Carrie Lynn Heiderscheit
Sep 11, 2022
Carrie Lynn Heiderscheit, 64, passed away on September 11, 2022, in Hutchinson. Carrie was born in Salina, Kansas, on July 29, 1958, to Betty Lou and Wesley Nichols.
Carrie grew up traveling the nation and abroad with her Air Force Sergeant dad, Glenn Schuster, mom, Betty Schuster, and two sisters, Beverly Schuster and Diana Ferguson. Carrie's early...
Betty Jane Huschka
Sep 9, 2022
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Betty Jane Huschka, former Great Bend resident, retired registered nurse, and homemaker, passed away September 9, 2022, at the age of 98, in Derby, Kan. She was born July 11, 1924, to Carl J. and Elizabeth Seitz Orth in Hays, Kan.
Betty attended parochial schools in Hays. A senior in high school,...
Allan Cecil Newkirk
Sep 7, 2022
Allan Cecil Newkirk, 90, passed away September 7, 2022 at the University of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus. He was born January 26, 1932 at Elk City, Kan. to Archibald & Virginia (Conkright) Newkirk. He married Dolores Annette Wyman on July 31, 1955. She died on October 29, 2014. He then married Connie (Doub) Banion on June...
Herman F. Fischer
Sep 6, 2022
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Herman F. Fischer, 93, passed away September 6, 2022, at Azria Health, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born November 20, 1928, in rural Stafford County to Herman F. and Flora M. (Bunselmeyer) Fischer. He married Norma J. LeRoy on October 17, 1948, at Peace Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ, Hudson, Kansas. She...
Patricia Jean Ludes
Sep 4, 2022
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Patricia Jean Ludes, 82, passed away surrounded by loved ones on September 4, 2022, at River Bend Assisted Living, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on December 11, 1939, at Hays, Kan., to Earl and Estella "Cobbie" (Cobb) Rogg. Patricia married Richard "Ed" Ludes June 6, 1959, at Russell, Kan. He passed away on...
Sylvester W. "Bud" Habiger
Sep 4, 2022
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Sylvester W. "Bud" Habiger, 90, passed away September 4, 2022, at Brookdale Senior Living in Great Bend. He was born December 10, 1931, at Beaver, to Francis "Frank" & Sophia (Meyeres) Habiger. He married Sandra Lue Brougher October 5, 1957 at Great Bend, Kansas. She died September 30, 1998.
A longtime Great...
Kathern M. "Blondie" Barry
Sep 2, 2022
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Kathern M. "Blondie" Barry, 78, passed away September 2, 2022, at Hays Medical Center. She was born on October 26, 1943, at Great Bend, to Harvey & Albertia (Blair) Barry.
Blondie was a lifetime Great Bend resident, having worked for Barry Tree Service and the Salvation Army. She loved bright colors and...
Jack D. Richardson
Aug 29, 2022
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Jack D. Richardson, 84, passed away on August 29, 2022, at Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. He was born on February 2, 1938, at Arkansas City, Kansas to Fred & Edith (Sanner) Richardson. On March 7, 1957, Jack married Sharolyn "Shari" Rowe in Winfield, Kan. She passed on April 14, 2004.
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Gregory Alan Irving
Aug 27, 2022
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Gregory Alan Irving, 62, passed away August 27, 2022, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. He was born on August 12, 1960, at Philadelphia, Penn. to Henry & Gertrude (Sullivan) Irving.
A longtime resident of Great Bend, Gregory was an over the road truck driver. He enjoyed building computers, working on cars and...
Mary Anne Mull
Aug 26, 2022
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Mary Anne Mull passed away on August 26, 2022.
She was born in Great Bend, Kan to Lloyd and Margaret Merten on April 2, 1929. She went to a one room school near their farm by Heizer, Kan. until moving to a farm west of Great Bend. Mary Anne graduated from Great...
Patricia Bernice Hemken
Aug 17, 2022
Patricia Bernice Hemken, 69, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer on August 17, 2022, peacefully at home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on January 31, 1953, at Pawnee Rock, Kansas to Edwin & Margaret (Halda) Hemken.
Coming from Larned to Great Bend in 1994, Patricia spent her working life as an LPN for...
Glen Leo Stricker
Aug 17, 2022
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Glen Leo Stricker, 92, passed away on August 17, 2022, in rural Barton County. He was born on January 20, 1930, to Gottfried & Amalia "Mollie" (Niedenthal) Stricker. He married Norma Karst on September 28, 1952, at Bender Hill Lutheran Church in Russell County, Kan.
A longtime Great Bend resident, Glen was...
Merrily Kathleen Mccamey
Aug 15, 2022
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Merrily Kathleen McCamey, 80, passed away August 15, 2022, at Hospice House of Reno County in Hutchinson. She was born July 25, 1942, at Great Bend, to Thomas & Nora (Manke) Karst. She married John Madison, had a daughter, Sheryl, and they were later divorced. She then married August Collins and they also later...
Bryan Anthony Kramer
Aug 13, 2022
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Bryan Anthony Kramer, 42, passed away August 13, 2022, in rural Great Bend, Kan. He was born May 9, 1980, in Garden City, Kan., to Norman Pete and Jean A. (Scheer) Kramer. Bryan married Radonda Huston May 10, 2003, in Scott City, Kan. She survives.
Bryan, a longtime resident of Great Bend...
Debra Rose Langer
Aug 11, 2022
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Debra Rose Langer, 70, passed away on August 11, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on January 31, 1952, in Great Bend, to Albion & Marcelline (Schwartz) Suchy. She married Robert "Bob" Langer July 1, 2002, in Great Bend.
A lifetime Great Bend resident, Debra was a retired...
Harold Dallas "Bud" Wolfe
Aug 11, 2022
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Harold Dallas "Bud" Wolfe, 86, passed away August 11, 2022, at the University of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus. He was born on November 20, 1935, at Lorraine, to Harold & Thelma (Reed) Wolfe. He met the love of his life Lois Marie Bowman in the spring of 1965 on a blind...
Yancy Allen Feck
Aug 9, 2022
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Yancy Allen Feck, 56, passed away August 9, 2022, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on February 21, 1966, at Amarillo, Tex. to Bobby & Shirley (Surface) Feck. He married Michelle Blankenship on January 29, 1999, at Great Bend.
A longtime resident of Great Bend, Yancy sold chemicals throughout...
Joyce Deanne Essmiller
Aug 7, 2022
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Joyce Deanne (Phillips) Essmiller, 96, passed away August 7, 2022, at HaysMed, Hays, Kansas, after a short illness. She was born February 11, 1926, in Hoisington, Kansas to Mark Paul and Ida Marie (Willcutt) Phillips. She spent her early years in Hoisington before moving to Great Bend. She graduated from Great Bend High School...
Gary Lee Durland
Aug 6, 2022
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Gary Lee Durland, 82, passed away on August 6, 2022, at Kentwood Plaza, in St. John, Kan. Gary was born in Lindsborg, Kan. on March 1, 1940, to Olin and Mabelle (Peterson) Durland, who also gave him a brother, Bobby Jack. The family later moved to Lyons, Kan., where Gary graduated from Lyons High...
Sherry Eyvonne Smolik
Aug 4, 2022
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Sherry Eyvonne Smolik, 61, passed away August 4, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus, Great Bend, Kan. She was born October 20, 1960, in Heizer to Manuel and Claudia (Piland) Biles. Sherry married Tom Smolik in 1978 in Great Bend. They later divorced, but maintained their friendship.
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