Obituaries

Mar 30, 2023

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Ruth Eleanor (Vogel) Liston, 94, passed away on March 30, 2023, at Weston Country Hospital, New Castle, Wyo. She was born on April 26, 1928, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Charles and Alma (English) Vogel, and was raised on a homestead ranch south of New Castle, Wyo. On May 16, 1950, she was united in...

Mar 29, 2023

Roy Lee McFrederick, 74, passed away on March 29, 2023, at University of Kansas Health Systems – Great Bend Campus, Great Bend, Kan. He was born on March 1, 1949, in Wichita, Kan., to Roy Lewis and Josephine Mary (Chan) McFrederick.

An area resident of Ellinwood and Great Bend coming from Wichita, Roy worked as a mechanical...

Mar 22, 2023

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Ryan Neil "Boonie" Kleweno, 48, passed away on March 22, 2023, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kan. He was born on May 10, 1974, in Ransom, Kan., to Donald "Donnie" and Connie (Gross) Kleweno.

Growing up in LaCrosse and Bazine, and later living in Hays and Great Bend, Ryan worked...

Mar 22, 2023

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Norman Joseph Apel, 94, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at home with his wife, Mary and family by his side. He was born on February 27, 1929, on the family farm north of Ellinwood, Kan. to Mathias & Barbara (Heyne) Apel.

He graduated from Ellinwood High School in 1947,...

Mar 19, 2023

Cody Alan Ragan, 34, passed away on March 19, 2023, at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on July 28, 1988, in Great Bend, Kan., to Kenneth Ragan and Staci Hammer-Ragan.

A life-long Barton County resident, Cody was a hard worker, immediately starting work after high school at Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility prior...

Mar 18, 2023

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Gerald Raymond Zorn, 88, passed away March 18, 2023, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on July 24, 1934, on the farm near Odin, to Fred & Anna (Kirmer) Zorn. He married Loretta Soellner on April 18, 1959, at St. Peters Catholic Church in Willowdale, Kan.

A long time...

Mar 17, 2023

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Leo Dean Radenberg, 91, passed away March 17, 2023, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. He was born July 30, 1931, in Claflin, to Paul & Rose (Miller) Radenberg. He married Patsy Dell Scott on May 21, 1955, in Great Bend. She died on May 18, 2018.

A longtime area resident, Leo worked...

Mar 14, 2023

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Marshall P. Reece, 69, passed away March 14, 2023, at Azria Health in Great Bend. He was born on January 21, 1954, in Kansas City, Mo. to Jack & Frances (Pagano) Reece. He graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School and attended Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. and graduated Summa Cum Laude from...

Mar 13, 2023

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Donald Lee "Don" Pedigo, 74, passed away March 13, 2023, at the University of Kansas Health System, Great Bend Campus. He was born on August 11, 1948, in Great Bend, to Howard S. "Coonie" and Melba Jean (Warrenburg) Pedigo. He married Kathy Schwartz on January 16, 1971, in Great Bend.

A lifetime...

Mar 9, 2023

Edwin "Eddie" R. Piland, age 90, of Topeka, KS and formerly of Great Bend, KS, passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at Rossville Healthcare & Rehab.

He was born the son of the late Russell and Alta May (Dykes) Piland on January 28, 1933, in rural Stafford County, KS. Eddie attended Macksville schools and furthered his...

Mar 8, 2023

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Orla Frederick "Fred" Behrens, Jr., 95, passed away March 8, 2023, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on August 20, 1927, in Grant County, Okla., to Orla Frederick Behrens, Sr., and Mae Ruth (Aebi) Behrens. He married Dorothy B. Ratliff on September 17, 1950, in Council Grove, Kan. She died on...

Mar 8, 2023

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Merlyn Fay Henning, 94, passed away March 8, 2023, at Azria Health Woodhaven, Great Bend, Kan. She was born on September 6, 1928, to Hal and Agnes (Luther) Byers in Great Bend, Kan. On June 6, 1954, she married Robert Lee "Bob" Henning in Great Bend, Kan. He passed on October 8, 2016.

Mar 7, 2023

Awad Abdelrahim Abdelgadir Abu Hulayga was born in 1954 in Az-Zawrat village on the bank of the Nile River in the Northern Province of Sudan. He was the son of Abdelrahim Abdelgadir Abu Hulayga and Maryam Saeed Ahmed. He died on March 7, 2023, after fighting a long illness, at the age of 69.

Awad was educated...

Mar 4, 2023

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Arlene Frances Wilhelm, 85, passed away on March 4, 2023, at Credo Senior Living in Hoisington, Kan. She was born on April 8, 1937, the daughter of Herbert and Mollie (Boxberger) Muth.

Arlene was confirmed at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington, with her confirmation bible verse being John 3:16. She graduated...

Mar 4, 2023

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James "Jimmy" Earl Addington, 74, passed away March 4, 2023, at his home in rural Ellinwood. He was born on March 6, 1948, to Eugene & Okla (Dixon) Addington, in Independence, Kan.

A long-time area resident, Jimmy was an electrician for C&P Electric and M&M Line Construction. He enjoyed carpentry and remodeling...

Mar 1, 2023

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Mass of Christian burial for Leon A. Romme, 77, Lawrence was held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 10, 2023, St. John Catholic Church in Lawrence.    Leon passed peacefully March 1, 2023, at LMH Health in Lawrence.

Leon was born September 2, 1945, in Victoria, Kansas, the son of Ray and Magdalena (Kuhn)...

Mar 1, 2023

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Jo Ann Simpson was born on the first day of spring in 1938 to John and Lucille (Anderson) Fischer in rural Stafford County.  She passed from this life at Azria Health in Great Bend on March 1, 2023, twenty days short of her 85 th birthday.  Jo Ann grew up on a farm southeast...

Feb 26, 2023

David Jess Sohm, 46, passed away at his home Monday, February 27, 2023. He was born March 6, 1976, to Cliff and Lila Sohm in Great Bend.

A lifelong resident of Great Bend, David spent the last several years of his life as a caretaker for his...

Feb 26, 2023

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William M. "Bill" Wolf, 87, passed away February 26, 2023, at Country Place Senior Living, Ellinwood.  He was born September 24, 1935, in Siloam Springs, Ark., to Roy and Helen (Brown) Wolf.  He married Peggy Ferguson June 16, 1956, in Tulsa, Okla.

Bill, a current resident of Great Bend moving from Ellinwood,...

Feb 25, 2023

Lena Faye Pack earned her wings on the 25 th of February, 2023. She was born to James and Loutisha (McKinster) Moore in Louisa, Kentucky on March 5, 1930.

She was a midwife and had worked at Federal Glass Company in her younger years. Lena married Willis Pack and they raised eight children on the farm. She...