Edward Lambert Penka
Oct 17, 2007
Edward Lambert Penka, 83, died October 17, 2007, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Edward was born August 10, 1924 at Beaver, Kansas, the son of Frank and Anna Kultgen Penka. On October 15, 1947, he married Evelyn J. Stoss at Olmitz, Kansas. He was a resident of Great Bend since 1967, coming from Beaver, Kansas....
Josephine Ann Skolaut
Oct 9, 2007
Josephine Ann Skolaut, 94, died October 9, 2007, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 31, 1913 in Barton County, Kansas, the daughter of Otto Joseph and Josephine A. Bahr Maneth. Mrs. Skolaut was a homemaker and a lifetime resident of Barton County. She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at...
Roy Raymond Dirks
Oct 9, 2007
Roy Raymond Dirks, 90, died October, 9, 2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 18, 1916 at Pawnee Rock, Kansas, the son of Jacob and Carrie Ratzliff Dirks. He was a self employed farmer. Mr. Dirks was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army in the China, Burma,...
Leroy Eugene Keil
Oct 8, 2007
LeRoy E. Keil, 73, died October 8, 2007, at Central Kansas. Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 5, 1934 at Galatia, Kansas, the son of Emmanuel E. and Louise Scheuerman Keil. LeRoy was a talented athlete at Russell High School, excelling in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He then attended Wichita University. Keil was a U.S. Army...
Richard Lewis Davis, Sr.
Oct 6, 2007
Richard Lewis "Dick" Davis, Sr., 79, died October 6, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born March 3, 1928 at St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Dewey George and Mildred Dague Davis. He married Lucille Meis December 31, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas. She survives. He was General Superintendent for H-30 Drilling Company until his...
Nelson Nova Call
Oct 5, 2007
Nelson Nova Call, 75, died October 5, 2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born July 18, 1932 at Porum, Oklahoma, the son of Nova and Florence Dandridge Call. He married Pearl Ann Kippes September 14, 1954 at Great Bend. She died August 10, 2007. Call was the owner and operator of Swift Formation...
Donald Kim Kirkman
Sep 30, 2007
Donald K. Kirkman, 54, died September 30, 2007 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. Don was born September 30, 1953, at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of K. W. "Pete" and Dolores M. Murphy Kirkman. He was a farmer and cattleman. Don was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. He married Sandy Milhon in Great Bend. He later married Karla...
Jimmy Gene Scheuerman
Sep 30, 2007
Jimmy Gene Scheuerman, 70, died September 30, 2007 at his home. He was born on April 19, 1937 at Center, Colorado, the son of Carl and Violet Mills Scheuerman. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend, Kansas. Jimmy was a contractor. He was also a deep sea diving superintendent for Divcom, an underwater contracting on offshore oil rigs in...
Phyllis Jean Fischer
Sep 27, 2007
Phyllis Jean Fischer, 78, died on September 27, 2007 at Country Place Senior Living Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. Phyllis was born on June 10, 1929 at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Harold E. and Vera L. Girling Baker. She was a lifetime resident of Barton and Stafford counties. Phyllis was a homemaker and former owner of the Organic Cupboard Health...
Lenora Clarissa Miller
Sep 23, 2007
Lenora Clarissa Miller, 96, died September 23, 2007 at her home. Lenora was born December 8, 1910 at Shaffer, Kansas, the daughter of J. W. & Rosa Hanhardt Reinhardt. On August 18, 1936 she married David J. Miller at Bison, Kansas. He died on December 25, 1995. Lenora was a teacher and a homemaker. She was a lifetime resident of...
Barbara Jo Moeder
Sep 22, 2007
Barbara Jo Moeder, 56, died September 22, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 12, 1950 at Great Bend, the daughter of Albert P. and Adella M. Machal Brenner. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, she was a homemaker and an assistant manager for Wal-Mart Pharmacy in Great Bend. She belonged to the Prince...
Clarence Petrie
Sep 22, 2007
Clarence Eugene (Pete) Petrie was born on February 28, 1936. Pete was born in Hill City, Kansas. Clarence went to school in Hill City, and after high school, he spent most of his working career as a construction worker, lumberyard worker, and as a truck driver. Some of Petes hobbies including his love of hunting, fishing, and playing dominoes. Pete...
Junalie Ann Leiker
Sep 20, 2007
Junalie Ann Leiker, 76, died September 20, 2007, at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. Junalie was born on September 18, 1931 at Visalia, California, the daughter of Harry and Bertha Ross Archer. On August 6, 1965, she married LaVern Leiker at Hill City, Kansas. He survives. She had been a receptionist and assistant for Countryside Veterinary. She also had...
Merica Elaine Teichmann
Sep 20, 2007
Merica Elaine Teichmann "Mickey", 87, died September 20,2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Mickey was born on October 6, 1919 at Hoisington, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Mary Krepps McGinnis. On August 16, 1937 she married Ellsworth D."Bud" Teichman at Great Bend, Kansas. He died on August 21, 1990. She was a homemaker and...
Mason "Brownie" Adelbert Brown
Sep 19, 2007
Mason Adelbert "Brownie" Brown, 82, died September 19, 2007 at his granddaughter's home in Concord, North Carolina. Brownie was born August 9, 1925 at Las Animas, Colorado, the son of Humphery Adelbert "Del" and Mary Augusta "Gussie" Mason Brown. He was a U.S. Army veteran. On April 25, 1960, he married Sharron Zook at Ratone, New Mexico. She survives. He...
Edith Mae Buskirk
Sep 14, 2007
Edith Mae "Edie" Buskirk, 82, died September 14, 2007 at her home. She was born May 4, 1925 at Circleville, Ohio, the daughter of Clyde Anderson and Bessie Mae Payne O'Dell. She married Guy Buskirk at Circleville, Ohio, and they were married twelve years. He is deceased. Mrs. Buskirk was a caregiver. She was a resident of Great Bend, Kansas,...
Leona Laverne Schneider
Sep 11, 2007
Leona LaVerne Schneider, 83, died on September 11, 2007 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. Leona was born February 19, 1924 at Bison, Kansas, the daughter of Jess B. and Martha Foos Hopkins. On August 21, 1942 she married Bernard A. Schneider at Olmitz, Kansas. They were divorced. She was a homemaker and cleaned businesses and individual homes. She was...
Bernard "Bud" Clair Schneider, Phd
Sep 10, 2007
Bernard Clair "Bud" Schneider, PhD was born on August 13, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Bernard A. and Leona L. Hopkins Schneider. He grew up on a farm outside of Olmitz, along with his sister, Janice. Soon after graduating from Hoisington High School, Bud started his studies at Fort Hays College studying psychology, but was soon called...
Mildred Lillian Fitzgerrel
Sep 9, 2007
Mildred Lillian Fitzgerrel, 99, died September 9, 2007 at Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on August 21, 1908 at Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Robert and Martha G. Endicott Moore. She was a resident of Hutchinson for two years coming from Lancaster, California. She had priviously lived in Bushton, Kansas. She was a homemaker. On August 21,...
Edra Mae Otte
Sep 8, 2007
Edra Mae Otte, 90, died September 8, 2007, at Riverbend Assisted Living, Great Bend, Kansas. Edra was born August 17, 1917,in Luray, the daughter of Daniel Ruble and Grace Walmer Brown. On June 17, 1934 she married Harry Hudnall in Russell County, Kansas. On October 29, 1971 she married Orval Otte in Great Bend, Kansas. He survives. She was a...
