
Mar 14, 2008
Morris E. "Joe" Stukey, 83, died March 14, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 10, 1924 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Joe J. and Zora Zinn Stukey. He married Ramona Seyfert April 18, 1948 at Hoisington. He retired in 1987 from the Great Bend Fire Department. Mr. Stukey was a Great Bend...
Mildred "Mickie" Glynn
Mar 12, 2008
Mildred "Mickie" Glynn, 83, died March 12, 2008 at her Hoisington, Kansas, residence. She was born July 20, 1924 at Hardner, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence and Pearl Downtain Thomas. She married Earl Van Doren February 20, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death. She then married Robert "Bob" Glynn on March 14, 1964 at Hoisington. Mrs....
Lawrence W. Fox
Mar 12, 2008
Lawrence W. Fox, 96, died March 12, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilition Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 5, 1911 at Hastings, Colorado, the son of William John and Zelda Lillian Armstrong Fox. He married Ramona Emily Hall August 6, 1933 at Winfield, Kansas. She died September 21, 1994. He moved to Great Bend in 1999...
Mike A. Hoge
Mar 11, 2008
Mike A. Hoge, 63, died March 11, 2008 at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence. He was born June 22, 1944 at Lyons, Kansas, the son of John A. and Helen Damon Hoge. He graduated from Great Bend High School and Fort Hays State University with a B. S. in education and business. He also attended Kansas University. Mr. Hoge was...
George Monnet Mckown
Mar 11, 2008
George Monnet McKown, 80, of Great Bend, Kansas, died March 11, 2008 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, under the compassionate care of Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice. Born September 21, 1927, in Oklahoma City, he was the son of David Ross McKown and Florence (Monnet) McKown. He married Martha Lu (Johnson) McKown on January 18, 1953. She survives him...
Mae Rice
Mar 9, 2008
Hoisington, KS Mae Rice, 98, died March 9, 2008 at the Lyons District Hospital, Lyons, KS. She was born May 19, 1909 in Kingman County, Kansas the daughter of Isaac W. and Evelyn (Pryor)Tapp. She was resident of Hoisington since 1930 and was a retired teller at the Hoisington National Bank with fifteen years of service. On September 6, 1932...
Roland J. Bahr
Mar 9, 2008
Olmitz, KS Roland J. Bahr passed away on March 9, 2008 at the Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas He was born March 30, 1923 in Barton County the son of Adolph and Rose (Hickey) Bahr. A lifetime resident of Olmitz he was a retired farmer. He belonged to St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz; fourth degree Knights of Columbus...
Johanna English
Mar 7, 2008
Johanna English, 68, died March 7, 2008 at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. She was born November 18, 1939 in Nurnberg, Germany, the daughter of Heinrich and Johanna Thuringer. She was a homemaker. On October 28, 1962 she married Thomas English at St. John, Kansas. Survivors include her husband, Thomas English, Hoisington; daughter, Brigitte Lowe and husband Gregory, Hoisington; two brothers,...
