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Delma Jean "Bubbe" Miller

Delma Jean "Bubbe" Miller

Aug 4, 2022

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Delma Jean "Bubbe" Miller, 72, passed away August 4, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System-Great Bend Campus. She was born on April 12, 1950, in Hays, KS, to Delmar & Dorothy (McGhghy) Marston. She married Ronald Kent Miller on January 25, 1970, at Plainville, KS.

A resident of Great Bend...

Orville Lewis Monroe

Orville Lewis Monroe

Aug 3, 2022

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Orville Lewis Monroe, 87, passed away August 3, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living in Hoisington. He was born October 24, 1934, in Geneseo to John & Amanda (Brandon) Monroe. He married Betty Jean Moulton and they later divorced. He then married Jacquelyn "Jackie" (Brack) Eulert on April 14, 1976, in Albuquerque, New Mexico....

Mary Lee Winter

Mary Lee Winter

Jul 29, 2022

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Mary Lee Winter, 80, passed away July 29, 2022, at Almost Home, Great Bend. She was born July 3, 1942, at Hays to Basil & Fern (Seaman) Ryan. She married George Alan Winter December 21, 1963, at Hays. George passed away January 5, 2021.

She grew up near Nekoma and graduated from...

Marcella Corinne Brin

Marcella Corinne Brin

Jul 29, 2022

Marcella Corinne Brin, 69, passed away on July 29, 2022, peacefully at her home in Great Bend, Kan. She was born on September 16, 1952, in Hays, Kan., to Adrian and Dorothy (Harris) Tremblay. On October 17, 1975, Marcella married Martin Brin in Hill City, Kan. He survives.

Coming from Hill City then Bazine, Marcella was a...

John Emmett Stansfield

John Emmett Stansfield

Jul 25, 2022

John Emmett Stansfield, 81, passed away on July 25, 2022, at home in Great Bend, Kan. He was born on November 01, 1940, to Jack & Elsie (McKnight) Stansfield. John was married to Barbara Hall on December 12, 1981, in Freehold, N.J. She survives.

Recently moving to Great Bend from Brown Mills, N.J., he spent most of...

Duane Sack

Duane Sack

Jul 23, 2022

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Duane Sack, 85, passed away on July 23, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend, Great Bend, Kan. He was born on October 19, 1936, in Virgil, Kan., to Leroy & Florence (Owens) Sack. Duane married Donis Lindquist and they later divorced. He later married Betty (Drake) Miller on October 10, 1983, in Great Bend....

Charlie Lee "Hillbilly" Weber

Charlie Lee "Hillbilly" Weber

Jul 19, 2022

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Charlie Lee "Hillbilly" Weber, 57, passed away July 19, 2022, in rural Harper County, Kan. He was born on August 9, 1964, in Great Bend to George & Ruth (Watkins) Weber. He married Sarah Vasquez on June 21, 2014, at Great Bend.

A lifetime area resident, Charlie was the owner and operator...

Ida Marie (Crider) Luse

Ida Marie (Crider) Luse

Jul 17, 2022

Ida Marie (Crider) Luse, 89, passed away July 17, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus. She was born on June 30, 1933, in Phillipsburg, to Raymond & Gladys (Runion) Crider. She married Bert A. Luse, Jr. on January 13, 1957, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Great Bend.  He died September 13, 2006....

Jerome "Cowboy" Deines

Jerome "Cowboy" Deines

Jul 14, 2022

Jerome G. "Cowboy" Deines, 87, passed away July 14, 2022, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. He was born on August 2, 1934, in Hays, Kan. to Bernhardt & Josephine (Krug) Deines. He married Dolores "June" Norris April 12, 1953, in Russell, Kan.  She died April 17, 2017.

A longtime resident of Pauls Valley, Okla., Cowboy also resided...

Janet Rankin

Janet Rankin

Jul 12, 2022

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Janet Rankin, 95, passed away July 12, 2022, at The Village Of The Heights, Houston Texas. She was born December 24, 1926, on a farm in Albert, Kansas. She always said, "when my family came home from Christmas Eve service, I was dangling from the Christmas tree". Janet was the daughter of Herman and...

