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Johanna Anna Brodie

Johanna Anna Brodie

Feb 27, 2022

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Johanna Anna Brodie, 84, passed away February 27, 2022, at Encompass Hospice in Wichita. She was born May 29, 1937, at Loretta, Kan. to Joseph & Josephine (Pfannenstiel) Urban. She married Delmer Brodie on November 9, 1957, at Hoisington. He died December 20, 2006.

A longtime Great Bend resident, Johanna worked in...

Marilyn Edna Brehm

Marilyn Edna Brehm

Feb 26, 2022

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Marilyn Edna Brehm, 86, passed away on February 26, 2022, at her home in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born on September 25, 1935, in the family homestead on the Barton/Stafford County line, in Stafford County to Ernest and Alice (Batchman) Spacil. Marilyn was married to William Brehm on June 25, 1965, in St. Joseph...

Janice Kay Brown

Janice Kay Brown

Feb 24, 2022

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Janice Kay "Jan" Brown, 73, passed away February 24, 2022, at Via Christ St. Francis, Wichita.  She was born April 30, 1948, at Colby, to Leonard and Marie (Otter) Dickman.  Jan married Charles J. Brown January 17, 1968, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Jan, a resident of Hoisington recently moving from Great Bend, was...

Kay Ree Johnson

Kay Ree Johnson

Feb 18, 2022

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Kay Ree Johnson, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by family February 18, 2022, at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita.  She was born January 7, 1940, in Great Bend, to David and Lena (Hester) Davis.  Kay married Larry Dean Johnson Jan. 30, 1958, in Hoisington.  He survives.

Kay, a lifetime...

Thomas Patrick Murphy

Thomas Patrick Murphy

Feb 16, 2022

Thomas Patrick Murphy, 69, passed away on February 16, 2022, at home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on July 31, 1952, to Patrick and Francis (Sooby) Murphy. He married Carol Lindholm in Great Bend, Kansas in 1984.

Thomas was a life-time resident of Great Bend. He served in the Army as a leader of the...

Calvin Clifford Winter

Calvin Clifford Winter

Feb 15, 2022

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Calvin Clifford Winter, 95, passed away February 15, 2022, at Brookdale Senior Living in Great Bend. He was born on August 29, 1926, at Hoisington, to Walter Henry and Mae June (Mowry) Winter. He married Marie Smith on February 9, 1947 at Garden City. She died on December 21, 1985. He then married Linnea...

Barbara "Jodi" Jo Bybee

Barbara "Jodi" Jo Bybee

Feb 14, 2022

Barbara "Jodi" Jo Bybee, 79, passed away on February 21, 2022, at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on August 4, 1942, in Sterling, Kansas, to William and Helen (Morehouse) Bybee. William passed away early in her life, and her stepfather, James Kooistra, raised her as his own. Barbara was married to Thomas Ford in Hutchison,...

Gladys Straub-Meier

Gladys Straub-Meier

Feb 11, 2022

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Gladys Straub-Meier, 96, passed away peacefully February 11, 2022, at Azria Health Great Bend.  She was born June 25, 1925, in Otis, to Jacob and Kate (Kellen) Moore.  Gladys married Vernon Straub in July 1947, St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Ellinwood.  Vernon passed away in February 1974.  She then married Leslie Meier...

Ann S. Schremmer

Ann S. Schremmer

Feb 8, 2022

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Ann S. Schremmer, 97, passed away February 8, 2022, at Country Place Senior Living, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born on November 27, 1924 in rural Odin, Kansas, to Ferdinand & Anna (Kirmer) Zorn. She married Anton Schremmer on June 4, 1945 at Odin, Kansas. He died on October 2, 1990.

Ann was...

Yvonne Robbins

Yvonne Robbins

Feb 7, 2022

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Yvonne Robbins, 82, passed away February 7 th , 2022, peacefully at her home in Olathe, surrounded by her loving family. Yvonne was born in Kinsley, KS, on July 17, 1939.  She spent her childhood growing up in central Kansas and always had an appreciation and love of the prairieland, the hard-working people of...

