Obituaries

Dec 31, 2021

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Eloise Dolezal, 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 31, 2021, at the University Of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus. She was born on June 27, 1927 at Rural Stafford Co. to Edwin & Lydia (Dirks) Grow. She married Ralph James Dolezal on June 3, 1948 at Great...

Dec 30, 2021

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Carolyn Marie Devine, 70, passed away December 30, 2021, at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on August 18, 1951, at Great Bend, to Robert & Mary (Lacy) VonFeldt. She married George Devine on March 16, 1974 at Great Bend.

A lifetime Barton County resident, Carolyn was the owner and head...

Dec 28, 2021

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Terry Wayne Young, 78, passed away on December 28, 2021, at his home in Great Bend, Kansas. He was born on October 27, 1943 at Celina, Ohio, to Russell & Mable (Parks) Young. On August 26, 1973, he married Alice Paxton at Durango, Colorado.

A long-time Great Bend resident, Terry was the...

Dec 27, 2021

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Cherie Michelle Belford, 65, passed away on December 27, 2021 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born on October 12, 1956 to A. Neal & Opal (Mellies) Reichel. Cherie married Lawrence Belford on October 15, 1983 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Great Bend, Kansas. They were inseparable through their years...

Dec 27, 2021

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Blanche Marie Robinson, 86, passed away December 27, 2021, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born on June 26, 1935, at Abilene, to Willie & Blanche (Patterson) Jones. She married Donald Ray Robinson, Sr. on July 8, 1973, at Great Bend.  He died in April 1997.

Blanche was a current Great...

Dec 27, 2021

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Dorothy Jean Doty, 90, passed away on December 27, 2021 at Diversicare of Larned. She was born on December 31, 1930 at Manhattan, Kansas to Clarence Levi & Anna Belle (Marken) Cobler. On May 5, 1951, she married Ernest Richard Doty in Great Bend, Kansas. He died on October 13, 1993.

Dorothy...

Dec 25, 2021

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Mary Jo Ann Mull, 57, passed away on December 25, 2021 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born on September 2, 1964 at Kansas City, Kansas to Roy & Eddy Ruth (Roth) Sandberg. She married Eugene "Budd" Mull on August 5, 2000.

A long time Great Bend resident, she worked for...

Dec 24, 2021

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Virginia Rosalee Zumalt, 97, passed away December 24, 2021, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born on August 18, 1924, in Florence, Kan., to Otto Ray and Tarcy (May) VanBibber. She married Elmer Zumalt on July 15, 1941 in St. John, Kan.

Virginia was a homemaker and worked with her husband...

Dec 23, 2021

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Leland Wegele, 89, passed away on December 23, 2021, at his home in Otis, Kansas. He was born on January 3, 1932 to Jacob and Pauline (Bitter) Wegele. He married Joyce Karst on October 23, 1955 in Milberger, Kansas. She survives.

A lifetime resident of Otis and a "jack-of-all-trades", Leland was a...

Dec 23, 2021

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Donald Ivil Calvert, 56, passed away on December 23, 2021, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, Kansas. He was born on June 2, 1965, at Hoisington, Kansas to Donald Lee & Sylvia Esm'a (Staggs) Calvert.

Donald was a Great Bend, Kansas lifetime resident. He worked for Sunflower Diversified Services at the Recycling Plant. He...

Dec 23, 2021

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Joan M. Chisholm, 86, passed away on December 23, 2021, at Good Samaritan in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on May 18, 1935 at Ellinwood, Kansas to Harry M. & Mary Anna (Weber) Schartz. Joan married Paul R. Chisholm on August 24, 1957 at Great Bend.  He died April 1, 2011.

Mrs....

Dec 23, 2021

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Bonnie Lou Arnold, 94, passed away December 23, 2021, at Medicalodges of Great Bend. She was born on July 7, 1927, at Kansas City, Kan. to Henry A. "Pete" & Inez I. (Stanley) Brown. She married Kenneth W. "Bud" Arnold on February 16, 1946, in McPherson.  He died June 30, 2005.

A...

Dec 22, 2021

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Jane Marie Berg, 61, died on December 22, 2021 at her home in Salina, Kansas. She was born on June 11, 1960 to Richard & Emily (Henning) Kathman.

Jane grew up in Garden City, then was a long-time resident of Great Bend. She spent her final years in Abilene and Salina. She...

Dec 21, 2021

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Carol Lynn Scheuerman, 82, passed away December 21, 2021, at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. She was born on December 2, 1939, at Topeka, to Major Lawton Dangerfield Sr. & Virginia (Frye) Dangerfield. She married Arlyn G. Scheuerman on November 10, 1978, at Broken Arrow, Okla.

Carol graduated...

Dec 21, 2021

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Jose Luiz Hernandez Jr., 24, passed away December 21, 2021, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on November 18, 1997, at Wichita to Jose I. Hernandez Barrios & Cecilia Calzada.

Survivors include, his father, Jose I. Hernandez Barrios; his mother, Cecilia Calzada; and many other family members.

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Dec 21, 2021

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Rick Dwain Pierce, 66, passed away on December 21, 2021 at KU Med Center, Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on November 11, 1955 at Branson, Missouri to William Dwain & Louise (Lemuz) Pierce. He was married to Melaine Feemster on April 22, 2017. She survives. Rick was previously married to Cindy and Heidi....

Dec 20, 2021

Lawrence "Larry" Chris Nodine, 61, of Great Bend, KS, formerly of Brighton, IL, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021, at his home. He was born on December 31, 1959, in Belleville, IL, to Loren Nodine II and Joyce Clausen.

Larry graduated from Southwestern High School in 1978 and was a foreman for Washington Roofing.  He was...

Dec 18, 2021

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Lisa Kum Soon Polkinghorne, 59, passed away December 18, 2021, at her home peacefully in Great Bend. She was born on July 20, 1962, at Seoul, South Korea to parents Dong Cheul and Kyung Rae Kang. She married Bruce Polkinghorne September 1, 1984 at Radcliff, Kentucky. They were married for 37 years.

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Dec 17, 2021

Estela Montelongo Vidaña, 59, passed away December 17, 2021, at Hays Medical Center. She was born January 12, 1962, in Miguel Auza, Zacatecas, Mexico to Manuel and Domitila (Vidaña) Montelongo.

She married Saul Perales and was a Great Bend resident since 1998, working for Redbarn.

Survivors include, her mother Domitila Vidaña, a son Adrian Perales,...

Dec 15, 2021

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Marilyn Ann Schartz, 89, passed away December 15, 2021, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on February 25, 1932, at Chula, Mo. to Harry "Mac" & Grace (Tate) McDowell. She married Wade Robert Schartz on September 15, 1951, at Great Bend.  This union was blessed with eight children.

Marilyn,...