Molly Faye Blair
Jun 18, 2022
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Molly Faye Blair, 65, passed away June 18, 2022, at University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus, Great Bend. She was born August 5, 1956, in Great Bend, to George and Effie (Larkin) Blair.
Molly, a long-time resident of Great Bend and Albert, was a faithful 22-year employee of Walmart,...
Dortha Jean Batchman
Jun 17, 2022
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Dortha Jean Batchman, 60, passed away June 17, 2022, at Via Christ St. Francis, Wichita. She was born August 13, 1961, in St. John, to Leonard and Florene (Kendall) Batchman.
A lifetime resident of Great Bend, Dortha attended First Church of the Nazarene, Great Bend, and enjoyed reading, word searches and writing...
Gladys Lorene Young
Jun 14, 2022
Gladys Lorene Young, 93, passed away June 14, 2022, at Parklane Nursing Home in Scott City. She was born on November 22, 1928, at Dighton, to Pete & Retta (McClelland) Eitel. She married Estel "Pepper" Van Pelt on December 21, 1946, at Scott City. He died December 4, 1988. She then married Okie Burgess Young on May 26, 1990,...
Jack T. Dunn, Jr.
Jun 13, 2022
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Jack T. Dunn, Jr., 80, passed away on June 13, 2022, at University of Kansas Medical Center – Great Bend Campus in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on October 21, 1941 to Jack T. & Bessie (Pease) Dunn in Welch, Okla. Jack married Cheryl Thompson; they later divorced. On December 17, 1965, he...
Ruth Arlene Williams
Jun 13, 2022
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Ruth Arlene (Dixon) Williams, 67, passed away on June 13, 2022, in Marion, Ind., surrounded by her kids and grandkids. She was born in Centerline, Mich., on June 13, 1955, to Gerald and Alice Dixon, and raised in Great Bend, Kan., by her father and mother, Helene Freeman. Ruth was the only daughter and...
Loreta Jo "Reta" Brack
Jun 13, 2022
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Loreta Jo "Reta" Brack, 87, passed away June 13, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born July 13, 1934, at Earlsboro, Okla., the daughter of Willard and Lorene (Alfrey) Hill. The family moved to Hoisington in 1943. She attended school in Hoisington, graduating in 1952 and attended Business College in Oklahoma....
Pamela Sue Starbuck Patrick
Jun 12, 2022
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Pamela Sue Starbuck Patrick, age 72, passed away June 12th, 2022, at her home in Broomfield, Colorado. She was born on February 9, 1950, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Paul and Frances (Bendon) Starbuck. She married Ian Patrick on September 1, 2000, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pam graduated from...
Ramona Tefft
Jun 8, 2022
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Ramona Tefft, 91, a longtime resident of Great Bend, now residing in Wichita, Kansas, passed away June 8, 2022, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. She was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on August 23, 1930, the daughter of Willard "Bus" & Frances Fern (Kent) Hall. Ramona married Maurice R. Tefft on June 26, 1949,...
Margaret Marie Zecha
Jun 3, 2022
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Margaret Marie Zecha, 96, passed away June 3, 2022, at Diversicare of Larned. She was born on June 9, 1925, in Hitschmann to William and Clara (Hoffman) Krier. She married Irvin Steve Zecha on April 29, 1947. He died August 22, 1990.
A resident of Great Bend since 1947, coming from Claflin,...
Joseph Allen Hayes
Jun 1, 2022
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Joseph Allen "Joe" Hayes, 73, passed away June 1, 2022, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. He was born on May 22, 1949, at Great Bend, to Joseph G. & Edith (Meisner) Hayes. He married Rizalina de Guia on August 19, 1973, in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines. She died on September 25, 2020....
Gayle Sharon Unruh
May 30, 2022
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Gayle Sharon (Royset) Unruh, 80, passed away May 30, 2022, at Azria Health in Great Bend, KS. She was born on May 20, 1942, to Sigurd and Borghild (Fugleston) Royset in Hettinger, North Dakota. After graduating High School she worked at the local bank and soon met her first husband, Rueben. They moved to...
Judy Ogle
May 28, 2022
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Judith Smith Ogle was born on September 4, 1942, and went to be with the Lord on May 28, 2022, at the age of 79, at Victorian Gardens in Eureka, Missouri.
Judy, the daughter of Dan and Pauline (Welch) Smith, was raised on a farm near Pawnee Rock, Kansas, and was a...
Betty Miller Sack
May 28, 2022
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Betty Miller Sack, 90, passed away May 28, 2022, at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born June 26, 1931, at St. Louis, Mo., to Raymond and Hilda (Weirich) Drake. Betty married Lee Miller Oct. 4, 1949, and later divorced. She then married Leroy Sack Oct. 1, 1983, at Great Bend. He survives.
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Lilah Elizabeth Folkerts
May 27, 2022
Lilah Elizabeth Folkerts, 90, passed away on May 27, 2022 at home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on September 12, 1931 to Louis & Martha (Steitz) Folkerts, of Rush Center, Kansas.
Lilah attended a country grade school and graduated from Larned High School in 1949. She worked for many years as a Loan Officer at...
Howard Eugene Bosley
May 22, 2022
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Howard Eugene Bosley, 83, passed away on May 22, 2022, at Harry Hynes Inpatient Unit in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on August 15, 1938, to Glenn and Helen (Portenier) Bosley in Haigler, Nebraska. Howard married Phyllis Bantam on August 24, 1958 in Orleans, Nebraska. She survives.
Coming from communities in Nebraska...
Lil Marie Penka
May 21, 2022
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Lilly Marie "Lil" Penka, 83, passed away May 21, 2022, at her home in Great Bend. She was born January 9, 1939, in Garden City, to Al A. and Albertina (Urban) Dreiling. Lil married Donald Lee Penka Nov. 25, 1963, in Garden City. He died Aug. 10, 2021.
Lil, a resident of...
Clarice Ellen Brining
May 18, 2022
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother, Clarice Ellen Brining, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Clarice was born in Caldwell, Kansas, on April 30, 1924, and moved with her parents to Great...
Esther L. Thul
May 12, 2022
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Esther L Thul, 93, passed away May 12, 2022, at Ellinwood District Hospital. She was born on October 26, 1928, at Hominy, Okla., to Ira John & Alta Mae (Parnell) Fosdick. She married Arthur N. Thul on July 29, 1944, at Dodge City. He died May 13, 1986.
A longtime Great Bend...
Jo Jordan
May 12, 2022
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Jo Jordan, 84, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2022, at River Bend Assisted Living in Great Bend. She was born on October 7, 1937, at Great Bend, to Wesley & Evelyn Miller. She married Clifford R. Jordan on August 30, 1959 at Great Bend, Kansas.
A lifetime Great Bend resident, Jo...
Richard "Rick" Gerard Suchy
May 12, 2022
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Richard "Rick" Gerard Suchy, 66, passed away May 12, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus. He was born on June 11, 1955, at Great Bend, to Albion & Marcelline (Schwartz) Suchy. He married Kay Nelson on August 31, 1974, at Great Bend.
A lifetime Great Bend...