Minnie L. Bisbee

Minnie L. Bisbee

Feb 2, 2022

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Minnie L. Bisbee, 98, was a longtime Great Bend resident having recently moved to Park West Plaza, Wichita, Kansas, where she passed away on February 2, 2022. She was born on December 29, 1923, at Bixby, Oklahoma, to W.F. & Neddie (Parker) James. Minnie married Walter "Jim" James Bisbee December 6, 1941 at Mena,...

Martha Louise Batman

Martha Louise Batman

Jan 31, 2022

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Martha Louise Batman, 80, passed away on January 31, 2022, at Via Christ St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas. She was born on April 18, 1941, at Codell, Kansas, to Stewart & Josie Edna (VanHouton) McAdoo. Martha married Charles Batman on April 01, 1960 at Russell, Kansas.

A life-time area resident in Barton, Russell,...

Lois Darlene Selle

Lois Darlene Selle

Jan 29, 2022

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Lois Darlene Selle, 90, passed away on January 29, 2022, at her home in Great Bend, Kansas. She was born October 18, 1931, at Hudson, Kansas, to Willie & Amelia (Erdsick) Fischer. Lois married Eugene G. Selle on October 23, 1949, at Peace Church, Hudson, Kansas.  He died September 16, 1996.

A...

Delane John Dietz

Delane John Dietz

Jan 27, 2022

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Delane John Dietz, 73, passed away on January 27, 2022, at his home surrounded by family in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on April 23, 1948 at Great Bend, Kansas to John & Alvina (Niedens) Dietz.

Delane married Jo Ann Yost in 1971. She passed away on August 31, 1972. He...

Sr. Mary Ellen Dater

Sr. Mary Ellen Dater

Jan 25, 2022

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Sister Mary Ellen Dater, 90, died January 25, 2022, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend.  She was born June 5, 1931, in Antonino, KS, the daughter of August and Otillia (Kreutzer) Dater.  She entered the Dominican Sisters Community in 1945 and pronounced vows in 1948.  Sister Mary Ellen celebrated seventy years of...

Wilbur Raymond Root

Wilbur Raymond Root

Jan 25, 2022

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Wilbur Raymond Root, 91, passed away on January 25, 2022, at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on September 5, 1930, at Great Bend, Kansas, to Isaac William & Ethel Lillian (Booze) Root. Wilbur married Betty Polsfut on May 22, 1981, at Great Bend, KS.  He was previously married to Donna...

Norman Dean Hickel

Norman Dean Hickel

Jan 24, 2022

Norman Dean Hickel, 74, passed away on January 24, 2022, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on October 10, 1947 at Great Bend, Kansas, to Rudolph & Mollie (Radke) Hickel. Norman married Merlinda Enrile Dañozo in 1968 in the Philippines.

A life-time resident, Norman was a self-employed owner of M&N Enterprises....

Betty Irene Lynch

Betty Irene Lynch

Jan 23, 2022

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Betty Irene Lynch, 88, of Great Bend, Kan. passed away January 23, 2022, at the University of Kansas Health System, Great Bend Campus. She was born on July 14, 1933, in Maryville, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Myrtle (Seals) Middleton. She married Thomas B. Lynch on May 1, 1950, at Anchorage, Alaska. He...

Ronald Keith Wagoner

Ronald Keith Wagoner

Jan 23, 2022

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Ronald Keith Wagoner, 78, passed away January 23, 2022, at Banner Baywood Medical Center, Mesa, Arizonia. He was born November 27, 1943, in Quinter, Kansas to Sylvester & Genevieve (Linneberger) Wagoner. He married Bernita Zerr November 27, 1965, in Park, Kansas.

Ronald served in the Army National Guard from 1963 to 1972....

Bernadine Marie Moeder

Bernadine Marie Moeder

Jan 22, 2022

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Bernadine Marie Moeder passed away peacefully on January 22, 2022, at the age of 96. Bernadine was born April 27, 1925, in Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Adolph and Carrie (Linsner) Demel. She was raised in Odin, Kansas and graduated from Odin High School. After marrying Raymond (Ray) Moeder on April 8, 1947, she...

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