Bowen Patrick Dino
Feb 8, 2008
Bowen Patrick Dino, 33, died February 8, 2008 at Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 31, 1974 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Gary P. Dino and Helen Davis James. He was employed in the oilfield. He resided in Great Bend since 1989, coming from Houma, Louisiana. Mr. Dino is survived by his father and stepmother, Gary and...
Ralph Andrew Horner
Feb 7, 2008
Ralph Andrew Horner, 93, died February 7, 2008 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. Ralph was born on February 5, 1915 at Ash Grove, Kansas, the son of Harry and Irene Johnson Horner. He was a World War II veteran serving with the Army Air Force with the rank of master sergeant. On August 30, 1942 he married...
Olinda Wegele
Feb 6, 2008
Olinda Wegele, 86, died Feb.6 at Elms Haven Care Center in Thornton, Colo. She was born Sept. 20, 1921, in Barton County, the daughter of John and Mary (Dumler) Niedens. She married J. Ernest Wegele on Feb. 23, 1941, in Milberger. He died Dec. 15, 1999. She was a homemaker and lifetime resident of the Galatia and Otis area. She...
Lawrence Eugene Oberle
Feb 4, 2008
Lawrence Eugene Oberle, 67, died February 4, 2008 at his home in Ellinwood, Kansas. Larry was born on October 27, 1940 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of George B. and Edna Bertha Blazek Oberle. On March 15, 1959 he married Sharon K. Juby at Hoisington, Kansas. She survives. Larry was a lifetime Ellinwood resident. He worked for Central Power...
Mary L. Boxberger
Feb 3, 2008
Mary L. Boxberger, 96, died at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Mary was born December 27, 1911 in Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of John B. and Mary Seidl Springer. On June 1, 1935 she married William Boxberger in Great Bend, Kansas. He preceded her in death on October 3, 1975. Mary was a resident of...
Sr. Henrietta Schneweis
Feb 2, 2008
Sister Henrietta Schneweis, 101, died Saturday, February 2, 2008, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born March 16, 1906, in Odin, Kansas, as Mary Anna Schneweis, Sister Henrietta was the daughter of the late Frank and Karoline Fonshner Schneweis. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community September 19, 1921, and pronounced her first vows March 6, 1924. She...
Makinna Ann Krebaum
Jan 31, 2008
Makinna Ann Krebaum, 2, died January 31, 2008 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Makinna was born December 21, 2005 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Kyle and Tasha Grossardt Krebaum. She was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. Makinna was a member of the Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick of Great Bend, where she was Baptized on...
Sister Mary Eleanor Penka, Op
Jan 30, 2008
Sister Mary Eleanor Penka, 91, died Wednesday, January 30, 2008, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born June 14, 1916, in Odin, Kansas, as Dorothy Penka, Sister Mary Eleanor was the daughter of the late Emil and Hedwig Heger Penka. She entered the Dominican Sisters community July 18, 1931, and pronounced her first vows August 20, 1934....
Sharon Kay Roach
Jan 30, 2008
Sharon Kay Roach, 65, died January 30, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Sharon was born on August 21, 1942 at Garden City, Kansas, the daughter of Emanuel and Evelyn Bruce Foos. On November 18, 1957 she married Allan Maurice Roach at Lyons, Kansas. He died October 15, 2006. She was a resident of Great Bend most...
Willie Jones, Jr.
Jan 30, 2008
Willie Jones, Jr., 77, died January 30, 2008 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Willie was born November 2, 1930 at Abilene, Kansas, the son of Willie and Blanche Patterson Jones. He was a maintenance worker for Vernon Nuss and Von Hampton. Willie was a resident of Great Bend most of his life. He was a...
Mildred N. Johnston
Jan 29, 2008
Mildred N. Johnston, 86, died January 29, 2008 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born April 8, 1921 in Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Forest B. and Alta Mae Mills Manley. On April 21, 1940 she married Alva G. Johnston in Oswego, Kansas. He died January 9, 2001. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church...
Joe E. Hastings
Jan 28, 2008
Joe E. Hastings, 74, died January 28, 2008, at Canon City, Colorado. Joe was born on July 24, 1933 at Red Cloud, Nebraska, the son of Frederick L. Hastings and Nancy Benton Hastings. On October 23, 1955 he married Wilma M. Klusener at Dubuque, Kansas. She preceded in death on December 24, 1992. He was a U.S. Army veteran of...
Janice Marie Effertz
Jan 26, 2008
Janice Marie Effertz, 51, died January 26, 2008 at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. Janice was born on September 15, 1956 at Williston, North Dakota, the daughter of Henry Louis, Jr. and Sharon Joan Grisius Effertz. She was a resident of Great Bend since 1990 coming from Wichita, Kansas. Janice was formerly a caregiver for Sunflower Diversified Services. Survivors...
Robert L. Deines
Jan 23, 2008
Robert L. Deines, 64, died January 23, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Robert was born April 9, 1943 in Boulder, Colorado, the son of Herman F. adn Sara A. "Arter" Deines. On April 16, 1967 he married Bernice Niedens in Hoisington, Kansas. She survives. He was a lifetime resident of the Galatia - Hoisington area, he...
Gertrude Josephine Rziha
Jan 21, 2008
Gertrude Josephine Rziha, 92, died January 21, 2008 at Alterra Sterling House, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on February 28, 1915 at Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Emil and Josephine Zorn Schneweis. On August 23, 1938 she married Frank H. Rziha at Odin, Kansas. He died August 15, 1989. Gertrude was a homemaker. She was a resident of Sterling...
Vernon L. Kaiser
Jan 21, 2008
Vernon L. Kaiser, 69, died January 21, 2008, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born July 3, 1938 at Claflin, Kansas, the son of Fred L. and Mathilda Steiner Kaiser. He was owner and operator of Kaiser Insurance of Great Bend, he was also a machinist for Great Bend Industries and assistant manager of Buff's Car Wash. He was...
Anita Louise Gorman
Jan 19, 2008
Anita Louise Gorman, 74, died January 19, 2008 at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence. She was born May 2, 1933 at Kenwood, Iowa, the daughter of John Bernhardt and Amanda Detlefsen Ludemann. Mrs. Gorman married Robert G. Gorman April 18, 1954 at Denison, Iowa. She was a nurse and a twenty-year co-owner of Gorman Tarps. She was a Great Bend...
Esther Rebecca Wear
Jan 18, 2008
Esther Rebecca Wear, 91, died January 18, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born August 17, 1916 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of John and Katherine Moore Kehr. On September 18, 1938 she married Bernard Wear at Dighton, Kansas. He died June 1, 1978. She was a homemaker and a certified nurse aide having...
Tonnie "Diane" Reser
Jan 15, 2008
Tonnie "Diane" Reser, 60, died January 15, 2008 at her Ellinwood, Kansas, residence after fighting a long battle with cancer. She was born October 31, 1947 at Sterling, Kansas, the daughter of Walter W. "Walt" and Pauline Blackburn Coldwater. She married Doug Hilton, and to this union, two children were born, Dale Rex Hilton and Donna Hilton Blazek. They divorced....
Leona Marie Burnett
Jan 14, 2008
Leona Marie Dinges Herl Burnett, 89, died January 14, 2008 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 4, 1918 at Schoenchen, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Christina Dreher Dinges. She married Jacob Herl July 2, 1935 at Schoenchen, Kansas. He died in 1965. She married Irven Burnett July 17, 1976 at Great Bend, Kansas....
