Lawrence Lee Steinbacher
Jun 14, 2007
Larry Lee "Bones" Steinbacher, 61, died June 14, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. "Bones" was born on November 15, 1945 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Charles F. and Eulalia M. Brehm Steinbacher. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. He was an inspector for Evans, Byerly, Hutchinson & Associates, P.A. of Great Bend....
Darin Lee Hickel
Jun 11, 2007
Darin Lee Hickel, 35, died June 11, 2007, in McCook, Nebraska. Darin was born on July 7, 1971 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Kenneth A. and Carol J. Feist Hickel. He was a resident of McCook for six months coming from Great Bend, Kansas. He was a manager for U.S. Air of McCook and was a pilot and...
Lucile M. Uden
Jun 10, 2007
Lucile M. Uden, 93, died June 10, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born March 17, 1914, at Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Hall Eitel. On June 4, 1940 she married Henry Lee Uden at Great Bend, Kansas. He died on March 16, 1980. She was a lifetime resident of Great...
Dona Lee Olivera
Jun 7, 2007
Dona Lee Olivera, 72, died June 7, 2007, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born February 2, 1935 at Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond Dewey and Ethel Helen Weaverling Wise. She was a resident of Great Bend since 2005 coming from Santa Barbara, California. She was a self-employed housekeeper. On October 6, 1984, she married Rudolph Valentino...
Michael Franklin Vink
May 29, 2007
Michael Franklin "Mike" Vink, 61, died May 29, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Mike was born August 10, 1945, at St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Melvin F. and Marcella "Sally" Zecha Vink. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. Mike was a member of the family owned business, OPI, Inc. also...
Norman Andrew Hoffman
May 20, 2007
Norman Andrew Hoffman, 88, died Sunday, May 20, 2007, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born December 20, 1918, at rural Susank, Kansas, the son of Andrew and Carol Hoffman. He was a resident of Great Bend since 1989, coming from Russell, Kansas. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II serving in the...
Mary Esther Powers
May 16, 2007
Mary Esther Powers, 91, died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born on February 19, 1916 at Halstead, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob Ernest and Emma Mae McCart Lehman. She graduated from Halstead High School. Mary married Dixon D. Powers on September 5, 1937 at Halstead, Kansas. He died on November 26, 1972. She...
Betty Joann Hoss
May 13, 2007
Long-time Great Bend resident Betty JoAnn Hoss, 73, died Mother's Day, May 13, 2007, after a brief, but valiant, battle with cancer. She was born, July 8, 1933, in Hays to James & Josephine Ptacek Myers . She was a 1951 graduate of Hays High School. She met her future husband, Philip C. Hoss, while attending nurses training at St....
Carol Lavonne Starr
May 13, 2007
Carol LaVonne Starr, 67, died May 13, 2007 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was given the gift of life December 18, 1939 at Soldier, Kansas, born the daughter of Walter and Sara (Dunn) Pollock. She married Bill Starr July 3, 1958. They owned and operated the Drummer Boy Restaurant. They later divorced. Mrs. Starr...
Elmer Lloyd Gimblin, Sr.
May 9, 2007
Elmer Lloyd Gimblin, Sr., 97, died May 9, 2007, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born September 17, 1909, in rural Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, to Hanna Artie and Elizabeth (Baugh) Gimblin. He was a lifetime resident of Great Bend. On December 24, 1929, he married Saxie Mae Switzer at Great Bend, Kansas. She died...
David Charles May
May 4, 2007
David C. May, 54, died May 4, 2007, at his rural Great Bend home. He was born June 3, 1952 at Redbud, Illinois, the son of Vernon and Shirley R. Rodenberg May. On May 24, 1975 he married Karla S. Sprehe at Elmhurst, Illinois. She survives. He was an assistant general manager for Pratt Feeders, Pratt, Kansas. He was a...
Wilma Iris Paris
May 2, 2007
Wilma I. Paris, 90, died May 2, 2007 at Leisure Homestead, St. John, Kansas. Wilma was born, January 3, 1917 at Byron, Oklahoma, the daughter of George N. and Vera (Smith) Smith. On September 12, 1947 she married Russell J. Paris in Wichita, Kansas. He died in 1972. She was a former clerk and cashier for Safeway and worked for...
Arthur Lawrence Bailey
May 2, 2007
Arthur Lawrence "Jack" Bailey, 85, died May 2, 2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Jack was born June 3, 1921 at Hudson, Kansas, the son of George W. and Alice Gladys Miller Bailey. On November 27, 1943 he married Katherine J. Hudran at Pueblo, Colorado. She survives. Jack was a World War II veteran serving...
Lois Alline Wells
May 1, 2007
Lois Alline Wells, 78, died May 1, 2007 at Hospice House of Reno County, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born February 8, 1929 at Barton County, Missouri, the daughter of Homer Lee and Alberta (Page) Turner. On January 18, 1965 she married Kenneth Eldon Wells at Alva, Oklahoma. He survives. She was a former sales clerk for Litwins Department Store of...
Donald Dale Simonson
May 1, 2007
Donald Dale Simonson, 81, died May 1, 2007, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. Donald was born July 23, 1925 at Lyons, Kansas, to Dale and Jeanette Sleeper Simonson. Donald was a lifetime resident of Great Bend and a graduate of Great Bend High School, Class of 1942. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and attended Officers training...
Margaret Louise Wright
Apr 30, 2007
Margaret Louise "Peggy" Wright, 79, died April 30, 2007, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. Peggy was born October 19, 1927, at rural Sawyer, Kansas, to Grover E. and Eva Louise (Blackwelder) Lee. Peggy received her Bachelor and Master Degrees from Fort Hays State University, also attending Pittsburg State University and Kansas State University. She was a longtime elementary...
Janice Lynn Hauck
Apr 22, 2007
Janice Lynn Hauck, 50, died April 22, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born July 2, 1956 at Great Bend, the daughter of Jesse H. and Evelyn Louise Satterfield Jones. She married Daniel Hauck on February 14, 2000. He survives. She was a dietary specialist for Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend and...
Roy M. Biles
Apr 21, 2007
Roy M. Biles, 80, died April 21, 2007 at his Heizer, Kansas, home. He was born August 22, 1926 at Pinetop, Missouri, the son of Robert Bert and Ida Jane (Southard) Biles. He married Claudie Piland April 30, 1945 at Great Bend, Kansas. He worked in maintenance for Midwest Energy at Great Bend until his retirement. Living most of his...
Pearl Irene Miller
Apr 21, 2007
Pearl Irene Miller, 83, died April 21, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born June 22, 1923 at Great Bend, the daughter of David and Safronia (Sanders) Sanders. She married Gottfried Miller, Junior, November 20, 1942 at Ellinwood, Kansas. He died August 1, 1977. Mrs. Miller was a lifetime resident of Great Bend, and was...
Ronald Joseph Prosser
Apr 18, 2007
Ronald Joseph Prosser Ronald Joseph Prosser, 59, died April 19, 2007 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born August 5, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Joseph D. and Margaret Vigna Prosser. He was a graduate of Great Bend High School. He served in the United States Army, proudly serving in Viet...
