Marius Rossouw
Dec 15, 2022
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Marius Rossouw, 54, passed away on December 14, 2022, at Russell Regional Hospital, Russell, Kan. He was born on May 25, 1968, in Cape Town, South Africa, to Frederick and Hester (Kühn). On December 21, 2002, he married Cleo Jarvis in Cape Town, South Africa. She survives.
A resident of the area...
Gary Laverne Brack
Dec 15, 2022
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Gary Laverne Brack, 66, passed away December 15, 2022, at his home in Wichita. He was born on November 5, 1956, in Great Bend, to Daylon and Roberta (Spitzmiller) Brack. He married Charla Geier and they later divorced. He then married Mary (Richmond) and they later divorced also.
A Wichita resident since...
Ronald Ray Bettenbrock
Dec 14, 2022
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Ronald Ray Bettenbrock, 74, passed away December 14, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. He was born on May 26, 1948, in Ellsworth to Arthur & Esther (Manchester) Bettenbrock.
Ronald was a current Great Bend resident. He enjoyed comic books and super heroes, especially Spiderman and Superman. Ronald's brothers would like to...
Marion Elaine Pugh
Dec 14, 2022
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Marion Elaine Pugh, 97, passed away on December 14, 2022, at Stafford County Hospital in Stafford, Kan. She was born on January 25, 1925 in Chase, Kan. to William and Julia (Gockstetter) Revel. On January 14, 1943, she married Roy Arthur "Art" Pugh in Chase, Kan. He passed on October 6, 2005.
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Ramey Jean Herrman
Dec 4, 2022
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Ramey Jean Herrman, 78, passed away December 4, 2022, at her home in Ellinwood. She was born in Nashville, Tenn. on November 6, 1944, to Lowry Smith, Sr. & Margaret (Fowler) Smith. She married Ronnie Smith in 1964 at Lincoln and they later divorced. She then married Leo Leroy Herrman, Sr. on December 18,...
Douglas M. Volkland
Dec 1, 2022
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Douglas M. Volkland, 80, passed away on December 1, 2022, at his home in Pawnee Rock, KS. He was born on June 24, 1942, in Bushton, Kan., to Phil and Effie (Darnell) Volkland.
A lifelong area resident, Douglas recently retired from his career as a CPA, as well as serving his clients....
Joyce Bortz Saelens
Nov 28, 2022
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Joyce Bortz Saelens, 88, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2022 at Columbine West Health and Rehab. Joyce was born on August 12, 1934 to William Lavern and Velma Mae (Boyd) Amerine in Great Bend, KS. She grew up on a farm outside of Great Bend where she was involved in 4-H and orchestra....
Karla Jean Garcia
Nov 21, 2022
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Karla Jean Garcia, 65, passed away November 21, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born December 15, 1956, in Dodge City, to Jack & Barbara Jean (Stairett) Dunn. She married Jerry Garcia on September 26, 2015, in Great Bend.
Coming from Ellinwood in 2011, Karla was a current Great Bend...
Delfred Eugene Coburn
Nov 19, 2022
Delfred Eugene "Del" Coburn, 80, passed away on November 19, 2022, at Medicalodges in Great Bend, Kan. He was born on August 10, 1942, to Delbert and Dorothy (Hall) Coburn.
An area resident for 28 years, Del worked as a salesman in many home improvement areas. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Ellinwood,...
Loren Harold Unruh
Nov 17, 2022
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Loren Harold Unruh, 79, passed away November 17, 2022, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita, KS. He was born on February 9, 1943, to Ira & Ella (Ward) Unruh in Great Bend, KS, where he grew up on the family farm. He met the love of his life, Connie Yuebanks, at church camp and...
Mae Suppes
Nov 16, 2022
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Mae Suppes, 84, passed away November 16, 2022, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born on August 24, 1938, in Victoria, to Joseph & Elizabeth (Wellbrock) Brungardt. She married Edward Joseph Suppes on June 14, 1958, in Hays. He passed away September 3, 2005.
A longtime Great Bend resident, Mae...
Betty Lou Schuster
Nov 16, 2022
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Betty Lou Dalton Schuster, 84, was born on July 2 nd , 1938, to Holly Dalton and Bertha Bradshaw Dalton in Salina, Kansas. She passed peacefully in her home the morning of November 16th, 2022, in Great Bend.
Betty was a proud Air Force military wife during her marriage to Glenn Schuster,...
Karl Eric Schwenneker
Nov 14, 2022
Karl Eric Schwenneker, 72, passed away November 14, 2022, at his home in Great Bend, Kan. He was born June 20, 1950, to George and Marjorie (Garst) Schwenneker.
Karl, a retired Sunflower Diversified Services employee, was a longtime resident of Great Bend and previously lived in Kinsley, Kan. and Nye, Mont. He enjoyed drinking coffee and taking...
John Wayne King
Nov 8, 2022
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John Wayne King, 60, passed away on November 8, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born on June 6, 1962, in Chanute, Kan., to Wayne and Bobbie (Chard) King. John married Tammy Noblitt, having one son from the union; they later divorced. He then married Cynthia Ferguson, who brought him...
James T. White
Nov 8, 2022
James T. White, 79, passed away November 8, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. He was born November 22, 1942, in Granite Falls, IL, to Raymond & Gladys (Nauck) White.
A Great Bend resident, Jim was a mechanic, owning and operating 4 Way Repair. He had previously worked for Marlette Homes also. He loved to tinker on...
Pauline Oborny
Nov 7, 2022
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Pauline (Felder) Oborny was born on November 18, 1918, on a farm near Claflin, Kansas. Andy and Steffie Felder were her proud parents. As she grew up, she lived in Claflin and later moved to a farm near Rush Center, Kansas. Pauline passed away on November 7, 2022, at the Denver In-Patient Hospice Care...
Carole Ann Bodine
Nov 3, 2022
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Carole Ann Bodine, 76, passed away on November 3, 2022, at Hutchinson Regional Health Systems, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born on September 27, 1946, in Russell, Kan., to Gilbert and Marceline (Rajewski) Denning. On September 26, 1992, she married Norman Dale Bodine in Great Bend. He survives.
A lifetime Great Bend resident,...
Ellen Louisa Richter
Nov 2, 2022
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Ellen Louisa Richter, 91, passed away on November 2, 2022, at Aster Estates in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1930, in Great Bend, to Charles C. and Gertrude (Hemken) Dirks.
Ellen was raised on a farm in rural Albert, Kansas. She attended Otis High School in Otis, Kansas where...
James Wayne Richardson
Oct 26, 2022
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James Wayne Richardson, 84, passed away on October 26, 2022, at his home in Great Bend, Kan. He was born on August 30, 1938, in Stafford, Kan., to Everett and Irene (Bates) Richardson. On October 09, 1960, he married Carolyn Allison in Stafford, Kan. She survives.
Coming from Colorado Springs, Colo., James...
Pat Lois Bell
Oct 26, 2022
Patricia "Pat" Lois Bell, 80, passed away on October 26, 2022, in Conroe, Texas. Born on June 5, 1942, in Borger, Texas, to Herman Delbert and Lois (King) Crockett. They moved back to Morton, Texas, where her father became the Cochran County Sheriff. This is where Pat attended school until the 7 th grade. In 1954 Herman took a...
