Darold Rogers
Nov 29, 2006
Darold "Candy Man" Rogers, 50, died at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas on November 29, 2006. He was born the son of Herbert and Arlis Elliott Rogers on April 13, 1956 at Pratt, Kansas. Mr. Rogers was the owner of Curbside Sales and American Merchandising both of Great Bend. A resident of Great Bend since 1974, coming from...
A. J. Ferrell
Nov 28, 2006
A. J. Ferrell, age 90, died at his home in Great Bend, Kansas, November 28, 2006. Born September 8, 1916 at Dewey County, Oklahoma, the son of Thomas H. and Sally Canady Ferrell, he married Madeline Farris in 1943, with the couple later divorcing. He married Thelma Ruth Williams on March 2, 1947. She died July 4, 1983. He then...
Clarence Heckens Jr.
Nov 27, 2006
Clarence Heckens, Jr., age 84, died at his home, Great Bend, Kansas, November 27, 2006. He was born June 9, 1922 at Great Bend, the son of Clarence, Sr. and Mabel Brown Heckens. Mr. Heckens was a truck driver and Great Bend resident for many years. He served his country in World War II in the United States Navy. Surviving...
Dolores M. Schneider
Nov 23, 2006
Dolores M. Schneider, 86, died at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, November 23, 2006. She was born December 6, 1919 at Rush County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl W., Jr. and Martha Augusta Tammen Schneider. Miss Schneider was a telephone operator, instructor and supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, retiring after 38 years of service. A lifetime resident...
Pauline Frances Burke
Nov 21, 2006
Pauline Frances Burke, 88, died November 21, 2006 at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born December 14, 1917 at Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Irvan and Catherine Elizabeth Jamieson Bunyan. She married John E. Burke May 17, 1941 at Galveston, Texas. He died in 1982. Mrs. Burke was a retired clerk for the 56th District Court...
Ronald "Randy" Corcoran
Nov 18, 2006
Ronald Randy Corcoran, 54, of Great Bend, died Nov. 18 at his home. He was born Nov. 29, 1951, at Hoisington, the son of Robert E. and Betty Lou Detter Corcoran. A resident of Great Bend since, 1996, coming from Hoisington, he was a construction worker for M & S Contracting. Corcoran was of the Catholic faith. Survivors include his...
Wendell Byers
Nov 16, 2006
Wendell Byers, 86, Great Bend, died Nov. 16 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Oct. 31, 1920, in rural Barton County, the son of Earl J. and Florence Deborah Curry Byers. He married Betty Jean Ruble on Dec. 24, 1941, at Great Bend. She died Oct. 3, 1999. He was a manager for Scheufler Supply and...
Herman Franklin Deines
Nov 15, 2006
Herman Franklin Frank Deines, Jr., 65, of Great Bend, died Nov. 15 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He was born Dec. 7, 1940, at Boulder, Colo., the son of Herman Franklin Deines Sr. and Sara A. Arter Deines. He married Alice Jeanette Clark on Feb. 15, 1969, at Galatia. He was an electrical engineer for Data I.O....
Reinhold J. Suppes
Nov 14, 2006
Reinhold J. Mac Suppes, 84, of Great Bend, died Nov. 14 at his home. He was born March 30, 1922, at Liebenthal, the son of Adam Suppes Jr. and Mary Herrman Suppes. He married Rufina Ruby Graf on Aug. 9, 1949, at Hays. She died on June 21, 2001. He was a farmer and stockman. He was a resident of...
Marcus Benarr Mix
Nov 12, 2006
Marcus Benarr Mix, 82, of Great Bend, died Nov. 12 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. He was born Feb. 26, 1924, at Village Buffalo, Okla., the son of Charles Franklin and Ruth Marie Jones Mix. He was a newspaper printing press setter. He had lived in Great Bend since May 18, 2005, coming from Kennewick, Wash. He was...
Robert L. Larson
Nov 8, 2006
Robert L. Larson, 86, formerly of Great Bend, died Nov. 8 at his residence in Wichita. He was born Aug. 23, 1920, at Galva, the son of Oscar Alfred Henry Larson, Sr., and Mildred Johnson Larson. He married Dorothy E. Pascoe on Aug. 11, 1945, at First United Methodist Church, Great Bend, while serving with the U.S. Army. She died...
Sylvia May Mcmahan
Nov 7, 2006
Sylvia May McMahan, 97, died Nov. 7 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born July 19, 1909, in Stafford County, the daughter of James C. and Harriett Todd Brown. She married Hubert R. McMahan on Aug. 10, 1930, at Great Bend. He died Nov. 2, 1993. She was a lifetime resident of Great Bend, and was a...
Jacob Lynn Clawson
Nov 5, 2006
Jacob Lynn Clawson, newborn son of Byron Clawson and Karla Keenan, was born and died Nov. 5, 2006, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He is survived by his parents, of the home in Bentley; grandmother Vivian Raab, Kinsley; three brothers, Benjamin Clawson, Trenton Clawson and Matthew Keenan, and a sister, Jamie Keenan, all of the home. He was preceded...
Mary Florence Lang
Nov 1, 2006
Mary Florence Lang, 86, of Great Bend, died Nov. 1 at Lakewood Senior Living Center in Pratt. She was born July 28, 1920 in Chickasha, Okla., the daughter of George Thomas and Bessie Grace Bartlett Rider. She married Otto William Lang, Jr. on July 28, 1943, in Washington, D.C. He died Aug. 4, 2002. A resident of Great Bend since...
Raymond Leroy Knox
Mar 3, 2006
Raymond LeRoy Knox, 79, died March 6, 2006, at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas. Raymond was born on November 20, 1926, at Denver, Colorado, the son of Velma Knox. He was a resident of Heizer since 1968 coming from Larned, Kansas. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a truck driver for Murphy Tractor, retiring in...
Edward Jerome Schwartz
Nov 28, 1950
Edward Jerome Schwartz, 21, died November 28, 1950. He was born July 28, 1929 at Hoisington, Kansas, the son of William H. and Louisa Victoria (Prosser) Schwartz. He was a lifelong member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington. His early education took place in a one-room country school, he then transferred to St. John's Catholic School to finish...
Judith Elaine Piland
Aug 19, 1937
Judith Elaine Piland, 75, died February 12, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 19, 1937 at Sterling, Kansas, the daughter of Julius and Mildred (Beck) Boepple. She married Basil Loyd Piland January 28, 1956 at Great Bend, Kansas. He died July 27, 2010. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Piland was a medical transcriptionist...
Pam Jackson
Apr 7, 1915
Pam Jackson, 62, died April 7, 2015 at her home in Great Bend. She was born March 20, 1953 at Prague, Okla., the daughter of Edwin Harold and Carley M. (Smith) Day She was a 1971 graduate of Great Bend High School. She married Randy Short in October 1971. They later divorced. She then married Edd Jackson Aug. 28, 1982...