Hal Joseph Hollembeak

Hal Joseph Hollembeak

Jul 10, 2022

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Hal Joseph Hollembeak, 66, passed away July 10, 2022, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on May 26, 1956, in Great Bend, to Roy & Twylah (Schmidt) Hollembeak. He married Cindy Coldwater on August 6, 1983, in Great Bend.

A lifetime Great Bend resident, Hal worked in maintenance for...

Dolores Maxine Maddy

Dolores Maxine Maddy

Jul 9, 2022

Dolores Maxine Maddy, 87, passed away July 9, 2022, at Chisholm Place Assisted Living in Wichita. She was born on September 24, 1934, in Alamota, Kan. to Jacob & Naomi (Bahm) Bauer. She married Carl E. Maddy on August 28, 1955 in Dighton.

A longtime Great Bend resident, Dolores was the secretary for Security State Bank for...

Roger Kenneth Warner

Roger Kenneth Warner

Jul 8, 2022

Roger Kenneth Warner, 89, passed away July 8, 2022, at Diversicare of Larned. He was born on December 29, 1932, at Jamestown, New York to Kenneth & Ethel (Rowland) Warner-Peters. He married Gloria Berger on November 24, 1971 in Poland, New York.

A current Great Bend resident, Roger was a farmer. He loved the country life and...

Ersa L. Keenan

Ersa L. Keenan

Jul 7, 2022

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Ersa L. Keenan, 81, passed away July 7, 2022, at Brookdale East in Wichita. She was born on April 5, 1941, in Great Bend, to Frank & Ersa (Cross) Koelsch. She married Johnny R. Keenan on May 23, 1966, in Great Bend.  He died March 5, 2015.

A lifetime Great Bend resident,...

Sister Teresita Huse

Sister Teresita Huse

Jul 4, 2022

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Sister Teresita Huse, 103, died July 4, 2022, at the Dominican Sisters of Peace motherhouse in Great Bend.  She was born July 23,1918, in Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Clara Marx Huse.  She entered the Dominican Sisters community in 1933 and pronounced vows in 1936.  In 2021 she celebrated eighty-five years of...

Leo John Hall

Leo John Hall

Jul 2, 2022

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Leo John Hall, 87, passed away July 2, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on December 3, 1934, at Great Bend, Kan., to Leo & Bertha (Woods) Hall. On January 31, 1971, he married Jane Francis Buser at St. Mary's Immaculate Conception...

John M. Helfrich

John M. Helfrich

Jun 25, 2022

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John M. Helfrich, 68, passed away June 25, 2022, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on November 30, 1953, in Great Bend, to Gerald & Patricia (McMullen) Helfrich. He married Connie Deines in Great Bend and they later divorced.

John lived in Great Bend for most of his life....

Janice Kay Folkerts

Janice Kay Folkerts

Jun 22, 2022

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Janice Kay Folkerts, 77, passed away June 22, 2022, at Almost Home in Great Bend. She was born on May 20, 1945, at Great Bend, to Edwin & Margaret (Halda) Hemken. She married Leon John Folkerts April 29, 1972, in Albert.

A lifetime Rush county resident, Janice was a paraprofessional for USD...

Patricia Ann Gerstenkorn

Patricia Ann Gerstenkorn

Jun 21, 2022

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Patricia Ann "Pat" Gerstenkorn, 95, passed away June 21, 2022, at River Bend Assisted Living in Great Bend. She was born on December 18, 1926, at Great Bend, to Arthur & Mary Ellen (Keenan) Campbell. She married LeRoy Benedict Gerstenkorn on August 10, 1949, at Great Bend. He died February 22, 2008.

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Rockie Joe Jones

Rockie Joe Jones

Jun 20, 2022

Rockie Joe Jones, 75, passed away on June 20, 2022, at home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on July 17, 1946, at Pittsburg, Kansas to Earl and Noami (Neil) Jones. Rockie married Patricia Jarvis on January 05, 1971, in McPherson, Kansas. She survives.

A long-time resident of Great Bend coming from McPherson 28 years ago,...

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