Leo W. Polzin
Jan 22, 2007
Leo W. "Smoke" Polzin, age 79, died January 22, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born three miles north of Beaver, Kansas, July 12, 1927, the son of Edward and Sophia (Esfeld) Polzin. He married Georgia E. Tittle May 21, 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas. Mr. Polzin was a postal worker for the United States...
Stephanie C. Cain
Jan 22, 2007
Stephanie C. Cain, age 92, died January 22, 2007 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was born the daugther of Anton and Emelia (Haberman) Schenk November 23, 1914 at Otis, Kansas. She married Benjamin Cain November 12, 1942 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died December 18, 2002. Mrs. Cain was a lifetime resident of Barton and Rush Counties, and was a...
Naomia Katheryn Newell
Jan 21, 2007
Naomia Katheryn Newell, 100, died January 21, 2007 at Iowa Masonic Health Facilities, Bettendorf, Iowa. She was born the daughter of Lafayette and Virginia (Fitzwater) Brock August 24, 1906 at Carolton, Missouri. She married Ralph D. Newell September 26, 1926 at Garden City, Kansas. Mrs. Newell was a homemaker. Mrs. Newell had many interests through the years. She loved flowers...
Ula Hazel Bemis
Jan 19, 2007
Ula Hazel Bemis, age 94, died January 19, 2007 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 25, 1912 at McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Wyndora Bruce Falgren. She married Carney W. Bemis December 24, 1933 at McPherson. He died August 15, 1969. Mrs. Bemis was a homemaker and secretary for Bemis Construction. She...
Martha "Theola" Saffer
Jan 17, 2007
Martha "Theola" Saffer, 90, died January 17, 2007 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born November 7, 1916 at Council Grove, Kansas, the daughter of William Anthony and Rubie Orene (Stillman) Gray. She married Delbert Russell Saffer April 1, 1937 at Lyons, Kansas. He died May 9, 2005. Mrs. Saffer was a homemaker, and worked at Duckwalls in...
Geneva Elnora Taylor
Jan 17, 2007
Geneva Elnora Taylor, 92, died January 17, 2007 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Asa and Alice Naylor Mecum on August 5, 1914 at Coffeyville, Kansas. She married Clyde Taylor June 5, 1932 at Iola, Kansas. He died in 1962. Mrs. Taylor was a self-employed seamstress, living in Ellinwood since 1946, coming from Bushton,...
Irene A. Schawe
Jan 14, 2007
Irene A. Schawe, 96, died January 14, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born at Rural Great Bend, Kansas, October 19, 1910, the daughter of Lambert and Elizabeth Hall Kern. She married Wilbert "Bill" Schawe April 22, 1929 at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died April 3, 1989. Mrs. Schawe was a homemaker, and Great Bend resident...
Marvin J. Weightman
Jan 13, 2007
Marvin J. Weightman, 93, died at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas, January 13, 2007. He was given the gift of life June 18, 1913 in Ellsworth County, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Carrie Heiken Weightman. He married Norma C. Eggers June 19, 1938 at Holyrood, Kansas. She died November 25, 2005. Mr. Weightman was district manager for the Dia-Log...
Ivard "Bill" Lee Ott
Jan 10, 2007
Ivard Lee "Bill" Ott, 80, died January 10, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was given the gift of life at Emporia, Kansas, on February 2, 1926, the son of Raymond A. and Ethel Hazel (Kern) Ott. He married Olinda Elizabeth "Linda" Tittel January 9, 1949 at Milberger, Kansas. He was a drilling superintendent for Anthes...
Helen Jane Roan Roach
Jan 8, 2007
Helen Jane Roan Roach, 47, died January 8, 2007 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 17, 1959 at Sublette, Kansas, Cloyce A., Sr. and Shirley Lee Williams Conner. She married David D. Roach on June 7, 1991 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was a bartender for Slack's in Great Bend, and had...
