Elsie Mildred Massey
Feb 23, 2008
Elsie Mildred Massey, 86, died February 23, 2008 at Pioneer Manor, Hugoton, Kansas. She was born December 14, 1921 at Pendennis, Kansas, the daughter of Glen L. and Olive Russell Wheatcroft. She married Elton Edwin Massey August 15, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died October 21, 2007. A resident of Great Bend since 1958, coming from Redwing, Kansas, Mrs....
Leroy B. Gerstenkorn
Feb 22, 2008
LeRoy B. Gerstenkorn, 79, died February 22, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born October 7, 1928 at Odin, Kansas, the son of Phillip and Louise Schremmer Gerstenkorn. He married Patricia Campbell August 10, 1949 at Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Barton County, Kansas, moving to Great Bend from Beaver, Mr. Gerstenkorn...
Lois Jean Scheuerman
Feb 20, 2008
Russell, KS Lois Jean Scheuerman, 55, passed away at the Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS on February 20, 2008. Lois was born May 11, 1952 at LaCrosse, KS the daughter of Melvin and Bonnie (Ficken) Decker. She was a graduate of Otis-Bison High School in 1970 and in 1991 she graduate Sum Cum Laude from Fort Hays State University with...
Leonard Edward Klusener
Feb 19, 2008
Leonard Edward Klusener, 75, died February 19, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born May 22, 1932 at Redwing, Kansas, the son of Edward and Mary Feltes Klusener. On July 2, 1957 he married Evelyn C. Gomez at Lyons, Kansas. He was a resident of Great Bend since 1946 coming from Dubuque, Kansas, and...
Pauline A. Berscheidt
Feb 19, 2008
Pauline A. Berscheidt, 96, died February 19, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Peter J. and Emma Koett Kimpler July 26, 1912 at Barton County, Kansas. She married Frederick J. Berscheidt May 10, 1933 at Ellinwood, Kansas. He died November 21, 1980. Mrs. Berscheidt was a homemaker and lifetime...
Debra E. Hulstine
Feb 18, 2008
Debra E. Hulstine, 53, died February 18, 2008 at 1441 9th Street, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 12, 1954 at Salinas, California, the daughter of James Abel and Bonnie Jean Rosenthal Morgan. She married James J. Hulstine at Salinas, California. He died in 1993. Mrs. Hulstine was a homemaker, living in Great Bend, Kansas, nine years, coming from...
Mark Ray Patrick
Feb 18, 2008
Mark Ray Patrick, 56, died February 18, 2008 at his residence. He was born February 13, 1952 at Hays, Kansas, the son of Cooper Lloyd and Irma Jaqueline Akers Patrick. Mr. Patrick is survived by his mother, Jaqueline Gibbs, Wilson, Oklahoma; his step-father, Burt Gibbs, Ardmore, Oklahoma; and one brother, Kenneth Patrick, Great Bend, Kansas. There will be a private...
Harold "H. T." Vincent Tomlin
Feb 15, 2008
Harold Vincent "H. T." Tomlin, 83, died February 15, 2008 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born June 9, 1924 at Great Bend, the son of F. E. and Maggie Bigge Tomlin. He married Katherine Gutierrez October 14, 1947 and they later divorced. He married Rozena Brown August 31, 1990 at Great Bend. Mr. Tomlin was a field supervisor in...
Phyllis J. Wintholz
Feb 15, 2008
Phyllis J. Wintholz, 71, died February 15, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Walter Willis "Bill" and Irene Gloria Rupp Montgomery March 3, 1936 at Hays, Kansas. She married Louis C. Wintholz May 8, 1954 at Hernon, Kansas. Mrs. Wintholz was a Great Bend resident since 1967, coming from Hays, Kansas....
Lavella Marie Laughlin
Feb 14, 2008
Lavella Marie Laughlin, 78, died February 14, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 14, 1929 at Beaver, Kansas, the daughter of Valentine and Anna Feltes Kramer. She married Cloyde Orrin Laughlin January 29, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died October 1, 2004. Mrs. Laughlin, a Great Bend resident since 1939,...
Viola Mae Hoge
Feb 13, 2008
Viola Mae Hoge, 89, died February 13, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Lewis A. and Clara E. Fleming Palmer, March 25, 1918 at Great Bend, Kansas. She married James L. Hoge November 10, 1941 at McPherson, Kansas. He died August 3, 1990. Mrs. Hoge was a lifetime resident...
Laverne J. Unruh
Feb 12, 2008
LaVerne J. Unruh, 88, died February 12, 2008 at Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. He was born December 28, 1919 at Pawnee Rock, Kansas, the son of Jacob J. and Anna Dirks Unruh. He married Lois B. Unruh November 26, 1941 at Pawnee Rock. She died August 6, 2003. A lifetime Larned, Kansas, area resident until moving to Hesston, Kansas,...
Helen E. Morgenstern
Feb 11, 2008
Dateline: Great Bend, KS Helen E. Morgenstern, 88, died February 11, 2008 at the Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, KS. She was born April 22, 1919 at Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob Margheim and Hannah "Templing" Margheim. On August 23, 1949 Helen Margheim married Luther Morgenstern at Hoisington, Kansas. He survives Helen was a homemaker and a...
Cindy Lou Leech
Feb 11, 2008
Cindy Lou Leech, 40, died February 11, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born October 4, 1967 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Morris, Jr. and Reva Sackett Leech. She was a home health aide and care giver. She was a Wichita resident since 1993, coming from Great Bend. Survivors include her...
Anahy Maria Garay
Feb 10, 2008
Anahy Maria Garay, 2, died February 10, 2008 at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born February 17, 2005 at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Benjamin Garay and Viviana Flores. She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose of Lima, Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors include her parents, Viviana Flores and Benjamin Garay, of...
August J. Demel
Feb 10, 2008
ODIN - August "Gus" J. Demel, 82, died February 10, 2008 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. He was born August 28, 1925 in rural Odin, the son of Joseph A. and Mary (Lamatsch) Demel. A lifetime resident of Odin, he was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus No. 2630...
Betty Lou Miller
Feb 10, 2008
Betty Lou Miller, 80, died February 10, 2008 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. Betty was born December 28, 1927 at Richie, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde Earl and Bertha Ona Mitchell Douthitt. She was a 1945 graduate of Pierce City High School. She had been married to Marion L. "Les" Burke and later she married her current husband...
Phyllis Kay Whelan
Feb 10, 2008
Phyllis Kay Whelan, 88, died February 10, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 5, 1920 at Springfield, Ohio, the daughter of John and Mary Kohler Niswonger. In June, 1947, she married Don Whelan at Great Bend, Kansas. Mrs. Whelan was a homemaker. She was a ladies sportswear buyer and model for...
Carolyn J. Bidwell
Feb 9, 2008
Carolyn J. Bidwell, 72, died February 9, 2008 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born April 17, 1935 at El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Eunice Singleton Welty. She married William Arthur Bidwell June 19, 1954 at Chelsea Methodist Church, El Dorado, Kansas. He died April 5, 2007. Mrs. Bidwell worked in...
Sharlene A. Reichard
Feb 9, 2008
Sharlene A. Reichard, 67, died February 9, 2008 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born June 17, 1940 at Great Bend, the daughter of A. F. "Louie" and Elizabeth A. "Betty" Ackerman Gerritzen. She married George A. "Art" Reichard September 25, 1963 at Great Bend. He died June 12, 2003. Mrs. Reichard formerly worked in dry cleaning and...