Manford "Sonny" Julian
Jan 4, 2007
Manford "Sonny" Julian, 69, died January 4, 2007 at his Great Bend, Kansas residence. He was born March 10, 1937 at Garden City, Kansas, the son of Francis Charles and Frances Chloe Wood Julian. He was united in marriage to Natha White, July 6, 1954 at Tucumcari, New Mexico. A resident of Great Bend since 1954, coming from St. John,...
Bruce Everett Wendt, Sr.
Jan 4, 2007
Bruce Everett Wendt, Sr., 79, died January 4, 2007 at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born the son of William Wendt, Sr. and Berniece Gallagher Wendt, Sr. on April 30, 1927 at Lewistown, Montana. He married Oletha Fern Christiansen on October 25, 1950 at Willistown, North Dakota. Mr. Wendt was a warehouse foreman for...
Jack J. Williams
Jan 4, 2007
Jack J. Williams, 83, died at his Great Bend, Kansas, residence January 4, 2007. He was born July 1, 1923 at Talmo, Kansas, the son of Thorn John and Hazel Mae Williams Williams. He married Eugenia Marie "Genie" Currie on February 22, 1949 at Wamego, Kansas. She died on November 23, 2003. He was an architect with Rondeau, Williams and...
Edward Joseph Klug
Jan 3, 2007
Edward Joseph Klug, 86, died at his Great Bend, Kansas residence on January 3, 2007. He was given the gift of life on August 24, 1920 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of Wilhelm and Sidonia (Moeder) Klug. He was united in marriage to Gladys Schremmer on January 29, 1946 at Odin, Kansas. He was the manager of Parkview Service Station...
Glendene "Glen" Eugene Galloway
Jan 2, 2007
Glendene Eugene "Glen" Galloway, 59, died January 2, 2007 at Greeley, Colorado. He was born February 16, 1947 at Montrose, Colorado, the son of Eugene Edward and Mary Jo Humphreys Galloway. He married Mindy Proberts July 29, 1981 at Manter, Kansas. He was a cowboy. Mr. Galloway was a resident of Albert, Kansas since 1986, coming from St. Francis, Kansas....
Katherine S. Hoge
Jan 1, 2007
Katherine S. Hoge, 57, died at her Great Bend, Kansas, residence January 1, 2007. She was born the daughter of Ralph and Anna Marie Turner Dreiling August 13, 1949 at Great Bend. She married Thomas A. Hoge February 3, 1968 at Great Bend. A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Hoge was a Registered Nurse at Larned State Hospital, retiring after 27...
Coline P. Girton
Jan 1, 2007
Coline P. Girton, 93, died January 1, 2007 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1913 at Cimarron, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest F. and Winifred (Dillman) Phelps. She married Charles A. Girton in August 1937, at Pueblo, Colorado. He died August 27, 1996. A resident of Great Bend since 1940, coming from Protection,...
"Jim Bob" James Robert Johnson
Jan 1, 2007
James Robert "Jim Bob" Johnson, 28, died January 1, 2007 at his Great Bend, Kansas residence. He was born the son of Wayne Johnson, November 23, 1978 at Great Bend, Kansas. He married Dana Lewis on November 29, 2003 at Great Bend. He was an oilfield technician for Jacob's Sales and Service and a lifetime resident of Great Bend. Mr....
Jon Randall "Randy" Knobloch
Dec 31, 2006
Jon Randall "Randy" Knobloch, 57, passed from this life into the presence of the Living Savior on December 31, 2006. He was born the second son of Tommy and Eleanor Knobloch, on March 28, 1949 in Great Bend, Kansas. Randy lived in Great Bend for most of his life. He graduated from Great Bend High School in 1967, and from...
Mareah Henry
Dec 31, 2006
Mareah Henry, 81, died December 31, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Covington, Kentucky. She was born February 1, 1925 at West Hartlepool, Cleveland County, England, the daughter of Alfred Edward and Alice Horsewell Salt. She married Theodore L. Henry November 23, 1955 at Clarinda, Iowa. He died November 17, 2001. Mrs. Henry was a retired dietician for Central Kansas Medical...
